What really has me amazed is the one million he asked for and received to
"restore" these cemeteries. Imagine what Jack Briles and John Walters
could do with a million dollars. I would think that would be enough to
restore hundreds if not thousands of Pioneer cemeteries to mint
condition. Walt and Jack have both done some excellent work with very
little funding to work with.
Ernie
At 09:28 PM 5/30/01, Lois Mauk wrote:
I am still incredulous that a Township Trustee "in office for
decades" could
have only "recently" learned that he was responsible for maintaining certain
neglected cemeteries within his Township.
I know we have at least one Township Trustee on this list. How is this
possible?
What sort of education/training do the Township Trustees normally receive?
How could a person be in this office "for decades" and not know about this
statutory responsibility?
Does anybody on the list know this Township Trustee?
Did the City Council actually give this Township Trustee $1,000,000 for
cemetery restoration and capital improvements to his offices? Or is that just
the amount he requested?
Does anybody have the URL for the previous Gary newspaper article that
apparently ran in the last week or so?
Lois
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