Wednesday, January 02, 2008

2 January 2008 Dearborn County Commissioner Meeting Notes

2 January 2008 Dearborn County Commissioner Meeting Notes

Present: Hughes, Chairman, Fox, and Thompson

Also present: Pickens, Auditor, and Messmore, Administrator.

ABSENT: Ewbank, Attorney.

Uniformed police officer was present.

Hughes was reappointed as President again. He also serves as OKI rep, SE IN regional Planning Rep and on the Common Construction Wage Board.

Commissioners agreed to keep all their current duties on their boards.

Hughes re-read all the county officials and they are all considered to be reappointed:

Bryan Messmore- Administrator

Bob Ewbank- Attorney

Todd Listerman- Transportation/Highway Engineer and Director

Don Townsend- Building Inspector/Weights and Measures

Margaret Minzner - GIS Specialist

Cheryl Lohmiller- Animal Control Director

Bill Black- Emergency Management

Charlie Ashley- 911 Director

Eric Hartman- Maintenance Supervisor

Bill Ewbank- Veteran’s Services Officer

Messmore noted there are 37 Boards in the County though the Commissioners do not appoint all of them. They have 445 people on them and 100 of these are seated by Commissioners.

Board Appointments also made include some changes:

Convention and Visitor’s Bureau: for next 2 years- Ahmad Ahmad, Marilyn Bower, Dee Hacker, Steve Hedges, and Ellen Perfect.

DCRSD (Sewer Board) : Barry Pruss and Dave Enzweiler for 3 years

Animal Control: Dave Schneider for 2 years

Health Board: Dr Steve Eliason- for 4 years

County Farm Rep: Earl Dawson and Jerry Reamer for 3 years

Cemetery Board- Chris McHenry for an undetermined time (Commissioners were unsure of the term of this board)

Historic Hoosier Hills: Dan Stroup for 1 year

Alcoholic Beverage Board: Jim Dole for 1 year

Emergency Management Advisory: Barry Nanz, Sandy Leptak, Bige Couch, Ed Noel, Ed Gordon, Chris Roberts, and Mike Davis all for 4 years.

911 Communications Board: Dino Schmaltz and Gene Hunefeld for 4 years.

Plan Commission: Thompson was unable to get a second for his motion to reappoint DeMaynadier. No reasons given by Fox or Hughes on why they did not want to reappoint him.

Other candidates mentioned as having resumes for PC: Jane Ohlmansiek, Nicole Daily, Dennis Sparks, Eric Open (sp?), Rick Pope, and Mark Lehman.

Fox motioned for Mark Lehman and Thompson second . Approved for 4 years. [NOTE: Lehman’s resume shows a planning background and current employment with Fisher Homes in N KY.]

Fox said Beiersdorfer runs an Ag business out on Van Wedding Road and motioned for Russell Beiersdorfer and Hughes 2nd Approved for 4 years. [NOTE: Russell also is with Beiersdorfer’s Orchard along with his parents]

(Thompson would not second, as he had no resume on him. Hughes and Fox said they’d given the resumes to McCormack, Planning Director, and assumed Thompson would get it. Hughes later said he wanted the record to reflect that Thompson was unable to obtain the resume.) [NOTE: Milton Bradley has nothing on these guys when it comes to game playing. Why not just drop a copy onto Thompson’s desk? Why send it to the PZ Office and expect them to send it to Thompson? That is a time-consuming, circuitous route.]

BZA (Board of Zoning Appeals): Nicole Daily- for 4 years (Fox asked her if she’d do that board instead of PC- she said yes) [NOTE: This is a better choice than PC, as Daily frequently appears for applicants before the PC and would have had to step down often due to conflict of interest.]

PTBOA- (Tax appeals board): Fox and Hughes motioned and 2nd (Thompson voted NAY) for Vera Benning, Ken Madden, William Hartwell, Mark Neff, and Mary Booker. These are 1 year terms. Commissioners are checking to see if Joan Seitz will serve as alternate also as she is level 2 certified and only Mary Booker and Gary Hensley (the assessor) are out of the 5 on this board. There should be at least 2 level 2’s per the state regulations. Thompson wanted to have 3 total on this board to get into compliance with one to spare as the alternate. [NOTE: There appeared to be an issue with Benning as Thompson motioned to accept all the above except her for PTABOA. These positions are paid at $75 a meeting with meetings lasting nearly all day. Benning is also employed at the Administration Building as secretary for the DCRSD 3 days a week. PTABOA meets frequently due to the high volume of appeals after this taxation period.]

Pickens: had an old ordinance that needed signing from September and a new one that Commissioners approved on tax rebate checks. The county decided that no rebate checks would be sent to anyone who owed taxes. They were not sure if this needed to be advertised and Thompson suggested that they at least ask for public comment. Fox turned to Cliff Eibeck in the audience and asked him: “Cliff, do you object to us paying our bills?” Eibeck said: “Hell no!”

Pickens said he would check with the state as to whether it had to be advertised, and if it did, he would hold on the checks that he was planning to send in a week or so until Commissioners met again.

Pickens said that tax collection was Dec 10 and with the new software, all checks were out in less than 3 weeks. He said it was due to the OUTSTANDING WORK by the ladies in the treasurers and auditor’s offices. Pickens went on to say that after this last year- it is the only thing that went right.

Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township

144 comments:

Anonymous said...

Vera just won't let go of that government teat!

What next?

Will we be delivering meals on wheels to her?

Someone, please, get her some re-training, before we have to pay for her bed pan nurse too!

Bob certainly likes his politicians "needy," does he not?

Anonymous said...

Who is going to throw dollars Benning's way when Rick and Jeff are replaced with folks with "real" jobs and "responsibilities" next year? If you desperately need the cash the office pays, you should not be in office, but should be out looking for a better job. As things are now, you are simply just easy targets for explotation by the likes of shyster and friends.

Anonymous said...

Did Jeff happen to mention anything about any phone surveys relative to the DCRSD?

I know very few folks who even know about the DCRSD and its plans.

Anonymous said...

Was Jeff and Rick wearing their orange hair, red noses and long, floppy shoes tonight?

Us fellas down at the dcedi really love it when they do that!!!

Anonymous said...

Bob absent tonight. He and Gary must be burning a lot of "midnight oil" stressing over all their plans for running Rick and Jeff, ass clown clones, in the general election. Who will take care of Rick and Jeff? Sad.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Fox, Mr. Hughes:

Next year when you hear the primary voters chanting "go rick...go jeff," it won't be meaning what you think it means!

Anonymous said...

Next year when you hear the primary voters chanting "go rick...go jeff," it won't be meaning what you think it means!

Ricky and Jeffrey could care less about the primary voter, they just long for Bob's dank and clammy breath whispering in their ears:


"NO SACRIFICE BY YOU IS TOO GREAT IN DEFENSE OF MY SELF-SEEKING INTERESTS."

Anonymous said...

How do you know that Jeff and Rick may be planning to (gasp) question Bob Ewbank's plans for this County?

They both will be wearing their best "Industrial Strength Depends Under-Garments!"

Anonymous said...

If you desperately need the cash the office pays, you should not be in office, but should be out looking for a better job.

That is going to leave a mark!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Would Bob Ewbank have attended this evening's Commissioners' Meeting, if Thom Hammond was on the agenda...

...being the non-partisan public servant that he is?

Anonymous said...

Looks like being a development lackey is still paying benefits for Benning!

Anonymous said...

Happy New Year, Liz and Maynard!

Think about the Public Health Crisis that you may be fostering?

What if these folks were on dcrsd sewers that don't work when the power goes out?

Explain that to your fellow council members and your constituents and neighbors and friends and family.


Electricity Goes Cold In Ripley, Franklin, Decatur; Batesville Schools Closed
(Batesville, IN) - The juice is not flowing in the northeastern parts of Eagle County.

Duke Energy reports over 2,800 customers without power in Ripley County and almost 1,400 in the dark in Franklin County.

Most of the outage reports are coming from most of Batesville and Oldenburg and New Point.

Batesville Schools have called off for the day thanks to the lack of electricity.

No word on when exactly power will be fully restored in the area.

Anonymous said...

"(Fox asked her if she’d do that board instead of PC- she said yes)"

What kind of deal is going on here? What did Dailey give for this position?

Anonymous said...

"Looks like being a development lackey is still paying benefits for Benning!"

A very cheap date...with an emphasis on the "very cheap!"

Anonymous said...

"(Fox asked her if she’d do that board instead of PC- she said yes)"

Do the taxpayer at the bequest of John Maxwell?

Anonymous said...

Well it is obvious why Fox and the Public Opinion Polling expert did not want Maynadier on the Plan Commish--- he can read, he can interpret an ordinance all by himself, he is an attorney, the secretary of the board of Hillenbrand Industries and their Chief council and HE CAN COUNT WITH OUT HAVING TO TAKE OFF HIS SHOES AND SOCKS.

This refusal to reappint his is absolutely disgusting. But hell's bells they tried to defeat Thompson whose education and business experience made the others pale.

Is it any wonder why the subdivision people and our elected county officials don't give a damn about the schools?

Anonymous said...

George Carlin's message below is something that made me think of Dearborn County. I think of the games and "politics" that are played, but does it really matter? I don't think Jeff and Rick will be names that anyone remembers in 5 years.



A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

If you don't send this to at least 8 people....Who cares?

George Carlin

Anonymous said...

Bob is going to keep the twins very busy this year!

The era of needy and dim-bulb politician is coming to an end begininning this spring!

Anonymous said...

Explain that to your fellow council members and your constituents and neighbors and friends and family.

There job is just to make a handful of realtors/developers/bankers/title attorneys happy!

They could care less that grandmothers may have to stoop in the yard when their power goes out and they cannot flush their toilets!

What a wonderful trio!

Maybe Charlie can pray them through their moral and ethical crisis!

Anonymous said...

DCRSD (Sewer Board) : Barry Pruss and Dave Enzweiler for 3 years

But Rick and Jeff are "on record" as being against "forced" hookups!

And Hitler had a "soft" spot for Jews!

Bob Ewbank won't cut Rick and Jeff lose enough even to save their own political hides!

Bob is going to ride these two hard and put them away wet next year, before the voters take out the trash!

Bob has a lot to get done and his jack-asses are scheduled for the glue factory next year!

Anonymous said...

As High Ridge Estates continues to dump raw sewage into Hogan's Creek.

As HVL continues to dump raw sewage into Double Lick Creek.

As John Maxwell still has not connected to St. Leon's sewers.

Yeah.

It is all about the public health.

Anonymous said...

Bob ruined Vera's political career, of what there was of one.

She can never win a republican primary again.

Now, Bob is doing the same to Rick and Jeff.

Bob hoodwinked the gullible trio into thinking that Bob’s greater good coincided with their greater good.

Bob did the same thing to the republican party leadership.

Now look at it?

It used to be a “force” in this county.

No longer.

Now it is just a hangout for self-serving political thugs and lackey sycophants.

Anonymous said...

""(Fox asked her if she’d do that board instead of PC- she said yes)"

What kind of deal is going on here? What did Dailey give for this position?

11:28 PM, January 02, 2008"

There is no kind of deal going on. I believe all the applications they had were for PC members and they needed to have a member on the BZA board. I guess since I was at the meeting he asked if I would be on the BZA. I am assuming there weren't any other resumes for the BZA. I have had an interest in the BZA in the past and I accepted. My education is in the Planning feild and I have an interest. I am sorry to disappoint you but I don't have any secrets or anything to hide.

Nicole Daily

Anonymous said...

Dailey is trying to back door her eventual entry to PC.
The BZA sends a member to PC and PC sends a member to BZA. Right now those two members are Mike Hall and Ken Nelson.

Anonymous said...

Nicole, who do you think would be good replacements for Ewbank, Fox and Hughes?

Anonymous said...

Nicole, during a power outage, what should those folks PLAN do to "relieve" themselves when they are on the DCRSD's pressurized sewers?

With your experience in the PLANNING field and all.

Anonymous said...

Nicole, don't ya think Vera should be given a third patronage job?

She needs the taxpayers to pay for her Caddys!

How would Vera fit into your planning process?

Anonymous said...

What happened to Brett's big sign on 50?

Did he finally realize that advertizing to the world that he thought he had his political connections in the bag to run sewers out to his property, did not make good business nor political sense?

Anonymous said...

Nicole, during a power outage, what should those folks PLAN do to "relieve" themselves when they are on the DCRSD's pressurized sewers?

If Ms. Daily is like the rest of them, she knows not to ask such a question.

Maxwell and Ewbank are only accepting "Cheerleader" applications!

Anonymous said...

Benning's an embarrassment to this county and to herself!!!!!!!!!

She is the poster child for all inbred politicians who cannot make it on their own!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

What happened to Vera's token job with Fehrman Realty?

Anonymous said...

After next year Vera, Jeff and Rick will have no one left to throw charity jobs their way.

The grown-ups are taking over.

Anonymous said...

Jeff Hughes is looking out for my property rights!

My God given right to be forced to subsidize the development of those who pull his strings!

What a guy!

Anonymous said...

"Nicole, who do you think would be good replacements for Ewbank, Fox and Hughes?"

I really don't know. I am not a very political person. I guess I would need to wait to see who is running in the primaries. I believe everyone can always do a better job and no one will always get it right 100% of the time.

I am not sure if Vera has anything to do with a planning process. So I am not real sure what you mean by your question.

And as far as the power outage and planning there is not much of a connection. My education is in Urban Planning which to help is what work is being done through the Planning & Zoning Department. I guess my question would be is there anyone that is on a "DCRSD's pressurized sewer"?

Nicole Daily

Anonymous said...

I guess my question would be is there anyone that is on a "DCRSD's pressurized sewer"?

Not for lack of trying.

How would you, individually, PLAN for such a contingency?

Anonymous said...

Urban planning and waste removal are interconnected Ms. Daily.

Waste removal ceases when the electric goes out using cheap sewers like those planned by the dcrsd.

Now, answer the question: What should the public do?

Anonymous said...

Would daily come out against grinder pumps?

Doubt it.

Maxwell and fehrman need them for cheap, fast sewers, no matter the future costs to the rest of us.

Anonymous said...

Nicole! Please! You know damn well what the DCRSD has planned, quit playing cute! They would place entire subidvisions if not regions on these systems that would have no way of flushing their toilets during each and every power outage. Come on Nicole, stand up. Do you think such a plan is rational?

Anonymous said...

How would you, individually, PLAN for such a contingency?

Like Maxwell maybe???

She would refuse to hook on to such a system!!!

With both Maxwell and Daily fight the sewer thugs, how can we lose???

Anonymous said...

We have far too many people auditioning for jobs with the likes of this County's Maxwells...

...willing to sell their souls...

...or at least the souls of their neighbors.

Anonymous said...

Daily is just like the rest of her tribe. They will side step every question. Boogy Men are planning pressurized sewers, don't ya know. Not the dcrsd board and their enablers. Let us all hope our kids are not such disappointments.

Anonymous said...

Ms. Daily...

What should I do if the electric goes out and I just went to the grocery store and my refrigerator is full and my deep freezer is full?

Since Urban Planning and refrigeration are interconnected.

Anonymous said...

What should I do if the electric goes out and I just went to the grocery store and my refrigerator is full and my deep freezer is full?

Toss everything out of your refrigerator, throw it on its back, doors open and place a few toilet seats on it, you will need the urban planners' idea of indoor outhouses until the power comes back on!

Anonymous said...

Bob Ewbank's side-step would be to sing the praises of the "unique" way of amortizing the costs of such sewers that do not work for the next twenty years.

Who did this poor dolt's home work for him in college and law school?

Anonymous said...

and my deep freezer is full?

Pinch your "freezer's" cheeks until the electric comes back on?

Anonymous said...

"I guess my question would be is there anyone that is on a 'DCRSD's pressurized sewer'?"


The DCRSD's plan Daily? What type of sewers are they planning, Daily? Don't let the hopes of future employment erode your credibility any further!

Anonymous said...

"Dailey is trying to back door her eventual entry to PC.
The BZA sends a member to PC and PC sends a member to BZA. Right now those two members are Mike Hall and Ken Nelson."

It is a conspiracy...the boggeyman is coming.

Anonymous said...

"Bob Ewbank's side-step would be to sing the praises of the "unique" way of amortizing the costs of such sewers that do not work for the next twenty years."


That do not work...

...thanks Bob, John, Brett, Jeff, Hughes, Dingleberry Vera and flim-flammer Rodney...

...we will remember...

...we will remember...

...all that you have wrought...

Anonymous said...

It is a conspiracy...the boggeyman is coming.

I would ask you not to please breed and multiply, but I'm thinking you already have that covered.

Genentics have not been kind to you, have they?

Anonymous said...

"It is a conspiracy...the boggeyman is coming."


You would call him, the voter.

Same heap as Vera, or yet another?

We will pile them wherever you please.

Anonymous said...

Daily: "Pick ME! Pick Me!"

Let's hope, for her sake, that Mister Maxwell notices...

Anonymous said...

I love the "Boggeyman" guy...he/she/it makes us all give thanks to God that our children have been raised better!!!

Anonymous said...

Urban planning, without the planning of urban bodily functions?

They just keep dumbing down our educational system!

My apologies to Ms. Daily!

Stop by the house sometime, we could start with with remedial "Dick and Jane" material!

Anonymous said...

It is a conspiracy...the boggeyman is coming.


Two hours, paging through a dictionary and thesaurus, brought you the above.

No wonder all their hopes are locked on the theft of other folks’ savings.

Anonymous said...

Are the subdivisions that were built by Tucker on pressurized sewers? I thought that they were, but apparently they are not, because there has not been a problem in those subdivisions, even though there has been power outages. At lease no problem that was made public. Dies anyone have the answer to this question?

Anonymous said...

If there are power outages, there are problems for those on pressurized sewers.

It is not simply an academic question.

Anonymous said...

Turning off the power to those on grinder pumps, is akin to colostomy patients running out of colostomy bags.

Anonymous said...

I think we all should just step back, take a breath and let Jeff Hughes conduct a survey as to the need of flushing away waste during an electrical outage.

Maybe, to many in this county, a full bladder, a full colon, is liberating.

Jeff, the ball is in your court.

Anonymous said...

Nicole, what did you obtain your degree in and also what school did you obtain the degree? Who do you work for now?

Anonymous said...

"Nicole, what did you obtain your degree in and also what school did you obtain the degree? Who do you work for now?"


Please ask your questions in a manner that Nicole can answer in a smart-ass fashion...she is catologing all her answers for her resume...soon to be submitted to Maxwell and/or his like buddies!

Anonymous said...

I was appointed to the BZA not the sewer board. I am not sure if this is how you treat everyone that is appointed to a board, but you need to give it a rest. I have minimal knowledge on pressurized sewers and I guess if something comes infront of the BZA about them I will be the first to ask a lot of questions.
And if there is a serious question in regards to the BZA I don't have a problem answering it, but at least post your name so there can be a conversation.

Anonymous said...

but at least post your name so there can be a conversation.

Educate yourself on pressurized sewers and the Maxwell/Ewbank hold on this county and we will talk here.

There is a very good reason why names are counter-productive here, if you are not pro-growth at any costs.

Examine pressurized sewers, grinder pumps and power outages and think what that could mean during a power outage.

Get past your "minimal knowledge on pressurized sewers," you may find it enlightening, to say the least.

Anonymous said...

Nicole, you really have no understanding of pressurized sewers? No understanding how they are the "cheap" alternative to gravity sewers? Or how they do not work the power goes out? Or why Maxwell, Fehrman and Ewbank are trying to force such on the rest of us? Please. Do not advertise your short commings. Not good for your professional practice.

Anonymous said...

There is no excuse for not understanding the draw backs of pressurized sewers and the politcal hardball that has been used in this county to bring them to bear.

Are "current" events not a part of "urban planning?"

Anonymous said...

Grinder pumps need electric to flush the commodes! What does Miss Daily further need to understand why that may be a bit of problem for those of us in the country or lose power many times during the year? What do you want us to do, Miss Daily? What do you want our children to do? Our parents, our grandparents to do, when the electric goes out? What? What? What? Just say: "It's ok as long as a few realtors or developers or urban planners are a making a buck? What Miss Daily? What do you want from us?

Anonymous said...

Why does Dearborn County need URBAN PLANNING?

Anonymous said...

Why does Dearborn County need URBAN PLANNING?

Possibly because a few of our local "URBAN PLANNERS" are willing to ignore the corruption of a few our local "DEVELOPERS?"

Just a thought.

Anonymous said...

Did Ms. Daily not hear about Maxwell's Ewbank berating one who is against forced hook ups to pressurized sewers and kissing the neck and ears of one who is for forced hook ups to pressurized sewers, all the while proclaiming he is in fact, also, against forced hook up to these sub-standard sewers?

She missed all of that?

Let us hope she is submitting resumes out of county.

Anonymous said...

I WANT TO ASK MR FOX WHY ASK A CITIZEN- SPECIFICALLY ME- AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETINGABOUT WHAT COMMMISSIONERS WERE ELECTED TO DO, WHEN YOU DON’T CONSULT YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WASTING MONEY ON DCRSD OR DCEDI ORABOUT PAYING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY TO JIM WEST AND VIESTE.

I HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR QUESTION BEFORE WRITING THIS COMMENT, BEFORE I PUT MY THOUGHTS ON THE BLOG. I DON’T HAVE TO TELL THE BLOG MASTER A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME- LIKE TOM HAMMOND HAD TO – TO GET ON YOUR AGENDA TO ASK ABOUT THE NO FORCE HOOK-UP LETTER.

ALL THAT DID WAS GIVE YOU TIME TO GET JOHN ZEIDON ON THE AGENDA, BEFORE MR. HAMMMOND. MR. ZEIDON WAS ALLOWED TO GIVE HIS WELL- REHEARSED SPEEL- UNINTERRUPTED- ABOUT HOW HE NEEDED SEWER SERVICE TO HIS BUSINESS, NO MATTER HOW HE GOT IT.
MR HAMMOND HOWEVER WAS INTERRUPTED CONTINUOUSLY BY YOUR ATTORNEY, YOU, AND HUGHES.

Anonymous said...

CLIFF EIBECK

Is pissed...as well he should be.

Shame on you Jeff!

May Cliff hand you a rose next year, after your primary loss as you and Rick spiral back to obscurity!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Captain Kirk.

Anonymous said...

Cliff,

It is all a conspiracy isn't it.

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Captain Kirk.

I hate "Trekkies!"

They give me the creeps!

Now, give me a "Silence of the Lambs" follower, well, now we are talking!

Anonymous said...

It is all a conspiracy isn't it.

What do you have planned for after the primary, shit for brains?

A public referendum?

You ass-wipes are absolutely amazing!

As to your ass-wipeyness, that is!

Could I have a group picture of you and yours?

You would be great role models to avoid for my kids and grandkids!

Anonymous said...

Nicole Daily, it takes no study whatsoever as to the detriments of pressurized sewers.

But I think you may already understand such detriments.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps the real question is WHY was Patrick DeMaynadier not reappointed?

Anonymous said...

"Perhaps the real question is WHY was Patrick DeMaynadier not reappointed?

Perhaps the the real answer would be he was not "needy" enough to take the proper "direction?"

The Ewbank/Maxwell paradigm, don't ya know!

Anonymous said...

Ewbank really does lead that Maxwell by the nose does he not?

Always permitting Maxwell to believe he is the one without the ring in his nose.

Anonymous said...

Ewbank really does lead that Maxwell by the nose does he not?


Ewbank is always searching out the most prime dullard to fit his needs.

Anonymous said...

Ewbank is always searching out the most prime dullard to fit his needs.

Frank???

Anonymous said...

Nicole, Please answer my question....What is your degree in and where did you obtain it? You say you are an urban planner, but tell me where you received your education. Simple question?

Anonymous said...

Cliff can tell the games of Hughes and Fox do not end.

Anonymous said...

"Nicole, Please answer my question....What is your degree in and where did you obtain it? You say you are an urban planner, but tell me where you received your education. Simple question?"

can't wait to see where this is going...

Anonymous said...

Cliff can tell the games of Hughes and Fox do not end.

Games?

More like "slow learner grappling!

Anonymous said...

Ball State

Anonymous said...

Ball State = Home Of The Grading Curve

Anonymous said...

Nicole, no major development is going to happen in this rural county without "forced" sewers.

Look into the "forced" sewers that the dcrsd is trying to "force" on the rest of us.

Then imagine entire subdivisions, even regions, on such systems.

Then think, your family is on one of these sewer systems...during a power outage.

Anonymous said...

Ball State has one of the better planning schools

Anonymous said...

Didn't Ewbank attend Ball State?

Anonymous said...

Nicole seems sincere [emphasis on seems]. So let her be informed that it is not only the lack of electricity that shuts down the toilets, the functioning heart throb of a household, but it is the fact that the Sewer Districts are not providing the maintenance expense of the systems they want to force us on that accentuates the problem.

If outages occur, and they are as certain as the wind, and if the grinders are off for a prolonged time period [about 36 hours] they almost always fail once the juice is turned back on. This then becomes the burden of the homeowner to fix or replace.

New grinders [$2,600] and the installation of same is the very reason St. Leon no longer offers the community the same "deal" they receive. They have learned their lesson. It's too expensive.

Many folks can't afford to get a loan for the constant upkeep that is required for this sewer system. Low pressure [electrically operated] is a poor excuse for the more reliable gravity [moon operated] system. Then there is the electrical inspection fee to contend with, also the inconvenience, someone has to stay home from work to coordinate all the construction.

The other aspect that sends shivers down the backs of hard working wage earners is the potential failure of the pipes, especially if they extend hundreds of feet to reach the sewer lines [St. Leons lines]. This is also the responsibility of the homeowner - unlike the original "deal" that the Town Council members and their families have.

Anyone who has attended a sewer board meeting in ST. Leon knows first hand how many clogged pipe occurrences exist, and how often. Most of the users are covered by the maintenance agreement that makes St. Leon responsible for repairing their system.

Nicole, imagine coming home after an extended stay in a hotel because of a power outage like what the county experienced last February and then face not only the replacement of your grinder pump but locating the stoppage in your pipes [somewhere within a 700' stretch to the road] if someone in your family pulled the drain on something they shouldn't have. You have any kids? In a best case scenario it will have to wait until the weather breaks before all the digging, repairs and reconnections can take place.

The simplest solution is to leave what isn't broken alone. Why does the County and St. Leon want to carry this 500 pound gorilla on it's back until everyone goes insane with the stupidity of forcing people to do something this illogical, and against their will?

No one needs a degree, or a blue-star resume to understand this. If you want to apply your energy where it will do the most good, please try to realign the mismanaged mental disorder in the admin. building in Lawrenceburg - then take a blow torch and eradicate the fire house in St. Leon.(figuratively speaking) Preferably on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM. I, for one, would place a silver star on the top of your thesis folder on Preferred Urban Planning.

Seriously, you may actually be able to do some good in your life for others [your community] if you can grasp the simple truth that public servants are supposed to work for the public. You are paid by us. Please work for us and never forget that the needs of the majority should always dictate the direction elected officials must take in all civil matters. If you guide your career path by this one simple truth good things will follow you forever. TH

Anonymous said...

TPH: You would be a great addition to the Dearborn County Commissioners race. I'll work in your campaign if you run!

Anonymous said...

Why does Dearborn County need "Urban Planning"? So that the developers can cram in as much high density development as possible to maximise their profit.

Nicole Dailey has presented before the Plan Commission on many development projects as an employee of Bayer Becker. (Mark Rosenberger of Bayer Becker signed the letter from Home Builders Association against the Land use element approved by the PC and supported by the citizens and advisory committee.) On several of those occasions she brought uncompleted packages before the PC. Not very professional!

Anonymous said...

Vote for Hammond!!!

Anonymous said...

TPH you could quite easily do a lot better job than the current 'puppet' Commissioners and Thompson could use the help to fix Dearborn County.

Anonymous said...

The biggest issue in this County for the past few years has been that of sewers.

And Nicole does not know what is going on?

Please!

Feigned ignorance is what "TIED THE HANDS OF EWBANK AND THE TWINS" when they set off to rush the DCRSD into existence to force the rest of us on to St. Leon type substandard sewers!

Anonymous said...

Daily lives in the county, is an urban planner and does not know about pressurized sewers?

Maybe Rick and Jeff shoul get "planning" degrees, they are equally as ignorant as Daily!

Anonymous said...

Nicole, what do you think about Hughes "surveying" the public on the Comp Plan he tabled?

You have heard of the Comp Plan, right?

Anonymous said...

Did Benning ever apologise to the folks of High Ridge?

Anonymous said...

Not only has Benning done nothing to fix High Ridge, she is now working hard for Maxwell to force the rest of us to subsidize his sewers for his development.

I don't know how Benning can live with herself.

Anonymous said...

That was a cowardly attack on Cliffy, sort of a smart alec retorical question.
Fox can sit up on the dais, with a microphone,knowing that he has the blessing and help of that great Indiana Statesman/politician, Nugent in his corner and having a uniformed and armed police officer present and ready to throw out anyone who crosses this
powerful, highly intelligent and well educated Ricky Fox.

So what does he do with all of this? He attacks Cliffy Eibeck.

Boy I bet that Fox feels great now!

Anonymous said...

Any candidate can beat Rick and Jeff!

All a person has to do is to remind the primary voter that he will respect their choice!

Rick and Jeff have already proven they don't respect the primary voter!

Anonymous said...

I can't believe the comments that you people feel free to write about someone you don't even know. It is amazing that you can just sit back and attack someones character. If all of you are so smart you need to get off your computers and go out and make a difference, and do something about it. This site seems to be for interrogation not for open discussion.

Anonymous said...

This site seems to be for interrogation not for open discussion.

Wat do you want to discuss? Pick a current topic.

open minded

Anonymous said...

When the twins were sworn in, please don't tell me they used a bible! Maybe it was the King Bob version.

Anonymous said...

wat=What do you want to discuss?

Anonymous said...

Wat do you want to discuss? Pick a current topic.

open minded

How about why the appointment of someone to the BZA has turned into a personal attack and how she is going to fix a problem/issue that has been going on in this County for quite some time. When it has nothing to do with the BZA.

Anonymous said...

Hello friend.

How are you today?

How are you making a difference today?

By the way, I try to make a difference everyday, without the need to utilize political flunkys to do my bidding nor steal from my neighbors.

Notice, you have a voice here.

No agenda.

No one slamming down a gavel.

No lawyer shutting you down.

No backroom deals trying to rob you of your vote.


So don't be a stranger.

Anonymous said...

How about why the appointment of someone to the BZA has turned into a personal attack and how she is going to fix a problem/issue that has been going on in this County for quite some time. When it has nothing to do with the BZA.

Fix it?

According to her, she is not even aware of the problem!

Please!

Like we need another public office holder feigning ignorance while development interests do their best to rob us blind!

Anonymous said...

Open discussion!! Sorry you must pay us $5000 first.

Anonymous said...

All those working an angle, looking for a payday from development, want to pretend they do not see what is going on in this county. Maybe it helps them sleep better at night. I find it highly insulting when educated, involved in the process such as Daily, play such games.

Anonymous said...

"How about why the appointment of someone to the BZA has turned into a personal attack and how she is going to fix a problem/issue that has been going on in this County for quite some time. When it has nothing to do with the BZA."
Personally I think it's terrible to treat a new appointee as such but it's politics and if you do your best to honestly represent the people and not the special interest your appointment will be fine. You have to be frugal and wise to the present politicians that are not representing the people and their tax dollar. If you don't you can expect continual harrassment.

Anonymous said...

I guess my question would be is there anyone that is on a "DCRSD's pressurized sewer"?


Ms. Daily knows enough about the DCRSD to throw out this cute remark.

Either you support corruption in this county or you do not.

Trying to "pretend" that you are not aware of the corruption just does not cut it, especially someone involved in county matters, such as Ms. Daily.

Anonymous said...

Look how Hammond was treated by our County Officials last week.

But this little, open to the public blog is somehow mean?

How about the reception Thompson got from our corrupt republican party leadership when he won the primary?

But questioning the bona fides of Daily here, openly, is somehow unseemly?

Absurd.

Anonymous said...

"I guess my question would be is there anyone that is on a "DCRSD's pressurized sewer"?"

The people on Stewart St in Aurora are on the grinder pumps that the dcrsd engineered and gave/sold(?) to Aurora.
Is there anyone on Stewart street that can speak on this?

Anonymous said...

who fixes the grinder pumps on LMH's system?

Anonymous said...

Well Mark McCormack also went to Ball State. The school is well know for its Urban Planning program. And as far as why the County needs Urban Planning to help protect your dumpasses from your neighbor doing what ever the hell they want. Without the rules & regulations people would not like each other or there neighbors.

There are people in this county that need to get a clue and some education. I guess because Nicole is the only one that is willing to get on the blog and answer your questions you want to degrade her. I don't see any of the others trying to speak with you besides Ralph Thompson.

Which I don't remember him saying anything at the meeting when Hammond was speaking. Your beloved Ralph didn't seem to stand up for you during your time of need.

Anonymous said...

Ewbanks, the legal athority for the commissioners was the dumpass. Denigrating the public spokesperson, for the opressed in the St Leon area, was terrible!

His show of authority was degrading to Ewbank and who he is representing as legal counsel.

A JUDGE was needed to set him down!

Hughes, the comissioners president, wasn't man enough to pound his gavel!

Anonymous said...

Which I don't remember him saying anything at the meeting when Hammond was speaking. Your beloved Ralph didn't seem to stand up for you during your time of need.

Ralph understands that if your dumbass opponent is damaging himself as he speaks, you let your dumbass opponent continue to speak.

Thank you, Bob, Rick and Jeff, dumbasses all!

Watch who Ralph endorses in May.

Anonymous said...

Nicole answered our question about the forced hook up scam going on by saying she had no idea what is going on.

Come on!

Spare us dumb ass!

She is just another development interest wanting control of the process!

Anonymous said...

And as far as why the County needs Urban Planning to help protect your dumpasses from your neighbor doing what ever the hell they want.

Unless your neighbor wants to build a subdivision and wants to force you to subsidize his sewers.

Right, dumbass?

Then you all piss all over yourselves catering to THAT one neighbor!

Because that's growth!

Dumbass!

Anonymous said...

We have enough realtor/developers and what they spawn already in office.

Each trying to force the rest of us to pad their bottom lines.

Conflicts of interests and appearances of impropriety abound in this crooked county.

Hell, we have one law firm representing to separate agencies of government.

One member of that firm thinks he owns the local republican party and the county.

Enough.

Your greed knows no bounds.

Anonymous said...

I don't see any of the others trying to speak with you besides Ralph Thompson.

Others come and go, usually they either want to spread lies like the state is forcing Maxwell and Fehrman to force us onto their sewers and other lies, or they just pop in and shout boogeyman, or some other such nonsense.

Now we have Nicole feigning ignorance about the corruption related with sewers in this county.

We are not going to be played for fools.

Anonymous said...

We have and intelligent and dignified representative in Ralph Thompson.

The other side has two toadie morons and a rabid attack dog.

Who treated Mr. Hammond horridly last week.

But we are the bad guys.

Funny what greed does to one's perceptions.

Right Mr. Dumbass?

Anonymous said...

Raw sewage is still dumping into Hogan's Creek because of our crooked development interests.

Raw sewage is still dumping into Double Lick Creek because of our crooked development interests.

I would think that would be of great interest to an "Urban Planner!"

Anonymous said...

"Unless your neighbor wants to build a subdivision and wants to force you to subsidize his sewers."

BINGO!!!

Anonymous said...

I would think that would be of great interest to an "Urban Planner!"

John Maxwell determines what they should or should not show "interest" in.

Sewers that don't work during power outages are on the "Do Not Discuss" list if you want to work in this County.

Right Mr. Ewbank (spokesman and public defender of Mr. Maxwell)?

Anonymous said...

Nicole, Have you answered my question? Where and what did you obtain your degree in? Is it a 2 year or 4 year degree? I have heard you say more than once you have an urban planning background. What is your degree in exactly? I've installed a toilet once. Does that make me a plumber?

Anonymous said...

I've installed a toilet once. Does that make me a plumber?


Could a "real" plumber get a toilet on a grinder pump to flush during a power outage?

Show me such a plumber and I will show you a rich man...if Watson has his way!

Anonymous said...

"but at least post your name so there can be a conversation.

Ok. swetness here's a name so let's converse.

1. Where did you get your degree?
2. What is the degree?
3. FOr whom do you work?
4. Is there any possiblity that there is just the appearance of conflict between your county board position and you employer's business?
5. If there is any such appearnace as in #4 will you recuse yourself?
6.Why do you wish to be on the BZA board?
7. Has you employer had or have curently dealings with various developers in Dearborn County?

Anonymous said...

Answer to#6 above-
because I called my handlers during the meeting and they told me to take it.

Anonymous said...

Conflicts of interests seem to be a prerequisite for development interests in this county...Ewbank being number one in conflicting interests!

Anonymous said...

"Ok. swetness here's a name so let's converse."

Speak slowly, she is still not up to speed on sewers in this county.

Other than, sewers force upon and paid for by others, pads her bottom line.

And that is all that matters.

Anonymous said...

Who did you call?

Anonymous said...

Who did you call?

SMART GROWTH BUSTERS

Anonymous said...

Robert's Rules of Order can be viewed online here:

www.rulesonline.com/

Anonymous said...

Nicole, why not answer my question? Where did you get your degree and what was your degree in? I've heard more than once. "I have an Urban Planning background"...."my background is in Urban Planning." "I am an Urban Planner".

Explain to those who have asked you a direct question. Simply answer my question Nicole.

Anonymous said...

are you implying she didn't graduate?

Anonymous said...

"are you implying she didn't graduate?"

I have two elbows and I assume you have two elbows!

Anonymous said...

I'm not implying anything. I want a specific answer to my specific question. How hard is it? I've heard enough about Urban planning. I want to know what makes her an Urban Planner. Simply tell me the education she has obtained. The degree and the school.

Anonymous said...

Urban Planning:

Planning to do what John Maxwell and his bo bo Bob Ewbank demand you do if you want a job or political position in this County.

An Urban Planner, in Dearborn County, is mandated to either "poo-poo" the negatives of pressurized sewers, or feign ignorance as to their very function if not very existence.

Or claim your hands are somehow tied by circumstances beyond your control (caused by your self-inflicted actions or inactions) to do anything about them.

Anonymous said...

I have two elbows and I assume you have two elbows!

I heard Bob Ewbank had to have his elbows surgically excised from the ribs of both Jeff Hughes and Rick Fox.

He handles the twins a little rough, for their own good of course.

That way they are more compliant when Mr. Maxwell comes around to inspect his troops.

Anonymous said...

I went to Ball State University and I have a degree in Urban Planning. At the time the program was five years. Yes there could be a time that I may need to recuse myself from the BZA during a meeting because of an item on the agenda. I would not have any problem with that it could happen to any of the members.

I have been wanting to be on the PC or BZA since I moved to Dearborn County after graduation. It doesn't matter where I would live I would want to be apart of one of the boards. It has always been something I wanted to do.

Also about the sewers I said I have minimal knowlege on the pressurized systems themselves not the debates that have been going on within the County.

Anonymous said...

What company do you work for Nicole?

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