After purty speeches a few weeks ago about preserving our old post office building, every one of the City Council showed their true (skunk) stripes Monday night by brown-nosing the Redevelopment Commission - comprised of local fatcats - and offering it to them for DEVELOPMENT. Here's their contact info, please have at 'em:

http://www.franklin-in.gov/department/?fDD=5-0

"Franklin Heritage" sat there and said nothing.

I am still too disgusted to say much more about it at this point.

7. G.Moody
   

PS: Here's the victory announcement I sent out March 24. The YouTube vid is still posted. If you'd like a lesson about lying, back-stabbing politicians, check it out.

Good news!

 

In their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday March 21, the Franklin City Council unanimously voted to preserve Franklin's historic WPA-era former post office and city hall building at 55 W Madison Street.

 

This HISTORIC vote took place after several speeches in support of historic preservation in Franklin, and in opposition to Mayor Fred Paris' plans to sell the building for $191,000 to a private investor.

 

Several council members stated hopes that a good civic use can be found for the building - if not a location for city court, then as a home for nonprofits, the Chamber of Commerce, etc.

 

A 10-minute video excerpt of the proceedings is available on our NEW YouTube channel: 

http://www.youtube.com/user/CCJCINdotORG

 

Here is the URL of the video itself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0wr8uTWTHg

 

More information on the building, and our struggle to preserve it, is available at: 

http://www.ccjcin.org/citycourt.htm

 

Please feel free to re-use any of this content with proper attribution.

 

Gary W. Moody

Concerned Citizens of Johnson County (Indiana)