Ordinance G-08-45: Ordinance Establishing Funding for Various Economic Development Organizations.

I mentioned this ordinance last week, and must concede I was completely wrong about the date of its enactment. The bill was signed on December 22, 2008. What isn't clear is whether One Southern Indiana already has drained it dry to fluff the oligarchs at River Ridge. Thanks to Vicki Glotzbach and Matt Lorch for following up on last Thursday's council non-agenda discussion. I'll try to lift the text from the .pdf when there's time.

"No Tolls" was great, and "No Funds" applies to 1Si, too.

New Albany's city council led the way in denouncing bridge tolls, and now Jeffersonville's legislative body points to a bright future of defunding One Southern Indiana. Let's hope New Albany's council follows suit in 2012. It would be great fun to deliver the "no funds" verdict to 1Si's compound by bicycle messenger, seeing as we know one currently living in Ohio.

Jeffersonville City Council to cut funding for One Southern Indiana; Group’s decision to endorse candidates called a ‘conflict’, by David A. Mann (OSIN)

The Jeffersonville City Council plans to cut funding for One Southern Indiana, the area’s economic development agency. The cut is being made as the agency plans to make political endorsements of candidates in the upcoming mayoral election.

Having an agency that takes public funding make such endorsements could create a conflict of interest, council members said. No vote was taken but the action was proposed and a majority polled after the meeting said they would support the cut.