Comments on: Government Reform: Oxymoron or Can It Happen? http://www.insidegov.org/?p=330 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John Tedder http://www.insidegov.org/?p=330&cpage=1#comment-6795 John Tedder Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:48:07 +0000 http://www.insidegov.org/?p=330#comment-6795 This is an interesting article. I find it hard to believe though that Indiana had more elected officials than California, Texas and New York combined. Where did that fact come from? I live in a small town about 45 minutes north of Albany, New York and I thought we had the record for government duplication. We have village, town and county government all duplicating services. Some tiny villages of 1800 people are right next to another tiny village of even less people. They all have mayors and trustees, etc. Many of our school systems are small too with duplication of services. New York State created a Commission on Property Tax Relief (http://www.cptr.state.ny.us/) and they recommended consolidating many of the small school systems. I am waiting to see if any one begins to act on the recommendations. I'm not holding my breath. <abbr><em>John Tedder’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/2009/02/02/ethics-reform-in-albany-new-york/" rel="nofollow">Ethics Reform In Albany, New York</a></abbr></em> This is an interesting article. I find it hard to believe though that Indiana had more elected officials than California, Texas and New York combined. Where did that fact come from?

I live in a small town about 45 minutes north of Albany, New York and I thought we had the record for government duplication.

We have village, town and county government all duplicating services. Some tiny villages of 1800 people are right next to another tiny village of even less people. They all have mayors and trustees, etc.

Many of our school systems are small too with duplication of services.

New York State created a Commission on Property Tax Relief (http://www.cptr.state.ny.us/) and they recommended consolidating many of the small school systems.

I am waiting to see if any one begins to act on the recommendations. I’m not holding my breath.

John Tedder’s last blog post..Ethics Reform In Albany, New York

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]]> By: Mike Cavin http://www.insidegov.org/?p=330&cpage=1#comment-6787 Mike Cavin Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:22:53 +0000 http://www.insidegov.org/?p=330#comment-6787 Very informative article. Good job. Very informative article. Good job.

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