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Sunday, January 13, 2008
Ind. Gov't. - "New online toolkit available for public construction protesters"
Pam Tharp of the Richmond Palladium-Item reports, in a story later picked up by the AP, that:
Residents who want to object to new public construction projects now have an online toolkit to help them.The Citizen's Petition and Remonstrance Toolkit was created to help Hoosiers understand what the Department of Local Government Finance calls "a complicated objection process."
"Hoosier citizens have the right to object to local spending," DLGF Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave said. "This toolkit will help taxpayers navigate the complicated process and ensure their voices are heard."
In Indiana, opponents of a capital project must file a remonstrance petition and gather more signatures against a project than its supporters collect to be able to halt a public building project.
The toolkit gives answers to frequently asked questions, a flow chart of the remonstrance process, sample forms and links to laws and voter registration offices in local communities. The toolkit can be found on the DLGF Web site.
Indiana is one of only a handful of states that doesn't require voters to approve public capital projects, but that may change.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 13, 2008 12:27 PM
Posted to Indiana Government