During a conversation with mayor Smith yesterday, I mentioned my regret that he supported the Interstate Commerce Connector. His retort was what was the alternative and I responded with light rail. The Mayor mentioned a poll undertaken by the City showing the disinterest of Andersonians in commuter rail. While reading the actual questions might lead me to quibble with the results (as would timing of the poll because I think gasoline prices will influence opinion on mass transit of any sort), I cannot quibble over Mayor's decision making process to de-emphasize commuter rail.
More importantly, a brief comment by the Mayor convinces me that commuter rail has not received some thinking. The Mayor commented that commuter rail could be run over existing track from Anderson to Indianapolis via the tracks paralleling State Road 67. Frankly, that is the only time I have heard a commuter rail proposal that is not Fishers-centric.
The Mayor said something about the property-tax circuit breaker that I did not really pick up at the time. Seeing this op/ed piece in the Muncie Star-Press made me think that Anderson may be seeing the kind of property tax increase being written about in Indianapolis. If so, then where is the reporting from The Herald-Bulletin?
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