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Gov. Kernan And Justice Shepard Release Commission Report On Reform

Last updated on Tuesday, December 11, 2007

(INDIANAPOLIS) - Former Governor Joe Kernan and Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard, co-chairs of the Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform, today released the commission’s report, “Streamlining Local Government: We’Ve Got To Stop Governing Like This.”

The report includes 27 recommendations for making Indiana's local government more efficient, effective, understandable and accountable. It calls for changes in counties, cities, townships, libraries, schools and more.

If enacted, the recommendations would reduce the number of local government units by 37 percent and reduce the number of elected officials by more than half.

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