To the Editor:
As I drive around the county I see so many large, plain warehouses that I wonder for whose benefit they’re being built. The companies must love them or they would go elsewhere.
But they are for sure causing taxpayers pain because I so frequently notice police and fire departments requesting large sums of money to serve both the warehouses and the residences where the workers live. And highway departments are constantly paving roads for them.
Is it good to have those workers? Well it’s good for developers, but I don’t see how it helps anyone else. We don’t need the jobs because we have one of the countries’ lowest unemployment rates. Back in the days when Eli Lilly employed many people who lived here, those employees contributed to the quality of life by pitching in on charitable and governmental efforts. No more. All of the higher level employees of companies now live and pay their property taxes in Hamilton County. I can look at many of our subdivisions and not know a single person who lives there.
So it’s time to get an outside evaluation of the costs and benefits to the citizens of Hancock County. The EDC seems to be committed to the thought that bigger is always better.
It is time to get an outside, neutral opinion.
Lloyd Allen
Greenfield
