Waynedale Political Commentaries

I’ve written several articles recently about summer trips our family has taken in recent years. As previously noted, Melissa and

Throughout my time as your Mayor, I have worked to run the City like a business. Providing excellent City services

It’s the end of July and many residents of Waynedale are still in the process of cleaning up after the

2003 has been a challenging year for clients and staff of the Wayne Township Trustees office. With the spiraling cost

I would like to offer special recognition to the hundreds of individuals, groups, school children, churches, businesses and others who

As I write this column Allen County has just been declared a flood disaster area. That will offer some additional

I would first like to offer my deepest appreciation and thanks to everyone who volunteered their time, resources and energy

Wayne Township of Allen County is one of our States largest Townships in terms of residents. We are now third

As most everyone in Indiana knows, our state has an extremely popular, not to mention effective, telephone privacy system, also

You’ve probably heard quite a bit about the need for better cooperation between city and county government. There’s no question

The City of Fort Wayne recently completed its first FaithWorks Leadership Academy. 51 participants from 30 organizations went through the

“More great service to come for veterans in need”   Earlier this month Wayne Township was proud to have two

In my last column, I had written about our family trip to the southwestern US, and in particular, southern Utah,

Recently the Fort Wayne City Council voted unanimously to speed up elimination of the inventory tax that has been felt

Recently I asked to consider increasing the local Homestead Credit available to residential property taxpayers. My goal is to protect

May 28th the Wayne Township Trustees Office, in conjunction with Mount Calvary Lutheran Church and The Waynedale News held our

As I have told readers of this column in previous articles, our family takes an annual summer vacation with the

At a recent meeting of the Belle Vista Neighborhood Association I was asked about a matter that is coming up

In this time of continued economic uncertainty it becomes important to encourage the development of small businesses in our community.

The Wayne Township Trustee’s Office has several programs designed to assist the citizens of our community. Our Payee Program is

This week, I will be meeting with several different groups to discuss the future of downtown Fort Wayne. As many

There’s been quite a bit of public discussion regarding a neighbor to about everyone on the south side of Fort

I would like to take the opportunity in this issue of the Waynedale News to share with you all of

In the last Voice of the Township I began to describe the various duties of our workfare department. This department

Many of you have already read about the successful completion of the 2003 legislative session. While success is always in

There’s been quite a bit of discussion recently about the importance of new jobs in this national recession (as it’s

The City of Fort Wayne’s Neighborhood Code Enforcement Department started its summer weed program this month. Code enforcement officers are

Here at Wayne Township we have many different departments and all of them are responsible for some essential task. Our

The Wayne Township Trustee’s office is keenly aware of the recent surge in technology. Computer enhanced imaging, mobile government and

“There is no place like home.” I’ve heard that rally cry loud and clear as I’ve listened to citizens tell