Bryan Corbin, writing for the Evansville Courier Press, has an article entitled “Voters could decide time zone debate.” HB 1047, authored by Rep. Nancy Dembowski, passed out of committee on a 6-1 vote with Rep. Dennis Avery the lone dissenter.
The bill:
Authorizes the placement of a local public question on the ballot in a county located on the boundary between the Central Time Zone and the Eastern Time Zone asking the voters of the county whether the county executive should petition the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings to change the time zone in which the county is located. Provides that if the voters of the county approve the public question and the governor supports the county’s petition, the county executive shall petition the Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings to change the time zone in which the county is located.
Huh?
Let’s just mix things up a bit more….
To blave is to pass a bill out of committee with only one vote against…
Good Bye! Have fun storming the castle……
Forget about the counties petitioning the USDOT. What counties should do, such as St. Joseph, is simply not observe DST come March. I know this does not solve the Central and Eastern debate but it does provide a way without having to deal with a federal body or a referendum.