Jennifer Whitson, for the Courier Press, has a post-deadline time zone article entitled Solving time-zone puzzle: requested shifts would put nearly a third of the state in Central Zone Most notable was Gov. Daniels reaction.
Rep. Bauer, with no politics on his mind at all, I’m sure, thinks the jagged line is a mess “that never should have happened.”
But Gov. Mitch Daniels, who pushed the Legislature to pass the daylight-saving time bill that opened the debate on time zones, said he had no concerns with how the time-zone debate is playing out.
“From what I’ve seen, it looks to make common sense,” Daniels said.
Even if all counties petitioning for Central are moved, he said, the state will still be better off and less divided, because all of it will be on daylight-saving time.
But there’s no denying that some Hoosiers are holding Daniels responsible for the outcome, including several who wrote to the U.S. Department of Transportation about the issue.
Frances DeJoy of Noblesville wrote of her preference for Central time, closing with:
“P.S. to Governor Daniels: I voted for you for daylight-saving time because you said you favored Central time, that is, until you flip-flopped.”
The Chamber of Commerce is on record making another prediction — He’s confident the USDOT will not add any counties to Central Time. Then again, Chamber spokesperson Brinegar predicted that few counties would ask for a change because he suggested this would create political wrath that would chase them from office. Doing nothing, he is on record as saying, is safer politically than stepping forward and doing something.
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