Indiana Time Gets Some Attention from Overseas

The Indiana time issue is getting some love from overseas. The Sunday Times from the UK has a story focusing on the split in the town of Santa Claus, Indiana. It covers some familiar territory, but I liked this passage:

Mitch Daniels, the Governor, used to be one of President Bush’s chief budget officials. Now he has stumbled into an issue that many Indianans believe he should have left well alone. After his election last year, he pushed for the entire state to observe daylight saving. Businesses argued that the failure to follow the rest of America cost the state millions each year because of missed flights, scrambled computers and confusion over conference calls. The state legislature passed the plan. Next April the whole of Indiana will observe daylight saving.

But 19 counties want to switch from Eastern time to Central time. Dave Crooks, a Democrat who wants the whole state to observe Central time, said: “This issue is bigger in Indiana than the war, same-sex marriage and abortion.”