Dan Shaw for the Lafayette Journal and Courier has an article entitled DST hearing tonight. The Tippecanoe County Commissioners will receive public input with respect to what time zone Tippecanoe County ought to be in. So far, the public input has been 2/3 in favor of Central — though the polling has certainly been informal. (It may well be that those who favor a change to central time are more motivated to comment than those who would like to stay on eastern time.) So far, the most common reason has been sentiment that it makes more sense for Tippecanoe County to follow Chicago than New York. However, the article suggests that a primary consideration will likely be to follow the lead of Indianapolis. At the time zone hearing tonight, the commissioners would like to receive information directed at the criteria important to the US Dept. of Transportation:
1. Where do communities get their supplies and ship their goods.
2. Where communities receive their news and television.
3. Where does the community get its bus and rail services.
4. The nearest airport.
5. What percentage of the community works outside the community and where do those people work.
6. If residents leave the community for school, recreation, healthcare, or religious worship, what standard of time is used in the places where these people go.
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