More on White County’s Central Time decision

A bit of special focus on White County’s choice to move to central time for no better reason than that’s where I happen to live. Commissioners Steve Burton and John Heimlich voted in favor of Central time while Commissioner Bud Ferguson voted against it. White County is in a difficult position in that Jasper County is already on Central, Pulaski is requesting central, Cass is on central, and Carroll is requesting central. However, Tippecanoe is going to stay on Eastern. I don’t think Howard or Clinton counties were ever really on the table. (Then again, I never would have guessed Carroll or Cass would have voted for central). And, like I said, I haven’t heard word #1 about Benton County. So, in terms of land mass, most of White County is or could be surrounded by Central time zone counties. In terms of population centers, it’s Lafayette in Tippecanoe County. Making things a bit more interesting is the fact that the Tippecanoe County Commissioners solicitation of public opinion resulted in about 2/3 preferring Central to 1/3 Eastern. (At their public meeting, the breakdown was 50/50.) The Tippecanoe County Commissioners are taking a more conservative approach by waiting to see what happens elsewhere and seeing how county residents do or don’t like Eastern time.