Subject: Vermillion
County
Vermillion County
Commissioners voted last night, Sept 6 to go to central time.
Fountain County meeting is Sept. 7 at Southeast Fountain Elem at
6:30 p.m.
LaGrange
County Time Zone Poll
If South Bend moves to Central Time and Sturgis remains on Eastern
Time, which zone would you prefer?
I live in LaGrange County and prefer staying with South Bend if
they switch to Central Time.
155 56.8%
I live in LaGrange County and prefer staying with Sturgis on
Eastern Time.
73 26.7%
I live outside LaGrange County but would rather see it on the same
time as South Bend even if it switches to Central Time.
23 8.4%
I live outside LaGrange County but want it to remain on Eastern
Time with Sturgis.
21 7.7%
I don't have a preference.
1 0.4%
Out of 228 LaGrange County Voters, 67.9% favor Central Time.
Number of Voters : 273
First Vote : Tuesday, 02 August 2005 13:40
Last Vote : Wednesday, 24 August 2005 21:51
Preliminary
results from Hancock County Time zone poll 8/22.
360 votes, the results were:
Central Time: 70%
Eastern Time: 18%
Stay with Marion County: 12%
Time Zone
Input--
Kosciusko County (Warsaw) time zone input: E-mail:
rrobinson@kcgov.com, or
Phone (574)-372- 2475.
Elkhart County (Elkhart) time zone input:
commissioners@elkhartcounty.com
Phone: (574)-534-3541 Fax: (574)-535-6747 or mail your
opinion to : Elkhart County Commissioners 117 N. 2nd St. Room 101
Goshen, IN 46526
Hancock County (Greenfield) time zone input: Website:
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com or mail you opinion to:
Hancock County Commissioners 111 S. American Legion Place
Greenfield, In 46140
Attention! St. Joseph County
Residents. Voice your time zone preference at (574)-235-9708,
or send an e-mail at pag@co.st-joseph.in.us . State your time zone
preference, and whether its a personal preference or for business
reasons. There is also a meeting of the St. Joseph County
commissioners on Tuesday August 23 at 5:30 PM on the 4th floor of
the County-City Building in South Bend.
INDY TIME ZONE POLL ON RTV6 WEBSITE
LINK
Good link for website to get some support for Central Time to have
the link to the survey on your site so people can take (similar to
what you did for Fort Wayne.)
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4852683/detail.html
Counting Allen County residents
votes, Time Zone Public Opinion Poll-
They will take votes from anyone in Indiana as it shows when you
click to the site and it will give any supporters in Allen County
that visit your site the direct link.
http://www.co.allen.in.us/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=436
Here
Are The Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #6374
Geography Surveyed: Indiana Data
Collected: 07/15/2005 - 07/17/2005
Release Date: 07/18/2005 17:07 ET Sponsoring News
Organization: Hoosiers for Central Time |
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Asked of 700 Adults |
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Margin of
Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.8% |
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56% |
Central |
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32% |
Eastern |
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12% |
Not Sure |
Sidenotes
#1:
The Chamber of Commerce of Elkhart County in Indiana recently
conducted a survey, and found that 68% of their businesses preferred
to be in the Eastern time zone. However, when asked why they preferred
the Eastern time zone, the main reason was because many of their
employees come from Michigan and for their ( the Michigan residents )
convenience, preferred that time. Should Michigan residence have the
right to chose what time Indiana should be on ?
Sidenote #2:
After an examination of the sunrise data provided by Jeff Sagarin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) S.B. Mathemactics,June
1970; Indiana University:
MBA-Quantitative Business Analysis,
May
1983), a shocking observation was
revealed.
If Indiana observes Eastern (time
zone) daylight saving time in 2006,children
will be waiting for the school bus
in the dark from August 16(pending on when school starts) through
April 20 , since the sun rises at 7:00 AM on August 16 and becomes
later and later with each passing day. This
morning darkness continues throughout the school year until April 20,
when the sun rises at 6:59 AM, and gets earlier with each passing day
until school gets out in May or June.
So with the passage of Eastern daylight savings time and remaining in
the Eastern time zone, school children will be forced to wait for the
school bus 8 months out of the year!!!
Important sidenote #3:
The only way we're going to turn the tide for
the Central time zone is: 1). write
a letter to your local newspaper to voice your support for the Central
time zone to get more people involved, 2). to have as many people show
up at the Department of Transportation hearings when they are held,
3). to voice your opinion to local officials about your desire to be
in the Cntral time zone, and 4). to send an e-mail to
joanne.petrie@dot.gov
. (very important). Joanne Petrie I understand is the individual that
is going to be responsible for holding the hearings throughout the
state, and the more e-mails she receives in support of the Central
time zone, the better it will be.
As individuals, we're ineffective. But as a coalition, we can make a
difference.
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