Putnam County, Indiana Roads fixed and New Chief

The Issue

So here it is in a nutshell, we all pay for taxes on our property, our homes, our cars etc. How are your roads for all those tax dollars you spend.  Or maybe you are fortunate enough that your road was just patched....chances are in less then a year that patch job if done by the county has to be done again.....so that leads me to believe a few things first and foremost that money spent (ie OUR TAX PAYING MONEY) is literally being thrown away, to continue to keep throwing it away, and that the county leader MICHAEL RICKETTS was either never shown how to properly patch a hole or just does not even have a clue or care for that matter?  I mean a team can only be as good as there leader correct?  So what needs to be done here is a change of position all together for Mr. Ricketts or someone teach this guy how to do the job correctly so he can then teach his guys.  They say they have to buy new trucks and equipment every year, imagine if that money was going back to our roads instead with repairs done properly or if they were fixed properly the first time how much money in the long haul would be saved?  Have you ever noticed that when the County uses a third party to do patch or repair work 9 times out of 10 it holds up at least 2 years minimum?  We don't pay taxes so they can just throw it away and continue to band-aid the problem!  Lets work together and get these changes to be made and our voices heard.  Together we can make a difference!  

"Quality means do it right when no one is looking"    -Henry Ford-

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The Issue

So here it is in a nutshell, we all pay for taxes on our property, our homes, our cars etc. How are your roads for all those tax dollars you spend.  Or maybe you are fortunate enough that your road was just patched....chances are in less then a year that patch job if done by the county has to be done again.....so that leads me to believe a few things first and foremost that money spent (ie OUR TAX PAYING MONEY) is literally being thrown away, to continue to keep throwing it away, and that the county leader MICHAEL RICKETTS was either never shown how to properly patch a hole or just does not even have a clue or care for that matter?  I mean a team can only be as good as there leader correct?  So what needs to be done here is a change of position all together for Mr. Ricketts or someone teach this guy how to do the job correctly so he can then teach his guys.  They say they have to buy new trucks and equipment every year, imagine if that money was going back to our roads instead with repairs done properly or if they were fixed properly the first time how much money in the long haul would be saved?  Have you ever noticed that when the County uses a third party to do patch or repair work 9 times out of 10 it holds up at least 2 years minimum?  We don't pay taxes so they can just throw it away and continue to band-aid the problem!  Lets work together and get these changes to be made and our voices heard.  Together we can make a difference!  

"Quality means do it right when no one is looking"    -Henry Ford-

The Decision Makers

Eric J. Holcomb
Former Governor of Indiana
Beau Baird
Indiana House of Representatives - District 44
John B. Crane
Former IN State Senator

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Petition created on March 22, 2021