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Dear Editor:
Who is investing in our community?
It’s a simple question with an equally simple answer: Democrats in Congress are investing millions in Indiana while local Republicans pose for groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings for projects funded with money their party opposed in Congress.
In 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act provided economic relief during the pandemic that our local officials used on new and existing projects: $205 million for broadband and trail expansions, and $25 million in grants for land preservation.
Our communities have greatly benefited from the Democrats’ investment:
- $20 million to White River restoration
- $25 million to expand water & sewer utilities along U.S. 31 to Bakers Corner
- $2.8 million to wastewater improvement projects in Arcadia
- $6.3 million to the new arts & municipal complex in Fishers
- $7.6 million to the Nickel Plate Trail in Fishers and Noblesville
- $2.1 million to the Monon Trail in Sheridan
- $5 million to the new YMCA in Westfield
- $500 thousand to Westfield nonprofits
- $2 million for broadband expansion in Boone County
- $3 million to the Carpenter Nature Preserve in Zionsville
- $400 thousand to updating Zionsville’s comprehensive plan
Under Indiana’s current Republican supermajority, our public schools are being defunded, support to families through Medicaid is being slashed as a result of fraud, and our rights are being stripped away. So, once again, we have to ask ourselves a simple question:
Who is investing in our community?
Neil Koglin
Westfield
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