Something said by city council member John Gonder was buried a few paragraphs down, but is sufficiently prescient to see the light of day.
FLOYD COUNTY: New Albany police chief, sheriff have different views on combining police protection; Mills supports a merger of departments, by Daniel Suddeath (Tribune)
… But the state push — primarily from Gov. Mitch Daniels — to consolidate public services is the reason New Albany City Council President John Gonder said his “knee-jerk” reaction to a merger is opposition.
“I don’t want to be led around by what [Daniels] thinks local government should be,” Gonder said.
