4/21/2005
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Thursday: Eight days left to save $35 million a year
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Commission on Latino Affairs to hold banner at Statehouse today
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana General Assembly now has eight days left to pass Indianapolis Works, the government reform package that saves taxpayers $35 million a year.
Last week, Mayor Bart Peterson held a rally on the Statehouse steps to urge state legislators to use the final days of the legislative session to help Indianapolis and Marion County save taxpayers $35 million a year, or about $100,000 every day.
Since then, volunteers have been holding a banner outside the Statehouse urging the legislators to act and reminding the public about the consequences of inaction.
Today, representatives of the Indianapolis Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Mayor's Commission on Latino Affairs will be holding the banner and passing out material outside the Statehouse from 12-1 p.m.
Without Indianapolis Works, the city and county would be forced to lay off police officers, Sheriff's deputies and firefighters, close parks, cut neighborhood services and cut back on other important services.
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