Bonner Center in Portage now safer

The Times took the high road yesterday and featured a story on Trustee Joyce Webster's grand opening - ribbon cutting for the Bonner Senior Center without making any mention of the political grandstanding that has also been the backdrop.

I won't be quite as apolitical, let's review a few details:

• Republican Joyce Webster beat a multi-term Democrat in Portage township, a community most known for 100% Democrat representation and largely Democrat voters.
  
• Trustee Webster backed Governor Daniels in his calls for elimination of township government and consolidation of many of the services. This action not only raise the ire of democrats, but hundreds of Republican trustees who wanted to hold on to their jobs too.
• Due to problems with the Indiana Gaming Board and a suspect organizational structure, trustee Webster took over the Bonner Center, which is owned by the townships but had been managed by a not for profit, to get the books and costs and safety issues handled.
• Senator Tallian (D) has attacked Trustee Webster in the paper for taking these actions, and is also representing as an attorney in lawsuits and actions against the trustee's office ... class act there.
  
• If I recall one of the unions also complained that this remodel didn't feature enough brick or some kind of ridiculous attack.
  

So, contrary to the nice story by the Times, and although this renovation was needed and sounds like it was built efficiently, there are many political intrigues going on behind the scenes in Portage township.