{"id":10708,"date":"2024-07-02T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?p=10708"},"modified":"2024-08-07T22:30:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T02:30:01","slug":"union-busting-w-dan-enthusiasm-for-land-banking-and-horrible-4th-of-july-traffic-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/union-busting-w-dan-enthusiasm-for-land-banking-and-horrible-4th-of-july-traffic-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Busting w\/ Dan, Enthusiasm for Land Banking, and Horrible 4th of July Traffic Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10708\" class=\"elementor elementor-10708\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-794606c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"794606c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b04b7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8b04b7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Union-Busting-Full.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8654ebd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8654ebd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46bae18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46bae18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Last month we reported that the Ridenour administration was attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/city-skips-bargaining-agreements-with-city-employees\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">skip bargaining agreements with&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\"><a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">AFSCME Local 3656<\/span><\/a>, and that effort has continued into the next council meeting. Ordinance 12-24 was taken off the table for a second time last night, and both Craig Wright and Matt Wagley continued to push for the 10% raise that the administration offered, citing inflation, but without agreeing to the contract agreements with the union.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-757e89c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"757e89c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2e280 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc2e280\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eee93c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eee93c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">After AFSCME president Nate Burgess asked for the ordinance to be tabled again, it was a 7-2 vote to follow suit and table it. The two votes against tabling were R-Dale Basham and R-Jeff Green. When Basham was approached by the Post-Democrat about both his decision not to table the ordinance and if his vote contradicted his support from Fire Fighters Local 1348, he only repeated his support for the ordinance without elaborating further.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f5303 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96f5303\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc46609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"bc46609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/New-Recording-108.m4a\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-968c825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"968c825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dale Basham answers rushed question by the Post-Democrat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d524144 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d524144\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2891f17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2891f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Muncie Land Bank Gets High Support by Council and Residents<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf87c34 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf87c34\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c347ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"c347ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Land-Bank-Full.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fa612 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74fa612\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15733c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c15733c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">While Resolution 5-24, a resolution to reaffirm support for the <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Muncie Land Bank<\/span>, was likely to pass prior to any discussion, nearly 40 minutes of comments from the audience with enthusiastic support followed and the vote was unanimous.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aebe385 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aebe385\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bd9579 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8bd9579\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2689668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2689668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ridenour Administration Decides Not to Close Wheeling for July 4th<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27caa09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27caa09\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f42cb87 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f42cb87\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57092d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57092d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; 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Council-member Nora Powell expressed frustration that the announcement came just a few days prior to Independence Day, and her and many other expressed concerns over safety. While council-members have been given little information, the Mayor&#8217;s Office can be contacted either by email (mayor@cityofmuncie.com) or phone (765-747-4853).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d5238 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13d5238\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfdfad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfdfad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7-2-24-wheeling.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"7-2-24-wheeling\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3NjYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tdW5jaWVwb3N0ZGVtb2NyYXQuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvNy0yLTI0LXdoZWVsaW5nLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7-2-24-wheeling-1024x416.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10766\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7-2-24-wheeling-1024x416.png 1024w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7-2-24-wheeling-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7-2-24-wheeling-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7-2-24-wheeling.png 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3b71b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f3b71b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The vast majority of Munsonian&#8217;s received the news through a Facebook post. The reactions seen above were last updated July 2nd @ 10:55am.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Union-Busting-Full.mp4 Last month we reported that the Ridenour administration was attempting to skip bargaining agreements with&nbsp;AFSCME Local 3656, and that effort has continued into the next council meeting. 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