Much of the local media focus has been on the plan to consolidate the government of Fort Wayne with that of Allen County. If you ask me it isn't hard to see that this makes alot of sense. According to wikipedia, the estimated 2005 population of Fort Wayne is 248,341, while there are only 93,827 people in the rest of the county. Since the county government serves the un-incorporated areas, they would stand to greatly benefit from the increased buying power of a consolidated government as would Fort Wayne. Also, seeing as how Fort Wayne is the epicenter of commerce in northeastern indiana and some of northwestern ohio it is a no-brainer that we need to do what it takes to help the city to continue to thrive.
I'm getting really sick of hearing all these people from the outlying podunk towns whine about this as if Fort Wayne were like the borg and we're coming to assimilate them. I can assure you that this is hardly the case - if anything the services provided to our beloved rural communities stand to benefit from the increased services and gained efficiencies that will be realized by this consolidation.
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