by

Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

(The County Line commentaries by Fred Swift are posted here as part of a newsgathering partnership between The Hamilton County Reporter and LarryInFishers.com.  This list is being sent to Santa for our good boys and girls laboring in public service to our great community. It’s meant to add a bit of humor for the season and more meaningful for Reporter readers who’ve kept up with the local news.)

For Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness: Tickets on the next Fair Train.

For Noblesville Deputy Mayor Steve Cooke: A guided Preservation Alliance tour of beautiful, unspoiled Seminary Park.

For Carmel School Superintendent Nick Wahl: full reinstatement to his lucrative position.

For George Kristo: A case of alcohol-free champagne for his next New Year’s Eve party.

For Sheriff Mark Bowen: A new year free of crime and jail overcrowding.

For Democratic County Chairman Joe Weingarten: More brave candidates coming forward to run for office.

For County Commissioner Christine Altman: A lifetime pass on the commuter rail line . . . valid upon its arrival in Hamilton County.

For Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard: A merry-go-round play set for his office to show visitors what it might have been.

For the folks at the Indiana Transportation Museum: Permission to put the Polar Bear Express back on the tracks.

For Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear: The new edition of “How to Build a Roundabout in 90 Days” written by Carmel City Engineer Jeremy Kashman.

For Elections Chief Kathy Richardson: An extra supply of electronic notebooks for better election reporting courtesy of her friends on the County Council.

For County Commissioners: A 99-year warranty covering hail damage on their new solar panels.

For Noblesville ice skaters: A two-month extension of the Jan. 8 scheduled closing of the Federal Hill Commons ice rink.

For Home Place residents: Invitations to the Welcome to Carmel annexation dinner party at the Home Place Tavern.

For all our loyal Reporter readers: A Very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.