224. Whither Merger?

Today is the Federal Monday Holiday marking Veterans Day, or Armistice Day, which was yesterday, marking the end of the great war, what we now call World War One. The armistice was drawn at 11:11 AM on 11/11/1918, and signed in Compeiegne, France.

Observance of the holiday varies, although it has greatly increased since the events of September 11, 2001; it is also granted wider participation when our country is at war, as we have been for most of the current president's terms of office.

Here along the Left Bank of the Ohio River near Milepost 606, that variance of observation continues. Schools are open. Courts are closed. City offices are open. County offices are closed. Wait, you say, what about Merger? Why are the Metro offices open but the County Attorney and County Clerk closed? I don't know the answer, although the answer is probably similar to one which would answer the question why do homeowners in the old City pay two tax bills while those in the County outside the old City continue only paying one, despite benefitting from both collections? How much of the old City's tax dollars, collected solely inside the so-called Urban Services District, is spent in the County where no one pays for it? Who knows?

Whither Merger?