Indiana counties start to make their time zone preferences known

[Paul Eggert]

Indiana counties wanting to change their time zones have until
Sept. 16 to ask the US Dept. of Transportation to hold hearings to
switch time zones.  I thought I'd look to see which way their leaning.
Early returns suggest a preference for Eastern time, as one might
expect.  None of these results are official yet, so this won't yet
affect the tz data, but:

Allen County residents prefer Eastern, 65%-35%.
<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/12413842.htm>

Wabash Valley viewers prefer Eastern to Central Time, 58%-42%.
<http://www.wthitv.com/newsdet.asp?id=9444>

Perry County's commissioners opt for Central time, but Dubios
County looks like it may stick with Eastern time.
<http://www.perrycountynews.com/articles/2005/08/18/top_story/t1.txt>

And, my personal favorite:

Bartholomew County's commissioners have decided that it will join
whatever time zone its northern neighbor Marion County chooses,
regardless of public opinion.
<http://www.wabashplaindealer.com/articles/2005/08/16/state_news/state3.txt>