When the hell is Indiana going to WAKE UP and fully get on board with Daylight Saving Time?
Gov. Mitch Daniels and businesses argued for a fix, saying the time warp was more than embarrassing because it cost the state money and jobs and created mix-ups over airline flights, delivery times and conference calls.
A law enacted in April required observation of daylight-saving time and compelled Daniels to ask federal officials to determine if time boundaries should be changed.
Daniels did so, but he did not state a time zone preference, something the Department of Transportation - which regulates time zones - said was unprecedented. The department said individual counties had to apply for time zone changes on their own.
A potential checkerboard emerged. St. Joseph County, which includes Notre Dame University and the 106,000 residents of South Bend, wants to shift from Eastern to Central time. The shift would align it with Chicago, about 75 miles to the west, but put it out of sync with Niles, Mich., an Eastern time zone city 11 miles to the north.
This shouldn’t surprise someone like myself who lived for over 30 years in the Midwest. Many of us slammed Indiana for their previously screwy time zones, but if the Feds allow these petitions to go through, it will foul it up even more! Eastern or Central: pick one zone and stay with it!