As a citizen I always thought that merger would be helpful to the community. I felt that the duplication of services was one of the main reasons that we should have merged. I also thought that the City of Louisville was dwindling in importance becasue so much of the population was moving outside the city's boundries.As a Police Officer I definitely thought that we needed to join forces to combat crime. I felt that there were "too many Chiefs and not enough Indians"When merger took place I was pleased