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OneZone Statement on the City of Carmel’s Actions Pertaining to the Lucas Estate

5/29/2019

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American business thrives on competition.  Being named the best restaurant in town is meaningless if there’s only one restaurant in town.  All businesses ask for is a level playing field, and a chance to compete fairly.  When that happens, all businesses’ opportunities can rise.  

That’s why we believe the City of Carmel is doing the right thing by demanding that the Lucas Oil estate either obtain the proper zoning to operate an event facility or stop doing so.  The banquet/event space business is big, but it’s also tough, and our members who provide such services continually invest in their businesses to remain competitive.  They get permits when they add to their facilities, and they make certain they are zoned properly for their business activities.   

​If the Lucas Oil property wants to join the competition – great.  They’ll be welcome. But they need to abide by the same rules everybody else has to follow to do so, and zoning is one of them.  It’s simply bad for business to allow an unlevel playing field to continue.
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​Taking Teachers Out of the Solution

5/23/2019

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By: Mo Merhoff, President of OneZone
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 My packing up for the day would slow down when I realized someone was in the hall outside my classroom door.  One afternoon it was an emotional sophomore arguably over-anxious over making some team.  But another time it was a 17-year-old prolonging going home, because home was where an alcoholic, abusive parent waited.  In my seven years in a high school classroom, there were many after-schools spent with a student, sometimes listening, sometimes encouraging, and sometimes intervening.
 
Every single teacher can relate to this.  Anybody who’s ever spent a day in a classroom can.  I’d argue it’s a major reason why teachers continue in a profession fraught with challenges.  It’s a conscious choice to make a difference - one student at a time.  We’re kidding ourselves if we presume that every student is the product of a healthy, successful nuclear family, and that teachers aren’t often the only adult in a student’s life to whom they can turn for help. 
 
That’s why the legislature’s recent elimination of mental health program funding from House Bill 1004, this session’s omnibus school safety legislation, was so disappointing.  Even more disappointing was the reason given by the vocal group responsible – that teachers are taking away parental rights by committing to helping students with mental health issues.  Think about that premise for a minute . . .teachers, the very people completely committed to creating success for their students, should be precluded from making a difference in the mental health of those students. 
 
Two years ago, the City of Fishers launched Stigma-Free Fishers – a campaign involving the entire community, with the goal of working together to reject stigmatizing labels and make a difference for those affected by mental illness.  HSE created a slogan for their program - Labels are for Jars, not People.  Slowly but surely, that community-wide commitment is making a difference, and the city is tracking their success and reporting the results (https://stigmafreefishers.com/about/reporting).
 
Fishers’ efforts deserve to be replicated all over Indiana, but that won’t happen if legislators decide to eliminate key players’ ability to be part of the solution.  It’s important we send a strong message to our legislators that teachers always have and always will often be the difference makers in students’ lives.  Somebody needs to be there for the person waiting outside the door.

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OneZone Statement on HSE School Board Discrimination Policy

5/2/2019

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Mo Merhoff

President, OneZone Commerce

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Former governor Joe Kernan was ending his comments before over 100 business people at a state chamber luncheon on Indiana's future. "One thing I hope you'll remember. I'm teaching some classes at my ala mater and let me tell you something about the next generation - they won't tolerate intolerance." He got a standing ovation.
 
Fishers is a community that's taken that seriously.  The Stigma-free Fishers campaign brought together police, fire, school, community and health representatives, and together, they're making a difference. Fishers has been on so many "best of' lists, it's almost expected. Fishers is a positive, open, welcoming community.
 
That's why HSE schools' recent vote on its discrimination policy is so baffling.

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