Local redistricting maps revealed, tight deadline ahead of ’22 elections

Plus, here comes Hammer Donuts in downtown Lafayette. Kaplans’ exit and a ‘Used To Be A …’ memory downtown.

Welcome this morning to a small batch of new subscribers to the Based in Lafayette reporting project, thanks, in large part, to loyal readers who shared the love with Gift Subscriptions that landed in stockings (or maybe the White Elephant table, I’m not sure). I hope the email isn’t a total surprise. We’ll break you in slowly, seeing as how this is that ‘tweener week … not quite Christmas, not quite New Year’s Eve, in every sense quite trying to figure out the best way to sneak away to catch Purdue in the Music City Bowl when it lands in the middle of a work shift, at 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon. (Hey, you have to plan these things out.)

With that in mind, a little post-Christmas this and that to start the week …

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COUNTY STARTS REDISTRICTING WORK UNDER TIGHT DEADLINE

Here’s one to watch this week … especially if you’ve considered a run for Tippecanoe County commissioner or a Tippecanoe County Council seat in 2022 – or in the decade that follows.

Tippecanoe County commissioners on Tuesday will consider a pair of maps that change the boundaries for the three commissioner districts and four county council districts.