tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post115738078779340489..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165282784086583072006-12-04T20:39:00.000-05:002006-12-04T20:39:00.000-05:00Someone should search out the "qualifications" for the African American autopsy assistants who are being hired as new county employees. Those with advanced degrees are being passed over because they are melanin challenged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1159124541054945022006-09-24T14:02:00.000-05:002006-09-24T14:02:00.000-05:00I, as a mere taxpayer of the state, am not directly affected by the topic at hand, but i must say that i definately share your sentiment. To allow politics to get in the way of the pathologists ability to properly perform their duties, as well as depriving hard working people of their means of employment is a <B>travesty</B>. I, for one, do not see the road to progress leading to outsourcing. It seems to me most strange that it would be in the best interest of marion county residents for the coroners office to take away jobs from marion county residents, just to grant them to people from other counties. That accompanied with the fact that our judicial system is already backed up enough without having to wait for autopsy results to come from a diffent area code makes me wonder if Kenneth Ackles should have stuck to what he had experience in. Perhaps he should have left the field of medical science to a qualified medical professional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1158077973105597212006-09-12T11:19:00.000-05:002006-09-12T11:19:00.000-05:00This guy is the picture of INCOMPETENCE! Since taking office, his staff routinely tells families to<BR/>call a funeral home and authorize release without coming to the scene of persons that their family doctor will not sign off on. In a show of<BR/>preferential treatment recently, Lavenia's funeral home did not want to take a decomp, so they did<BR/>what anyone else does: they called Monroe Gray, city-council pres & 'fireman' on IFD payroll.<BR/>Monroe had an engine go out, but the officer on that engine refused to have fireman transport a<BR/>decomp to Lavenia's. Next, Lavenia's called "Bones" on a cell phone. They demanded "Bones"<BR/>send the county's contract service to remove the decomp so that Lavenia's staff, wearing custom<BR/>embroidered shirts, would not get messy. "Bones" dispatched his Chief Deputy to the scene to<BR/>give a private funeral home PPE at county expense, so that Lavenia's would not get messy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157569363947568022006-09-06T14:02:00.000-05:002006-09-06T14:02:00.000-05:00Wilson46201- Did you know?<BR/><BR/>Julia Carson, congresswoman, attempted to control the Marion County Coroner's office when Dr. Ackles first went into the office. she also wanted to control and determine who would be contracted. She failed!<BR/><BR/>Check it out!Queen916https://www.blogger.com/profile/16645350502782946096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157541225809562942006-09-06T06:13:00.000-05:002006-09-06T06:13:00.000-05:00do my research? How about providing some details.<BR/><BR/>I keep up on these things and don't remember it.<BR/><BR/>I'll gladly eat my words if the links provide info on inappropriate deals.<BR/><BR/>I just seriously doubt it exists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157506717192550742006-09-05T20:38:00.000-05:002006-09-05T20:38:00.000-05:00Anon 7:21, the respective interests of Mssrs. Bart & Beurt in the water company were well-documented in the Star. Do your research.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157504844572363282006-09-05T20:07:00.000-05:002006-09-05T20:07:00.000-05:00I have always found it extremely odd that such a hyper-capitalist like SerVaas would facilitate "nationalizing" a privately-owned, seemingly-profitable water company. Usually the only time the SerVaas types want government intervention is when their business is going under and they need taxpayer cash to keep afloat.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157498477630117212006-09-05T18:21:00.000-05:002006-09-05T18:21:00.000-05:00You can't throwe an accusation like the Bart-Beurt thing, and not at least try to back it up. I'm pretty sure it's urban myth.<BR/><BR/>Where do you get this stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157489870331706892006-09-05T15:57:00.000-05:002006-09-05T15:57:00.000-05:00Uuhh, Beurt, that is.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157489693696493352006-09-05T15:54:00.000-05:002006-09-05T15:54:00.000-05:00Very funny Chris. I didn't know that, but didn't Bart and Bert make a lot of money off a water company deal awhile back, which they negotiated together?Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157488585185418812006-09-05T15:36:00.000-05:002006-09-05T15:36:00.000-05:00Anon 8:03 edt, do you mention a good scrubbing with Bar Keeper's Friend because that is the brand of cleanser owned by Beurt SerVaas, former Republican head of the city county council? Was that a deft political analogy or merely coincidence? Either way, I am amused, and call it to the attention of those who may have missed the allusion. <BR/><BR/>And for those who might lack a history of Bar Keeper's Friend, it is a chemical found in Rhubarb, its polishing qualities discovered when rhubarb boiling in copper pots was found to have removed their layers of tarnish. <BR/><BR/>Please pardon the digression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157457788402951582006-09-05T07:03:00.000-05:002006-09-05T07:03:00.000-05:00Actually, no. Some of these pollies need a good scrubbing down with some Bar Keepers Friend and a good Brillo pad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157425698069251622006-09-04T22:08:00.000-05:002006-09-04T22:08:00.000-05:00Point made. It doesn't make it right.<BR/><BR/>Still, your choice of words is a little harsh, dontcha think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157416198776516722006-09-04T19:29:00.000-05:002006-09-04T19:29:00.000-05:00Anon 6:53, no inference of dishonesty or illegality should be taken from my statement. It is quite easy for politicians to help their friends and comply with the letter of the law. It's done all the time.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157410409467432752006-09-04T17:53:00.000-05:002006-09-04T17:53:00.000-05:00I know exactly how the Peterson earned their millions. Honestly. Hell, Pete Peterson, the mayor's dad, to this day often helps do manual labor on their projects.<BR/><BR/>That has nothing to do with McGoff's insider lease deals with Bales.<BR/><BR/>I just think the words "crisis" and "cesspool" are a little strong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157410347401324702006-09-04T17:52:00.000-05:002006-09-04T17:52:00.000-05:00I have had the opportunity to talk with a national transportation department that made it perfectly clear, they would love to deal with Medical Examiners only. Coroners are nothing but political positions, they don't even have to be a doctor, let alone forensic pathologist. <BR/><BR/>If I recall correctly it was a coroner who tragically misidentified the Taylor University students. 2007 is knocking on the door! Time to wake up and get with it. Positions like the coroner need to go.<BR/><BR/>EXCELLENT post. Time for us to make sure this word gets out on this and Drummer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157404211763189812006-09-04T16:10:00.000-05:002006-09-04T16:10:00.000-05:00Again, I didn't say McGoff wasn't political. Unfortunately, politics always seems to make its way into the leasing of any office space for government. Politicians have made wealthy people through insider real estate deals. If you don't believe me, just take a look at how Mayor Peterson's family earned their millions.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157403745052279382006-09-04T16:02:00.000-05:002006-09-04T16:02:00.000-05:00Aloha !Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157403421768679172006-09-04T15:57:00.000-05:002006-09-04T15:57:00.000-05:00Wow...hit a nerve, AI?<BR/><BR/>McGoff conducted some of the business as if it were a political cesspool.<BR/><BR/>I'm speaking specifically of the lease for office space, farmed out to Jon Bales, another political hack who's a member of the Metropolitan Devleopment Commission. They didn't need a broker, and Bales made a mint.<BR/><BR/>This is one of many offices that needs to go the way of township trustee--OUT. <BR/><BR/>Marion County can't seem to catch a break in this office.<BR/><BR/>Have you paid any attention to the surveyor's office? My party ran a pathetic broken down female attorney who has run for everything. Lo and behold, she won. Zero experience in a very important legal office...but she's had the brains to hire competent land professionals.<BR/><BR/>Dems, of course, but competent nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>The sad fact is, now that Dems can win almost everything on the ballot, due to shifting demographics, you're now seeing some less-than-qualified candidates run. <BR/><BR/>Kind of a payback for the hacks and idiots the Repubs put up for years when they couldn't lose...do I ened to do a rollcall here? Cottey, Mowery, et al<BR/><BR/>Still, I'd like to see my party do a better job flushing out candidates. Dr. Ackles came out of nowhere, tied up Ms. Carson and Carl Drummer in slating, and the rest is history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157400673078280902006-09-04T15:11:00.000-05:002006-09-04T15:11:00.000-05:00McGoff brought respectability to the office that had been badly tarnished by his incompetent predecessor, Karl Manders. Is McGoff politically active? Yes. Did he make the office a political cesspool? No.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157399118055648312006-09-04T14:45:00.000-05:002006-09-04T14:45:00.000-05:00Excellent post.<BR/><BR/>But don't think Dr. McGoff was a saint...he, too, was a political hack. A medically-trained hack, but a hack nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>Your comment about race is unfortunately true. His chief deputy for awhile was a former Dem primary opponent, who has tremendous training and skills. I have heard that deputy (white) has left the office. (John Linehan)<BR/>He was a former sheriff's deputy who got much additional training in forensic pathology.<BR/><BR/>Did you know, under Indiana law, the only person who can arrest or serve warrants on the sheriff, is the coroner?<BR/><BR/>Read it and weep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157398606185113552006-09-04T14:36:00.000-05:002006-09-04T14:36:00.000-05:00Ruth, Thanks for your kind comments. I'll do my part. But my observant readers are key to getting this information out. I rely enormously on them.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157398362287553882006-09-04T14:32:00.000-05:002006-09-04T14:32:00.000-05:00Gary, between this and your Drummer post, you are the best reporter in Indianapolis this weekend.<BR/>You consistenly raise important questions about news that is being under-covered. Thus the public -- those who read the msm -- is being underserved.<BR/>Again, in defense of my friend Will Higgins -- who reported on the Polin Park deal twice now -- Will is a very talented writer but not an investigative type by assignment. The story is getting a light dusting because the editors are not throwing the resources at it.<BR/>Keep it up, Advance Indiana. You are carrying the day. I don't even live there anymore, and I know these are vital issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1157392584186203252006-09-04T12:56:00.000-05:002006-09-04T12:56:00.000-05:00Good post AI. Did you notice that Ackles official bio on his website says that he serves as "ringside Doc" for the annual boxing matches held at the Indiana Black Expo? How can a chiropractor serve as a medical doctor for boxing events, let alone serve as county coroner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com