Comments on Advance Indiana™: Kennedy Stumps For Votes At Indy Rainbow Chamber

Kennedy is advocating for Community Prosecution. ...

2006-09-20T23:41:00.000-05:00

Kennedy is advocating for Community Prosecution. That's great, but the MCPO already has a successful and internationally recognized community prosecution program. This program has existed since the early 1990s and prosecutors travel from all over the world to come here to study the way it is done here.

Hail, pay attention honey, and I'll say this real ...

2006-09-07T20:48:00.000-05:00

Hail, pay attention honey, and I'll say this real s-l-o-w:

Jesse Jackson wasn't used as a comparison. He was used as an example...I believe (but could be wrong) he inviented and/or popularized the word "Rainbow" to mean a broad collection of people from all walks of life.

I know that is a complicated subject for you, but try to stay up with the rest of the class.

Jesse Jackson .. boy that's a really smart compari...

2006-09-07T15:44:00.000-05:00

Jesse Jackson .. boy that's a really smart comparison. He's got that RAINBOW PUSH thing going on as long as its his black rainbow. The guy is a "reverse racist". With that logic you'd say Amos Brown speaks for blacks ... yeah and David Duke speaks for white people. I DON'T THINK SO!

Soft on crime? Considering how emasculated the LEA's are in Marion County he's working with what he's got. Can't manage an office? Seems he did pretty well when the CCC and Mayor Bart cut his budget by $800K the past 2 years. Try again. You might get it right eventually.

HUh? "Black is not a color in the rainbow" ?I thi...

2006-09-07T12:32:00.000-05:00

HUh? "Black is not a color in the rainbow" ?

I think the term Rainbow, in our community, is akin to "inclusive," "all cultures," etc. I believe Jesse Jackson coined that usage of the term, altho I may be wrong.

Why must this kind of discussion too often delve into the gutter, and end up slamming people based solely on color?

It's unfortunate.

Gary supports all rainbow causes, but you'll note ...

2006-09-07T12:10:00.000-05:00

Gary supports all rainbow causes, but you'll note that 'black' is not a color in the rainbow. Don't expect him to be very concerned about issues in that arena.

Well, Hailstone, I do frequent "rainbow" crowds, a...

2006-09-07T09:28:00.000-05:00

Well, Hailstone, I do frequent "rainbow" crowds, and lots of other crowds, including some that have a whole lot of people like you in them (I'll try not to match your condescending tone when referring to those on the right).

I listened to and spoke to Kennedy and you did not, so all I can say is I think your partisan conspiracy theory is pretty far-fetched. She's just a smart lady who thinks she can do the job.

And for the record, I am not a partisan shill. I have voted a split ticket in every election I've ever voted in, including the last one (I voted for Mitch Daniels, and would vote for him again if he were running today).

2006-09-07T09:25:00.000-05:00

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Hailstone-"blatent "feel good government programs ...

2006-09-07T09:19:00.000-05:00

Hailstone-

"blatent "feel good government programs are the solution to all our ills" kind of liberal."???

The Brizzi brief is a massive expansion of PROGRAMS in the MCPO...

How can you seriously say Kennedy is a liberal when you (and Indianapolis) have seen how soft he is on crime, how much he can't manage a budget (its doubled!), manage an office, or...keep offering new programs...

No I was not - "rainbow" is not exactly the crowd ...

2006-09-07T09:13:00.000-05:00

No I was not - "rainbow" is not exactly the crowd I frequent - I'm giving my opinion of what was reported by AI. In of itself Melina Kennedy is a blatent "feel good government programs are the solution to all our ills" kind of liberal.

You obviously have no idea what the prosecution of domestics is all about. Most of the time once the alcohol wears off both sides end up not wanting to pursue the matter. Don't believe me ask most cops. Read Indy Undercover.

The fact is she's a Bart Peterson puppet being planted in the Prosecutor's office. At the state level is has ramifications that if Bart were to try to take on Gov. Daniels in 2008 he'll have his pet project in the prosecutor's office to trump up whatever Bart wants, against Gov. Daniels - or $DEITY help us - should Bart win.

Hailstone, were you there? I was, and I don't know...

2006-09-07T08:54:00.000-05:00

Hailstone, were you there? I was, and I don't know what in the hell you're talking about, "feel good liberal gibberish."

She stated very clearly she wanted to go after what she called "career criminals." She wants to increase the conviction rates for domestic violence cases, do conservative have a problem with that?

I will also attend next month's After Hours, and I'm sure I'll be equally impressed with Brizzi. These are two highly qualified and impressive candidates who both deserve to be heard without all of the partisan bullshit.

Lots of feel-good liberal gibberish from Melina Ke...

2006-09-07T07:52:00.000-05:00

Lots of feel-good liberal gibberish from Melina Kennedy. We don't need any feel-good "blame the victim, not the offender" types in the Prosecutor's office. We need someone who will kick ass and take names. We need Carl Brizzi.

Tell me AI, did you see Bart overhead controlling Melina's strings?

Actually, in my opinion, Robert Ferguson's point i...

2006-09-07T05:37:00.000-05:00

Actually, in my opinion, Robert Ferguson's point is not over-made.

I've been in a position in the past manufacturing to hire kids out of North Central's J. Everett Light Career Center, all of them African American kids, all of them good responsible kids. I recall one of them having to go get his old rickety car out of impound because he had wracked up a bunch of violations. When I asked what the violations were: Failure to signal adequately in advance of an intersection, and a host of other violations that everyone commits every day.

When you are a white kid driving a nice car you attract no attention in the suburbs and these silly little infractions pass by unnoticed. When you are a black kid driving a beat-up automobile, every little infraction is an opportunity to pull you over and make sure you're not up to something.

As one who writes disability insurance for major insurers, I also note that major insurers (MetLife for instance) don't test for Marijuana use, though they do for nicotine and hard drugs. This is telling, because insurers aren't charities, and they will adjust rates or refuse coverage for anything that they think leads to disability. The fact they don't care about marijuana indicates that on an actuarial basis marijuana use doesn't correlate to workplace dysfunction. Some of the most impressive professionals that apply for coverage will own up in the past to having used marijuana. White citizens aren't getting pulled over for "failure to signal adequately in advance of an intersection" and their nice cars searched and their marijuana found. I believe black youths are getting "habitual offender" records for actions that are common among white professionals and which insurers find to be inconsequential in terms of predicting functionality.

I worry about unequal enforcement and about law enforcement being forced to spend time on something that may be inconsequential, or at least no more serious than alcohol or tobacco.

(I mentioned this to a drug unit officer at a wedding I attended recently and asked his opinion. His opinion? Legalize marijuand and tax the hell out of it." )

That point, ala Amos Brown, is tired and overdone....

2006-09-06T20:40:00.000-05:00

That point, ala Amos Brown, is tired and overdone.

Statistically, the harsher sentencing scheme will ...

2006-09-06T18:53:00.000-05:00

Statistically, the harsher sentencing scheme will adversely affect more African-American male offenders because they represent a disproportionate share of the number of offenders, which means more of them will be spending longer terms in prison. I think that's his point. If you accept that the disproportionate numbers are reflective of economic circumstances--the argument goes towards focusing on reducing poverty instead of harsher prison sentences. I'm not advocating that latter argument, but that's the point that is often made.

I'm not sure I understand Robert Ferguson's questi...

2006-09-06T18:47:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure I understand Robert Ferguson's question. Habitual offenders are habitual offenders. I don't care what color they are, they should be put away. Am I missing something here?