Comments on Advance Indiana™: Pro Mass Transit Star Columnist Drives Car Registered In Ohio

-good point, Paul. Make that a complaint for perj...

2013-04-02T20:08:24.195-05:00

-good point, Paul. Make that a complaint for perjury on a tax return and the misdemeanor violation of Indiana registration law. I'd love to attend that trial and watch justice dispensed to a liberal for once.

To explain the joy of mass transit, it makes it po...

2013-04-02T19:59:53.578-05:00

To explain the joy of mass transit, it makes it possible for the patrons of Haughville, Brightwood and The Meadows to attend a Chief Keef concert at The Palladium in Carmel.

Chief Keef, is an American rapper from Chicago. "Born as Keith Cozart, while under house arrest for a previous weapons charge, Cozart posted several public videos. In 2011, Cozart was apprehended on charges of heroin manufacture and distribution. He was found delinquent and served time on house arrest.

He left his grandmother's home holding a coat over his hands in front of his waistband. A policeman stopped to question the rapper, who dropped the coat, flashed a handgun and ran away. Officers chased then 16-year-old Cozart, who turned around several times and pointed the gun at them. The policemen discharged their weapons, but missed. They caught him a half-block later and recovered the pistol, which was loaded. Cozart was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm on a police officer and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. He was also given a misdemeanor charge for resisting arrest. He was held in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center until a judge sentenced him to home confinement at his grandmother’s house.

This year he was taken into custody after a juvenile court judge ruled that the aforementioned gun range interview video constituted a probation violation. Two days later, Cozart was sentenced to two months in a juvenile detention facility and was additionally made a ward of the state. On March 14, 2013, Keef was released from a juvenile detention center after serving the 60 days for violating his probation."

-Now when does that new Regional Mass Transit Stop at The Palladium open in anticipation of the Chief Keef Concert there????

CircleCity, it's actually worse than that. Wh...

2013-04-02T19:34:31.960-05:00

CircleCity, it's actually worse than that. When you file your Indiana taxes you have to certify that any vehicle in your possession is registered in Indiana. That statement is made under oath, i.e. a felony.

People seem to think, including Erika Smith apparently, that "ownership", i.e. how the vehicle is titled somehow determines which state it gets registered and plated in. That isn't true. If my parents in Florida lend me one of their cars to use in Indiana, I have to register and plate it here even though the vehicle remains titled in their name.

Erika Smith's only defense is that possibly her Ohio parents were in town and she was simply borrowing the car to go to the meeting that evening. Apparently she is not claiming that so she is admitting she's violating the law.

Ellen, ownership of the car does not matter. If s...

2013-04-02T17:52:49.551-05:00

Ellen, ownership of the car does not matter. If she is driving it in Indiana she has to plate it here regardless of who owns the car.

I'd love it if Paul would appear at the Prosec...

2013-04-02T17:49:18.769-05:00

I'd love it if Paul would appear at the Prosecutor's office and sign a criminal complaint against Erika Smith for violation of Indiana Law!

"IC 9-18-2-45
Improperly registered vehicles; misdemeanor
Sec. 45. A person who knowingly or intentionally owns a motor vehicle that is registered outside Indiana but that is required to be registered in Indiana commits a Class B misdemeanor.

As a side note, there has been some additional violence in our closest city with regional mass transit that centers around it's mass transit. From media reports, regional mass transit appears to be just what we don't want!!!! We cannot handle the violence at the downtown bus stops....

"Nearly 30 people were arrested downtown Chicago on Saturday night for disturbances that ranged from
bumping into passersby on sidewalks to attacking passengers aboard a CTA train, authorities said, citing preliminary information.....In a separate incident, police arrested 11 teens at the CTA's State/Lake station in The Loop about 6:35 p.m. after the group attacked two women on an elevated train car, authorities said, citing
preliminary information.

The incident started when a woman on the "L" asked one of the teens to put out a cigarette,
authorities said, citing preliminary information. The group of teenagers then allegedly attacked that woman and another woman on the train before running onto the "L" platform with the purse belonging to one of the victims.

Officers arrested the teens as they attempted to leave the station, authorities said.

-Will Carmel book Chief Keef in concert to 'celebrate' the opening of the new Regional Mass Transit stop at The Palladium? -Will Hamilton Town Center enjoy it's Regional Mass Transit Stop? -I'm sure Greenwood Park Mall will enjoy the influx of new visitors as well.

-News reports showed Chicago horse patrol breaking up the mob action on TV. Will the new Carmel PD & Greenwood PD have horse patrols up and ready with the opening of the new regional mass transit stops?

I hear you, Mary Roger. I knew an attorney who dro...

2013-04-02T17:30:36.089-05:00

I hear you, Mary Roger. I knew an attorney who drove a very expensive car who was a partner at a big law firm in town who kept his car registered in Illinois using his parents' home simply to avoid paying the vehicle excise tax. I couldn't believe his partners would stand by and permit him to engage in what was obviously an illegal act.

You jumped to conclusions, Gary. It's her Ohio...

2013-04-02T17:08:58.038-05:00

You jumped to conclusions, Gary. It's her Ohio-resident father's car.

Next time you're out driving around, look at l...

2013-04-02T15:44:32.685-05:00

Next time you're out driving around, look at license plate.
You will be amazed at how many Illinois plates there are. Most of the drivers appear to be Hispanic.
I guess "resident" laws don't apply to anyone anymore. (Along with speeding, signalling, lane usage, following too closely, etc.)