Comments on Advance Indiana™: A Reversal Of Roles For Kennedy

You confirm my point, Lawyer, she has to choose be...

2010-05-14T07:10:06.448-05:00

You confirm my point, Lawyer, she has to choose between being a candidate and working for that law firm. Ryan Vaughn chose to move to a law firm that invited all sorts of conflicts. He is supposed to be the leader of the independent branch of municipal government. Yet, the professional rules prohibit him from criticizing Ballard and his administration because his law firm performs legal work the City. I should point out that it didn't stop Vaughn from sponsoring the ordinance that unlawfully withheld the coroner's salary, which wound up costing the taxpayers dearly after the coroner sued. Vaughn's firm has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to represent the coroner's office in litigation.

Hey, she is bound by the rules of ethics while emp...

2010-05-14T06:48:59.165-05:00

Hey, she is bound by the rules of ethics while employed at B&D. It would be very easy and very popular for her to speak ill of her law firm's clients. But she is wisely keeping silent, saying nothing bad and nothing good.

Now, Ryan Vaugh on the other hand - that is a whole other story . . .

We all fervently wish Kennedy, as D. candidate for...

2010-05-13T20:54:12.521-05:00

We all fervently wish Kennedy, as D. candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis, would answer the pertinenet questions you have asked of her in this post, while hoping that she will continue to challenge the mayor, on the public's behalf.

If Kennedy can't speak about one of the most i...

2010-05-13T07:26:22.180-05:00

If Kennedy can't speak about one of the most important issues facing this city because of a conflict of interest, then she shouldn't be a candidate for office in the beginning. The bottom line is that Kennedy will govern no differently than Ballard or Peterson, or Goldsmith etc. It's the same people calling the shots and lining up deals that put money in their pockets at a huge expense to taxpayers. The same firms will simply switch out the Rs sitting at the table and replace them with Ds sitting at the table. Ballard promised us this would change. Ballard also promised to stop spending so much money on outside law firms. His corporation counsel's office is now spending as much money on them as Peterson did to repay them for all of those campaign contributions.

Some Democratic bloggers out there are saying she ...

2010-05-13T07:09:15.306-05:00

Some Democratic bloggers out there are saying she isn't talking about the water utility sale BECAUSE of B&D's involvement. Something concerning lawyers and ethics. Your take on that?

On another note, I will be very disappointed if Melina Kennedy gets the Democrat nomination in 2011. I don't want a Peterson 2.0 administration.