Comments on Advance Indiana™: Terre Haute Dems Play Dirty To Deny Republican Mayor

Same old crap being perpetrated by the Terre Haute...

2007-11-18T08:12:00.000-05:00

Same old crap being perpetrated by the Terre Haute Dems. Nothing changes. They make old school Chicago politics look clean as a whistle. They didn't get their way so they cry about it.

What about City Councilman Norm Loudermilk? He is a fire department employee (and a former cop). The THFD receives federal funds so why is Norm allowed to campaign without question? Oh yeah, because he's a Democrat and that's all that Matters in TH.

10:31, good job keeping up the crap.

2007-11-17T05:35:00.000-05:00

10:31, good job keeping up the crap.

8:11 PM EST - yeah, let's keep up appearances in a...

2007-11-16T22:31:00.000-05:00

8:11 PM EST - yeah, let's keep up appearances in a minor anonymous blog.

Damn, 7:03--where fo you get your information?Mary...

2007-11-16T20:11:00.000-05:00

Damn, 7:03--where fo you get your information?

Mary is a friend. We disagreed on the HRO, but she's quite open on multiple other issues. Her knowledge will be sorely missed as chair of the public safety committee. She is anything but mean. Get your facts correct.

The personal jab could easily have been left out. It was classless and added nothing.

as a good Democrat, I Wish someone would find a w...

2007-11-16T19:03:00.000-05:00

as a good Democrat, I Wish someone would find a way to get Moriarty Adams off the council. She fosters hate and is a bigot. Some women never recover from losing their husbands to another man.

If the Hatch Act applies - and it certainly looks ...

2007-11-16T18:14:00.000-05:00

If the Hatch Act applies - and it certainly looks to me like it does - the consequences would seem to fall on the Hamilton Center. I don't know of a provision in Indiana law that would cause the mayor-elect to forfeit his position as mayor. Although I suppose he might lose his other job.

MMA shouldn't be affected, since the MS society is a private nonprofit not statutorily equated to a state or local agency. (Head start program are statutorily equated to a state or local agency).

I don't know much about federal money given to police and fire departments, but I really hope someone investigates this.

Mary Moriarty Adams used to be at Indiana Housing ...

2007-11-16T16:07:00.000-05:00

Mary Moriarty Adams used to be at Indiana Housing until booted by Mitch and they definitely receive federal funds.

anon 12:24, I believe Chalos died just last year i...

2007-11-16T14:06:00.000-05:00

anon 12:24, I believe Chalos died just last year if I'm not mistaken. He brought a group of foreign business visitors to my family's farm back when he was still mayor. Pretty nice guy, but he overstayed his welcome after four terms. Jim Jenkins defeated him.

Gary,You're right. I think its even more dangerous...

2007-11-16T13:01:00.000-05:00

Gary,

You're right. I think its even more dangerous for Monroe and Vernon given their high ranks. The higher the rank, the more likely they're going to have some responsibility or entanglement with federal dollars.

Anon,You're wrong. The OSC still investigates and ...

2007-11-16T12:57:00.000-05:00

Anon,

You're wrong. The OSC still investigates and the MSPB still adjudicates, even when non-federal employees are involved.

See this press release from the OSC regarding the former Atlantic City mayor:
http://www.osc.gov/documents/press/2006/pr06_05.htm

or this unnamed municipality director:
http://www.osc.gov/documents/press/2003/pr03_17.htm

or these two regarding non-profit employees:
http://www.osc.gov/documents/press/2002/pr02_19.htm

http://www.osc.gov/documents/press/2001/pr01_06.htm

Monroe, Vernon, Lincoln, Ben...a pox on all their ...

2007-11-16T12:24:00.000-05:00

Monroe, Vernon, Lincoln, Ben...a pox on all their houses. Get off the council already. Monroe is not going to be president, hopefully not minority leader, and Lincoln is moving into leadership We're trading one goof for another. Put them both in a round barn and tell them to go spit in a corner. They'll never come out.

All good Dems know the Delaneys. And most will admit, in their candid mooments, that Ed is a prince, while his wife is, well, not a princess.

I cannot understand why Ed would be party to this.

Unless, of course, it has merit. One thing the Delaneys do well is end up on the winning side of lawsuits. And not ending up on the silly side.

The OSC and MSPC references are pertinent if the employee is a fulltime federal employee. The law is apparently gray enough that Ed thought this was worth a shot.

And here's another well-known fact: if you think the race to replace Julia, whenever it happens, will get down and dirty, it doesn't hold a candle to daily T. Haute politics. Vicious.

(Q.: Is Pete Chalos still alive?)

The Indianapolis Fire Department I'm sure has been...

2007-11-16T11:30:00.000-05:00

The Indianapolis Fire Department I'm sure has been the recipient of federal funding as well. Listen up, Monroe and Vernon.

Why is Ed Delaney investigating this? Hatch Act ac...

2007-11-16T11:21:00.000-05:00

Why is Ed Delaney investigating this? Hatch Act actions can only be enforced by the OSC (and adjudicated by the Merit Systems Protection Board). The penalty is that Hamilton Center would forfeit 2x in federal funding of whatever Bennett's salary was.

I've pointed out several times the issue with Indianapolis LEOs running in the partisan elections. The now-Hendricks County Sheriff had to resign his position as Chief of Brownsburg PD when he was campaigning because someone had filed a Hatch Act complaint and OSC contacted the town and informed them that there appeared to be a Hatch violation.

I couldn't imagine that Ben Hunter or Lincoln Plowman haven't signed up for details that are directly federally-funded, such as Weed and Seed or the many traffic safety grants.

Mary works for the National MS Society, which acco...

2007-11-16T11:12:00.000-05:00

Mary works for the National MS Society, which according to their website, receives about 1% of its revenues from the federal government as grants.

Does the nonprofit Mary Moriarty Adams work for re...

2007-11-16T10:55:00.000-05:00

Does the nonprofit Mary Moriarty Adams work for receive federal funding? Just asking.