tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1513683148595810066..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-51136394717601572422008-02-23T10:04:00.000-05:002008-02-23T10:04:00.000-05:00scruples by the way before the spell checkers hammer meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-32776312390125910502008-02-23T10:00:00.000-05:002008-02-23T10:00:00.000-05:00I truly thought about getting into politics but quickly realized the constituents wanted a gas bag lawyer type with no scuples, loyalties or ethics. All I could offer was common sense and a desire for true representation and positive actions reflecting the needs of the people. No way in hell anyone like that could be elected here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-16981623223052922462008-02-23T09:20:00.000-05:002008-02-23T09:20:00.000-05:00Oh yeah. Walorski spent over $300,000 against Kovach to get<BR/>re-elected in fall 2006. Her<BR/>district is essentially the SE quarter of St. Joseph County and<BR/>the SW quarter of Elkhart County.<BR/>Over $ 300 K and it isn't even <BR/>the Indy media market costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75727546090439901972008-02-23T09:03:00.000-05:002008-02-23T09:03:00.000-05:00State Reps and Senators gross<BR/>in the high 30s to high 40s.<BR/>Yes, there's income and social<BR/>security taxes taken out. Those<BR/>legislators who live more than<BR/>an hour from Indy, generally share an apartment and that costs<BR/>something. There's no way any<BR/>legislator "takes home" $ 45 K<BR/>a year.<BR/><BR/>I gave a couple of days of thought<BR/>last fall to running against my<BR/>state rep. in the primary but I decided that I had too many negatives and I still had to earn a living during these slow economic times.<BR/><BR/>The sad thing in many districts<BR/>is that about 18% of the voters<BR/>(60% of the 30% who bother to vote<BR/>in May) actually pick the fall election in those districts that<BR/>are rarely competitive between <BR/>the parties in the fall. <BR/><BR/>If more people would bother to vote<BR/>in the primary there would likely<BR/>be more people running in the primary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-74961300226369754322008-02-23T09:01:00.000-05:002008-02-23T09:01:00.000-05:00AI.....you will be glad to know that we have moved your polling place back to the Senior Citizen Center....renovations are done and your precinct has moved back home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26263190138806851572008-02-23T08:46:00.000-05:002008-02-23T08:46:00.000-05:00Its not just the gerrymandered districts that work in favor of the incumbant. Its also the slating process. I'm happy to see so many unslated candidates throw their hats in the primary anyway; maybe it will begin to undermine that process.<BR/><BR/>It would also be helpful to Indiana if the requirements to run as a 3rd party were not so stiff. At least we'd have some independent voices to consider in November.<BR/><BR/>It is disappointing that so many are willing to gripe and so few to run.<BR/><BR/>It would be really refreshing to see an elected official truely represent ALL of their constituents. Seems to me that its not just black vs. white, but republican vs. democrat, rich vs. poor, big donor vs. regular joe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66941096051615195982008-02-23T05:54:00.000-05:002008-02-23T05:54:00.000-05:00Abu Henderson is a class act? Have you listened to him?<BR/><BR/>He needs to be on meds.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, Wilson--Joceyln's "much-anticipated" run against Elrod was only a drama in your mind.<BR/><BR/>Spare us the tripe, huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22524150159870195842008-02-22T23:19:00.000-05:002008-02-22T23:19:00.000-05:00Does anyone else remember that the General Assembly passed a law that forbids anyone charged with a crime from running? Not convicted, charged. It's easier to run for President or U.S. CongressAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69223887949716203232008-02-22T22:34:00.000-05:002008-02-22T22:34:00.000-05:00That Abu Henderson is a class act. He's also very hardworking and passionately cares about people.<BR/><BR/>He'll be a much welcome replacement to Representative Crawford.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-30008617168246018422008-02-22T21:43:00.000-05:002008-02-22T21:43:00.000-05:00<I>Ajabu Henderson has filed to run against Bill Crawford.</I><BR/><BR/>It's Abu, not Ajabu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18663003241251511532008-02-22T21:38:00.000-05:002008-02-22T21:38:00.000-05:00Ask Ed Coleman and Michael Hegg how much the party spent to advertise their candidacies after they paid the slating fees for at-large councilors in the last election. Kent Smith paid nothing and got all the advertising help. Go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-83706703495257515202008-02-22T20:42:00.000-05:002008-02-22T20:42:00.000-05:00Advance Indiana, I only live a couple of blocks from you and Andre Carson has already been going door to door.....he has been to a couple of neighborhood gatherings and there have been 2 or 3 mailings...he has a published phone number which he gives all of the time.....if you need to talk to him or contact him and haven't, it is your fault. By the way, he made a very favorable impression at the Garfield Park neighborhood group which was 100% white......he is running to represent all of us what is a very diverse district.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-47939416307507682372008-02-22T20:12:00.000-05:002008-02-22T20:12:00.000-05:00Jeff Parmelee, a police officer, ran against Day twice. He worked the district very hard in at least one of those races and didn't come even close to Day.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39587428947183972712008-02-22T20:09:00.000-05:002008-02-22T20:09:00.000-05:00It looks like the Senate Republicans are screwed all around. They have a lot of primary challenges and a surprisingly large number of General Election challengers. They do have a map in their favor but it looks like it's going to take a buttload of money to maintain their current members.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-74674843183713048552008-02-22T19:54:00.000-05:002008-02-22T19:54:00.000-05:00John Day was at my neighborhood association meeting after property taxes blew up last year. He didn't have much to say as far as I was concerned. Isn't Mr. Day's voting record fairly conservative? I seemed to remember him voting against many LGBT issues. You'd be the kind of Republican to beat Day in his district Gary.Eclecticvibehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848437748997209589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3173078669003063432008-02-22T19:38:00.000-05:002008-02-22T19:38:00.000-05:00I should add that Andre Carson is my councilor. He's been completely absent from my neighborhood since his appointment last summer. Is it because I live in a white neighborhood? People in the 7th district should think about that. Bill Crawford used to be my state representative. He had the same attitude. He never visited our neighborhood meetings.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8507231611417378872008-02-22T19:33:00.000-05:002008-02-22T19:33:00.000-05:00Day is my state representative. If the district wasn't so overwhelmingly Democrat, I would run against him. He generally does knock on doors around election time, but he's pretty absent from his district otherwise. Howard is the senator for my district. Obviously, he lays dying now and has an excuse for his inaction, but in the past, he made it clear that he wasn't interested in my neighborhood--we were white and we were well off, or as he referred to us "that wine and cheese crowd". Unfortunately, that's what happens when you get placed in a gerrymandered district. Your legislator could basically give a damn less about you.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-20951630841037104702008-02-22T19:23:00.000-05:002008-02-22T19:23:00.000-05:00Why is it that Rep. John Day, a member of the House Ways and Means has been completely silent on the property tax issues?<BR/>Years ago when John first ran he wore out shoe leather and knock on nearly every door in his district. He was once very good on constituent issues. Now, we hardly ever hear anuthing from him yet he always gets relected.<BR/>Is he burnt out or what? Where is his voice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9539562522352549632008-02-22T19:10:00.000-05:002008-02-22T19:10:00.000-05:00Peter, most people would be pleased to take home about $45,000 a year from a part-time job.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2385434467556310232008-02-22T19:08:00.000-05:002008-02-22T19:08:00.000-05:00I suppose you might get better candidates if the job paid better. But I don't think that would go over very well with the voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-71651464219534242912008-02-22T18:59:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:59:00.000-05:00At least Ajabu is running, giving the voters a choice.<BR/>The problem is that people believe that the party nomination means everything and that they wouldn't stand a chance. Or, people say after the fact, "I should have ran"<BR/>Politics as usual is getting old and people need to make their voices heard.garyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141621101828080762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-52467159768886328812008-02-22T18:52:00.001-05:002008-02-22T18:52:00.001-05:00In the GOP primary, Steve Buyer is being challenged on the ballot by "Firefighter LaRon Keith" [sic] !<BR/><BR/>It also looks like the much-anticipated Jocelyn Tandy's fierce challenge to Jon Elrod never materialized... oh well!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-65814403432556765622008-02-22T18:52:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:52:00.000-05:00Yes, let's all run! Wilson can only diver in so many dumpster at one time!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-21434597972757395972008-02-22T18:44:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:44:00.000-05:00Ajabu Henderson is one of those perennial candidates who constantly runs but never wins election. Often he loses his own precinct...Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2452746296020760272008-02-22T18:38:00.000-05:002008-02-22T18:38:00.000-05:00I'm assuming Jean Breaux's opponent, for example, is only token opposition. Ajabu Henderson has filed to run against Bill Crawford.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.com