Comments on Advance Indiana™: John Criticizes Ballard For Transparency

The idea of Tom John complaining about "arrows bei...

2008-07-21T03:57:00.000-05:00

The idea of Tom John complaining about "arrows being shot into Ballards back" is ludicrous, in that John has been THE most prominent of that type of enemy Ballard has had to face since starting his odyysey into politics.

Then again, if one is smart, one doesnt appoint an enemy to a deputy director post, such as Ballard did with Kyle Walker. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer" may sound good, but is that really a good way to run government, when there are a lot more talented individuals who haven displayed any treachery to the boss?

Ballard told the black community what he thought o...

2008-07-20T17:53:00.000-05:00

Ballard told the black community what he thought of them when he appoointed Olgen Williams as a deputy mayor. As to Tom John, he is the chairman of a broken down organization that is in chaos. He needs to spend his time trying to put the pieces back together.

In terms of an evaluation from the Black Community...

2008-07-20T13:16:00.000-05:00

In terms of an evaluation from the Black Community, I am rather confused as to why Greg Ballard has judged the Black Community to be superficial and naive. He selected the least competent and most laughable people to represent us. The miscreant ministers who follow him around have a long history of corrupt and immoral behavior. They are nothing but pimps masquerading as religious leaders. Many of them have been involved in monetary deceptions in their church, many others have caused their church to file bankruptcy. How does Greg Ballard expect the severly underpaid and unemployed members of the Black Community to follow these slick preachers who spend both government and church monies on themselves,their expensive cars,their women and not to help the community or to keep young men in school and out of trouble. I understand that the very first thing that Deputy Mayor Olgen Williams did when he was pimped to be Deputy Mayor was to go out and buy himself a Lexis!!!! That is a great statement and demonstration of what he is about! Bling, Bling! Mumble, Mumble..no substance!
The Black Community continues to suffer from the consequences of poverty, mis-education, prejudice and exploitation. Massive drug markets are established in the Black Community by people who do not live there. Crime and violence continue to infect and desecrate our community, and in response we get Greg Ballard's token Olgen Williams with his profane initiative "Peace in the Streets".
You are so right Advance Indiana. Greg Ballard is very transparent! We can all see right through him!

Great comment, Gary. My major disapointment with ...

2008-07-20T09:25:00.000-05:00

Great comment, Gary. My major disapointment with Ballard thus far is that he appointed GOP political hack retread types to so many important positions. But John's complaint about Ballard's transparency? That's baffling. Of course, consistency hasn't been a strong suit for John. This is after all a guy who issued a press release calling for the the Democratic city county councilor to resign based on an allegation of a misdemanor while just months earlier supportinig the slating of a Republican candidate for judge who killed someone while driving drunk.

People expect county chairmen to be partisan, but they need to show some consistency or they won't have credibility with the media. I talk to a number of Star reporters. They really don't have a lot of respect for Tom John because he makes no effort to be consistent or fair in his comments.