Comments on Advance Indiana™: More Likely Than Ever Voters Will Have Few Choices In Next Year's Municipal Elections

Anon 8:40 seems to refuse to admit that the Democr...

2014-12-05T13:21:40.801-05:00

Anon 8:40 seems to refuse to admit that the Democrat Party is ALSO a "money party"... and possibly more so. 8:40 surely has noted how Barak Obama holds endless fundraisers with his uber-rich friends at thousands of dollars a plate. BO also counts Wall Street among his most active moneybag donors.

So, 8:40... please be honest about the devious Democraps as well... who also count the super rich Hollywood set as favored political donors bestowed with special tax breaks we regular people could sure use.

The argument that it is only the Republican party that is the party of the crony capitalist is pure baloney... the Democrats are every bit as "guilty".... every damn bit.

maybe he was advised not to say what party he woul...

2014-12-05T12:32:42.640-05:00

maybe he was advised not to say what party he would run with…..stereo tying here does no good for anyone..Anon here sounds like he's about ready to bust out his white robe, to say that Harrision is in the same boat as Sharpton is our racist and shows exactly where folks in Indy are coming from..Wow,,let the racist start

Given the increased centralized and increased size...

2014-12-05T08:51:51.818-05:00

Given the increased centralized and increased size of government, there is simply too much money involved to allow the voters to control the process.

Our system was designed to work at the precinct level and the political system was decentralized. Since the Precinct Committeemen no longer have power (and are appointed by the party Bosses), representative leadership is absent at the local level. The only threat to the Democratic or Republican Bosses was the Tea Party that has been sidelined.

The system is corrupt beyond the imagination of the average voter. The system has evolved into one quite similar to the one currently in place in China.

"Suffice it to say, anyone who believes in co...

2014-12-05T08:40:17.909-05:00

"Suffice it to say, anyone who believes in core Republican principles has little affinity for Ballard..."

Anyone who believes in anything but what Ballard and Mitch has done needs to dump their old beliefs and recognize that Ballard and Mitch are exactly what Republicanism is all about.

The Republicans are a money party, masters at funnelling government money to private pockets. This is what they've always been. It's amazing that ordinary citizens vote for this millionaire's club.

Good points in your article and sadly true. Some P...

2014-12-05T08:25:07.744-05:00

Good points in your article and sadly true. Some Politicians will play the game, and I should underline play, which creates the illusion of a two party system. Some elected officials may be given permission slips to act independent from time to time. Christine Scales is not one them. The reality is we have a Republicrat Party in Marion County. The goal of the "Shadow Government" is to carry out the Agenda of the Crony-Capitalists.

We know that Big Business has it's own Agenda, each Company seeks to maximize it's own Profits. It is the job of the Government to make certain the whole is not sacrificed for the few and the connected at the expense of the many. In this respect the Government has failed, there is a collaboration among Elected Officials and the Profit Seekers.

We have here in Marion County almost countless examples of the Government acting not as watch dog for Citizens, but as a facilitator for the Shadow Government and the interests they represent.

The only hope and it slim one is the Libertarian Party can field a candidate willing to expose the Crony-Capitalist system.

Stunningly superb article; dead-on accurate analys...

2014-12-05T05:42:35.975-05:00

Stunningly superb article; dead-on accurate analysis of Marion County Democrat and Republican political corruption and their sub rosa collusion. Those of us with longevity in the MCRCC know too well that everything- EVERYTHING- you put to electronic paper herein is true. Completely true. If only Gary Welsh would run for mayor!!!

And thank God someone has the courage to call out The Ten Point Coalition and its "leader/grandstander" Charles Harrison for what both really are... a ship of hypocrites and fools on the order of cartoon character Al Sharpton. That Howdy Doody Hogsett appears currently to be headed to be Indy's next mayor is quite sad. Hogsett is little more than Melina Kennedy in a suit- although he plays far better media-wise than she was ever capable of doing.

Until we return our local and state Republican Party to principle and honor, elections in which the people have a real choice will continue to elude the electorate. And that will never happen until we rid ourselves of the stooges long in place to prevent that political fresh air from rising.