tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post410856756656945090..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69620756819764983662007-10-10T08:17:00.000-05:002007-10-10T08:17:00.000-05:00Paul Bateman works for Carl Drummer? I thought he worked for some family foundation? What's the story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-67354146545535917932007-10-09T21:05:00.000-05:002007-10-09T21:05:00.000-05:00Mark my words....the only Democrat to lose at large will be Ron Gibson who is going to trial next week for being drunk and verbally and physically abusing a female cop.......he WILL lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-56684572570566496522007-10-09T20:23:00.000-05:002007-10-09T20:23:00.000-05:00anon 8:14, you may well be correct about the Republicans failing to get a majority. Going into this year, I felt the Dems would pick up at least 3 seats. After this past year's mess, I thought the GOP had a decent change of picking up at least one seat for control. Their apparent decision to let their mayoral candidate flap in the wind could prove their undoing. I don't see how they win any of those at-large GOP council races unless their mayoral candidate is running at least nearly dead even with Peterson. The GOP needed a major absentee voter drive to overcome the demographic disadvantages. I've not seen any evidence that such an effort has been undertaken. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I'm hearing that Susie Day and Marilyn Pfisterer may be vulnerable, as well as the Langsford and Randolph seats. And then you have Scott Keller, who has done everything humanly possible this year to seal his own defeat.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26748471519237535412007-10-09T20:14:00.000-05:002007-10-09T20:14:00.000-05:00Well, paint my door red and call me ELizabeth Arden. I agree with Bart Lies.<BR/><BR/>Aaron Haith is a disgusting embarrassment.<BR/><BR/>Joanne is not in trouble. King Ro may be, but I doubt that, too. <BR/><BR/>I wish Monroe were in trouble.<BR/><BR/>When it's all said and done I think the council will remain 15-14 Democratic. Which is a shame. This could've been a Democratic year, pushing that number to 18-20.<BR/><BR/>A pox on Monroe's house. This is all his fault. Arrogant and selfish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5192358222963680302007-10-09T20:02:00.000-05:002007-10-09T20:02:00.000-05:00What bothers me a lot is Haith seems to think he's the 'judge' in this 'courtroom'. He goes well beyond acting as counsel, interrupting and prodding/steering Monroe along.<BR/><BR/>I think Haith ought to sit there and remain silent unless called upon and then only be permitted to respond to questions from the Council.<BR/><BR/>As it is, he's behaving almost as some sort of unlected member OF the Council.<BR/><BR/>That's wrong. So very wrong.Bart Lieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294734264133374462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4571532850161157852007-10-09T19:48:00.000-05:002007-10-09T19:48:00.000-05:00To be fair to Mahern, he was one of the members of a rump group who teamed up with the GOP to put Steve Tally in as CCC president. If you look back over the past 4 years, the year Tally presided was the most productive year for the council.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-62717686668063065012007-10-09T19:36:00.000-05:002007-10-09T19:36:00.000-05:00The Democratic caucus decided who the president would be in a private meeting and then the formal vote was taken with the whole council but the party in the majority normally elects the president. This was no different. It was tie vote and Dane Mahern cast the deciding vote to elect Monroe Gray. That would have been the time to turn your back on Gray...the damage is done and Dane Mahern cast the deciding vote...it rests on Mahern's shoulders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-16125975215852145482007-10-09T19:09:00.000-05:002007-10-09T19:09:00.000-05:00There are 16 Democrats on the council. A majority, or 9, are African-American. The majority dictates that a black must be chosen for CCC President. Look at who the 9 are: Brown (fellow IFD employee), Oliver (?), Conley (secured wife DMD hearing officer job who approved 300 East in which Gray's wife owns an interest), Boyd (been there, done that, move on), Pryor (employed by Billie Breaux in Auditor's office), Franklin (Indianapolis police officer), Bateman (employed by Carl Drummer), Gibson (under indictment), and Carson (because he's Julia's grandson). Question answered?Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8737069376916159942007-10-09T18:40:00.000-05:002007-10-09T18:40:00.000-05:00Could someone explain precisely how Monroe Gray was even elected President of the CCC?<BR/>Of all the Democrats on the CCC was not a one of them more qualified than Gray?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com