Comments on Advance Indiana™: A Tale Of Two Plowmans Emerges

Guy, Some of us wonder where the FBI was when the ...

2011-09-15T08:57:15.271-05:00

Guy, Some of us wonder where the FBI was when the OmniSource scandal was unfolding, which by comparison, was of far greater magnitude than Plowman's activities. The FBI had credible information that Plowman had an untoward relationship with strip clubs in Indy and acted on that information. You can't fault them for doing that. The agency obviously hit pay dirt with little effort as these types of investigations go. I believe the total amount of money laid out for the investigation was a little more than $5,000. It wasn't a big operation by any stretch of the imagination.

I couldn't disagree with you more on that poin...

2011-09-15T08:25:05.243-05:00

I couldn't disagree with you more on that point, I Know. Plowman stood trial and took the witness stand of his own choosing, not his attorney's. Plowman will decide whether he has any information in which the government is interested should he be found guilty. That information would probably be of little value now, however, because he already testified that he knew nothing that anyone else had done that was corrupt. He would be impeached mercilessly on that point if he became a government witness in another proceeding.

If he is convicted the only person who will keep h...

2011-09-15T07:59:32.743-05:00

If he is convicted the only person who will keep him from squealing on the other public officials and their crooked behavior will be his attorney.

The only way to reduce his time and penalty will be to spill his guts

If his is found not guilty the pigs will be playing full time in the trough and the FBI will back out!

It will fun to watch the next act of the play!

Did the FBI ever say why and who wanted him invest...

2011-09-15T07:55:03.713-05:00

Did the FBI ever say why and who wanted him investigated? Seems a bit strange with all that is going on in Marion County that they would go after a small time politician. The Brizzi and Durham connection seems plausible.

That will be the government's central contenti...

2011-09-15T07:01:09.294-05:00

That will be the government's central contention this morning, vg, in closing arguments. He argues he does nothing illegal, but he files a false statement of economic interest statement and fails to disclose his part-time work to his employer, for which he could have never gotten approval because said work was specifically barred and he knew it.

If I were a juror, I would concentrate upon the de...

2011-09-15T04:25:10.743-05:00

If I were a juror, I would concentrate upon the defendant's repeated insistence that he wouldn't be doing anything illegal, while his hand was outstretched for the cash. It was almost as if he had rehearsed a speech in case he were being taped (which he was), so he could have his defense attorney try to spin the conversations.

The quote from Hamlet is appropriate here, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks.". I would be interested in his actions, not his words. It appears his actions were to stick out his hand for the money at every opportunity.

Remember: "Corruption is as corruption does....

2011-09-14T18:46:03.743-05:00

Remember: "Corruption is as corruption does."

Alias name....

Didn't report on ethics statements that he was being paid off.

Didn't have permission from his employer to be paid off.

Hmmmmm...anyone else ready for the conclusion?