Comments on Advance Indiana™: Marion Co. GOP Imports Bloomington Resident To Fill Cardwell's Council Seat

Agreed, Greg. As soon as that info. was made avail...

2013-01-27T17:03:33.340-05:00

Agreed, Greg. As soon as that info. was made available online, people would check what home's elected officials were claiming a homestead exemption on to see if it matched the residence they were using for voting purposes. After more than a few got called out for claiming more than one homestead exemption, they restrict access to it.

Score another blow to access to public information...

2013-01-27T16:34:01.755-05:00

Score another blow to access to public information. Just about two years ago, the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance maintained a tool on its web site allowing anyone to check the status of property tax homestead exemptions. If you go to http://www.in.gov/dlgf/Homestead%20Verification%20Form.htm now, you will see it is restricted to county officials only. Someone must have put in the fix to keep the database from the public after the recent issues surrounding Senator Lugar and Secretary of State Charlie White. I wish our elected officials remembered that they work for us. The information is publicly available by going to the county Auditor’s Office. Why shouldn’t our government make what is already in an internet-based and searchable database available to the public?

Bravo on this reporting, Gary.

2013-01-27T13:36:57.526-05:00

Bravo on this reporting, Gary.

The guy purhcased a seat on our council. That'...

2013-01-27T11:45:49.363-05:00

The guy purhcased a seat on our council. That's all you need to know. Nothing is done above board in this city anymore. It is the most corrupt city in America. It's easy to get by with this kind of crap when you have a media that's either asleep at the switch or in bed with the people who are perpetrating public corruption at our expense.

Indy Rob, Exactly my point. Where did he last vot...

2013-01-27T10:41:38.359-05:00

Indy Rob,
Exactly my point.

Where did he last vote and the question and where is he registered will pop out AGAIN! Just like Charlie

The difference is that charlie white's Indiana...

2013-01-27T08:54:50.487-05:00

The difference is that charlie white's Indiana residency was never an issue., it was at most a question of whether or not he was living and voting in the correct district.
Given the Charlie White ruling, I wonder if you could get a judge to grant an emergency stay to Sheve's (Shreve's) city council appointment.

He actually claimed to have two residences at slat...

2013-01-26T20:21:05.509-05:00

He actually claimed to have two residences at slating? That's hard to believe he would make that kind of mistake. You have one residence. I thought everyone knew that by now.

Other questions? 1) Where is he claiming a homestead tax credit; 2) How long has he been registered in Marion County; 3) Did his membership on various boards in Monroe County require residence in that county?

Those rules only apply to Charlie White if you hav...

2013-01-26T19:19:24.275-05:00

Those rules only apply to Charlie White if you haven't figured that out yet. Everyone else does what they damn well please. Just think, this guy from Bloomington gets to decide whether to raise two taxes at his first council meeting Monday night. You can bet his vote will be in support of both taxes. The downtown mafia sold this seat on the council to him so he'll vote the way they expect him to vote.

Didn't Charlie White get in trouble for stuff ...

2013-01-26T18:28:45.444-05:00

Didn't Charlie White get in trouble for stuff like this?