tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post4709403078212888705..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-79118682927321560062014-07-28T23:07:20.825-05:002014-07-28T23:07:20.825-05:00And of Delaney..and contacts...Waiting and watching why so many Federal investigations of late...Boone County,,Marion, Fishers, Carmel, Zionsville, Indy..and not those local prosecutors...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76386348883035056572014-07-28T15:53:35.423-05:002014-07-28T15:53:35.423-05:00Man, you got that right!: &quot;No, they don&#39;t work for us when they hold public office.&quot; I learned this lesson up close and personal in the deep swamp of Marion County politics. What I saw and learned about political self-interest-the taxpayer be damned- is endemic to both political parties.<br /><br />A current (and previous) governor&#39;s office staff member suggested I read Rex Early&#39;s &quot;Mighty Thin Pancake&quot; booklet which led me to Dick Cady&#39;s &quot;Deadline: Indianapolis&quot; and that detail-packed tome helped fill in all the blanks of the how crooks (then and now) run and loot this town.<br /><br />The Democrats will win the mayor&#39;s office this next election because (1) Hogsett is not Ballard [a HUGE advantage in and of itself], (2) Hogsett is the hip looking, urbane appearing, kinda youthful, and warm-ish personality Ballard could never, ever play, and (3) Hogsett is everything Melina Kennedy was not in a mayoral candidate. (I don&#39;t think the law firm owners were ever whole-heartedly all-in behind her efforts and campaign.)<br /><br />The law firm guys must be drooling uncontrollably at the prospect of having one of their own in the form of a finished and smooth cool cat such as Hogsett as the next Mayor of Indianapolis.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com