Comments on Advance Indiana™: Democratic Mayoral Candidate Larry Vaughn Accuses Council Members Of Accepting Bribes

I wouldn't be shocked if Vaughn's claim is...

2015-01-14T06:28:06.821-05:00

I wouldn't be shocked if Vaughn's claim is at least *partially* accurate.

He may be an "unlikely" candidate, but opening a race with slander is crazy! True or false, he's the most interesting thing going on in this race already...

Anyone think there's truth to Vaughn's cla...

2015-01-13T23:11:53.621-05:00

Anyone think there's truth to Vaughn's claim?

Good reporting, Gary. Larry Vaughn sure makes thi...

2015-01-13T21:52:42.744-05:00

Good reporting, Gary.

Larry Vaughn sure makes things interesting.

The City Council under the dubious leadership of M...

2015-01-13T20:22:09.819-05:00

The City Council under the dubious leadership of Maggie Lewis and Indy's Worst-Ever Mayor Greg Ballard is a farce.
Fop McQuillen and all the other stooges we have for "leaders"... and I heartily include the thieving Democrats alongside the crony RINO Republicans... are a sorry group of featherbedders.

I couldn't make the Tea Party meeting with suc...

2015-01-13T20:16:28.388-05:00

I couldn't make the Tea Party meeting with such a last minute awareness on my part that the group even met there let alone were hosting Welsh/Ogden/et al... but I wish I had been in the crowd.

Gary Welsh as Mayor is an excellent idea. We taxpayers impoverished by both the crony Republicans and the thieving Democrats could finally have a Mayor we respect and believe in.

One thing for certain based on my many years of ob...

2015-01-13T18:38:33.984-05:00

One thing for certain based on my many years of observation-whatever benefits conferred on members of this council by persons or businesses interested in what they do in their official capacity far exceeds the modest salary they earn to serve on the council. That is the only conclusion I can reach based on the many actions they take against the interest of their constituents, in addition to circumstantial evidence of improved standard of living exhibited by expensive new cars, found jobs or contracts for the members and their spouses, many tickets to Colts and Pacers games, frequent vacations and so on.

Vaughn was used to discredit the critics of the CJ...

2015-01-13T16:18:43.458-05:00

Vaughn was used to discredit the critics of the CJ project.

I was at the Tea Party meeting last night and than...

2015-01-13T13:48:28.035-05:00

I was at the Tea Party meeting last night and thank you and the others for sharing your thoughts. It seems that you or Paul should run for mayor, after all Ballard was elected with very little cash. Only someone like you or Paul could begin to clean up corruption because of your awareness and behind the scenes knowledge.
Re, Tony Katz , who in my viewpoint can be forgiven as a newcomer for making an error in the Castleton location: He is the first to actually get a rise out of Carson and not be afraid to do it. As a person who has been in the "Carson forever" district either through the uninformed voters or more likely the machinations of the powerful to keep Julia and him there, I was happy to see him call Carson out. His exuberant personality just goes for it.

Rather than dismiss him, It seems to me after listening to your statements about the newspapers and other main outlets not investigating or talking about your findings he would be a great help in bringing some of this out. I would jump on that before the ones who are worried about those issues decide to try to get rid of him after the Carson incident and him daring to even censure Carson in any way.

Larry Vaughn may not have proof that “ten council ...

2015-01-13T12:04:04.289-05:00

Larry Vaughn may not have proof that “ten council members who each received a $10,000 annuity in exchange for their vote . .” But, if the FBI was to dig deep, they could probably come up with at least ten that were sucking on the public teat.
For example, when Jack Sandlin receives tens of thousands of dollars from the City each year, it brings into question the independence he brings to the City Council. Is his vote bought and paid for? Is this why he blocked efforts to disclose the fraud associated with the ROC? Why wasn’t the Jack Sandlin matter was not sent to the ethics committee?
Gary, since it appears that these Sandlin contracts have been in place for years, why did they come up last night? What caused the sudden disclosure?