Comments on Advance Indiana™: Coroner Fails State-Mandated Exam

Thanks for that clarification, Gary.I wonder if Li...

2008-02-17T16:55:00.000-05:00

Thanks for that clarification, Gary.

I wonder if Linehan will run in the primary, since the party apparently stifled his chance at slating? If another candidate doesn't beat Ackles in May, I will be voting for a Republican for the first time in 25 years.

anon 12:30, John Linehan was cleared of ghost empl...

2008-02-17T08:42:00.000-05:00

anon 12:30, John Linehan was cleared of ghost employment charges which were falsely leveled against him and he was never a suspect in the theft case. He was the one who discovered it and reported it to police.

Anyone who knows this man should not be surprised ...

2008-02-16T17:58:00.000-05:00

Anyone who knows this man should not be surprised that he failed the exam. I'd fail a test, too, if I slept through the training course. It also helps to be literate.

The only way to avoid situations like this to to be an educated voter. Let's try and not let it happen again.

I was in the Coroner's training class with Ackles ...

2008-02-16T17:37:00.000-05:00

I was in the Coroner's training class with Ackles back in the fall of 2005. He was rarely on time for the sessions, took numerous phone calls while experts were giving lectures, and was observed nodding off every day. The exam is pretty straightforward, with some complex sections that require you actually pay attention and read the material. Certainly an actual physician could pass it without difficulty, obviously a chiropractor of Ackles type needs to do a little extra work. But 2 1/2 years is nuts to not yet pass this exam. Another fine example of party politics trumping the good of the community.

This is what happens when democrats are in charge....

2008-02-16T17:23:00.000-05:00

This is what happens when democrats are in charge. Over and over and over and over.

Let's see: Ackles cost this city a 6-figure judgm...

2008-02-16T16:19:00.000-05:00

Let's see: Ackles cost this city a 6-figure judgment in a law suit wherein a court determined he was using racist employment practices. Now we know he can't pass the required exam to hold his office....

"Bones" Ackles is an ignorant man, who I would not...

2008-02-16T16:17:00.000-05:00

"Bones" Ackles is an ignorant man, who I would not expect to be able to perform at the level of a 6th grader.

If he failed a mandatory state exam, then he should forfeit all pay as stated in law.

I was at slating today. I did not vote for "Dr." ...

2008-02-16T16:04:00.000-05:00

I was at slating today. I did not vote for "Dr." Ackles, even though he was unopposed.

How my party's leadership could not drum up a qualified candidate by today is a sorry statement on the party's status.

Ackles is a sorry old gasbag. Ever heard him speak? He's testy, arrogant and not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

The word I'm dancing around is "embarrassment."

The party can push that slate at me all they want. I will vote for Dr. Pless in the fall. God forbid I need the coroner's office anytime soon, but if and when I do, I want at least bare-bones competence. It does not exist now.

O'Shaughnessy's story probably did not mention Joh...

2008-02-16T12:30:00.000-05:00

O'Shaughnessy's story probably did not mention John Linehan attempting to run for the office because Linehan himself was a target of the Prosecutor's Office actual investigation of thefts at the Coroner's Office, it was Ackles and his assitant Alfie Ballew's poor managment of the office that allowed theft from dead people to occur in the first place...

It shouldn't surprise anyone that he couldn't pass...

2008-02-16T09:51:00.000-05:00

It shouldn't surprise anyone that he couldn't pass a rudimentary test. If you have ever heard him speak you would know why! Until the lazy non-voting public gets off their arses and pays attention to who is running for public office, we deserve what we get.