Comments on Advance Indiana™: My Favorite Line From Gov. Mitch Daniels State Of The State Address

Yknow, it wouldn't be so much of a problem if ...

2010-01-20T13:56:54.032-05:00

Yknow, it wouldn't be so much of a problem if The Indy CCC reps would abstain from voting when conflicts of interest arise.

The Indy Marion County CCC is a part-time legislative body. They all have jobs, so conflicts of interest will arise. Even if they were full time, they still have had previous jobs. We understand the situation.

But they just don't abstain from voting for themselves anymore. Cockrum, while sitting on the CIB, voted for the budget at the council. He voted for the bailout package. He shouldn't have voted on it at all. Same goes for all the officers, fire fighters, and those who have contracts with the city that keep them employed.

I'd like to know if Indy CCC is as bad when you compare it to other legislative bodies across Indiana.

Of course, what Governor Daniels is asking is very...

2010-01-20T09:40:17.021-05:00

Of course, what Governor Daniels is asking is very sensible, but I wonder if such a prohibition was challenged in an Indiana court, if it would be upheld. Definitely, a county prosecutor should not allow the powerful to be crooked.

While we should get rid of nepotism, I think perha...

2010-01-20T06:57:03.215-05:00

While we should get rid of nepotism, I think perhaps the greater evil is a prosecutor who "turns the other way" when it comes to ghost employment, corrupt business influence, bribery, official misconduct, and the like.

A prosecutor who lacks moral courage to do what the people elected him to do is a failure.

How can a prosecutor allow documented evidence of misconduct to be page 1 newspaper material, yet fail to present the matter to a grand jury?

No bid contract for work at the airport, TV appearances at political crony criminal cases when he should be at the fire department, no proof of any work-product in a make-work, do-nothing city job with a city car????

Unfortunately when the prosecutor fails to hold officials accountable, I guess we have to change the laws to prevent those from becoming public officials. It is sad, because we really shouldn't have to do this, but for the likes of our own prosecutor, who turn the other way.

Oh, he turns the other way and doesn't see it when it's a politico, but also if they are high-profile sports figures, too.