Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indy Chamber Endorses Hogsett

Left unsaid here is that the Chamber clearly has n...

2015-09-24T08:14:04.501-05:00

Left unsaid here is that the Chamber clearly has no confidence in a Brewer win. While it might seem ironic that an entity devoted to the growth of business, particularity small & local businesses, did not endorse someone who represents that, it's very predictable. A new mayor is sort of an adjunct leader of the Chamber and if any of their current RINO employees and board members hope to keep their gigs, antagonizing him by backing his opponent would be counter-intuitive. If they had polling data showing Brewer ahead, they'd back him.

Chamberpot of Commerce. Pack of knaves and thieve...

2015-09-23T19:35:14.357-05:00

Chamberpot of Commerce. Pack of knaves and thieves and really ignorant people who need to bear a bit more brunt of the costs they are imposing.

Adamson seems a little weird to me

2015-09-23T16:59:22.657-05:00

Adamson seems a little weird to me

It's now a Chamber of Statism.

2015-09-23T16:51:20.387-05:00

It's now a Chamber of Statism.

So their endorsed candidates list should be consid...

2015-09-23T15:06:50.880-05:00

So their endorsed candidates list should be considered a list of who NOT to vote for. Thank you Gary.

I wonder if any if the Chamber's questions for candidates were about continuing the practice of doling out large grants to "not for profit" community and business organizations, grants that make up such a large chunk of the Chamber's own revenue?

Look at the names of the "Republicans" o...

2015-09-23T14:52:47.224-05:00

Look at the names of the "Republicans" on this list. IMHO, every one a supporter of crony deals, cronyism, pay-to-play. Not one has lifted a finger as far as I can tell to do a damn thing about Blue Indy or Vision Fleet or...oh, what's the use of typing the litany of Greg Ballard's unaddressed sins against the taxpayers?

I agree, Gary, that Mr. Adamson might wear the lack of endorsement from this gaggle as a badge of hoonr.

Scales does it best, as usual. I totally get being lashed out at when doing the right thing is the ultimate motivator.

Scales is a scale above the rest.

2015-09-23T14:12:01.061-05:00

Scales is a scale above the rest.

Gary: I refused to partake in the Indy Chamber'...

2015-09-23T13:37:30.371-05:00

Gary:
I refused to partake in the Indy Chamber's endorsement process. My opponent's law and business partners sat on the Chamber endorsement committee in the 2011 Council race. In this election cycle, I reminded Chamber representatives of their lack of commitment to fair and unbiased candidate endorsement methods. Chamber members would not provide any assurances that the endorsement committee would conduct their selections process any differently than in the past, so I refused to participate.
In an unusual twist this year, an individual decided to provide me with an endorsement committee's secret list of questions that would be asked of candidates during the interview process. I apprised that group that their questions had been leaked to me. I told them I felt it would give me an unfair advantage over my opponent to participate in their group's endorsement process. Instead of showing any concern over the leaked questions or asking who had provided them to me, the group's board president lashed out at me with all manner of disparaging accusations, including lying about having received a preview of the questions. Since the PAC didn't volunteer to change their interview questions or make any other accommodations based on the information I supplied about the leak, I didn't participate in their interviews.
The only PAC endorsement process I have participated in this election cycle, was the FOP's and I received their endorsement.
Christine Scales

How utterly charming...a lawyer named Proffitt.

2015-09-23T13:34:16.733-05:00

How utterly charming...a lawyer named Proffitt.

I normally post under my own name but I ended up a...

2015-09-23T12:42:31.126-05:00

I normally post under my own name but I ended up at a crony central tailgate before taking my life into my hands to watch the football game on Monday evening--free tickets of course. I wish I had had the guts to broach your name and website, but held back since I was the guest of an innocent party. I guess I didnt have too much to worry about roof collapse since I knew that CIB board member was heading into the stadium! With websites like this and WhoWhatWhy and eyes having been opened, I sometimes feel like a zoo guest observing the caged sheeple at events like this. Thank you Gary.