Comments on Advance Indiana™: Randolph Pushes His Way To Front Of Ballard Administration

You all need a life. Get one. Stop judging other...

2008-01-01T03:21:00.000-05:00

You all need a life. Get one. Stop judging others. ..And keep the doors locked to your own closets.

It's funny how Ike always seem to appear around GR...

2007-12-16T22:56:00.000-05:00

It's funny how Ike always seem to appear around GRANT MONEY. This commission is through the ICJI.

He was just appointed. The ICJI!!!?

Ike was involved in the Heather Bolejack fiasco and some would like to know what was Ike's consulting fee he receive for the business plan and advise on how to steal funds from our children. We need to follow the paper trail on this one, because funds were dispersed and I'm sure he got his cut.

What a rat, giving away a local ministers business plan to a Louisiana lawyer seeking Indiana grant money intended to help our children is unconscionable.
Ike Randolph is not to be trusted and few will want to be part of this administration if this is the discretion that's given to leadership and black leadership.

Furthermore, he doesn't even like his own people.

http://www.in.gov/cji/media/Minutes/7-18-07%20Gov%20Comm%20Minutes.pdf

Wilson, I think you should interview some puppies...

2007-12-16T03:18:00.000-05:00

Wilson, I think you should interview some puppies first to see if this statement is true. Personally I think Ike is a puppy kicker.

Forget Sherron Franklin as Lawrence Police Chief. ...

2007-12-15T19:33:00.000-05:00

Forget Sherron Franklin as Lawrence Police Chief. It will be Paul Whitehead soon to be Ex-city councilman.

I think it will be Steve Davis, Paul Ricketts long-time friend.

No one should be surprised to learn that Ike Randolph will do whatever is necessary --->>>supporting him to get what he thinks will best further his own interests.
Mayor Ballard - beware!

You have proof of this? Or is it just "blogger rumor"
I agree. With Randolph on the team, Ballard has already failed as Mayor.

Let me say in Ike's defense that he's not known fo...

2007-12-15T18:26:00.000-05:00

Let me say in Ike's defense that he's not known for kicking puppies!

Actually, regarding Ike Randolph and his sidekick ...

2007-12-15T18:19:00.000-05:00

Actually, regarding Ike Randolph and his sidekick Abdul Akim Shabazz I would describe them of being guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins.
LUST
GLUTTONY
GREED
SLOTH
WRATH
PRIDE
ENVY
They're probably guilty of six or seven more but it's a start anyway.

If Ike is so Christian, what about the 10 commande...

2007-12-15T17:56:00.000-05:00

If Ike is so Christian, what about the 10 commandents...he has broken many of those lately.....lying and adultery being two of them

Yep, anon 5:22, that's the Ike I know. The son of ...

2007-12-15T17:31:00.000-05:00

Yep, anon 5:22, that's the Ike I know. The son of a preacher man wearing his religion on his sleeve while ignoring true Christian values in practice.

Where's Ballard going to get his money for this Fr...

2007-12-15T17:22:00.000-05:00

Where's Ballard going to get his money for this Front Porch Alliance?
Remember, Ballard was going to trim $70 million. Where from?
And Ike's always been delusional and will remain so.
Good luck Mayor Ballard cutting $70 million, funding your Christian values based FPA and dealing with 12,000 abandoned houses in this cityplus a crumbling infrastructure.
Did I meantion crime?
Nice to know people like Ike will help run the show. Indy never changes, same game different names.

I don't even personally know the guy, but I had en...

2007-12-15T17:17:00.000-05:00

I don't even personally know the guy, but I had enough of Ike Randolph while attending a Republican party fundraiser at the Speedway a few years ago. Randolph was asked to give the invocation and while giving his prayer, he used it to say that Democrats do not enjoy the same status with God as Republicans do. He invoked the name of God to ask that Democrats not be elected. It was appalling and several people told me he had abused his privilege of being part of the official program. It's so ironic that on this day of Julia Carson's death - a person who fought so hard to advance social and economic justice for African Americans in Indianapolis - that you have a guy like Ike Randolph shilling for the same people who use to say (or maybe they still do in private) that the Bible requires one race to be dominant over the other.

No one should be surprised to learn that Ike Rando...

2007-12-15T15:55:00.000-05:00

No one should be surprised to learn that Ike Randolph will do whatever is necessary to further his own interests.

For example, Randolph went to IFD Chief Greeson and told Chief Greeson that Mayor Ballard wanted Randolph detailed to the transition team. Chief Greeson did as he thought the new mayor was requesting.

When Chief Greeson next ran into Mayor Ballard, Greeson told Ballard that IFD was pleased to be able to help the new Mayor by by detailing Randolph to the transition team.

As it turns out, Mayor Ballard had no idea what Greeson was talking about.

Now that is pure Ike Randolph - willing to misrepresent himself and those supporting him to get what he thinks will best further his own interests.

Mayor Ballard - beware!

Abdul is a disgrace....he belongs with Ike ..........

2007-12-15T15:28:00.000-05:00

Abdul is a disgrace....he belongs with Ike .........

anon 3:01, I caught part of his broadcast. Not muc...

2007-12-15T15:08:00.000-05:00

anon 3:01, I caught part of his broadcast. Not much somber reflection going on there. More like a little boy at the circus.

Abdul is still drunk from last night. Offensive co...

2007-12-15T15:01:00.000-05:00

Abdul is still drunk from last night. Offensive comments are rolling off his tongue in his special broadcast this afternoon. He said the race to succeed Julia would be worse than Somalia. He also made an offensive comment about what gays were going to do without Carson in Congress.

If Ballard is unable to discern what a snake in th...

2007-12-15T14:50:00.000-05:00

If Ballard is unable to discern what a snake in the grass Randolph is, he's going to be making a lot of bad decisions as mayor.

Abdul just said on a special show on Carson's deat...

2007-12-15T14:46:00.000-05:00

Abdul just said on a special show on Carson's death this afternoon that Ike Randolph was going to be taking a position in the Ballard administration.

I wonder what Greg Garrison thinks about Ike worki...

2007-12-15T14:11:00.000-05:00

I wonder what Greg Garrison thinks about Ike working with Abdul behind his back?

How soon before the drumbeat of "Ike Lies" begins?...

2007-12-15T14:01:00.000-05:00

How soon before the drumbeat of "Ike Lies" begins?

The Front Porch Alliance was and is a good idea--p...

2007-12-15T13:56:00.000-05:00

The Front Porch Alliance was and is a good idea--properly run.

Ike fleeced many with that program, and he's not done fleecing.

Ask Kite Development and the remonstratators against the Whole Foods development. He should've recused, but he did not. Now at least we know the price of whoring yourself out for developers, as far as Ike is concerned: $5,000 in campaign contributions. It's nice to have that defined so clearly.

That's really all anyone needs to know about Ike. Shameful public service is worse than no public service.

As for Sherron: she is thick in the running for Lawrence police chief, to hear her talk. What a disaster that would be. I don't think even Paul Ricketts is that stupid. Close, but not quite.

(Sherron, honey--some of the folks with whom you talk so openly, are truly enemies...you'd best watch to whom you speak)

And can this be the last time that loser Franklin's name is mentioned? Good riddance!

Government being good at addressingthe issue of (h...

2007-12-15T11:46:00.000-05:00

Government being good at addressing
the issue of (how to handle) abandoned homes? Yeah...sure...
whatever. Is he really that naive about that issue?

I don't know anything about a post about Sherron F...

2007-12-15T10:47:00.000-05:00

I don't know anything about a post about Sherron Franklin. I didn't really say much about her since she was a lost cause to start with.

This is the post I was referring to. Steve didn't bring up anything about a post about Franklin.

Also, we met with the African-American councilors after the HRO (minus Ike and Franklin, of course!) and nothing was ever said about a post concerning Franklin. The post about Steve was brought up though.

Forget Sherron Franklin as Lawrence Police Chief. ...

2007-12-15T10:38:00.000-05:00

Forget Sherron Franklin as Lawrence Police Chief. It will be Paul Whitehead soon to be Ex-city councilman.

I hope the new mayor is aware of the private and p...

2007-12-15T10:28:00.000-05:00

I hope the new mayor is aware of the private and personal shortcoming of Ike...if he is named Deputy Mayor then they will become public....We do not need another Danny Burton.

Bil, Thanks for the clarification, but I was refer...

2007-12-15T10:11:00.000-05:00

Bil, Thanks for the clarification, but I was referring to your parody of how Franklin spoke. Not surprisingly, IndyUndercover spoke out in favor of Franklin's re-election. You have to wonder how that makes Mike McQuillen feel knowing that people within his own party may have been assisting in Franklin's re-election campaign. There have even been rumors Frankln will be offered the Lawrence police chief job by Mayor-elect Ricketts.

Gary,One quick correction and a clarification, if ...

2007-12-15T09:56:00.000-05:00

Gary,

One quick correction and a clarification, if you please.

My posting referenced Steve Talley and not Sherron Franklin. Steve called me up and asked about the post (written back before I was lobbying for the HRO when it failed the first time). I didn't think it was racially insensitive at the time I wrote it, but after listening to Steve's concerns, I could see how it could be taken as such and promptly removed it. It wasn't a big deal then with Steve. As he said, "I'm learning what's important to your community and you're learning about mine." It was one of the most honest discussions I've ever had about race and sexuality.

Also, when Ike was guest hosting Greg Garrison's radio show, they invited me on as a guest. While I got bumped halfway for Gonzales' resignation as Attorney General, I did manage to corner him on the GIFA questionnaire and his flip-flop. No mention was made of the post and Ike complimented me actually on my decorum during the time period. Instead, he blamed his vote on one e-mail that said something along the lines of "I hope your kids grow up gay so you can see what it's like." He took that as a "threat" against his children.

I personally tried to contact Ike almost every day about the issue. He didn't return one phone call or e-mail. He refused to talk to me during Council meetings or before or after. At the time, there was no mention of any blog posting or amendment or anything - just dead silence. I told him on air that he had taken the coward's way out by refusing to speak to any pro-HRO citizen.

As a side note, I still talk to Steve. The friendship we established during the HRO has continued to this day. I'm rather proud of that. Not only did I help to get an HRO passed, I also made a friend from an unexpected place. Karma.