Comments on Advance Indiana™: Judge Tosses Westfield Open Door Lawsuit

Mayor Crook, err Cook, has created such a interde...

2015-03-13T22:08:45.126-05:00

Mayor Crook, err Cook, has created such a interdependent web of sheep on the council, economic development commission, planning commission, etc.. If the citizens of Westfield re-select him and his cronies, they deserve the higher taxes and cutbacks in municipal services that will be required in a few years to pay the debt service on the sports fantasy playgrounds he has built.

If the mayor broke the law on sole sourcing, why d...

2015-03-13T11:51:15.148-05:00

If the mayor broke the law on sole sourcing, why doesn't the state attorney general seek legal action? Why is it the burden of the individual taxpayer to file something if brought to the state of Indiana?

The mayor sole-sourced the project to Holladay Pro...

2015-03-11T20:20:47.582-05:00

The mayor sole-sourced the project to Holladay Properties. He can't do that, but nobody up in Westfield seems to give a damn about it.

Any meeting with more than one councilor has to be...

2015-03-11T20:10:54.745-05:00

Any meeting with more than one councilor has to be open to the public (few exceptions) and public meetings have to be advertised. Period. Committee meetings are no exception whether decisions are made or not. Clearly councillors discussed this before voting.

Mr. Welsh, if the city didn't issue a request for proposals, what procurement process did they use? this got tossed on a poorly defined technicality... Still, Shame on them.