Comments on Advance Indiana™: Star Turning Up Heat On Brizzi

King, Regardless of whether Brizzi is in trouble ...

2009-12-06T22:54:55.633-05:00

King,

Regardless of whether Brizzi is in trouble for the Durham connection, the fact is our prosecutor for 7 years has looked the other way while white collar crime and political corruptioin ran rampant in this city.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoKn7vkSMBc Ah-h-h...

2009-12-06T16:06:22.981-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoKn7vkSMBc

Ah-h-h-h...Chicago...that toddling town!

Replying to King: Melyssa is simply one of the ma...

2009-12-06T11:44:17.594-05:00

Replying to King:

Melyssa is simply one of the many who collectively will make up his jury, whether that is in an actual court room, or simply should he ever venture to put his name up for election again. She became a member of that jury when Brizzi ran for election. Like many others, apparently she's seen enough to make her call. You haven't. Yet.

Maybe part of Melyssa's appraisal is that Brizzi is acting like a guilty man. He is surely aware of the public questions of his own finances and connections. An innocent man, in the cross-fire of public condemnation and accusation, eager for public office as you surely will concede, will show the public his innocence.

Brizzi is doing anything but that. He is classically stone-walling. The star editorial's comments that Brizzi is usually not particularly camera-shy has great meaning in this context where he is making himself unusually unavailable. He is acting like someone has advised him to invoke his 5th amendment rights. That's usually what they criminal defense attorneys do with their clients.

Brizzi could resolve this now, could humiliate and humble his growing list of detractors by showing his lack of involvement in Durham-Gate. He doesn't have to wait for the dust to settle, and the voting public should not have to either from the elected prosecutor of the 13th largest metropolitan area in the country. He isn't, probably because he cannot.

When the look the other way's and cover ups st...

2009-12-06T09:07:54.800-05:00

When the look the other way's and cover ups start slinking out into the public eye the shame laid at the feet of Mr. Brizzi, his local friends and politicians and at the State level will be felt for decades.

All the way to the top knows what each other has been doing for years. I am amazed the Governor has the guts to state he doesn't know what Brizzi's business or business partners are when Mr. Durham sat on his own re-election committee.

If his team did not vet Mr. Durham and find out his business dealings before taking his money and then let him steer the committee that HANDLED ALL THE RE-ELECTION money than he must be a very poor administrator where he is now or he isn't quite coming clean either. As he so eloquently stated to Jim Shella he will let the citizens decide if anything was done wrong.

Let the decisions begin in that arena as well as calling out Mr. Brizzi. If Durham gave money and steered money in the Governors race the Governor too should come clean!

The puppy mill thing is true. And I never said an...

2009-12-06T03:29:31.140-05:00

The puppy mill thing is true. And I never said anything about the morality or even the immorality of the Amish.

I did assert that you don't defraud them and expect it to end well.

Seems to me that I was told Tom John's newest ...

2009-12-06T03:18:02.016-05:00

Seems to me that I was told Tom John's newest bride has a P.I. background.

Funny how the bloggers have already tried and conv...

2009-12-05T23:45:18.365-05:00

Funny how the bloggers have already tried and convicted Brizzi, especially Melissa. When did she become judge, jury and hangman?

I'm withholding judgment until after the dust settles. Enough of the conjecture. Durham has undoubtedly been up to some funny business, but to project that to Brizzi at this point, is akin to calling him a Salem Witch.

Mr. Brizzi should answer these serious allegations...

2009-12-05T21:34:24.905-05:00

Mr. Brizzi should answer these serious allegations or resign. I have spoken with someone who is a PI and he mentioned that he heard that there are several private investigators who are investigating Brizzi, Durham, Tom Johns, and a others and that there will be information leaked to the blogs here soon to the extent of the fraud and corruption in our city. I am thankful that this person kept his information general for I do not wish to know too much at this moment, but offered the web addresses to these blogs and contact numbers if/when they are ready to release this bombshell.

The puppy mill reference made me look it up. Soun...

2009-12-05T20:01:50.686-05:00

The puppy mill reference made me look it up. Sounds true to some extent, some Amish involvement. Hopefully some of those people are the victims here...

Iowa is maybe 3rd in the nation for puppy mills.

Mel, I hope you don't take this wrong, please ...

2009-12-05T16:01:23.265-05:00

Mel, I hope you don't take this wrong, please don't.
Have you ever done business with the Amish?
Some are very honest, some will steal your gold teeth if given a chance.
Being Amish isn't a free pass to heaven for being straight forward and holy.
I've had business dealing with Amish men who could out drink me...and I can drink a lot of beer if I put my mind to it.
I know Amish men who do odd jobs and they aren't shy about overcharging for the work.
The Amish in Indiana and Ohio run most of the puppy mills, if you have ever seen a puppy mill then you understand where I'm coming from.
The Amish have the honest hard working folks also being Amish isn't ant different than being Baptist both have their good and bad.

amen to that also is the Jonathan Swain at Obsidia...

2009-12-05T14:18:58.275-05:00

amen to that also is the Jonathan Swain at Obsidian the say Swain or related to Bayhs old press secretary would love to know

Good for the Star. Why they're preoccupied w...

2009-12-05T14:03:24.447-05:00

Good for the Star. Why they're preoccupied with protecting the taxpayer, why not look at the Wishard funding scam, IPS administrative staffing, or conflicts of interest from members of the City Council or the CIB? If a paper's on shakey ground economically, why not try protecting those that actually still buy the thing with real journalism?

You don't defraud people, especially The Amish...

2009-12-05T13:10:35.956-05:00

You don't defraud people, especially The Amish.

Brizzi and Durham will not fare well with this.

The court of public opinion is going to eat those two (and the Marion County GOP) alive.