tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7870361961343866550..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41641862557677726512011-10-04T15:38:43.515-05:002011-10-04T15:38:43.515-05:00I saw this same thing happen in DuPage County in Illinois, which is Hamilton County&#39;s counterpart next door to Cook County in Illinois. As the affluent Republican suburbs grew in power and influence in DuPage County, the political corruption from one-party rule became as bad and no different from what Republicans had decried about Chicago and Cook County for decades.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41314326316854272062011-10-04T15:00:04.675-05:002011-10-04T15:00:04.675-05:00Carmel has been exposed. First they want to pay expensive health care benefits to part-time councilors, now their staff gets to stay in luxuy hotels like The Hilton in downtown Indy on the taxPAYER&#39;s money.<br /><br />Do any private Carmel companies allow executives to stay in first class Indy hotels when attending conferences, or are they expected to leave their estate with enough time to get to the destination in Indy?<br /><br />Here is a relevant quote: &quot;Democracies can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy...&quot;CircleCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477noreply@blogger.com