tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7986298935773732742..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-20231977308776596192014-12-16T16:34:01.085-05:002014-12-16T16:34:01.085-05:00Can&#39;t find a candidate that probably shouldn&#39;t be under investigation on any side. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14545383219295444162014-12-16T15:03:51.507-05:002014-12-16T15:03:51.507-05:00Gary, your account is absolutely believable to me. A very connected GOP insider informed me at the beginning of Ballard&#39;s previous mayoral campaign that it would be Ballard&#39;s last. I was told &quot;trust me, he will not run for a third term. Two terms is all he will be in office as mayor.&quot;<br /><br />Knowing that Ballard is an ultimate egomaniacal control freak, I was skeptical at the time.<br /><br />When Ballard recently &quot;explained&quot; his ostensible reasons for not running for a third term I remembered every word my very connected GOP insider told me.<br /><br />That there are two parties and that the electorate actually has a real effect is an utter illusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-55994510601901748482014-12-16T11:42:55.729-05:002014-12-16T11:42:55.729-05:00Ballard got elected because he was able to pin the property tax furor on Peterson, period. So far there&#39;s nothing to pin on Hogset from his last job,, and assuming that holds, hewing next November. The lesson probably isn&#39;t that Indy&#39;s no longer a two party town, but that, absent a real, or perceived major gaffe, incumbents win here, all things being equal, Democrats win here, and, of course, the more recognizable name, the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com