Mike O'Connor gets something right
Commenting to WTHR's Mary Milz yesterday regarding the GOP's call for Proposal 182 to pass and their launch of www.monroegray.com, Marion County Democratic Party Chairman Mike O'Connor said this:
"It's eight days before the election and people who are desperate do desperate things."
Mike, you are absolutely right. It is why 14 members of the Democrat Caucus threw Monroe Gray under the bus and voted to investigate him.
Bart Peterson won't touch Monroe Gray with a ten foot pole. The Democrat Councilors repeatedly called the investigation proposal politically motivated. O'Connor called the GOP move "disappointing, but not surprising." Yet, the Democratic Caucus unanimously decided to make Monroe abstain and vote in favor of investigating him. Why?
Because the Dems on council can feel the heat. After voting for Peterson's income tax hike, the caucus already had many members in tight races. But the GOP effectively used Monroe Gray as a wedge issue to their advantage. The Gray website singled out the Dems who ended up moving to put the investigation back on the agenda and amended the proposal to be even more bipartisan.
The GOP called them out. Them Dems responded by doing exactly what the GOP asked. Which Party is the desperate one?
Don't forget all those who voted in FAVOR on Peterson's Tax Hike
In Favor (15):
President Monroe Gray (D)
Vice-President Joanne Sanders (D)
Patrice Abdullah (D)
Mary Moriarty Adams (D)
Paul Bateman (D)
Rozelle Boyd (D)
Vernon Brown (D)
Lonnell "King-Ro" Conley (D)
Ron Gibson (D)
Scott Keller (R)
Lance Langsford (R)
Angela Mansfield (D)
Jackie Nytes (D)
William Oliver (D)
Cherrish Pryor (D)
Posted by: Bart must go | October 30, 2007 at 08:57 PM
"Gentlemen, we have to protect our phoney-baloney jobs!"
Posted by: Bart Lies | October 30, 2007 at 11:46 PM
Bart doesn't care about police and firefighters. He never has. Look at his record (see links below). He would rather layoff cops and firefighters than cut a Deputy Mayor.
http://www.indygov.org/eGov/Mayor/PR/2002/8/20020819a.htm
http://www.indygov.org/eGov/Mayor/PR/2005/6/20050629c.htm
Posted by: Bart Does Not Care | October 31, 2007 at 09:20 AM
Deputy Mayors vie daily for the honor of plumping the Mayor's ego. Rank and file public safety employees don't. It is simple "economics", really.
Posted by: varangianguard | October 31, 2007 at 10:11 AM