Some Items of Note
Lawrence Cop Controversy
City of Lawrence police Chief Jack Bailey has apparently fallen out of favor with the officers on his force. The Lawrence FOP voted to kick the chief out of the union last night. There’s something funny going on up there and I plan to find out.
Gray v. Randolph (Round One)
There was a rather “lively” exchange between Democratic City-County Council President Monroe Gray and Republican Councilmember Ike Randolph. The two clashed last night over the “Second Chance” ordinance for ex-offenders. The ordinance would require companies who do business with the city to hire a certain number of ex-offenders. Democrats say they wanted more details. Randolph told them they should have had that attitude when they passed the city’s budget with unfilled line items.
Hursts throw “Beanefit” for Libertarian
Score one for Libertarian Secretary of State Candidate Mike Kole. Jim Hurst of the NK Hurst Bean Company is hosting a fundraiser for Kole. The Mike Kole “Beanefit” will take place on October 19 in Indianapolis. In a news release, Kole reminds voters that he stood with NK Hurst when government officials tried to force them off their land to make way for a new Colts Stadium. On a side note, Melina Kennedy, the Democratic Candidate for Marion County Prosecutor asked the Hursts for money some months. The Hursts also say Kennedy’s co-worker Deputy Mayor John Dillion told them from the start “the city was going to file eminent domain aginst NK Hurst because that’s how business was done.”
See, nothing earth shattering, but definitely news worth noting.
