I’m No Election Attorney, But…
I got a weird press release in my e-mail today. It came from the City-County Council Office on official letterhead. Here’s the first part…
Council Democrat Caucus Announces Leadership
Indianapolis — The Democrat members of the City-County Council announced today their support for the re-election of Monroe Gray as President and Joanne Sanders as Vice President of the Council for 2007. The members re-elected Lonnell Conley as Majority Leader of the Democrat Caucus. The members met on Tuesday night to organize and to discuss key measures that will likely come before them during 2007
Seems pretty simple enough, but here’s the other part…
The members also pledged their mutual support for the re-election of the fifteen (15) incumbent Councillors and to assist slated candidates in districts which are not now held by a Democrat. Democrats now hold a slim fifteen (15) to fourteen (14) majority on the council but expect to gain seats following the fall election. President Gray said “he is excited about the coming year and is confident that the Democrats will retain their majority following the election this November. We will continue to work with the other branches of city government to develop community friendly solutions to the city’s pressing issues”.
I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t put something that political on city letterhead because that would look like politicking on government time. Maybe someone who is a licensed election attorney should investigate further.
