Political Potpourri
Although 99% of Central Indiana was paying attention to the Colts, some of us are dorks and still followed the goings on of local government.
In the past few days both Democrats Sherron Franklin and Jackie Nytes have both sent out formal word that they are running for re-election for their Council seats. It looks there will be some in-fighting to fill the spot over the seat of outgoing Council Minority leader Phil Borst.
Former Deputy Mayor Mike O’Connor was slated this weekend to take over from Ed Tracey as the new head of the Marion County Democratic Party. Meanwhile, GOP activist and sometimes Congressional Candidate Bob Croddy sent out an e-mail talking about his intent to run for chairman of the Marion County Republicans. He also took a swipe at the current front-runner for the job, Tom John.
Speaking of Mayor, veteran Warren Township firefighter, and Republican, Darrell Morris is announcing he’s running for Mayor. He did a lot of work with the townships trying to draw up an alternative to the Mayor’s Indy Works Consolidation plan. Sen. Jim Merritt has sent out a couple news releases pushing truth-in-sentencing legislation and the franchising of the state lottery as a way to tackle Indiana’s “brain drain.” Still no word yet on whether Jim will run for Mayor.
The Justice Department was back in town this past week following up on officer complaints of racial discrimination as well as working with the city over its current consent decree regarding racial hiring. . And Indy’s three main bloggers devoted quite a bit of space this weekend to a man in a chicken suit. See, there was something going on other than AFC Championship game.
