THE JURY IS STILL OUT
The blogosphere is going a buzz today with “commentary” regarding Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson’s appearance at a tax forum at the Light of the World Church. The forum started at 5 p.m. and lasted a couple hours. The Mayor had to leave early, which usually is no big deal because he is a busy person with heavy schedule. However what’s stirring the controversy is before the Mayor left he told the audience he had to go to another inter-faith meeting. Later that night he is on national television at the Colts’ game with a 110-year woman who had never attended a game. That raised the ire of the bloggers who’ve accused the Mayor of lying.
I am not going out on that limb. However it doesn’t look good when you tell the audience in a church that you’re on your way to an interfaith meeting and less than an hour later you show up on television at a football game, it doesn’t do much for your credibility. I’m sure the Mayor has a logical explanation for his actions. And I’m sure a lot of people would like to hear it.
NOTE: Deputy Mayor Steve Campbell called me this morning to tell me the Mayor recorded the interview prior to coming the tax forum and then went to the interfaith event.
