Sunday Morning Posts
This is another one of those mornings where there is no real big news, but lots of little interesting tidbits.
Get The Puck Out
- It looks like V.P. nominee Sarah Palin is coming to town next Friday. Hopefully she will get better treatment than last night’s hockey game in Philadelphia.
Township Tales
- Some township officials are determined to keep their jobs and are more than willing to use your money to do it. In a memo to its membership, the Indiana Township Association “suggests” its members pay “Special dues” out of their budgets to the Association and that money can be used to campaign, lobby, and defeat efforts to eliminate townshp government, possibly where the elimination of township assessors is up for a vote. So let’s see if I understand this, the township people want to take taxpayer dollars that’s been allocated for other services, put it in a special fund, transfer that money to the Township Association, and use that money to engage in political activity. Hmmm, I’m seeing a new movie in the works here, “All the Township Trustees Men.”
Out of Africa
- If you haven’t seen much of the Democratic candidate for Public Instruction, it’s because he’s in South Africa. Dick Wood is visiting schools in South Africa as part of a learning program and to see what ideas can be incorporated in Indiana. I thought it was odd he would do this with three weeks to go before the election, but his campaign spokesman told me the trip had been planned a while ago.
Freudian Slip
- During this past Wednesday’s Democrat rally at the State Fairgrounds the speakers were (in order) Jill Long Thompson, Andre Carson, Evan Bayh and Barack Obama. When he got to the stage Barack personally acknowledged Carson and Bayh. He included JLT with all the other officials. Also while criticizing Republicans he mentioned “the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree.” I would have probably used another analogy.
Money, Money, Money
- Whenever asked about when she is going up on the air with commercials, JLT’s usual answer is soon. I think I finally know what’s going on here. While at the Obama rally, I heard JLT tell someone that her campaign has pledges for cash, but she is waiting for them to come through with the donations. There are only about three weeks left in the campaign so I don’t know what the heck they’re waiting on.
