Oct 29, 2010The Chesterton Tribune has a review and analysis of the tactics of the 'Valparaiso Republicans' and the 'Valparaiso Republican Central Committee that is a must read for anyone questioning all of the absurd and ridiculous mailers with ..
The document below is a public record and accompanies State Form 46413 (R5/9-09), Regular Party Committee Statement of Organization for the 'Valparaiso Republicans', formed by Michael D. Simpson, Chairperson, and Kenard Taylor, Treasurer.
Emphatic NOT!
Questionable at best. There are also some comments on the discussion tab of the online version of Taylor's letter worth noting, that seems to speak with some authority.
- PCSP27 said on: October 29, 2010, 1:09 pm
- Taylor is either terribly misinformed, or is intentionally misrepresenting the truth. From 2003 to present, Porter County has received over $12 million dollars for housing approximately 40 Federal and 40 State prisoners. Taylor incorrectly indicates that the times article said that it costs $56 per day to house an inmate. The article actually said that the Sheriff would begin to receive $56 per day, up from $40 for a federal inmate; an increase of $200,000 annually. Nowhere was it said that the Sheriff houses State prisoners at a rate of $35 per day and that it costs $56 per day. The dollars generated are used to pay for utilities (NIPSCO, water), prisoner food, maintenance agreements, and formerly paid for salaries of jail staff. That is $12 million dollars that would have been required from general fund (property tax) allocations during the last eight years. Taylor also claims $400,000 has "disappeared." In fact, the prisoner account will have a cash balance of nearly $1 million dollars at year's end, after expenses. We have annual audits from the State Board of Accounts and pass with flying colors. It's all public money, with public records; nothing missing, nothing hidden. In today's tough economic times, we should be lauding elected officials that have found ways to generate additional revenue; not making false accusations in a veiled attempt to unseat them.
On a subsequent post, current Porter County Council Member, Laura Shurr Blaney concurs with the above commenter:
laurablaney said on: October 29, 2010, 1:43 pm
PCSP27 has the facts straight, not Kenard Taylor. And he's correct that it's all public. I encourage you to check on your own if you're tempted to believe what you've read here.
It's up the voters to decide these races, thankfully, and not the 'Valparaiso Republicans'.
Today in the mail, I received some literature from Sheriff Lain's opponent, Mr. Levi who was recently reported on to the Porter PD.
According to the standard call-for-service report taken by the Porter PD, a couple living in town advised that at 11:04 p.m. Oct. 7, Levi “came to their house very upset because they had two different Sheriff election signs in the front yard,” one for Levi and one for his opponent, Democrat incumbent David Lain.Levi “was verbally abusive towards them for representing both parties,” the couple further advised, and when Levi returned to their home around 30 minutes later to remove his sign, the woman observed Levi—and videotaped him—“kicking at the sign trying to get (it) out of the ground” and “damag(ing) the sign.” source: The Chesterton Tribune
It almost seems like Kenard Taylor, the 'Valparaiso Republicans' and Levi are in cahoots with each other on campaign mailers.
Not sure what the backside of the Levi mailer is about, except to attempt to tie Democrats to the current Auditor, who was voted out by Democrats in the Democratic primary, and that Repubicans have skewered because of late tax bills that have been a problem for Auditors of both parties for years and years and years.
Hope this clears some things up and hope enough folks read it to know what is going on more clearly. Can't wait til it's over. November 3rd cannot come soon enough, and I'm sure the candidates agree.
Additional Peon posts on the Chamber forum with Bob Harper and Nancy Adams.
Oct 22, 2010My big deal of going to the Valparaiso Chamber forum on Thursday, October 21, 2010 was not to listen to the county council candidates, (although I'm very glad I got to hear what they had to say), but my keen interest was in the ...Oct 22, 2010Engaging Peon: Post October 21, 2010, Chamber Forum Thoughts. The Peon went to her first political forum. It was a good experience that I think more citizens should participate and engage in. We can learn not only about the people we ...
