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  • League of Women Voters Candidate Forum

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    The headline in the HT should have read “Nothing new from the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum” which was held last Thursday evening at Ivy Tech. Democrat’s once again showed their intolerance for anything or anyone that doesn’t lean to the left. The charge was lead by Andy Ruff, [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2007, 1:18pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Hold Onto Your Wallet!

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    The Democrats are coming the Democrats are coming! That should be the outcry across the state as the Democrat controlled legislature passed a bill late last week that allows local governments to raise the County Option Income Tax or COIT. Since our county government was overrun with Democrats in the [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2007, 10:23pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Prosecutor's Office Under Gaal's Leadership Lets Convicted Sex Offender Off the Hook!

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    Wednesday April 4th a local jury acquitted Terry Nelson of charges of child molestation and sexual misconduct with a minor. Nelson a registered sex offender with two prior convictions for child molestation walked free after deputy prosecutor Jeff Kehr failed to convince the jury of Nelson’s guilt in another similar [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2007, 11:41pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Time for a watch Dog Committee

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    In light of recent complaints and editorials about misuse of taxpayers money by elected officials I think it would be fitting that a Watch Dog Committee be formed to scrutinize all of the current city and county elected officials travel and expense claims, not just our former Prosecutor. Carl Salzmann’s [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2007, 11:02am EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Local GOP Retains Franklin Andrew as Chairman

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    Local Republican precinct committeepersons turned out a huge contingent to select their new leaders for 2007 and beyond. The Party faithful had two good choices; current Chairman Franklin Andrew and longtime Republican ally Gene Moncel. Both nominees had their reasons for wanting to lead the GOP and both packed the [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2007, 7:39pm EST
    by B. Harrison

  • County Council Languishing Under Poor Leadership and "Extenuating Circumstances"

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    The County Council had scheduled a precautionary meeting this past week to assure they had all of their “T’s” crossed and their “I’s” dotted on the 2007 budget, specifically pay raises for the county employees. The only members of the council that fulfilled their obligation and showed up at the [...]
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    Posted: December 31, 2006, 12:07am EST
    by B. Harrison

  • R-BB School Board Member's Actions are Embarrassing

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    I couldn’t help but notice that the townies on the Richland Bean Blossom School Board were up to their old tricks as they provided plenty of negative fodder for articles in Herald Times and The Journal. This post election rebuking by Janice Stockton is in retaliation for election of two [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2006, 3:28pm EST
    by B. Harrison

  • Animals Have Taken Control of the Zoo

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    The platform the Democrats used in the’06 election was one based on breaking up the Republican stronghold on the State and Federal government. This message was obliviously well received as the majority of voters agreed that one political party shouldn’t have unchecked control. They agreed that a system of checks [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2006, 7:28pm EST
    by B. Harrison

  • It's No Big Surprise The Herald Times Endorses Hill

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    The Herald Times under the misguided direction of its editor Bob Zaltsberg today sold out and broke a long standing tradition of not endorsing Congressional candidates by endorsing Baron Hill in the 9th District over incumbent Mike Sodrel. The reasoning behind their endorsement was as stale as Baron Hill’s talking [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2006, 5:12pm EST
    by B. Harrison

  • Watch List Indeed

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    Recently the Herald Times ran an editorial indicating some of the ongoing mismanagement of the Auditor’s office. Their editorial was concluded by indicating the Auditor’s office should be watched closely and they even went so far as to suggest the County Council should not rule out the possibility of calling [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2006, 4:04pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Hill No Match For Sodrel In Recent Debate

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    For those of you that happened to take in last week’s debate between the three candidates for the 9th District Congressional race on WTIU you witnessed the vast differences between Mike Sodrel and Baron Hill. Mike Sodrel was armed with facts, he was able to articulate his responses to the [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2006, 6:58pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • County Auditor and Council President Should Step Aside

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    The recent events leading up to last weeks revelation from crisis to no crisis is just another blatant example of why you elect people for their abilities not their likeability. Since Sandy Newmann took office in January of 2005 the Auditor’s office has been adrift in a sea of complexity [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2006, 10:53am EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Kennedy playing to win, but who's getting played?

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    Jim Kennedy is all of the things a good Republican should be, oops I mean Democrat or wait a minute which is it? Some time back I wrote about the sheriff’s race and how it would be interesting to see how a known Republican like Jim Kennedy would do in [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2006, 10:03pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • "We have seen the enemy and it is us"

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    After a long overdue holiday I have returned to the place that I call home. It feels good to be back to the daily activities that feed my passion and sustain my livelihood. Unfortunately it appears little has changed on the local political scene as many of the same faces [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2006, 10:59pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Naivety has met with reality!

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    Monroe County Council President Sophia Travis and company have requested that all of the County departments cut their 2007 budgets by 5%, which on the surface seems like a reasonable request. However simplistic this approach may be it doesn’t bode well when these same individuals threw caution to wind when [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2006, 1:13pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • MCCSC Dilemma or Dogma

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    The editorial in the October 25, 2005 edition of the Herald Times spins a familiar twist on an old story; blame it on the State. If a person read this editorial and was unaware of the lack of historical relevance one might actually assume that shifting funding for education is [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2005, 10:24pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Arts & Cultural Activities Bring $44 Million To Local Economy?

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    A recent letter the editor by Lee Williams the director of the Lotus Foundation in the October 8th 2005 edition of the Herald Times included several thought provoking statements. He made the statement that the arts and culture scene add a huge amount to the quality of life to the [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2005, 1:52pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Jim Kennedy Running For Sheriff

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    It wasn’t a total surprise to see Jim Kennedy make an announcement that he would be seeking the nod for sheriff in next year’s election. What was a bit of a surprise was which ticket he has decided to run on. His announcement to run on the Democratic ticket has [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2005, 11:32am EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Charles Is All Tangled Up In His Own Webb

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    I found the cover story interview with retired music professor Charles Webb in the October 4th 2005 edition of the Herald Times particularly offensive and very ill conceived. For someone with his level of education and background to make such preposterous accusations and assumptions through his limited contact with people [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2005, 7:42am EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Bump Outs and the Buskirk Chumley

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    What do both of these things have in common? Many locals believe the City has no business getting involved in either one of them. The Buskirk Chumley Theatre is a beautiful old historic building that deserved to be saved and restored to its present day splendor. With that being said [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2005, 4:29pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Commissioners Approve GOP Redistricting Plan

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    The Monroe County Commissioners voted two to one along party lines to approve the GOP’s new redistricting plans for both the Council and Commissioners districts. The usual group of talking heads from the Democrat Party provided those in attendance with their standard responses to virtually everything including claiming the redistricting [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2005, 7:12am EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Rebel Without A Clue

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    The Wednesday September 28th edition of the Herald Times included a “guest editorial” by Monroe County Council Member Sophia Travis. Still stinging from the backlash she received for her misguided vote against the recent tax abatement request from Cook Incorporated her conscious obviously got the best of her as she [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2005, 4:32pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • MCCSC School Board Out Of Line

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    At the September 20th MCCSC Budget meeting the Board’s President, Sue Wanzer failed miserably at one of the greatest responsibilities of a School Board Member, listening. Instead of creating an environment that is conducive to open and constructive dialog she created a hostile and unproductive atmosphere that accomplished absolutely nothing. [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2005, 10:43pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • GOP Maps Better Than Current Maps!

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    The Herald Times recently did a one hundred and eighty degree about face by admitting the new GOP proposed Council district maps were a significant improvement over the current maps. This article validates everything the GOP has been working on by letting the people decide for themselves without the influence [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2005, 12:23pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Councilwoman Travis Votes Against Cook Abatement / New Jobs

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    Last Tuesday the Monroe Council met and took action on a tax abatement request from Cook Incorporated, one of, if not the largest employer in Monroe County. The abatement request was to support a major expansion of Cook at the Park 48 site, which is reported to include up to [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2005, 9:14pm EDT
    by B. Harrison

  • Saddle Up and Let's Ride!

    At last weeks GOP caucus something interesting happened, something quite unexpected actually. What happened was what some precinct committee persons called a “record turn out” among the eligible voters with several more interested bystanders in tow turned out to elect a new Chairman. This record turn out obviously showed there [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2005, 11:32am EDT
    by B. Harrison
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