Comments on: Indianapolis Mayor-Elect Greg Ballard

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:54:50 +0000

Goodbye Bart, and good riddance.

By: Brian Groce

Brian Groce — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:54:15 +0000

For smaller offices it’s not quite as critical to avoid it becoming a career, but in the case of Mayor or City County Council, it seems as if you’d not want the same people in charge for all of eternity no matter how good of a job they’ve done. If people actually took the time to vote and the “media machine” wasn’t so involved in manipulating “public opinion”, I might change my stance on that, but this last Mayoral election in Indy proves that the people can come through when pushed (even though voter turn-out was still sub par).

But, I do think that people can still make a huge difference in their communities after time in office AND without the worry of being under the public microscope. And we truly need more of that sort of leadership out in the “real world”.

Footnote, as I’m sure most people don’t know…Angie is my wife’s aunt (my “aunt-in-law”) and is the Clay County (Indiana) Recorder. Terms for her office are something like “no more than than two, four-year terms in a twelve year period”. So yes, I guess that I technically have “political ties”.

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:33:10 +0000

I don’t agree with term limits at least on the local level. I know that I’m a “Politican” so perhaps I will be seen as just trying to save my job, but I’m honestly not. Take our county for instance; Our clerk is probably the best our county has ever had, yet next year will be her last because of term limits. Sadly she is only 33 years old and could easily serve the county many more years.

I say let the voter decided who stays and who goes, not a term limit.

By: Yize

Yize — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:16:39 +0000

I think that the opinion of Joanne Sanders, who won an at large seat on the city-county council sums up a major reason Greg Ballard won. When asked by a reporter if she felt that the people had unfairly blamed Democrats for the current problems, she replied that “Yes she felt that they had unfairly blamed Democrats”. It was at that moment that I yelled at the TV…”Who do you think is to blame? Who was in charge of the Mayor’s office and the Council?” Talk about arrogant, out of touch and in denial. Good luck to Greg!

By: Right Truth

Right Truth — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:51:09 +0000

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