The Monroe Doctrine In Action
Is the City-Council President partially to blame for a child molester going free from jail? It seems like an unpleasant question to ask, but I have to. You may have seen the story, but the authorities are looking for convicted child molester William Temple.
Temple is accused of molesting two young girls. But what makes matters worse is that he was released from the jail on July 1 because of overcrowding. Why is that date important? Easy, on June 19, City-County Council President Monroe Gray refused to allow the introduction of an ordinance that would have procured 250 jail beds at New Castle prison for the summer.
The proposal was authored by Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi who is running against Democrat Melina Kennedy.
Gray first argued that the measure didn’t have a funding mechanism, until someone showed him the first couple pages of the ordinance. He later told Indy Star Columnist Matt Tully that there was no point having the “juice” if he didn’t use it.
Well one could argue that because of the Council President’s “juice” a child molester is on the loose and you have to ask whom else is running the streets right now?
I miss Steve Talley.
