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As I said in a previous post, I attended the Marion County Alliance of Neighborhood Associations. McANA had a candidate’s forum. I took some notes and thought I’d offer up the highlights of what each candidate had to say, there were about 22 of them who showed. I’ll probably get a complaint or two for doing this, but it’s more coverage than most of these people will get otherwise. By the way, an asterik indicates an incumbent.
Joanne Sanders* (D-AL) - The city needs new and strategic methods to fight crime, not just more police protection.
Roselle Boyd* (D-AL) - Concerned about the power the council doesn’t have and the fact the city must go to the Legislature for tax authority.
Lonell Conley* (D-AL) - A clean city is key to fighting crime.
Ron Gibson* (D-AL) - There should be more crime prevention and intervention as well as more public transportation.
Mike Jerzierski (R-AL) - More police, more efficient government, improve education.
Ruth Highland (R-AL) - Police are over-taxed and it’s time to bring back neighborhoods.
Mike Speedy* (R-24) - Build better neighborhoods and improve public safety.
Tyson Wray (R-24) - Do a better job of battling crime and rebuild old neighborhoods.
Steve Terrell (D-22) - The city can’t fight crime until they fight poverty.
John Katz (D-21) - Crime is out of control. The city needs to do a better job.
David McGrath (D-19) - Put criminals on work release and make them pay for their crimes.
Adam Longworth (D-18) - Do a better job of fighting crime and improving schools.
Mary Moriarty Adams* (D-17) - Improve public safety, economic development and rebuild neighborhoods.
Will Jackson (D-16) - Fund more mass transit. He won’t be a puppet for the Mayor.
Bill Oliver* (D-10) - We need to make more jobs. Monroe Gray has served the Council with dignity and has done an admirable job as Council President.
Janice McHenry (R-6) - The city’s high foreclosure rate is one of the root causes of its problems.
Carey Hamilton (D-4) - Mass transit will solve most of Indianapolis’ problems.
Chrstina Scales (R-4) - Use funds from the interest on township to hire more police officers.
Cody Kendell (D-3) - The city needs more mass transit.
Angela Mansfield* (D-2) - Zoning would be one her priorities as well as passing her ordinance to prevent the reckless discharge of weapons.
Bruce Henry (R-1) - The city needs to get a better handle on spending and needs more police to deal with the crime problem.
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:27 am
Abdul,
it’s spelled “Jezierski”
thanks!
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:43 am
It’s “Carey” Hamilton. Here is her Web site:
http://www.hamiltonforindy.org/
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:27 am
Thanks for this excellent post. I saw nothing comparable anywhere in the MMM. (yawn) Councilman Oliver might just as well merge his district with Gray’s, and we’ll call them both GrayOly. He thinks Gray has serveed with distinction, huh? Incredible.
Say, just heard the unendorsed Republican candidate for mayor on the radio this morning. You tried, and I’m sure it was heavy lifting, but this guy is no rocket scientist. When he started by slamming Chicago, I knew he was in for a rough ride. I yelled at the steering wheel: “Duck fella, Abdul is FROM Chicago! And that city works!” Alas, it was too late.
You wanna know the tragedy there? He has no idea you slammed him in reply.
That job layoff admission was a gaff, too. Hand it to him for being honest.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:34 am
It’s Cody Kendall.
Three Error recognized thus far Abdul…
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:21 am
I’ve always been horrible with names, but trust me no can argue that what they said was wrong. You can try, but you’d fail.
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:04 am
Sure seems like a lot of rhetoric on public safety needs after spending most of the money on brick and mortar projects. I say Indy’s politicians need to help Mr. Tony George build a new more moder race track becoming our “World Class City”. Then the F-1 money crowd may think Indy is more than Mayberry, and is a good place to spend their mega bucks. Pubic safety, well, that can wait. The mergers will save us. Ha!
April 24th, 2007 at 8:21 am
The one sentence summaries do not even begin to capture the full platform of any of these candidates. Thanks for taking a stab at it, but I’ll continue to get out to hear and meet the candidates myself.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:51 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YKpZNz7Gds
April 27th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
It’s “Jon” Katz, but that’s OK.
It’s amazing that we’re all singing the same tune; we all want our city to be safer. It was a common theme that morning among all candidates.
The other item that I think is pretty amazing is that District 21, what I’m running for, is an open-post; Lance Langsford is stepping down. With four candidates (two R, two D) I was the only one who showed at this event.