Political Potpourri
Once again there are quite a few things going on in the world of local and state politics today.
Indiana Republican continue to express their outrage over the failure of constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, however sources inside the GOP camp admit that a good chuck of this issue was to corner Democrats and force them to vote it down in the full General Assembly and use it as a campaign issue in 2008.
Center Township Trustee Carl Drummer may be out of a job. Senator James Merritt says legislation calling for the merger of fire departments may yet be amended to eliminate township trustees in Marion County that don’t have fire departments. That would eliminate both the Washington and Warren Township Trustees who’ve allowed their departments to merge and Drummer’s office would be a collateral effect of the legislation.
Marion County Sheriff Candidate Kerry Forestal is playing down speculation in the blogsphere that his candidacy has angered Blacks in the Democratic Party. Forestal may want actually talk to some Blacks, because I have yet to her from one who is enthusiastic about his candidacy. In fact, many are bitter.
That’s the latest for now.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Well, The Democrats have come out already for the next Sheriff’s candidate? What happened to the slating process?
Let me tell you this, Forrestal is not black and Sheriff Anderson is not the leader of the black people or the Democrat Party. Neither is the Mayor.
Please everyone, stop telling the black person how to vote. We have a mind of our own. Now if we would just use it.
April 5th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
It’s extraordinarily rare for a Republican candidate to get over 10% of the Black vote. Some desperate Black Republican will jump in with an isolated statistic from Nebraska, Idaho or somesuch but the general rule holds.
April 7th, 2007 at 5:07 am
Frank’s actions are interesting, but he’s within his rights. I’m a committeeman, and I will pay attention to this endorsement—in three years. Now, I’m a little busy with this year’s election.
That being said…no race, no neighborhood, no gender or economic class owns the sheriff’s office. Frank’s endorsement will mean a lot to Mr. Forrestal, whom I’ve never met. His gender, race or status are not factors in the selection, nor should they be.
This “we own it” attitude is nonsense, and it will not be helpful. It diverts attention from our mission, which is the mayor’s re-election.
No one should make any assumptions about how any race or gender or neighborhood should vote. Blackk and Proud is right about that. There are multiple constituencies which need input into endorsements. The black community is one of many.