PETERSON, POLLS AND PATRICE
Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson says he doesn’t expect an easy road to re-election. Peterson responded to a Marion County Republican party poll which said 64 percent of voters think the County is going in the wrong direction and 53 percent want someone other than Peterson as Mayor.
Peterson says he doesn’t take re-election for granted and that he’s out everyday talking to voters. He says he gets a good reception from the public. He pointed to city budget cuts and his efforts to reduce city and county property tax collections by $50 million.
The Mayor also said he doesn’t agree that 64 percent of voters think the county is headed the wrong way, however he does see voter anger. He says no one could look at Indianapolis and not say something wrong however most of those concerns are limited to crime and taxes, which he says the city is addressing.
When it comes to the controversy surrounding the residency of City-County Council Member Patrice Abdullah, the Mayor would not go into details, but he did say his staff was looking into the matter to find out what the facts are and what impact the news will have.
