How could he not be involved in ghost employment yet doing both of these jobs?

These things need investigated:

1. Why does he take large donations from union when he has never had an opponent?

2. What ties does Plowman have with the Middle East? Is he a private contractor for an Islamic terrorist?

3. Why wasn’t Plowman allowed to go to Iraq after he “quit” the council? Was he refused a visa? Why?

4. Does Plowman’s security business have contracts with the government: fed, state, or local?

5. Did Plowman allow a stock pile of weapons to be stolen from his warehouse because of inadequate security? Did these assault weapons fall in the hands of terrorists?

6. What is Plowman’s relationship with Tim Motsinger, Jack Cottey, and others in the Bingo-Gate scam where church proceeds were being skimmed?

How is the promotion unethical? Is Plowman not qualified for the job? Was his the decisive vote that put IMPD under the Mayor? Has Plowman ever been accused of ghost employment? You know both Vern and Monroe were deputy chiefs in IFD. Need I continue? No one is forcing you to read this blog. You are more than welcome to get your information somewhere else. By the way, the war is over! Your side lost. Move on.

Im so dissappointed that you dont even mentioned the hyprocritical and unethical promotion of Lincoln Plowman. It just goes to show that you guys are the most inconsistent bunch of people Ive ever seen.

What we need is police leadership who aren’t afraid to go after the Peashake operators, those who protect them, and those who finacially benefit from them.

One thing that Brizzi could do is to assemble a Grand Jury, grant them access to all conviction/bank/attendance/and public domain records on the Peashakes. Grant them subpeona power to call in anyone associated with the illicit operations and financing.

And precede the grand jury activities by coordinating with IMPD to have raids on every known peashake house while known influential people are on the premises.

In terms of police work, it’s low-hanging fruit. There are political strangleholds that are preventing any serious effort to shut the peashakes down. This is where Brizzi can use his influence and his office to move beyond that, to bring justice to the community, and to remove common points for drugs and other criminal activity, and to remove an illegal drain on the resources of our neediest communities.

So, while the unfettered continued operation of Peashakes is not the fault of Carl Brizzi, his office is certainly in a position to take serious, legitimate steps to shut the entire operation down. We’re still waitng for that to happen.

Four years ago, when our taxes doubled the FIRST time (they doubled again in 2007), I spent two days at the assessor’s office gathering information to substantiate my appeal that my two-bedroom, one-story home built on a slab was NOT comparable to a three-story home with a full basement, a carriage house, and approximately 7,000 square feet (yes, that’s the right number of zeros) MORE living space than mine. It was the only sale in my “addition”, so that’s what my taxes were based on. It was over a year before I received a modest reduction in my taxes. At the same time I petitioned to have the two bills I receive, since my home is in the middle of two lots, combined into one bill. That was to become effective in 2006 (remember, this appeal was in 2003). I’m still waiting to see one bill.

My biggest fear about this whole ridiculous dance being done in the Legislature is that many of us will not live long enough for the “relief”, such as it is, to make a difference.

I think it is time to put some pressure on Brizzi and his henchmen and get him to do his job.

When it comes to Indianapolis politics, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose!