Couple of points. Your source is close to correct. However, follow the money, you will find the loose ends. Someone needs to check his financial accounts as well as his re-election money. Actually, who were his donors. They are having a hard time following the money??? This is where it gets fuzzy for them. Bottom line, Plowman is guilty of all the above and he knew it. That is why he resigned. But like a bad penney, he will land on his feet.

Next issue. According to the Indystar, several nominees are in line to replace Plowman empty seat. Let me say this, the GOP better not select a wife beater/wife cheater and or someone with a checkered past.

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Abdul, I am still waiting for the “neutral journalist in you” to ask Brizzi the real question about WHY he timely bought Cellstar in massive quantities prior to Brightpoint buying the assets of Cellstar, and why he continued to hold the stock when it was supposedly worthless after the post-Brightpoint acquisition.

After all, it was not public information two years ago, last year or even five months ago that the $15,192,000 in cash listed on the accounts payable line below was allegedly really a payable due to Verizon, that none of the shareholders knew was not ever going to be paid, that would possibly have been distributed but instead was redirected to none other than Fair Finance, run by Tim Durham, Carl's bff!

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=CLHI.PK&annual

From Carl's Facebook (what a prophetic post:)

Carl Brizzi posting: “Although today's economic climate is difficult, resorting to the use of soothsayers is just asking for trouble.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/03...

I'm surprised that the feds even bothered with the so-called 'interstate commerce' nexus.

But Lincoln Plowman? Seriously? I don't know of one single zoning case in which his influence was the determining factor. He's just not taken that seriously. And if he thought some develoepr would approach him for serious advice on zoning issues, well…it'd be the first developer in the county who did so. So, LP was dillusional to the highest degree.

It's like indicting a bank teller for the CFO's embezzlement. I think the feds tripped across this opportunity enroute to something much bigger. And if that's Tim Durham, then Tim's stupider than I thought.

Then again, he did donate $5-10 large to Paul Ricketts when he was a township assessor. And an assessor who employed relatives and did a mediocre job, at that.

Maybe Tim needs some advice in how much it takes to buy off low-level malcontents. He overpaid–badly. I just can't figure out why some guys needed to be bought off. So there must be a lot more to this. It just makes no sense.

I mean who's next, Marilyn Pfisterer? Susie Day? Dane Mahern? LOL

I share Wilson's belief that Plowman was targeted for a reason. Maybe the Feds felt he was more vulnerable than others on the CCC due to his employment as an IMPD officer. Or maybe Plowman has a history that would lead the Feds to believe he was 'on the take'. I'm sure we'll all find out soon enough. The plot thickens.