Indiana

Dissention in the Ranks?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

It really is amazing what goes on behind closed doors, luckily I have good ears.

In the world of Marion County Democrats, Center Township Trustee Carl Drummer and Township Constable Tony Duncan literally got into a cursing match with County Chairman Ed Treacy over his refusal to get into the fight to save the Township Assessors.

According to sources inside Democratic headquarters, “it got pretty ugly.”   Drummer and Duncan argued that if the public voted to get rid of townshp assessors, trustees, constables and small claims courts would be next.

Treacy refused to get into that fight, saying he did not want his candidates or party  associated with protecting inefficient government.   This also wasn’t the first time this took place.

Apparently Duncan and Drummer had to dip into their own pockets and pay for the lackluster advertising campaign that ran to protect the assessors from consolidation.

And since the referendum passed by solid majorities, you can see how well those efforts to protect outdated government worked. 

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on November 06, 2008 (boomark / email).