Indiana

Ballard Endorses Tom John for County Chairman; Conspiracy Theorists and Political Wannabes Foam at the Mouth!!!

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Although this really shouldn’t surprise anyone, Republican Mayor Greg Ballard endorsed Republican County Chairman Tom John this week.  Here’s the full text of the Mayor’s letter to precinct committeemen…

Dear _________:

Thank you for all you do for the City of Indianapolis and our Republican Party.  Make no mistake about it: my election in 2007 was the direct result of the grassroots political work that you and other party volunteers do so well.  Our election reminded us all that, working together, we can still effect change in our government for the better. Once again, I sincerely thank you for the opportunity to serve.

My vision for Indianapolis is straightforward - to make it a safe, livable and sustainable globally-recognized city. In just a year, we have made major strides toward this goal, from giving public safety a unified chain of command under the Mayor?s office, to our successful bid to host the 2012 Super Bowl, to giving Indianapolis its first truly balanced budget in years.  With these achievements and others, we are laying the foundation for Indianapolis? long-term health.

Still, we have much work left to do, and that work will depend on successful elections for Republicans in 2010, 2011 and beyond.   Our party needs to be organized to retain our majority on the City-County Council, maintain Republican leadership in the Legislature and Marion County?s excluded towns, and add more allies by electing more Republican officeholders countywide.

To that end, it is now time to turn our attention to the election of our leadership team at the County Convention on March 7.  I hope you will join me in supporting Tom John’s re-election as Chairman. Tom has a plan moving forward to continue our party?s success. He will work to empower our precinct committeemen to turn out Republican votes on Election Day and ensure ballot integrity in places in the county where fraud is a concern. Tom will also continue to grow our party’s ability to communicate by engaging the newest, most innovative ways to communicate with voters and volunteers, ranging from e-mail and social networking websites to internet video and text messaging.

We must stay the course and work toward the goals we set during the 2007 campaign.  Simply put, I need a partner to continue my fight for the taxpayers of Marion County. Tom has shown himself to be a worthy partner and stalwart supporter in these efforts. I endorse the re-election of Tom John for Marion County Republican Party Chairman and urge you to vote for him and his team of Jennifer Ping, Lesa Dietrick and Avachino Reeves on March 7, 2009.

Best  regards,

Gregory A. Ballard

Apparently this endorsement is infuriating the people who think they should be running the show.  Whatever!

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 15, 2009 (boomark / email).