Carl Brizzi: “No Candidate Has the Experience Greg (Zoeller) Has”
[The Directors of Hoosier Access welcome this post from, Marion County Prosecutor, Carl Brizzi on why he is supporting Greg Zoeller for Attorney General.]
In the fall of 2006, I ran for re-election committed to a philosophy that Experience Matters. Voters expected an experienced prosecutor to lead the 175 attorneys who prosecute without apology the violent felons, drug dealers and habitual criminals who prey on the innocent.
The voters believed that when it came to going after the bad guys there just wasn’t time for on the job training. Our team had experience – my Democrat opponent never worked a day in the prosecutor’s office – Not 1. My opponent was quoted as saying “Experience Just Isn’t An Issue.” Turns out experience was the only issue. And the reason we broke the trend of Democrat victories and won re-election in what proved to be the toughest year for Republicans since Watergate.
Like Prosecutor, the office of Indiana Attorney General needs a leader who has been in the trenches fighting everyday to protect Hoosiers. That is why I’m supporting Chief Deputy Attorney General Greg Zoeller during the Republican State Convention.
Over the past seven years, Greg has been a tireless advocate for Hoosier families. He helped fight the nightly invasion of telemarketers by implementing one of the strongest Do-Not-Call lists in the country. Greg then aggressively pursued telemarketers who violated the Do-Not-Call list and returned almost $800,000 to Hoosier taxpayers.
Greg also keeps our families safe from dangerous criminals. The Attorney General’s Office is responsible for representing Indiana whenever a criminal attempts to appeal their conviction. I, along with every prosecutor in the state, rely on the Attorney General’s Office to keep the convicted murderers, rapists, and child molesters behind bars. When one of these predators attempts to appeal his conviction, I’m comforted knowing Greg’s team wins over 93% of the time.
I’ve been friends with Greg for over 10 years. I’ve seen first hand how deeply he cares about protecting Hoosiers from sexual predators, telemarketers, and those who prey on innocent consumers. No candidate - Republican or Democrat - has the experience Greg has. Please join me in supporting Greg Zoeller for Attorney General.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Why would Carl Brizzi dare stand up for what he feels is the right thing to do? Tom John is only doing this for money for their big Indianapolis law firms. Costas has no idea what he is getting into and is not able to do the job. He will be able to when Bob Grand or John Hammond tells him how to do it. Tom John won’t be involved because his days as county chair are numbered, there is a great number of people discussing who is next county chair in Marion County. Brizzi comes to mind (which when I saw this si why I started typing) for a lot of us as he was the party and remains loyal to the party long before the threats and firings occurred. Jennifer Hallowell is also well thought of and may be a good pick and bring wisdom to the post. Ryan Vaughn is a great guy with a wonderful passion for the system. There are a number of other good party people, too many to name, that put party first and not themselves. Dave Miller did not deserve this treatment. None of us should be told how to vote. That strategy is short lived, trust and honor are much better virtues in leadership. Nobody respects Tom John, some people are scared of him but that is no way to build strength. People are talking about what is best for party, and this is not.