Archive for July 8th, 2008

It seems IPS janitor turned Center Township Assessor Eugene Akers is running afoul of the law. It seems WXNT host and blogger Abdul has caught Akers handing out political literature to those who go to the Center Township assessor’s office to protest their assessment. Taxpayers are given this piece of paper:

“JUST SAY NO!

If you wish to retain local representation in Center Township, vote NO on the November 4th General Election Referendum issue:

“Should the assessing duties of the Elected Township Assessor in the township be transferred to the County Assessor?”

Please look for this referendum on the backside of your ballot!

JUST SAY NO!
Thank you for your Support!”

According to Abdul, there was no standard disclaimer on this piece of political material nor a statement of who paid for the flyer. Abdul states the State Board of Accounts “would take exception to the township assessor paying for political activities out of public funds.”

Other than the fact that Linda Pence won’t stop giving us stuff to write about (thank you Linda.  Really!), it’s a relatively slow news days.  So here’s a video to usher in an open thread Tuesday.

Just got this notice via Facebook and thought some of our motorcycle ridin’ Republicans would be interested.

Motorcycle Ride with Carl Brizzi

Crime Beat fans,

Carl will be hosting a motorcycle ride on Saturday, July 12th. If you have a bike and would like to ride, please meet at the Stone Mug Cafe on College near 65th Street at 7:30am. We will ride to Greencastle to have breakfast at the Monon Restaurant and then ride back to Indianapolis for lunch at the Stone Mug around noon. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or you would like to attend.

Mindy
mwestrick@carlbrizzi.com