Archive for August 11th, 2008

 

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You can find the agenda posted HERE. A live feed of the Council Proceedings is posted HERE.

I’m not going to try to give a live transcript of the speech, but Hoosier Access Radio will have a podcast of the speech posted soon.

18:53 - A who’s who of City government is present. None of which were “forced” to be here unlike 2007. Several GOP councilors are in the Council Chamber.

19:03 - Prayer and Pledge given by Mary Moriarity Adams, the voting machine is broken. President Cockrum announces votes will be given by show of hands.

19:05 - Introduction of Guests. Mayor Greg Ballard is introduced by Councilor Bob Lutz

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Well look what ABC News is reporting from an article dated from March 23, 2005 but hidden in an updated portion a little ways down:

From Page Six: “It’s one thing to get elected to high office with an outspoken wife — it’s quite another to get into a tony country club. Case in point: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), an applicant to the blue-blooded Chevy Chase Club in suburban Washington. He’s been on probation since his wife, Susan, was overheard yelling at the staff on more than one occasion. ‘She’s really teed off on some of the help,’ said one member. Bayh, whose name is often brought up as a possible presidential candidate, had enjoyed club privileges while his application was being considered.”

Nothing says “smack on the hand” like probation at a golf course.  But if there is one thing to take from this, don’t mess with Mrs. Bayh I guess.  You may not be able to play at your favorite golf course.

Hoosier Access would like to thank Lt. Gov. Skillman for answering another question in our “Ask Becky!” series. Here’s question #3.

“We have started to see several counties receive their property tax bills. Do you think Hoosiers are pleased with what they have seen — both homeowners and businesses?”

I really love these.  They keep on getting better.

Jim Shella reported the following last week:

Barack Obama repeated in Elkhart this week that he won’t confirm anything with regard to his running mate selection process.

Consider this:

A source reports that people from “Washington” arrived at the building that houses the state archives this week. Its on east 30th Street. They are culling through documents left behind when Evan Bayh was governor.

This is real.

I wonder if, in their vetting process, Team Obamassiah is looking into other aspects of Bayh’s background, history, and so forth.

One would assume that they are, and any such vetting must surely include the uncomfortable topic of Evan Bayh’s wife, Susan.

And, no, I don’t mean the bevy of investigations into questionable behavior that surround her actions on the boards of many companies that have benefited from her husband’s votes over the years (see here, here, and here). They reek of the sort of insider good-old-boy dealings that voters weary of “politics as usual” are almost certain to find distasteful.

Those rumors are troublesome and damaging enough to Bayh’s vice presidential prospects all by themselves.

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