Greg Zoeller for Attorney General - Experience Matters
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Zoeller Promises To Seek Greater Authority to Go After Public Corruption
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Can Linda Pence Say This About Corruption?
ZOELLER WILL SEEK ENHANCED PUBLIC CORRUPTION AUTHORITY
Priority to restore and retain public trust with transparency
(INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA) - Greg Zoeller, Republican candidate for Attorney General will seek additional authority for fighting public corruption by the Office of the Attorney General. “Fighting public corruption will be a priority in the Office of the Attorney General,” said Zoeller. “Our goal will be to provide greater public confidence in the handling of taxpayers’ money.”
Zoeller noted it is the statutory duty of the Attorney General to collect public funds following the certification of an audit by the State Board of Accounts (SBOA). During 2007 the SBOA certified over 50 audits to the Office of the Attorney General for collection. These include cases of theft and embezzlement of public funds by those entrusted with the responsibility over the money. Other cases involve poor record keeping and mismanagement of public accounts.
Zoeller said the Public Corruption Unit within the office would only handle those cases involving a breach of trust for personal gain and not cases involving accounting errors that required regular collections efforts. Under Zoeller’s proposal the Office of the Attorney General would seek additional authority:
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FOP Endorses Greg Zoeller
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008It seems that Linda Pence was just too shady a character for them, having spent so much time defending the folks that the members of the Fraternal Order of Police spend an awful lot of effort catching.
Zoeller Receives Backing of Indiana F.O.P.
(INDIANAPOLIS) Republican Candidate for Indiana Attorney General, Greg Zoeller, has received the Indiana Fraternal Order of Police Endorsement.
The organization announced the names of the candidates it voted to support in the upcoming November 4th Election. “…we need your help to elect those candidates at the state and national levels,” the announcement on the F.O.P. website said. There are 14,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police in Indiana.
“I am honored to receive the endorsement of the Indiana State F.O.P.,” said Zoeller. “Their support can be seen as an affirmation of the work I have done with law enforcement officers across the state over the past 8 years as Chief Deputy Attorney General.”
“These officers recognize the important role of the Attorney General’s Office in law enforcement to protect the people of Indiana. I pledge to continue to earn the support of those in law enforcement by supporting them in all they do.”
If elected, Zoeller has pledged to work with Indiana prosecutors, sheriffs and law enforcement to protect our children against online sex predators, continue the fight against telemarketers and public corruption and to defend our teachers in nuisance litigation to help them restore discipline to the classroom.
Linda Pence Continues to Be Clueless
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008The NWI Times has an article about the AG race:
Democrat Linda Pence on Friday accused the Republican Indiana attorney general and his chief deputy, Greg Zoeller, of dragging their heels on a region corruption case in furtherance of their political careers.
Pence, who is battling Zoeller to become the state’s next top lawyer, sharply criticized the progress GOP Attorney General Steve Carter has made in a 2004 federal civil lawsuit he filed to hold former East Chicago officials financially responsible for a 1999 sidewalks-for-vote scheme.
“If there’s a corruption case in Indiana, it will not take me nine years and still not have it done,” Pence said in a meeting with The Times. “I could have had this done in two years, easy.”
Linda Pence either just doesn’t get it, or she’s deliberately trying to be misleading. I’m disinclined to think she is stupid, so the latter must be operative here.
The East Chicago corruption case, involving Democrat Bob Pastrick’s “sidewalks-for-votes” scheme, has 27 defendants and is being pursued under the RICO statue. That’s a lot of defendants, and RICO cases tend to be more complex than the sort of average case that can be solved in an hour on Law & Order or be the subject of pithy snark by William Shatner on Boston Legal.
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Have You Ever Wanted to Golf With a Pro? Here’s Your Chance!
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Join Greg and Fuzzy Zoeller for golf, fun, and conversation in southern Indiana’s rolling hills.
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Statewide Democrat Candidates Not Working So Well Together Says Dick Wood
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Yesterday Hoosier Access posted Governor Mitch Daniels’ latest campaign TV ad with Republican Candidates for Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Bennett and Attorney General Greg Zoeller showing unity and leadership in discussing important issues like restoring discipline in the classroom. Bennett and Zoeller have both actually weighed in on the Governor’s proposals on education issues and just a couple of weeks ago Bennett and Zoeller joined together to stump across the state to affirm the Governor’s proposals and education platform.
Juxtapose that with this classic quote from Democrat Candidate for Supt. of Public Instruction Dick Wood in today’s Louisville Courier-Journal responding to Jill Long’s education proposals she released yesterday of which she ignored Wood’s input.
Thompson outlined her proposals at a news conference at the local office of the Indiana State Teachers Association. She was joined by several elected Democratic officials, including state Rep. Bill Cochran, state Sen. Connie Sipes, New Albany Mayor Doug England, Floyd County Clerk Linda Moeller and New Albany City Clerk Marcey Wisman.
Richard Wood, the Democratic candidate for superintendent of public instruction, said later that he had provided information for Thompson but was not involved in drafting her education proposals. He added, however, that “I think it’s a very well thought-out position, very positive,” and that he supports it.
My guess is that Hoosiers will want a ticket who will work together to get things done, especially when it comes to reforming Indiana’s failed public education system. Even Jill Long agrees that something must be done. Governor Daniels knows how to pull his team together while Jill Long apparently has problems communicating and working with her own team. No doubt here which ticket will succeed in building progress in reforming public education in favor of Indiana’s students.
Greg Zoeller/Tony Bennett Kick Off Two Day Media Tour in Fort Wayne (Restoring Discipline in the Classroom)
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Republican Candidate for Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Bennett and Republican Attorney General Candidate Greg Zoeller kicked off a two-day media tour in Fort Wayne this morning at the Conservative Breakfast Club to reaffirm the Governor’s message of restoring discipline in the classroom. Zoeller and Bennett addressed media and 47 CBC guests at the largest Monday morning breakfast to date.
For more information about how Bennett and Zoeller will work with the Governor to restore discipline in the classroom, see the press release from the Zoeller campaign below. I will post the Bennett press release shortly.
Greg Zoeller Mentioned in Wall Street Journal Today
Friday, August 1st, 2008
Republican Candidate for Attorney General Greg Zoeller was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal today. You can view the editorial here or read below.
Challenging Spitzerism at the Polls
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
August 1, 2008
wsjTake one part ego, one part ambition and one part lawyer, mix it with an office that has few restraints on power, and you’ll end up with the worst sort of state attorney general. Take Dan Greear, and you’ll have a man at the front of a nascent electoral movement to change the formula.
Mr. Greear is the 40-year-old Republican lawyer working to unseat West Virginia’s entrenched top prosecutor, Darrell McGraw. His quest has become a case study in the opportunities, and pitfalls, of an upstart reformer challenging an incumbent attorney general who, like New York’s Eliot Spitzer, has cemented his position through populism and political patronage.
It’s also an insight into a new wave of reformist candidates across the country. As state attorneys general have become more brazen with their power, and as outside groups have started shining a light on their backroom practices, voters have become uneasy. It’s this sense of disquiet that candidates like Mr. Greear are tapping into as they promise to refocus lawsuits, rein in the tort bar and restore a sense of justice to prosecutorial office.
In Indiana, Greg Zoeller, the chief deputy for the current attorney general, is running for the top slot and touting the fact his office has never been close to trial lawyers. His opponent, Democrat Linda Pence, is a trial attorney. In Missouri, GOP state Sen. Michael Gibbons is fighting for an open seat and promising transparency in office. In North Carolina, in a strange twist, a pro-business Democrat is defending his seat against a trial-lawyer Republican. Ethics is also figuring in attorney general races in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Pence Still Stuck on Pastrick Ties
Friday, July 25th, 2008From the NWI Times:
The two candidates for Indiana attorney general are sparring over the role a public construction contractor could play in the upcoming racketeering trial against former East Chicago city officials.
Chief Deputy Attorney General Greg Zoeller, whose office is prosecuting the civil case, said employees of the contractor will play a “critical” role in the trial — which could mean company officials probably will want their attorney, Linda Pence, at their side during the case.
Pence is the Democratic candidate for attorney general, and Zoeller is the Republican candidate. The election is in November, and a trial date for the case has not yet been set.
“If you’ve been involved in a specific case … you can’t represent both sides,” Zoeller said.
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Costas to Chair Zoeller’s AG Race
Thursday, July 10th, 2008The State Democrats only wish they understood this kind of unity.
***Republican Attorney General Candidate Greg Zoeller Announces
Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas as Campaign Chairman***(Valparaiso) Republican Attorney General Candidate Greg Zoeller announced today that Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas will serve as Chairman of the Zoeller for Attorney General Campaign.
Zoeller and Costas made the announcement today at the City Hall in Valparaiso.
“I am honored to have Mayor Costas on the team,” said Zoeller. “ Jon will provide a wealth of campaign support and experience, and I look forward to working with him in my bid to be the state’s next chief legal officer.”
“Having campaigned with Greg down at the State GOP Convention, I have come to know him and believe he will make an outstanding attorney general,” said Mayor Costas. His experience as our State’s Chief Deputy Attorney General and his vision of how he plans to serve if elected, makes him the best qualified candidate in the race. I am ready to go a step further than the usual endorsement and actively join his team’s effort to make his campaign a success.”
Zoeller won the Republican nomination for attorney general at the Republican State Convention last month. If elected, Zoeller has pledged to continue the fight against telemarketers and public corruption, to work with Indiana prosecutors, sheriffs and law enforcement to protect our children against online sex predators and to defend our teachers in nuisance litigation to help them restore discipline to the classroom.
A Snazzy New Site for Z
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Attorney General candidate Greg Zoeller (who is the only AG candidate without scandalous ties to sidewalk for votes shenanigans), has launched a brand spankin’ new website. It’s very cool. Please take a moment to visit the new website to sign up to volunteer, contribute money to our effort or subscribe to the email list and check back often for updates.
