Props to Advance Indiana (again)
November 24, 2010 4 Comments
While we don’t always agree, we need to give some props to Gary Welsh over at Advance Indiana. Yesterday, there was a post on a local blog (yes, it was Paul Ogden though we really don’t want to always fight with him) focused on the towing deal and singling out a few councilors, specifically City-County Councilor Bob Lutz as having an ownership in Zores Inc. and serving as their attorney.
Clearly the author did not do the follow-up that Gary Welsh did. Gary commented
Paul, Bob Lutz explained his disclosure to me on his statement of economic interest concerning Zore’s Inc. He said he does not have an ownership interest in the company. He performs legal work for the business in excess of $5,000 a year. I suggested to him the disclosure forms be revamped so the public could better understand what interest the public official is disclosing rather than grouping under one question having an ownership interest, serving as an officer or being compensated by the entity. Unless the official specifies the disclosure, it could be any of the three. The lobbyist registration for Zore’s Inc. is rather new; it wasn’t listed the last time I looked at the database a couple of weeks ago. Good catch.
Props to Gary for actually following up and asking Lutz for the details. It is good to know someone is asking questions before throwing out blind accusations.
Bob is a good man, I cannot see him dealing with anything that would cause him a conflict of interest.I love the new blog, keeo up the great work.The Mayor has done a lot of great things since he has been in office. He got us cheaper water,new parking meters,a great man in Dr.Straub and the Super Bowl..Thats a lot more than Peterson did.Keep up the good work you guys.
I didn’t know that the Mayor was going by “Slick” now. I’m not sure who else would believe “Slick’s” drivel.
I agree that the Mayor is doing a good job turning his back on everything he campaigned for in 2007, raising taxes/fees at every opportunity, lining up sweetheart deal for political insider, mortgaging the future for money to pave roads, and ignoring every conflict of interest in his administration. It’s bad when people the lack of ethics of someone like Ryan Vaughn make you long for Monroe Gray.
Slick, thanks for compliment. You may have noticed that we have more critics posting comments than friends.
Its nice to see a site with solid values.Ogden and the others are so full of hate I really dont know how they can live like that being so consumed with anger towards our Mayor. It’s only been 3 years, give him time to get he job done.