This was clearly an election decided by "vote 'em all out". the
property tax "reform" debacle this summer pissed a whole lot of people
off, because everyone - and I mean EVERYONE - knew it (property taxes
rose for almost everyone in the county - some by as much as 200%) for
a long time what was going to happen and no one did a thing about it
except point fingers at everyone else.
Bart Peterson was not a bad mayor, and I respected the job he did. He
did some things I liked and some I didn't, but he did nothing when it
came to the property tax thing, and he has his name on some other
pretty significant tax increases during his tenure.
On 11/7/07, Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ballard was massively outspent by Peterson in this election.
Ballard, though, had said throughout the campaign that the issues, and not
money, would decide the race, and Tuesday night he was proved right.
"Money can't buy me love," he said. "but it doesn't buy elections either."
Mike McDaniel, a former Indiana Republican Party chairman, said the lack of
financial support means Ballard "doesn't owe anybody anything."
"Instead of an inaugural ball, he ought to hold an amnesty ball" to extend
forgiveness to those party and business leaders who didn't help his
campaign, McDaniel said.
http://tinyurl.com/3c7vs8
The process worked :-)
Chuck
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