Boss Hogsett is at it again

[Ark]

Large criminal constituencies prefer leadership that serves their wants. When Indy is worse than chicago the blue lever legions will still be pulling blue levers.

Yep, it's past the tipping point. People who want gibs and people who want to keep their scumbag boyfriend/brother/cousin out of jail are now 69% of Indianapolis voters.

 

[bgcatty]

God please save us!!! That idiot Hog$hit won again because of a particular constituency that doesn’t care about crime and the sinking of a Democrat controlled city.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Yep, it's past the tipping point. People who want gibs and people who want to keep their scumbag boyfriend/brother/cousin out of jail are now 69% of Indianapolis voters.

Can someone please explain to me exactly what a Mayor has to do with keeping someone in or out of jail?

 

[drillsgt]

In this particular election? It will make things as better or worse as voting to be executed by firing squad or beheading. An illusion of input with the same outcome.

Remember how much better everything was under Ballard? But REEpublICan!!! Hiring freeze we never recovered from, fleet neglected to the point we *still* have CVPIs in service. Talent drain and morale in free fall because he hired a professional police impersonator to waste millions of dollars repaneling his office... So much difference.

Your FOP probably endorsed him too.

 

[Ark]

Can someone please explain to me exactly what a Mayor has to do with keeping someone in or out of jail?

Dropped charges = no jail

 

[Doug]

Mal Reynolds recommends that Indianapolis be renamed Miranda.

 

[Ingomike]

I don't like wolves in sheep's clothing.

One us either at the table or on the menu, your choice. Not voting at all equals on the menu…

 

[DoggyDaddy]

One us either at the table or on the menu, your choice. Not voting at all equals on the menu…

Normally I would agree. Like I said, this is the first time I've left a position blank. There was no "lesser of two evils" to vote for this time. They're both the same evil. Both Democrats, regardless of the letter behind Shreve's name.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Dropped charges = no jail

The Mayor has nothing to do with filing or dropping charges.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Your FOP probably endorsed him too.

They did the first time. He started out strong then over about 6 months just went to ****. I don't know if he got bad advisors or just got full of himself, but the change was very very noticeable.

 

[edporch]

I don't like wolves in sheep's clothing.

Exactly.
If Shreve had been elected, a lot of people would've dropped their guard assuming that since he's a "Republican", we have less to worry about now.

When actually, Shreve's stance on gun control shows us his lack of regard for ALL of our civil rights, and would knife us in the back as much as any Democrat would.

 

[drillsgt]

They did the first time. He started out strong then over about 6 months just went to ****. I don't know if he got bad advisors or just got full of himself, but the change was very very noticeable.

At least the FOP abstained this time around, not sure why they ever endorsed Hogsett to begin with.

 

[Leadeye]

Mayors help shape policy and make decisions about who gets the money. While they don't put or keep people in jail, they will be appointing or influencing the people who are involved in that activity. Today they are mostly figureheads for machines.

I think most mayors would like to see their towns with less crime, so would a lot of the citizens. The difficulty they have is when you make policies like the old "broken windows" one, your administration is accused of racist behavior. It's easier these days just to hand out money to non profits and use that as the scale of success.

The non profits then help you in the elections by "getting out" the vote or whatever you want to call it.

 

[Ark]

The Mayor has nothing to do with filing or dropping charges.

Indeed, I misread your post as Mears not Mayor.

 

[KMaC]

Hogsett said in his victory speech that he will work to change guns laws for Marion County.
Whadda maroon! Like people won't drive 5 miles to get out of Marion County to buy guns.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Hogsett said in his victory speech that he will work to change guns laws for Marion County.
Whadda maroon! Like people won't drive 5 miles to get out of Marion County to buy guns.

I seriously doubt the legislature will go along with his plan. And who is he going to get to enforce a ban on AR-15s, IMPD officers that personally own AR-15s? No way he asks for police to be exempt.

 

[KMaC]

I seriously doubt the legislature will go along with his plan. And who is he going to get to enforce a ban on AR-15s, IMPD officers that personally own AR-15s? No way he asks for police to be exempt.

Agree completely. This is the same smoke screen he brought out 6 months ago to shift blame from himself to the Big Meanies in the legislature. He won't get a Marion County exemption but he does win an excuse that he has a plan and would have stopped all crime if the legislature had only let him.

 

[Hawkeye]

Dropped charges = no jail

I think the charges are dropped by the Prosecutor, not the Mayor. But maybe its different in Marion County?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Dropped charges = no jail

Mayors prosecute cases in Indianapolis? Geez, no wonder no one down there will return a call or email.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Mayors prosecute cases in Indianapolis? Geez, no wonder no one down there will return a call or email.

Nobody prosecutes in Marion County