THE BULLWINKLE PARTY- SQUIRRELL AND MOOSE

HEY ROCKY- WATCH ME PULL SOME DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES OUT OF MY HAT!
AGAIN? THAT TRICK NEVER WORKS
NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE! PRESTO!
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From the County Election Board

News on the local election candidate filing front:

Here's a PDF of the primary candidate list from the Indiana Secretary of State's office.

Ben GiaQuinta's son Phil will face Geoff Paddock in the Democratic primary for the seat the elder GiaQuinta is vacating in the state legislature.

At Indiana Parley, an audio interview with Democratic candidate David Roach, who, now that the dust has settled, will be running against Tina Taviano and Michael Joyner in the Democratic primary for Allen County sheriff.

From the interview:

"One of the main reasons I'm running is because we need civilian oversight of both police departments," said Roach. "The other reason is to make people aware of the progress of the merging of the Indianapolis police department and Marion County sheriff's department into one law enforcement agency. The reason for that here in Allen County is so that their priorities for law enforcement won't conflict so we don't have city police filling up the jail for Mickey Mouse-misdemeanors and overloading the court system when there's murderers, robbers, rapists, child molestors and stuff like that running around loose.  So it would just be a smoother system, and besides, it's an opportunity to put the Fort Wayne Police Department out of business once and for all."

Roach also addressed his strategy of filing in races where the Allen County Democratic Party had not fielded a candidate, only to withdraw and file for a different office when someone filed to oppose him.

"When I started this campaign, the original idea that, well, there's no Democratic candidates, and so therefore the race is wide open.  Like ITT radio, I decided to channel-hop and whatever office was open at the end of the filing period I was gonna jump into.  Thus the strategy of the stack of filings and withdrawals.  And since then, the Democratic chairman has had to pull at least eight or twelve rabbits out of his hat to fill in the slots.  Now if they all withdraw by 11:45, then the Democratic Party is going to look like a bunch of fools for all the effort that they had to go to to stop Roach at all costs. So either way, they've all been "Punk'd."

Other notes from an additional Indiana Parley audio post from the scene:

• Fred Warner, formerly of the Southwest Allen County School Board, has filed for the 4th District seat on the Allen County Council.  Warner is head of investment relations for Steel Dynamics Inc.  He's challenging incumbent Cal Miller.

• Left of Centrist's Robert Rouse has filed to be a precinct committeeman as well as a delegate to the Democratic state convention.  Another local blogger, Jeff Fraser, has filed to be a delegate to the state convention on the Republican side.

ALSO: Expect Allen County Democratic Party chair Kevin Knuth to try to get the local media to overlook the fact that the Dems failed to put up candidates for either county commissioner race and instead run with the story that for the first time in ten years, the Democrats had more people file to be precinct committeemen than the Republicans (72 to 69).

Posted on February 17, 2006 at 01:22 PM | PermalinkShareThis

COMMENTS

Mitch,

I have a few points I want to make:

1. Shame on you! You blasted Pat Love for holding a press conference in the City/County Building, but you interviewed David Roach in the conference room of the Voter Registration office. Is this okay because it benefitted you?

2. The growth in precinct officials is staggering- 4 years ago the Republicans had 68 on their ballot- this year 69. We grew from 30 to 72.

3. Why don't the Republicans have anyone running against Win Moses?

4. I really do not understand whay you mean when you say we do not have candidates for certain offices. We do not have PRIMARY runoffs. I should not have to tell you that the Primary is a nomination process, not the election, which is held in the fall.

Kevin

Posted by: Kevin Knuth | February 17, 2006 at 02:09 PM

Mr. Knuth,

You started your post by saying "I have a few points I want to make." I've read your post a couple of times and I could only find one tidbit that could even loosely be construed as a "point." Should we be waiting anxiously for more "points" or have you concluded?

Oh yeah, there is one other thing...I am going to have to ask you to go ahead and change your last name. Although our surnames don't look a whole lot alike, they SOUND very similar and I always have friends asking me if you and I are related when they hear your name on the radio. For the obvious reasons, I'm not super thrilled about it. So if you would just go ahead and change your name, that would be great.

Posted by: Andrew Kaduk | February 17, 2006 at 03:11 PM

Kevin,

You're failing to make a point. What Pat Love did has no comparison to a member of the media conducting an interview.

Sheesh.
AWB

Posted by: AWB | February 17, 2006 at 05:02 PM

One more thing. benefitted only has one T, the syllable is unstressed.

AWB

Posted by: AWB | February 17, 2006 at 05:03 PM

I think there is a direct comparison- Dave Roach is a candidate and held a "news conference" in a publicly owned building. The ONLY difference is Mitch called the conference and not Mr. Roach.

Posted by: Kevin Knuth | February 17, 2006 at 06:04 PM

Are reporters allowed to interview candidates/office holders in public buildings? Seems to me they do it an awful lot...

Posted by: Fort Wayne observer | February 17, 2006 at 06:08 PM

Andrew,

Sorry, but since I am older, I will keep my name. Feel free to change yours.

Oh, and you really should vote more often- if you believe in what you say, then take part and get involved.

Posted by: Kevin Knuth | February 17, 2006 at 09:19 PM

Kevin I must make a couple of points to your points

1. There is a difference between an interview with an official for the purpose of investigative reporting and a candidate making a press conference in a public facility. The first is to inform the public for the sake of transparency in government. What Pat Love did was a campaign stunt that was self-serving.

2. What good are your precinct people if you can't field a candidate.

3. As far as your point #3, see your point #4.

Posted by: JT | February 17, 2006 at 09:36 PM

I was a willing accomplice to my other man mitch- who i have been acquainted with for several years. He was teh one who selected the location- as calhoun street would have been acoustically unacceptable for sound uality. the keystonebuilding restroom was not practice, for obvious reasons, and the lobby would ahve bothered the secirity guards, and had bad acoustics . so who cares- the point is that i "roached" the democrats, jerked them around, and made them pull some candidates out of their hats, like bullwinkle- "hey rocky- watch my pull a rabbit out of my hat- nthing up m sleeve(yea right)...
I fully intended to run for democrat for sheriff all along, but it was fun to make Mr knuth chase me all over the ballot to keep me from winning by default. i made himn look like king jackass, like in happy gilmore...
So now, maybe we can give shine, and the rest of his taliban idiots a run for their money.
GD right! I'm proud to be a liberal. flaming, bleeding heart, full steam dahead down the left lane of the political highway- death to anything that gets in y way- roadkill... so look out , all you robertson- falwell- dobson- bin-laden- ayatollah-koresh religious opressive rightwing whackjobs- nutflakes granola bars-
freedom, liberty and justice for all.
sotty if my pursuit of happiness p's you off. thats america. love it or leave it.
agree to disagree, but that doesnt mean I dont love my coountry, just dont like the opressive government. and dont take away my guns, for shooting off my mouth...
thats what lexington, and concord was all about, right?

Posted by: david roach | February 18, 2006 at 01:36 AM

excuse the typos- cant type when I'm on a roll, and 1 sheet to the wind- .08, and anyway, who gives a flit anyway?

Posted by: roach | February 18, 2006 at 01:39 AM

Kevin-

I'll give you a pass on the name, THIS TIME! As far as voting, I don't think I'm allowed to vote any more than anyone else...so I think I'll stick to the same schedule. If you were simply checking on the status of my voter registration and found that I haven't voted in Indiana for several years, I should probably direct you to Defiance Co. Ohio...that is where I have lived and voted for the last 3 (almost 4) years. Haven't missed my chance to cast a ballot in a VERY long time, so save your weak criticism for somebody else.

Oh yeah...I almost forgot...learn to take a joke man. Getting all defensive over being Lumberg'd makes you seem a little insecure...that's not a good game-face to have on while you're heading into a rigorous primary season.

Posted by: Andrew Kaduk | February 18, 2006 at 02:58 AM

Roach, haven't you ever heard of F7?
Based on your commentary I'd say you and Rich Reynolds ought to hookup, you'd make quite the pair.

Posted by: AWB | February 18, 2006 at 11:36 AM