Any time you hear a Politician speak, you should filter their words through the following: In 1937, Edward Filene helped establish the Institute of Propaganda Analysis. The goal of this institution was to help educate the American public and to understand the techniques by which propaganda is spread. Filene and his fellow researchers identified seven […]
Category: Character
Categorizing Self-Serving Politicians, Cronies and Political Groupies
It seems a number of those who seek to lead us are afflicted in one of two ways: Self-Aggrandizement – You will easily recognize this individual by an urgency to display or present themselves to others for admiration, self-promotion, and simple vanity. Political and personal attacks – These individuals will willingly give time and […]
The Bailout; the shock, the truth!
The Bailout; the shock that shook the city of Carmel to its core! To be sure we had numerous small tremors that should have served as a warning before the City was shaken to the core. *Please note this is the longest and most important thread on this website!* The first strong indications anything was […]
How The Auman Dr. Stop Sign won an election; Brainard’s campaign strategy for 2011 works like a charm in 2015 election.
Jeff Worrell campaigning during Election day A.M. traffic with a sign that states: “This Stop Sign must go” and two campaign signs by his side Removing the Auman and 126th Stop Sign! Please note the date of this text. One year to the day before the 2011 Primary So what year did the Mayor begin […]
Carmel Politics Take on an Indianapolis’ Flavor
The Use of Non-Profit Corporations to Avoid Accountability and Public Scrutiny Sunday, August 9, 2009 | By Paul K. Ogden Best quote: “As I have said before, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard’s big spending ways and ill-advised projects are going to put Carmel deeply in debt for generations to come.” Paul K. Ogden The front page […]
Mayor Brainard needs a driver! Second crash in two years.
By: Paris Lewbel Newly obtained video shows the latest crash and what happened after that crash occurred. CARMEL — The mayor of Carmel has been involved in multiple crashes over the last few years, but newly obtained video shows the latest crash and what happened after that crash occurred. The crash occurred […]
Mayor Brainard’s tenuous grasp on his campaign finances.
Friday, January 25, 2008 What Is Jim Brainard’s Campaign Hiding? A campaign finance report filed by the campaign of Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard is raising a lot of eyebrows for what it’s missing. In his winning re-election campaign last year, Brainard’s campaign spent over $547,000. His campaign disclosure form, however, itemizes very few expenditures. More […]
The Performing Arts Center; Broken Promises
Easily the Crown Jewel of Mayor James C. Brainard’s reign the Palladium was a project run amuck from its beginnings in the 20th Century. Transparency and rising costs were the issue from 1999 forward. It has produced more noise than music. The noise began in earnest in 2000 when the source of the errors of […]
Woody Rider begs ‘Mr. Mayor please bring me a plan’
Mayor never rests, he was trying in October of 2016 to borrow for necessities. In 2017 the necessity was a Carousel and a Luxury Hotel. Councilor Rider begs the Mayor for a spending plan. All the Mayor has is a wish list and a need for millions of dollars of new funds. The Mayor’s Big […]
Orderly but Dumb, are we doing it right?
Carlson’s Law looks at the balance between autocracy and democracy in an organization: “In a world where so many people now have access to education and cheap tools of innovation, innovation that happens from the bottom up tends to be chaotic but smart. Innovation that happens from the top down tends to be orderly but […]