Mayor Brainard can’t handle the truth, or at the very least he has serious issues with honesty. This Facebook post from April 28, 2015 wasn’t just a known misstatement of fact by the Mayor it was an outright falsehood. Less than 6 months later he finalized a budget that resul ted in the 19% tax […]
Category: Character
Private Investigators investigated Private Carmel citizens for over a decade.
Mayor Brainard used private investigators to gather information on private citizens? The motivation seems to be to save us from a perceived threat by a powerful government official. Is there a double standard in City Hall? Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Why Nobody Should Be Surprised Carmel Is Using Private Investigators To Do Mayor Brainard’s Dirty […]
The Balance of Power in Carmel
Chuck Marohn President and Founder of Strong Towns comments on the preferred type of corruption If on the other hand, your corruption becomes large and institutional you get a Carmel IN. And that ladies and gentlemen is the measure of progress in Carmel that has occurred through Jim Brainard’s 24-year reign. #Dare2Share
Mayor involved in wreck in city-leased vehicle for second time in 2 years
By Ann Marie Shambaugh on December 30, 2018 Carmel Community For the second time in as many years, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has been involved in a minor accident in a city-leased vehicle. A crash report from the Carmel Police Dept. states that the accident occurred at 2:44 p.m. Dec. 15 as Brainard traveled westbound […]
Mayor’s crash – Why skip a test you confirmed you knew you were supposed to take?
The initial news report of the Mayor’s accident raises nothing but questions. If an elected official is involved in an accident and is negligent or worse does the City have any liability? Clearly the answer is yes. The Mayor skirted the rules and made an exception for himself. Nancy Heck was a co-operative employee […]