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Jim Brainard: deflecting (but not denying) claims of inappropriate behavior toward another elected official

In what was already a spirited primary campaign season, recent allegations from Carmel Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley of sexual harassment and retaliation by incumbent mayor Jim Brainard have now begun to dominate local media and community conversations in the final days of the primary campaigns, eclipsing conversations about redevelopment, debt and fiscal issues, transparency and other […]

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Will Carmel voters end up with the best representation, or simply the best representation that money can buy?

Pre-primary campaign finance reports were due at 12:00N yesterday (Monday, April 22nd) for all candidates in the upcoming May 7th primary election. These reports are to cover all income and expenditures for each candidate’s campaign from January 1st through April 12th of this year. It is important to note that campaign donors are free to […]

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Jim Brainard: spurned advances lead to harassment

The recent revelation that Carmel’s incumbent mayor Jim Brainard attempted to lure Carmel’s incumbent Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley to accompany him on an overseas trip raises some disturbing questions and shows a decided lack of morality where the mayor of Indiana’s fifth-largest city is concerned. At the time of Brainard’s unwanted and unwelcome advances, he was […]

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