The current campaign for Mayor of Carmel offers voters two rather starkly contrasting visions of what the next four years could be like within the city. The first vision is centered around what its supporters refer to as “public-private partnerships” (notice how “public” always comes first). This is the idea that public “investments” (public issues […]
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Who is the harasser? Pauley, Brainard or is it all of us?
From: Eric Morris Date: April 26, 2019 at 1:50:43 PM EDT To: Ann Marie Shambaugh <annmarie@youarecurrent.com> Subject: Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: Based on the many cruel and victim-shaming responses in the comment section of the articles posted on your Facebook page against Ms. Pauley regarding her serious allegations, I have a hard time […]
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 […]
Protected: Carmel Stand Together! We must quit standing alone as neighborhood after neighborhood is violated for Mayor Brainard and his crony mandated improvements!
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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 […]
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 […]
Mayor Brainard’s Roman Holiday; was it sexual harassment? You decide…
In 2015 Christine Pauley ran on Mayor Brainard’s slate of candidates. On his 2015 Campaign Finance Reports he claimed he spent $28,067.95 to assist in her election. It seems that Mayor Brainard had more in mind for Clerk-Treasurer Pauley than simply serving the citizens of Carmel. In 2016 with his intentions being both clear and […]
Brainard’s European jaunt Summer of 2016; Booty Call or Saving the World?
So what happened to Mayor Romeo Brainard after he was kept from roamin’ in Rome? He took a 5-day sidetrip to Stuttgart to run up the frequent flyer miles? Ostensibly in Stuttgart to attend the GIZ and ICLEI workshop as you can see here of the approximately 40 attendees, including the Mayor, he did not […]
Of propaganda, talking-points and those that spin them
With the clock ticking down to the final days of the 2019 municipal primary season, it seems incumbents at Carmel City Hall are pulling out all of the stops in a reactive effort to capture voter favor ahead of the May 7th election. With early and absentee voting already underway, the question is: are those […]
Jim Brainard: deceptionis consilium
Six-term incumbent Carmel mayor Jim Brainard faced off against his primary challenger, Hamilton County Councilor Fred Glynn in a mayoral debate held at the Ritz Charles on Tuesday evening, April 15th. Both candidates are to be commended for agreeing to this debate and giving Carmel’s voters a glimpse into their respective visions for the city, […]