Massa Hits the Airwaves, Ogden Hits the AG!

OBSERVATION:  From Hoosier Access (HOAC) Republican candidate for Marion County Prosecutor Mark Massa hits the airwaves with (in our opinion) a very professional and well toned intro ad. Gone is the smoky alley, glitzy CSI shtick from previous campaigns.  Hopefully this is an indication that if the Republicans hang on to the Prosecutor's office, that an adult will be in control instead of a over-the-hill frat boy.

The gadfly of the Establishment Paul Ogden (OGPL) has now turned his antennas on Indiana's Top Cop Greg Zoeller (GZOE). Paul's focuses the AG apparent lack of interest in enforcing Indiana's forfeiture laws. You can read more here. 

We have to give Mr. Ogden his props, he doesn't mind picking fights with political heavyweights. It still remains to be seen if his buzzing will attract the attention of other bloggers to dig deeper into this issue.

ANALYSIS:

UP:  HOAC $110, OGPL $220, MMAS $100

DOWN:   GZOE $95

IPSE To Brizzi: Do You Know How Hard it Is To Tip A Golf Cart?

OBSERVATION: You know we've tried to ignore Carl but his legacy (if that's what you want to call it) reminds us of a one of the hapless criminal stories Carl would lampoon on his weekend radio show. 

In case you missed it reports strongly suggests that Carl Brizzi appears to have operated an motorized vehicle will intoxicated causing injury - to a police officer.  Readers familiar with our blog know we have all but given up on this slow moving train wreck of a politican. We do realize that his actions have results and as long as he is in office someone must pay the political price. Our advice to Carl?  We can't imagine any law firm hiring you for any length of time so we suggest that you cut a deal with the Governor to teach at a college or university.  If this guy can do it, so can you. 

Finally we wondering if Mr. Brizzi was wearing a helmet at the time? If not, this could explain a heck of a lot.

ANALYSIS:

UP:  TCUR $120

DOWN:  MMAS $80

Carl Confuses "Ethically" Challenged With "Ethnically" Challenged In Comparing Himself to Rudy Guiliani

OBSERVATIONS:  In an interview that was excrutiatingly painful to listen to Republican Prosectuor Carl Brizzi (CBRZ) seems to be totally oblivious to how deep in excrement he's really in (currently chest-high). We're just wondering if he has  forgotten that everything he says in public up to this point is now public record? 

He fails to understand that his words today undermind his argument to remain in his office by announcing that his prosecutors have successfully prosecuted 3 individuals a few days ago as proof that his performance as a Prosecutor is untainted. Sadly he ignores the fact that it is because of his "naivete" and "arrogance" that "he" is news and not his office's prosecution rate.

We also found his word-of the-day "naive" (we prefer the other n-word - nefarious) an clear indication of someone who is either totally clueless of the situation or terribly disengenious to what he knows is the truth.  With this interview it appears that he has all but declared an all out war GOP establishment including Mark Massa (MMAS) the Republican candidate for Prosecutor, Governor Mitch Daniels (MDAN-  Mark Massa was his former chief counsel), the State and Marion County Republican Party by suggesting that calls for him to step down is nothing more than a publicity stunt designed to install Mark Massa as an incumbant.  Regardless if he steps down or not, he has just fed the Democratic Party their tagline for the next few months.  Propably not the best way to use one's dimishing political capital...

Now one of us is beginning to think that one of our regular readers may be on to something by suggesting that Brizzi is playing the only card he has left to shakedown the political powers for a guaranteed paycheck for the next few years.  We can only assume that at age 42, it will be at least 10 years or more before Carl can collect his 30k pension and with his legal bills mounting its a drop in the bucket considering the mouths (children and attorneys) he has to feed. Better come up with a plan "B" Mr. Brizzi.

Finally we chuckled to ourselves as he tried to compare himself to former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani.  Carl the accusations of your critics is that you are ethically challenged not ethnically challenged.

As if that wasn't enough Brizzi Briefs, Indianapolis Star Matt Tully allows the saga to continue in his column today.  We still beleive that Carl will be out by the primary as the GOP can ill afford to have him in the public eye going into the next 6 months. 

Finally we would like to remind Carl the old legal advice from good ole' Abe Lincoln  "He who represents himself has a fool for a client." Think about it.

ANALYSIS:

UP:  TCUR $165, ETRY $155

DOWN: MMAS $80; GBAL $110,  MDAN $160

Carl's Curse Claims Another Victim: Mario Massillamany - Career Is Now on the Rocks

OBSERVATIONS: So we bet you're asking yourself "what is this Carl's Curse?" Well it just seems that everyone who has spent any amount of time around our good friend Carl " "  Brizzi seems to have a really, really bad case of negative karma. Now we're sure Mario is a nice guy and probably guy, however we also know that up to the time of his arrest he was and probably still is knee deep in Carl's various projects and nefarious financial machinations.  I mean come on, Mario you are the face (with hair) of the Prosecutor's Office whose primary task is to spin news in such a way that you makes silk out of s###.

It will be interesting to see who if anyone comes to his defense and how this will be handled by the Democrats here in Marion County.  Personally we're wondering who was he drinking with and more importantly why didn't they offer to drive the poor lad home. We overheard one elected official (Republican) remark that "It's like the Prosecutor's Office in Marion County has turned into one big frat house"...Without the togas.

ANALYSIS:

UP: TCUR $135

DOWN: MMAS $85

Latest Brizzi Bungle Proves that All Partners Are Equal, Just That Some Are More Equal Than Others.

OBSERVATIONS:  Paul Ogden (OGPL)offers his opinion on this piece from IBJ, detailing a diabetic coma inducing sweetheart deal from  a law firm right across the street from Carl's office - how convienent. At the risk of being redundant we cannot help but wonder how Prosecutor Brizzi could ever believe this could be in any way ethical. 

His remaining months in office are nothing short of a gift for Marion County Democrats and provides GOP candidate for Prosecutor Mark Massa (MMAS) all the benefits one could get from having ACORN listed as your last employer.  Nevertheless as Brizzi the "poor man Trump" continues his painful and embarrassing political death (or perp) walk to the political graveyard, we want to offer suggestion for his next career move that could satisfy his yearing for being in the public eye and put a few legitimate dollars back into his own pocket.

ANALYSIS:

UP:  TCUR $130; OGPL $170

DOWN: MMAS $90

GOP Investors Wonder If County Chairman Tom John Is Running A Shell Corp for Marion County Democrats. You Decide.

OBSERVATIONS:  We've held this posting for a while because quite quite frankly we couldn't believe it. So what is it?

Well apparently a few GOP foot soldiers feel that Chairman Tom John (TOJO) has deliberately decided not to field any candidates for township races in Pike Township in the northwest portion of the County and even skipped a few offices in Washington and Warren Township as well.

In frustration they are wondering how can the Republican Party mount a successful countywide race Mark Massa-(MMAS) for Prosecutor and Dennis Fishburn-(DFISH) for Sheriff without creating grassroots synergy that comes from local slating candidates that could support at least tangentially, their GOP countywide cohorts. Conversely, this leaves Democrat candidates in Pike Township without opponents and allows them to turn their volunteers and monetary resources toward their countywide candidates.  We are forced to agree with our reader that Tom's decision provides a great boost for Democrats running for countywide offices and as a Chairman have some questioning his judgement and/or loyalty to the Party and even Massa's campaign.

Now maybe Chairman John has a brilliant masterplan that will totally confound and confuse his counterpart Ed Treacy (ETRY). We have no idea, however we believe that the lack of a full compliment of candidates for the upcoming general election in a county that each year trends more and more Democratic just doesn't make any sense and should raise eyebrows. 

According to a our sources democrats couldn't be more pleased at this outcome as Pike Township while certainly Democrat friendly has its share of Independent voters who now only have one choice and Republicans none.  Perhaps its just a fundamental aspect of one Party playing to win instead of not to lose. So is the local party merely a shell company for the Democrats? We'll let you decide.

Below is an unaltered copy of the slated GOP candidates taken from the county website.

COUNTYWIDE
Mark Massa – Prosecutor
Dennis Fishburn – Sheriff
Joe Hecko – Auditor
Jana Scott – Clerk
Becky Williams – Assessor

CONGRESSIONAL
Carlos May – Congressional District 7

INDIANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Kurt Webber – 86
Cindy Noe – 87
Brian Bosma – 88
Cindy Kirchhofer – 89
Mike Speedy – 90
Bob Behning – 91
Phil Hinkle – 92
David Frizzell – 93
David Dessauer – 96
Wes Robinson – 97
David Blank – 99
Jeff Miller – 100

INDIANA SENATE
Mike Delph – 29
Jim Merritt – 31
CENTER TOWNSHIP
Terry Dove – Trustee
DECATUR TOWNSHIP
Darrell McGaha – Constable
William Fisher, Jr. – Small Claims Court Judge
Stephen Rink – Trustee
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
Jerry Young – Constable
John Kitley, Jr. – Small Claims Court Judge
Ross Hughes – Trustee
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP
Brian Bulger – Constable
Jim Joven – Small Claims Court Judge
Dino Batalis – Trustee
PERRY TOWNSHIP
David Taylor – Constable
Bob Spear – Small Claims Court Judge
Dan Moriarty – Trustee
WARREN TOWNSHIP
Paul Scott – Constable
Amy Jones – Small Claims Court Judge
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Jon Sturgill – Small Claims Court Judge
WAYNE TOWNSHIP
Alan Driver – Constable
Daniel Vaughn – Small Claims Court Judge
Andy Harris – Trustee

ANALYSIS:

UP:  ETRY  $120, JLAY $130, TCUR $120

DOWN:  MMAS $100, DFISH $100, TOJO $20 

Tom John and David Brooks Conducts Seminar On "How Not To Rig An Election." And IPSE Introduces the "Toxic Effect" Syndrome

OBSERVATIONS:  Tom John (TOJO) and David Brooks (DBRK) are tragically comical in their ineptness as their well documented activites here and here remind us of a badly written sitcom.  Come on guys Indianapolis is way too small, you have too little to offer in terms of rewards and your childish punitive actions against dissenters only creates more opposition to your grade school behavior. 

We are now at the point where we have no choice but to recognize the "toxic" effect of their action on their collegues in the GOP, particularly those who are running including but not limited to  Mark Massa (MMAS), Carl May (CMAY) and Dennis Fishburn (DFISH) and in time Mayor Greg Ballard (GBAL). 

We do believe this is a legitimate concept not unlike the "halo effect " (when one candidate's appeal spills over to his/her collegues). We believe that if this continues, GOP foot-soldiers will become more discouraged, Democrats more energized and Independents inching away from legitimate GOP candidates as a result.  Personally we think it's past time We think it's past time for the adults to take step in and take these testosterone hyped-up frat boys out to the wood shed.

As we watch these two we can't help but feel like we're watching a political form of midieval torture - excruciating for the helpless participants and just as painful to casual observers.

UPDATE: From the political twilight zone comes this little gem from Chairman Tom John.  We can't make this stuff up. Keep this in mind as you ponder tonight's vote: This is the man who as Marion County GOP Chairman failed in his attempt to sabotage Mayor Greg Ballard's 50k mayoral campaign.  We've heard that politics makes strange bedfellows we're just wondering who's on top. 

Please stay tuned as this will soon be followed by brief remarks on marriage fidelity by Tiger Woods. 

ANALYSIS:   

UP:  ETRY $110;  TCUR $120;  JLAY $120; OGPL $140

DOWN:  TOJO $10; DBRK $10, GBAL $125; CMAY $100; MMAS $120

Brizzi Stocks Take Yet Another Hit. How Low Will He Go? No One Really Knows But We Imagine Curry Is Short Selling

OBSERVATIONS: It is not a good day for Brizzi  (CBRZ)stockholders as yet another layer of this onion is peeled away courtesy of Russ McQuaid from Fox 59. In our opinion, never have we seen one man with so much political  promise, lose so much, so quickly in such a uncharacteristic way.  At this point the only reason we've decided to keep his stock above junk bond status is the fact he is duly elected as Marion County prosecutor and it is the office that is propping his stock not the man. 

We're not sure how GOP candidate Mark Massa (MMAS) can have a successful 2010 campaign as long as the Brizzi onion continues to bring tears to everyones eyes. Meanwhile Marion County Democratic Candidate Terry Curry (TCUR) willl see a nice jump in his stock values as his successful bid centers on a comparison between Brizzi and himself. 

ANALYSIS:

UP: TCUR $110

DOWN:  CBRZ $15 MMAS $125

New Stock Offer: As GOP's Mark Massa Enters Prosecutor's Race

OBSERVATIONS: In one of the clunkiest machinations we have ever seen, the world's worst kept political secret has been revealed as Mark Massa (MMAS), legal counsel to Governor Daniels has announced his bid for GOP candidate for Marion County Prosecutor.  If he lasts for 24 hours on the campaign trail will last longer than the first GOP candidate. By all accounts Massa comes in with good creditials and heavy fundraising potential.  The downside is that stockholders that heavily invested in (CBRZ) are still fuming at the breakneck race to the bottom of their investment and are wondering if there management will selloff assets in order to recoup some of their losses (a Brizzi resignation). I guess a 20% off coupon for appetizers at this restaurant hasn't yielded any boost in popularity yet - maybe two-for-one drink specials might do the trick.

ANALYSIS:

UP: MMAS $130, MDAN $160

DOWN:  TCUR  $110