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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Another New twist on Terre Haute mayorial race dispute
Updating yesterday's ILB entry about a "copy-cat" lawsuit in Evansville, based on the COA decision re the Terre Haute mayor's race, Thomas B. Langhorne reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press:
Days after Republican Vanderburgh County Commissioner Jeff Korb filed a petition arguing the Democrat who defeated him was ineligible to run, the local GOP filed a similar complaint against County Councilman-elect Ed Bassemier.The party argues that Democrat Bassemier, safety director at Evansville Regional Airport since 2002, may have been ineligible to run for the County Council because of his employer's use of federal funds. * * *
The Bassemier filing, and Korb's petition making similar claims about Democratic Commissioner-elect Steve Melcher, follow by days the Indiana Court of Appeals' finding that Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett was ineligible to run for that office in 2007 because he fell under the Little Hatch Act. The GOP also entered a filing against Melcher.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 22, 2008 01:03 PM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions