u/AholeKevin

Must have been a malfunction, but I heard the tornado sirens for about 10 seconds today near downtown.

Maybe they got excited about the Indy500 blackout being lifted?

I see a lot of people asking about the candidates. This is from about 30 minutes of research and I am on the left. Hoping this gets anyone asking a head start. Do further research as you please (and you should) but Im just hoping to get others out to vote. I use vote411.org.

Here are my quick notes:

My choices (for transparency):

SHERIFF: Gregory Patrick

Specifically mentioned stopping the "school to jail" pipeline. More deputy training and making deputies resource officers as well.

7th DISTRICT REP: Destiny Wells -

Bernie ish campaign based on grassroots donations. No ties to AIPAC money. Was a registered republican at one point but from what I've read was because of her time in the military (people can change but still red flag).

CLERK: Karla Lopez Owens

Progressive anti establishment views in general. Wants boots on the ground type change for communities to build trust. Increase voter turnout through transparency and accountability

Notes on other candidates:

George Hornedo -7th bid - don't trust. aipac money and hid it from his website.

Andre Carson - 7th Rep Incumbant - old school establishment. Typical status quo Democrat that has been bought. Blames all the issues that he can't control on Republicans...even though the commitees he is involved with direct funding to the state, he's only recently starting to push back on data centers - calling for more transparency and not having consumers foot the bill. Nothing about (from what I've seen) the inner neighborhoods impact and natural resouces usage. Carson has taken a lot of money over the years and has not stood up to data center construction. Even one comment that HE said is that "I even got funding secured and we fixed our roads." Uhhhh

Denise Hatch - 7 bid - lost her job as city constable because of convicted felony charge related to gun charges and disobeying judges orders.

Edit: mayoral isn't until next election cycle. My pick so far is Andrea Hunley.

Vop Osili - Mayorial bid: no. Just no. just saw that he voted to approve another data center in the Martin Brightendale neighborhood while I'm seeing strong voter opposition.