Posts Tagged “Fort Wayne City Council”

Many of you know Brandon Seifert. He often attends city council meetings, and has worked on various political campaigns over the years. This weekend, with the technical help of yours truly, he launched a blog, The Conservative Pundit.

One of his first stories involves a Facebook post yesterday by Fort Wayne City Councilman Glynn Hines, who refers to republicans as “retards.” Click here to read the story.

By Jim Sack

Tim Pape has decided not to run again for council. Damn. Over the last couple of years I have been increasingly awed by Tim’s skills at the council table.

I should have known, given his easy jocularity last Tuesday at Council, that something was up. He was his normal quippy self, but he often reposed with an impish grin. He looked unusually comfortable. The grin was different than his venus-flytrap “gotcha” of a smirk. It suggested the carefree bliss one gets just before turning in a resignation, which is what he has done. I should have asked, I probably didn’t want to know. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday Mr. Hood filed pro-se a motion to vacate the default judgment entered against him for failing to appear in this case.

For Cause: 01D01-1010-SC-0601
ELLENBERGER V BEST 1 CONSTRUCT
File Date: 10/27/2010
Disposition Date: 12/03/2010
Attorneys:Parties:
ELLENBERGER, JAMES B [PLAINTIFF] Cases

Generally, a Motion to Vacate is granted if you are able to convince the court that you did not have a fair opportunity to present your case. Mr. Hood had such an opportunity as he and his business associate were served by the sheriff leaving a subpoena on their doors on 11/2/10 in addition to certified mail being sent to his residence, but they failed to sign for it.

After being made aware of the upcoming story on this blog, Mr Hood managed to sign for two certified mailings from the court on January 20th. One for contempt, and the second to answer interrogatories.

From what we understand, motions to vacate are rarely granted in cases like this, but will find out soon enough. If it is granted, we will be there.

City council at-large candidate Ivan Hood is a roofer at-large. Mr. Hood and his business partner Dave Washington operate Best 1 Construction, and provide roofing services.

Kelly and James Ellenberger met Mr. Hood and his business partner Dave Washington at a the Best 1 Construction booth at Hoagland Days. Mr. Hood and Mr. Washington pitched their wares and were eventually contracted by the Ellenbergers to perform a re-roof of their home.

The job was never completed, and what was accomplished was not within code. We spoke with the Ellenbergers and they stated they did manage to get Best 1 on the phone after the work stalled. They were told their name was posted on a board, circled in red and they had priority. After a while, no more comminications. The Ellenberger’s tried countless times to reach Hood and Washington, leaving voice mail messages that were never returned. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Sack

Glynn Hines chose symbolism yesterday to frame his announcement for office. At the Grand Wayne during the Martin Luther King Jr. remembrances and tributes Mr. Hines, Councilman in the 6th announced that he would seek re-election. He was surrounded by family and a bevy of local political leaders including Geoff Paddock, Win Moses, Karen Goldner and the aspiring Mike Conley and Mike Avila.

Mr. Hines then pointed to a posterboard listing his accomplishments over the past few years, a BP here and a convenience store there; reminded everyone of his leadership to flatten Southtown Mall, and waxed about his plans for the district. Read the rest of this entry »

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By Jim Sack

I can only imagine the frustration Mitch Harper must have felt as the shiny new president of Fort Wayne city council struggled in his car plowing through snow, slowed by the grey-hairs in their rear-wheel-drive Buicks, to get to the meeting he was to chair, a meeting in which eight other council members were patiently (to degrees) waiting, where the city clerk had laid out the table as if for Thanksgiving dinner, where two “real” reporters, a couple scruffy bloggers, an intern, a police officer, the new fire-fighters union chief, a few administration representatives, two men from City TV and a couple of aspiring candidates patiently checked their watches in the hope that by staring at the second hand the president would magically appear.

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By Jim Sack

The former mayor of Fort Wayne started his public service on city council the year I was born, 1948. Over the last ten years of so Mike was relatively quiet, only an occasional rumble from his side of town to remind you he was still around. But, for the decades before, some six of them, his voice was thunder in local politics, a thunder unleashed whenever he would pull his ever present cigar from the corner of his mouth and let loose. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, Ken Nicolet announced his retirement from the city of Fort Wayne. Nicolet has served for over a decade in the democrat administrations of Graham Richard as street commissioner, and, finally as a Mayor’s advocate under Tom Henry.

Nicolet recently filed a committee called “Citizens For Nicolet Committee.” The nature of business is listed as “Campaign Funds.” He’s planning a run against 1st district city councilman Tom Smith in the republican primary.

Members of the committee  are listed as Kenneth W. Nicolet, Laura C. Nicolet and Rodney L. Butler.

It might be a hard to sell given he’s worked for Democrat administrations for a decade. But then again, he has a picture of Reagan hanging in his office

Melissa Ann Hicks is running as a republican for Fort Wayne city council in the 5th district. According to her web site, she’s damn near famous.

Melissa Ann Hicks

1. It states she’s the niece of Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State. Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, to Jamaican immigrant parents Maud Arial (née McKoy) and Luther Theophilus Powell.
2. She’s first cousin to famous Hollywood actor Eva Mendes, who was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents and was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale by her mother.
3. She’s a Fort Wayne Community School elementary principal.
4. She’s dating famous Hollywood actor Shemar Franklin Moore, who stars as FBI Special Agent Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds CBS.
5. She claims she’s a distinguished and experienced lawmaker with documented accomplishments and a strong legislative track record.

All lies. Read the rest of this entry »