Are you ready for the question? Is Douglas Foy a smoke screen to quiet a bigger fire?

The timing of criminal charges against Douglas Foy has a certain ring about it. It was bad enough for the man to lose his job, but I can't believe that he will sit mute facing over 30 years in prison for dumb political mess. Why has the prosecutor office sent forth charges against Douglas Foy at the same time when the Republican Party Chair is being investigated for possible criminal charges? I am sure that a plea bargain will lessen the sentence for Foy, but a day in prison for corrupt practices by a party is too harsh.

I reflect back below with earlier postings.
Advance Indiana points out Ben Lanka of the Journal-Gazette reports that forgery has occurred under the watch of the Allen County Election Board, Pam Findlayson. Not once, not twice but a dozen or more signatures for Republican candidates were forged. Doug Foy,respresenting the Republican party was alleged to be the culprit in the story. Foy is just the fall guy, the real culprit is the ploy embedded in the lack of checks and balances among the two party system here in Allen County.Read more.


The Democratic leadership is debating whether or not sufficient evidence is available to prove whether or not a criminal investigation is warranted. According to a story by Ben Lanka, Kevin Knuth is fledging outrage, while Andy Down is pondering or pandering over the issue in the media.Read more of this posting.

Now, wait just a minute. What is this farce, Douglas Foy is being thrown under the bus? What officials gave Foy, the extended time beyond the permissible time for filing declaratation of candidates? Do we really believe Foy was the only wrongdoer?

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Interesting editorial exempting certain officials role in the wrongdoing, "Local voters can take some solace in knowing that a sharp-eyed election official detected apparently invalid signatures and that County Republican Chairman Steve Shine promptly and responsibly fired Foy when learning of the problem." More likely, the cover up was about to be blown. How incompetence do you have to be to not see the different between a signature that says Bob on one line and directly under a different signature, Robert? Read the rest of the posting.