Wow! Terre Haute is now without a Mayor!
One of my interests is keeping up with current court cases around the State of Indiana, and a truly interesting one was found, which I thought I'd share. In fact, the Court of Appeals opinion was just published earlier today.
It deals with the November 2007 mayoral election in Terre Haute. Duke Bennett beat incumbent Kevin Burke in that election, which Burke then challenged in court. Burke argued that Bennett was ineligible to run for mayor because of his employment as operations director at the Hamilton Center. Since the Hamilton Center receives federal funding for some of its programs, it limits the political activity of employees, his legal team argued.
The Court of Appeals agreed today.
To read the actual court opinion, here is the link:
http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/11130801ebb.pdf
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This blog post by Chris Wathen was also published in his Linton, Indiana based Greene County Daily World blog entitled, "Riddle Me This".
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