Zirkle getting all the (bad) publicity
Republican 2nd District congressional candidate Luke Puckett is more than a little frustrated at all the press his opponent, Tony Zirkle, received for speaking at a Nazi rally this past Sunday.
Of course Puckett was the one who sent out links to the neo-Nazi Web site where Zirkle’s appearance was first reported. Puckett’s press secretary said he discovered the site via a Google alert on Zirkle’s name.
“The most disappointing thing about the entire situation is that we even HAVE to use Zirkle’s antics as a tool to push Luke’s positive message of lower gas prices and health insurance costs,” Puckett campaign manager Kyle Bailey said. “The news and print media are more concerned with lending publicity to a man whose biggest political goal is to defeat the great porn dragon.”
Meanwhile Zirkle, who told the Tribune Friday he was involuntarily separated out of the U.S. Naval Academy because he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, has continued to trumpet the fact he attended the Academy.
In his latest press release, Zirkle again brought up his abbreviated military service.
“Those who criticize me should also be complaining about President Jimmy Carter, another Naval Academy ex-Midshipman, who laid a wreath at Arafat’s tomb and who has spoken to Hamas recently.”
How to spend your tax rebate
Sometime during the month of May most residents of Howard County will be receiving an economic stimulus check from the federal government.
The federal government is providing $600 for each adult and $300 for each dependent child as a way to encourage Americans to make purchases of durable goods to boost production.
Howard County Treasurer Martha Lake told county council members on Tuesday that local property owners were being encouraged to use the money as a partial payment on the spring property tax bill.
Lake said the county is delaying property tax collections from May 10 to hopefully sometime in July because the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance has not approved the 2008 budgets and set property tax rates.
The partial payment will be credited to the property owners tax bill and can be made by check, credit card of cash at the Howard County Treasurer’s Office.
“It would be wise to consider sending in a partial payment,” Council President Dick Miller said.
A voter’s decision
Included on the November ballot in Center Township will be a referendum question asking township residents to vote yea or nay on keeping the position of township assessor an elected position.
Auditor Ann Wells said because Center Township has more than 23,000 parcels, the fate of the elective office will be determined by voters.
Indiana lawmakers this year voted to eliminate the position of township assessor, unless the township has more than 15,000 parcels.
Wells said Center Township is the only township in the county to qualify for a referendum vote.
Sheila Pullen, Center Township assessor, has indicated in the past that she will campaign to keep the position elected in the future.
Speed Racer
Craig Dunn, chairman of the Howard County Republican Party, might have a new moniker after taking part in the Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week.
Dunn’s top speed around the famed 2.5-mile oval was a reported 144.06 mph.
“WOW,” Dunn said in an e-mail. “The most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on. What a rush!”
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Public Eye - Sunday, April 27, 2008
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Students kick off Black History Month at IU Kokomo
“Hey, black child, be what you can be. Learn what you can learn. Do what you can do. And tomorrow, your nation will be what you want it to be.”
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Council taking heat for proposal
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County looks at health care options
With the city of Kokomo ending its relationship with Novia Health Care, Howard County officials are now discussing what move they will make.
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KHS to implement new technology program
Starting next school year, the more than 500 freshmen enrolled at Kokomo High School will receive either a laptop computer or tablet device as part of a new technology program that school officials say will improve learning in the classroom.
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Measles patient was at NFL event
East Coast fans who left the Super Bowl host city feeling good about Hoosier hospitality may have been exposed to something less welcome: The measles.
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Outreach provides housing to the down-and-out
Dale Bliss tells the story of a man with no money, no job and two kids.
Without any way to pay for a hotel or rent an apartment, the man was living in a tent with his children at a reservoir near Kokomo. He told them it was a family camping trip.
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Green tech lab opens in Kokomo
A California green technology company has opened a research and development lab in Kokomo and plans to hire as many as 35 people over the next few years, the business announced this week.
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Main Street conference coming to Kokomo
Following up on its Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s 2011 Community of the Year award, Kokomo received another accolade this week.
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Howard Co. jail reconfiguration a ‘short-term solution’
With the ever-increasing number of female prisoners at the Howard County jail, local officials are looking to implement a short-term solution instead of expanding the existing facility.
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Delphi retirees continue fight for pensions
A group of then-Delphi Corp. retirees saw a long road ahead of them when they banded in 2009 to keep hold of their full pensions and benefits.
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