What was it about my John Hidy posting that was duplicate?

[rrudolph]

Isn't this just a way of passing the buck? Your dad is part of the council but he didn't see it as part of his responsibility too?

My Dad was definitely not on the council when a Gongwer was added to the town's payroll. You are not harsh at all, you are right my Dad does take a lot of pride in what he has been able to do in office.

In my opinion, if your dad was going through that much effort to make a point, I guess I would have rather heard him propose an ordinance directed at either the nepotisim, ethics or both.

I doubt the news channels would have come out for something like that. How many people do you think knew about Dave Hawks letter to the city of Fort Wayne at the time? Using a media outlet to reinforce a point isn't that crazy of an idea.

Will Dave Rudolph give up his disability? He will if he wins for at least 4 years and collects $220,000.00. After his term he will be 69 years old. If he runs again he needs to pass up on restarting the disability in 5 yrs. That's a hastle and the paper work starts all over. Will he be a 1 term wonder, sell his two homes and move?

Was this necessary? I thought we were having a rational discussion and then you have to make sure that you get out that my Dad is old, disabled and if he owns two houses, he obviously doesn't need to be Clerk/Treasurer I can read between the lines. These are all irrelevant, I know this may disappoint you, but my Dad won't be leaving Huntertown anytime soon.

[Marshall]

htownlifer

Your words, your comments printed upon baseless assumptions. You think, therefore it must be. You've been peddling the rumor gossip machine and throwing whatever you hope will stick. I know who is renting space in your head!

Htownlifer says:
October 26, 2010 at 9:17 am
Wow! tea party lady. You hit the nail right on the head…
Its very telling when the J.G. asked John Hiddy why he was running for clerk treasurer and he responded, ” to run against Dave Rudolph”. Thats a great reason to run for office! Who knows, if he loses, maybe he will run for dog catcher as a democrat next year.


Htownlifer says:
October 26, 2010 at 7:38 am
Maybe he is the one stealing Dave Rudolph’s signs, and recycling them.

htown lifer says:
April 26, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Dave Rudolph has more experience with million dollar budgets than the 4 other board members and Robin Riley combined. Its obvious Mr. Green is terribly mis-informed. Honesty,integrity and experience is what you get with Mr. Rudolph. Shady, small town, politics is what you get with the alternative.

htown lifer says:
April 23, 2010 at 10:28 am
It looks to me like there are alot of conflicts of interest associated with this current town board. Stealing campaign signs! thats the lowest trick in the book. What do these people have to hide?

htown lifer says:
April 23, 2010 at 8:33 pm
From what I understand this is only one example of many shady deals that have been taking place. And judging from the hostility;
its obvious that some board members do not appreciate the light that has been shed on their activities.

htownlifer says:
July 16, 2010 at 9:29 pm
The problem is, 4 of the current board members are cohorts who couldnt make a decision if their life depended on it. Furthermore its painfully obvious, that these “cohorts” are not happy with the light that has been shed on their activities.
htownlifer says:
July 16, 2010 at 9:38 pm
“Set yourself upon that which is just and right; and then stand FIRM”
Abraham Lincoln
Notice he didn’t say, waffle back and forth untill the results suit your needs.

[Marshall]

Was this necessary? I thought we were having a rational discussion and then you have to make sure that you get out that my Dad is old, disabled and if he owns two houses, he obviously doesn't need to be Clerk/Treasurer I can read between the lines. These are all irrelevant, I know this may disappoint you, but my Dad won't be leaving Huntertown anytime soon.

Rob, it isn't pleasant but it goes back to what I said that the winner has to be the people and not the individual. I was asked that question today so I present it to you. As far as Dave Hawks letter, your dad knew about the letter as a councilman. I was hoping he would have devoted his energy towards good but instead he presented the news media with "It's all about Dave." and not a team effort. Dave can be a loose cannon and he very much enjoys being a lone wolf. I point out that on his web site he lays claim to all sorts of good deeds he alone has done. I was there way back when and there were other council members fighting the good fight but they are not mentioned. Any way I wish he had taken the road less traveled and become a better person for it.

Rob, the town employee roster is full of who's who's that were hired based upon their affiliation with the council, family and friends. This is a fact. You can get the information through folks on the town historical group. Why did your father only choose this time and none other to make his stand?

Rob, this is a good discussion.

[rrudolph]

he presented the news media with \\"It's all about Dave.\\" and not a team effort.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but at that time some members of the "team" seemed to be sympathizing with the wastewater treatment plant opponents. So "it's all about Dave" was really a member of the team staying the course.

the town employee roster is full of who's who's that were hired based upon their affiliation with the council, family and friends. This is a fact. You can get the information through folks on the town historical group. Why did your father only choose this time and none other to make his stand?

My Dad has been a part of the town council for the majority of my 37 years now and to be honest with you I don't remember the spouse of a council member being a full time employee. Huntertown is a small place, so it is near impossible to avoid connections such as friends. Sometimes the position held helps to forge friendships. So I am sure, when the council became brazen enough to start hiring spouses my Dad decided to make his position known. I would like to see your resume marshall, I'm sure you personally take credit for many things to properly emphasize your strengths even though you work in a team environment (I am assuming you don't work out of your basement alone).

[Marshall]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but at that time some members of the \"team\" seemed to be sympathizing with the wastewater treatment plant opponents. So \"it's all about Dave\" was really a member of the team staying the course.

My Dad has been a part of the town council for the majority of my 37 years now and to be honest with you I don't remember the spouse of a council member being a full time employee. Huntertown is a small place, so it is near impossible to avoid connections such as friends. Sometimes the position held helps to forge friendships. So I am sure, when the council became brazen enough to start hiring spouses my Dad decided to make his position known. I would like to see your resume marshall, I'm sure you personally take credit for many things to properly emphasize your strengths even though you work in a team environment (I am assuming you don't work out of your basement alone).

Rob,

When your dad was Council President Dave McComb was a Councilman, Doug McComb was the Town Engineer and Lois McComb was the Utility Clerk. As I've said I have been in this town for a LONG time. Dave and Doug McComb are brothers and their mother was Lois. As far as the press conference, I said it before it doesn't cause me any great consternation. I've given my point and so have you. Fair enough.

[Janine Rudolph]

Marshall,

I’ve had enough of your ugliness. It is time for the mama bear to take you on.
I would prefer to meet you face to face, but I doubt that you are going to discontinue your Wizard of Oz charade i.e. hiding behind the curtain.

You state you’ve known Dave Rudolph for many many years, well I can guarantee you I’ve known him longer than anyone on this blog and that includes you. I am an expert on Dave Rudolph.

First of all neither Dave Rudolph nor any of our family have anything to do with the Huntertownbytes.com blog site. Dave has never posted to it, or any other blog site. That’s just not Dave’s style. I too have submitted 3 or 4 articles to Huntertownbytes.com that were never posted. I didn’t take it personally; I just thought that what I had tried to post was probably inappropriate. I didn’t think they were inappropriate, but apparently the people who run the site did.

I am now going to take pleasure in addressing all of your nasty lies:

1. You state “I understand that Dave Rudolph wants to cancel the current police program in Huntertown and go back to the way it used to be when Dave was council president.” Which one of your cronies fed you that line of bull? That comment has never come out of Dave Rudolph’s mouth. Exactly when did he “publicly announce such a thought”? Show me Marshall.

2. You state “The consultant (engineer) which was fired deserved what he got considering his major errors which cost the town thousands of dollars”. Well come on Marshall what were the errors? Don’t just make innuendos I’m a big girl tell me what the engineer did that was so horrible. Take your time; I can wait until you run back to your cronies to find out what it was he supposedly did.

3. You state: “It’s common knowledge that the fired engineer was/is a long friend of Dave Rudolph’s as is the town attorney.” Marshall I checked Webster’s and the definition of a friend certainly covers Dave’s relationship with Jim Lauer and Dave Hawk i.e. a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile; a person attached to another by feelings of personal regard. So, per Webster’s definition I’m going to have to concede that Dave was and is good friends with the former engineer and the town attorney. These three individuals have a lot of history working for the town of Huntertown, they are on good terms, are not hostile to each other and have a very high personal regard for each other.




4. You state: “Since the first of the year Rudolph’s attorney friend has been paid 3 to 4 times what DLZ has been paid.” Well Marshall show me the money! Come on stop making statements you can’t back up. If you can back up that statement show me the figures. Of course don’t forget there is a big difference in counting pot holes by the present engineering firm and attending BZA hearings. Can’t wait to see the figures!


5. You state: “The Clerk-Treasurer Riley chooses to go against Rudolph and cast a tie breaking vote to have DLZ continue with the town water project”. Can you point me to where that is in any of the minutes? I’ve missed it somehow. I’m not saying it’s not true, I just can’t find it in the minutes.

6. You state: ‘Rudolph begins to campaign and “attack” Riley on Nepotisim and an audit deficiency”. Marshall I’m sorry, but telling the truth and attacking do not have the same meaning. There is/was definite nepotism and an audit deficiency.

7. You state: “Hidy changes his mind to back a tax break for a friend of Rudolph and former sub contractor when Rudolph developed Stoners Mill”. No, No, Marshall this is really a bare faced lie. First I don’t have the slightest idea why Hidy flip flopped on this one. I really don’t care. But, I do know that Hidy knew that the contractor had no affiliation with Dave Rudolph whatsoever.

8. You state: “Rudolph proposes to disband Community Resource Officer program.” Please refer to my response in Number 1. Didn’t happen Marshall, just didn’t happen.

9. You state: “Candidate Aker takes exception to council members being called evil by Rudolph’s wife”. Oops, this one is true Marshall! I get a kick out of seeing it in writing. Because I still stand behind my comment that there are some really evil people on this council.

10. You state: “Rudolph takes to the blogs against Ken Neumiester on ethics.” Another bare faced lie. Where do you get your information Marshall? Dave Rudolph has never been on a blog in his life and has no interest in Ken Neumiester’s ethics.

[Marshall]

Yawn.......

People challenge your way of thinking and you get your knickers in a bunch. Shall I mention those folks that you have gone directly to their house and threatened? I will not waste energy on you Janine. Climb back on your broom.

[HoosierHelen]

Who knew Huntertown politics were so exciting?

I've got to agree with you on this LB. I'm beginning to wonder if there is something in the water over there?

[LuciusBeebe]

Its something, isn't it?

There are a lot of people sticking up for Dave Rudolph, whom I know nothing about. But what about the post that started this thing?

Nobody from Robin Riley's family wants to chime in? Its funny, isn't it? The whole Huntertown politics squabble was about nepotism and this other person, and here we have family chiming in on the side of the other guy. Internet nepotism of a wierd form.

I'm digging this whole thing.

[Janine Rudolph]

Sorry Marshall that you find the truth boring. Why am I not surprised?

You need a new line; you're wearing out the knickers remark. Find something new or get off the stage.

Thank you for the broom suggestion. It was rather breezy, very invigorating but at least I didn't have to contend with the congestion on Lima Road.

By all means Marshall please mention the visit I made to the man who was running up and down the streets telling everyone in Huntertown that my husband was taking money under the table. However, as with you he was full of bull. Marshall, you're not going to get an apology out of me, a girl has to do what a girl has to do. I've decided that it was divine intervention that the little man of the house wasn't home. Because I would probably have done something I would regret. Now I have no regrets. Would do it all again.

Now let's talk about you Marshall. No more trying to avoid the truth. Shame on you!

You make mention that Dave Rudolph engages in back room politics. Marshall could you please be more specific? I think you owe it to the taxpayers of Huntertown, because if you have the scoop on Dave they need to know. No innuendos Marshall!!! Are you sure you don't have Dave mixed up with the other 4 council members, and the Clerk/Treasurer who meet well before the monthly meetings in the back room to discuss plan of action - absent Dave? Even the president of the council alluded to this when he told a very good friend of ours that “We wanted to send Dave a message”. This was after they all sat mute on a resolution Dave made.

You ask our son Rob why his dad didn't try to introduce an ordinance regarding ethics or nepotism. He did try to discuss it with the board members, and he was told: “it is too late” “it doesn’t matter” ”every town does it” “there’s nothing we can do about it” “I see nothing wrong with it”, and “I can’t get good help in Huntertown”. Marshall he would never have gotten the support of the council and you know it. He was lucky to get a key to the building let alone any cooperation from anyone on the council or the staff. In 2009 I personally printed off informative papers regarding the issue of conflicts of interest which Dave passed out to the board members and to my knowledge we did not have one response.

Marshall please don’t concern yourself with our financial situation. The coffee cans in the back yard are well hidden. You need not worry about whether Dave is on disability and I want to take this opportunity assure you we are not selling two houses and moving out of Huntertown. Sorry, but you’re stuck with us. I’m sure that comment just made your day.

[htownlifer]

Thanks for the recap. BLOG HOPPER! No baseless assumptions here. It must all be sticking, otherwise you guys would'nt be so paranoid. IF you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, and stoop and build them up with worn-out tools, then you will be a man, my son." Rudyard KIpling

[Janine Rudolph]

Rob,

When your dad was Council President Dave McComb was a Councilman, Doug McComb was the Town Engineer and Lois McComb was the Utility Clerk. As I've said I have been in this town for a LONG time. Dave and Doug McComb are brothers and their mother was Lois. As far as the press conference, I said it before it doesn't cause me any great consternation. I've given my point and so have you. Fair enough.

I almost forgot. I called Doug McComb today to check on the accuracy of your statment. He said he resigned his position as engineer of the town when his brother came on the board, as he was restructuring his office and he also felt it would be a conflict if he stayed on as the engineer. I'm still checking on the Lois McComb comment. I'll get back with you on that one.

[htownlifer]

"climb back on your broom" ??? You tried to take the high road with me. But you're actually in the gutter. Its cozy in your head right here next to Dave.

[LuciusBeebe]

You ask our son Rob why his dad didn't try to introduce an ordinance regarding ethics or nepotism. He did try to discuss it with the board members, and he was told: “it is too late” “it doesn’t matter” ”every town does it” “there’s nothing we can do about it” “I see nothing wrong with it”, and “I can’t get good help in Huntertown”. Marshall he would never have gotten the support of the council and you know it. He was lucky to get a key to the building let alone any cooperation from anyone on the council or the staff. In 2009 I personally printed off informative papers regarding the issue of conflicts of interest which Dave passed out to the board members and to my knowledge we did not have one response.

I was going to ask why it was incumbant upon Dave Rudolph to suggest such a measure. It seemed like a pretty narcissistic idea to me when I read it here.

"Hello! I am [blank]. I am here to introduce a measure regarding ethics and nepotism!"

Yeah. Thanks. Shut up, sit down.

Seriously, requesting somebody to introduce an ethics/nepotism rule in Huntertown politics seems a little hifalutin to me.

[Marshall]

I almost forgot. I called Doug McComb today to check on the accuracy of your statment. He said he resigned his position as engineer of the town when his brother came on the board, as he was restructuring his office and he also felt it would be a conflict if he stayed on as the engineer. I'm still checking on the Lois McComb comment. I'll get back with you on that one.

Janine,

I'm glad you're checking. Doug resigned? Hmmm, I did what you and other suggested and I looked through the minutes. Doug is shown as the engineer while his brother was a councilman and their mom was the utilities clerk. As far as your other comments I will not waste time. They have been discussed already many times. htownlifer unless you are one in the same (Janine) that comment was not directed at you. Mama bear goes to peoples homes when they write anything that challenges Rudolph's words and principles based upon his past. Honestly Janine you got { blank} so upset she cried because of your insane behavior on her porch. Her free speech didn't derserve that. Janine, only you will know what I mean by this but next time you want to so called go to lunch, bring your money.

[htownlifer]

I think your paranoia is getting worse. I have nothing to do with Mrs. Rudolph. And I doubt she posts using two different names. Where did you come up with that one? Or is that what you do?Your good at calling the kettle black! "Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty" Ronald Reagan

[rrudolph]

Please check the timeline on this, my recollection was that Doug was the engineer and then Dave was elected, not vice versa.

[Janine Rudolph]

Janine,

I'm glad you're checking. Doug resigned? Hmmm, I did what you and other suggested and I looked through the minutes. Doug is shown as the engineer while his brother was a councilman and their mom was the utilities clerk. As far as your other comments I will not waste time. They have been discussed already many times. htownlifer unless you are one in the same (Janine) that comment was not directed at you. Mama bear goes to peoples homes when they write anything that challenges Rudolph's words and principles based upon his past. Honestly Janine you got { blank} so upset she cried because of your insane behavior on her porch. Her free speech didn't derserve that. Janine, only you will know what I mean by this but next time you want to so called go to lunch, bring your money.

Could I have the dates of those minutes? I would like to verify that. I can only go on what Doug Mc Comb told me yesterday. The reason you can't comment on my comments is that you can't refute anything I say. The truth is very hard to refute. I was there on that front porch, you weren't. There were no tears, she even invited me into her house. She and her husband did not "write" anything. Her husband was telling major lies about the Rudolph family. When I confronted her, she said that "well, that's what "they" say". She never could tell me who "they" were. I don't think lunch is in our future Marshall. I prefer to lunch with friends.

[Marshall]

I think your paranoia is getting worse. I have nothing to do with Mrs. Rudolph. And I doubt she posts using two different names. Where did you come up with that one? Or is that what you do?Your good at calling the kettle black! \"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty\" Ronald Reagan

You're twisted and there is no dialog with you. You wanted to point at "get back on your broom" as being said to you. Which wasn't the case. I've pointed out that you're a mean spirited, blog hopping, basher with malicious assumptions. You've had your air time for months. Be gone with you before someone drops a house on you.

[Marshall]

Please check the timeline on this, my recollection was that Doug was the engineer and then Dave was elected, not vice versa.

I will have the minutes scanned and posted that's how confident I am of what was in place while Dave served as council president. I will also scan the NW News article and the JG which stated in Dave's own letter (I'm parphrasing here) that he was going to go back and let the sheriff run patrolling Huntertown along with his 125 officers. The scanned article will show Daves own letter.