Clark Co.Sheriff's Race... Noel's Race to win....

The BatBlog was a little surprised that only two candidates incumbent  Jamey Noel (R) and Dwight Engle (D) signed up for the Clark Co.  Sheriff's contest. Normally a large field tests the waters in both parties for the head law enforcement position in the county...

On the other hand one can see why ONLY Engle chose to oppose current sheriff Noel. Noel has managed and run the department virtually  controversy free, and even his critics would agree has done a top notch job in cleaning up the county jail and efficiently running the day to day operations of the sheriff's Dept...

Even though Noel was in a tight.race in 2014 there is no reason to think he won't win easily this year especially with current domination by the Rep. Party. Engle is a veteran in law enforcement but in the political climate of today and  with Noel's clean record  Noel should  win easily...The only thing critics might point out is the fact that Noel didn't give up the party chair as he promised after being elected in 2014, but that's really a non issue..

Jamey Noel is  currently the king of  Clark Co. politics in his duel role as GOP chairman and sheriff and will be reelected easily in November...Hail to the king !!!

2018 Primaries...A First Look.

It won't be too long until the 2018 election season will be upon us. The candidates have filed and there are some interesting races stacking up in both the primaries and the November general election.

First up that we'll look at is a GOP primary race... a race that really caught the attention of The BatBlog is the seat in  Indiana house Dist.71 between Dr. Kevin Burke and Matt " Lapdog" Owen...On paper this looks like a no brainer for voters ...a we'll respected physician with years of service in the public health field against  the former cupcake icer for a downtown restaurant who parlayed a gimmick mayoral candidacy into a city council seat...but this is politics and the obvious and most intelligent choice doesn't always win.

The BatBlog is actually surprised GOP chair Jamey Noel would allow Owen off of his short leash to run for a big boy office like the In.state House of  Representatives  where life experiences in our opinion are dramatically more important than showing up for parades and ribbon cuttings...but if there is one thing you can expect in politics it is the unexpected..

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Nevertheless the smart choice , really the only choice is Dr. Burke but Owen has been able to garner votes in the past mostly on name recognition not on actual performance...So let the games begin and we'll continue to look at the other races in the coming weeks...

As always "Stay Vigilant"...

BatBlog takes 2017 Goliath Award !!!

Once again The "award winning" BatBlog has claimed the prestigious Goliath Award for best local blog...HT and the staff of the BatBlog at a gala event Saturday night at Mick's Lounge and Culture Center took possession of their 4th and record setting 3rd consecutive Goliath award...

Master of Ceremony Goliath hosted the black tie affair attended by a who's who of local celebraties  and fans of the popular blog...HT in his acceptance speech promised that the BatBlog wouldn't rest on their laurels and promised more hard hitting topical posts as the 2018 election season moves into gear....