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| Image of Curt Ellis taken from his Facebook Page |
The next time you read a post by Curt Ellis think twice about the money he received to post such glowing reports of the city of Valparaiso and Republican Candidates. Curt Ellis is a paid consultant for Republican Valparaiso City Council candidates Mike Baird, Tim Daly, and Deb Butterfield. The campaign finance report of Deb Butterfield revealed that she paid Ellis $275 to manage her Facebook presence. Baird paid Ellis $725 while Daly paid Ellis $710. All of these transactions are listed in the campaign finance reports turned in last week.
If the Republican City Council candidates hire consultants that don't practice transparency do you really think the Republican candidates will be transparent after the election?
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| A screenshot taken from the Comment section of the NWI Times in regards to the Valparaiso City Council asking for more tax money. |
Wow!
ReplyDeleteI have lived in 5 places within 4 blocks of Lincolnway since 1979. I've owned a house in the 2nd district for the past 18 years. I hope I've lived here long enough, and owned a house long enough, to qualify for what I am going to say now.
Mr. Ellis and the Republican Party, seem to be saying that once you leave you can NEVER come back. "Valparaiso doesn't want you now!". In fact, that should be a great new welcome sign at the city limits. Maybe the Mayor and the rest of the Republicans can get that through council since they all seem to by implying that thought through their paid ghost writer Mr. Ellis.
Mr. Ellis is a paid muckraker. The Republicans keep spinning, with the help of this Ellis guy, home ownership and residency. Due to the number of rentals in the district, I'd bet that close to a third of the people voting are non-home owners that haven't lived in Valparaiso since "dirt was born". Shame on these people for voting and taking an interest in government. Don't they know, according to the Republicans and Mr. Ellis, that its "birthright" afforded only to the elitist snobs with a multi-generational heritage in this town.
Dan Coats, someone the Valparaiso Republicans constantly fete, left Congress and the State of Indiana for 20 years to be a paid lobbyist. HE'S BACK NOW and our local Republicans can't get enough of him. I guess he didn't read the sign at the city limits.
The residency argument is ridiculous and so is Mr. Ellis. They need to knock it off.