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Henry Faces a New Challenge in Smith Mayor Seeks Unprecedented 4Th Term While Smith Seeks a City Run on ‘Business Principles’ by BRIAN A V25, N5 Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 Henry faces a new challenge in Smith Mayor seeks unprecedented 4th term while Smith seeks a city run on ‘business principles’ By BRIAN A. HOWEY FORT WAYNE – Democrats have controlled Fort Wayne City Hall for five elections following Mayor Paul Helmke’s exit in 1999, with incumbent Mayor Tom Henry seeking an unprec- edented fourth term. But Henry Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry (left) and Republican challenger Tim Smith. faces a new breed of Republican in businessman himself from establishment Republicanism, relying on the Tim Smith, who won the nomination by defeating long- conservative Indiana Policy Review network while bringing along a new breed of voter. His campaign appears to be time Councilman John Crawford in the GOP primary last May. Smith used social issues such as abortion to separate Continued on page 3 Of cephalopods & CEOs By BRIAN A. HOWEY MICHIGAN CITY – In the wake of the new terror afflicting our schools, our Walmarts, our malls, our night- clubs, it appears we no longer have members of Congress and senators. “I had no involvement, other than In the House, we have cephalo- pods, elected every two years. In the it’s a great place. It wasn’t my Senate, squids, elected every six. idea for Mike to go there.” The cephalopod is of the political molluscan class, characterized by bi- - President Trump, denying lateral body symmetry and a promi- he wanted Vice President nent head known to quip “I approve of this message” and “I have an A Pence to stay at his Doonbeg rating from the NRA” and a set of muscular hydrostats, modified from resort in Ireland. COS Marc the primitive molluscan foot. These Short had said Trump creatures that haunt the U.S. Capitol, ‘suggested’ the veep’s stay. Page 2 a variety of K Street salons and a very and the firepower and magazine ca- occasional Hoosier town hall do have pacity these weapons have. abilities. They can open containers The newcomer to the squid with screw caps or, like the Hawaiian tank in Washington is U.S. Sen. Mike bobtail squid, can bury themselves Braun, who acknowledged what in the sand, leaving only their eyes WIBC’s Nigel and Hammer describes exposed. as “Americans’ sense of exasperation Our congressional cephalo- with the ongoing dysfunction of Wash- pods need to grow spines. ington politics.” Howey Politics Indiana U.S. Rep. Jim Banks re- “Everyone there that’s been acted to our American Bloody August in Washington for a long time doesn’t WWWHowey Media, LLC (53 murdered by AR-15s in Texas and think that anything is wrong, and 405 Massachusetts Ave., Ohio) by suggesting that the appropri- they’ve become nestled into a system Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN ate response to this ongoing domestic that frustrates most Americans, most 46204 terror is to enforce the laws we al- Hoosiers when they’d just like to see a www.howeypolitics.com ready have. Somehow that seems not few things done well,” said Braun. to be working, thoughts and prayers Squid Majority Leader notwithstanding. Mitch McConnell appears to be open Brian A. Howey, Publisher U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon to some kind of gun reforms, but only Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington suggested that background checks – if President Trump gets on board. “I Cam Carter, copy editor even expanded background checks said several weeks ago that if the Joel Weyrauch, copy editor that 90% of Americans want – Mary Lou Howey, Editor wouldn’t have pre- vented the mayhem Subscriptions in El Paso, Odessa, HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 Midland and Dayton. Our Midland/Odessa HPI Weekly, $350 mass shooter did Ray Volpe, Account Manager flunk a background 317.602.3620 check, but then email: [email protected] went on to acquire his weapon through a private-party sale. Contact HPI U.S. Rep. [email protected] Greg Pence called himself a “staunch president took a position on a bill so Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 2nd Amendment defendant,” but said that we knew we would actually be in Muncie he is open to compromise. making a law and not just having se- Washington: 202.256.5822 “I’m open to any conversation that rial votes, I’d be happy to put it on the Business Office: 317.602.3620 prevents – OK – let’s talk about how floor,” McConnell told Hugh Hewitt. “If we prevent harm with weapons,” the president is in favor of a number © 2019, Howey Politics Pence said without really saying of things that he has discussed openly Indiana. All rights reserved. anything until adding, “If you read the and publicly, and I know that if we second part of the 2nd Amendment, pass it it’ll become law, I’ll put it on Photocopying, Internet forward- it’s to protect us from the govern- the floor.” ing, faxing or reproducing in ment.” The problem with that is that any form, whole or part, is a Both Bucshon and Pence every time Trump takes a phone call violation of federal law without conjured images of Democrats going from the disgraced NRA chief Wayne permission from the publisher. door to door, rounding up weapons in LaPierre, he reneges on everything he a clear breach of the 2nd Amendment. tells bereaved parents from Parkland, These congressman also suggest that El Paso and Dayton. Our president Jack E. Howey it’s the mentally ill that are wreaking is not particularly aerodynamic, but editor emeritus our havoc, though many other nations can achieve impressive issue ranges 1926-2019 also have mentally ill people but do by jet-propulsion; water continues to not suffer these frequent atrocities. be expelled from the funnel while the Perhaps it has something to do with organism is in the air. He can spread the number of guns on the streets, his fins and tentacles to form wings Page 3 and actively control lift force with body posture. evolution of how our state partners with local schools to When Wayne LaPierre speaks, President Trump address this issue and help parents, students and staff feel propels and expels. safe and secure each day.” Vice President Mike Pence, a former congressional Walmart, after enduring an atrocity at its store in cephalopod, and Attorney General William Barr have had El Paso that killed 22 and another shooting in Indiana’s their own “Aha!” moment, preparing a national death pen- very own Hobart (wounding one), announced this week alty for mass shooters who can already reasonably expect it was ending the sale of handguns in Alaska and certain a swiftly delivered mortal sentence from a Dayton cop or kinds of short-barreled rifle ammunition nationwide, in- a Texas Ranger, should one appear on a massacre scene cluding .223 caliber and 5.56 mm caliber cartridges, which within 30 or 40 seconds. can be used in military-style weapons. The problem in a spineless Washington is that “It’s clear to us that the status quo is unaccept- when foreign terrorists flew airliners into our skyscrapers able,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in a memo to and the Pentagon, they acted not as mollusks but as patri- employees on Tuesday. “We know these decisions will ots with both dispatch and fortitude. But when the terror inconvenience some of our customers, and we hope they comes from home-grown white supremacists, nihilists and will understand.” anarchists previously loosely affiliated on the world wide And you can no longer go Krogering while web but gaining more cohesion with each atrocity, there is openly carrying a weapon. “Kroger has demonstrated nothing but inertia. with our actions that we recognize the growing chorus of Until there is another election where enough angry Americans who are no longer comfortable with the status moms show up to say “Enough!” of arming teachers and quo and who are advocating for concrete and common preachers, of making our kids go through “active shooter sense gun reforms,” the company said in a statement. drills” in the places (schools and churches) that were once The corporations are getting it; they know a thought to be safe havens, the solutions will come from thing or two about markets. Our elected cephalopods and men and women with brains connected to spines, con- squids, not so much, though at least Braun appears to nected to wallets. realize there’s a real problem. Or, as they might say on K The State of Indiana began handing out $19 mil- Street, “Some squids have been shown to detect sound lion this week to pay for the hardening of our schools and using their statocysts.” the funding of more resource officers. Gov. Eric Holcomb So, there may be hope on Capitol Hill. But as called this an “evolution,” funded by taxpayers. America bleeds on its streets and in malls, nightclubs and “Indiana remains fully committed to ensur- store aisles, evolution can be slow. ing the safety of Hoosier schools,” Holcomb said. “I’m American corporate citizens – and voters – are proud this critical grant program can meet the top safety likely to react much faster in the coming year, an election needs of school districts across the state. This is the latest year. v year ago. Butcher was a galvanizing force for Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, from page 1 conservatives, and has not been replaced with anyone ap- feeding on a large network of smaller donors. proaching his stature. Henry is relying on his own brand, an extensive Another hurdle for Smith comes from Washing- family network embedded in many ton, where President Trump dominates all things politi- Summit City institutions, and a cal, particularly in GOP circles.
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