Yesterday, Greg Fischer released some of the names of his “LEADERS” teams of advisers. In a release the previous day, the Fischer campaign indicated there were more than 350 people who made up those teams. But yesterday the campaign only released 252 of them.
So where are the rest?
We’ve been asking this question for months and only get spin.
What’s there to hide?
Here are the names from the release:
Anne Achico, Karin Adkins, Kim Allen, Dr. Demetra Antimisiaris, Retired Chief Chris Aponte, Anne Arensberg, Summer Auerbach, Muhammad Babar, Bob Bajandas, Houston Barber, Russ Barnett, Jeff Barr, Stephen Bartlett, Cindy Baumert, Carl Bensinger, Maurice Berelowitz, Suzanne Bergmeister, Mary Biak, Eileen Blanton, Dale Boden, Troy Body, Sharon Bohnert, Mark Bolton, Ina Bond, Marty Bonick, Chris Boone, Virgil Boyd, Nikki Boyd-Westenhofer, Brandon Bledsoe, Erin Bolden Dabney, Mike Bramer, Terry Brooks, Darry Brown, Mike Brown, Don Burch, Col. Ishmon Burks (Ret.), Barbara Burns, Aukram Burton, Ben Carter, Soni Castleberry, Adam Chambers, Father Anthony Chinh, Ivor Chodkowski, Graham Clark, Brodrick Clarke, Doug Cobb, Khalilah V. Collins, Kevin Connelly, Tami Conti, Ceci Conway, Jeff Cooke, Julie Crutcher, John Cullen, Robin Curry, Rudy Davidson, Jessica Dawkins, John DeLautre, TJ Delahanty, Roberto deLeon, Carolyn Denning, Pradeep Deshpande, Chuck Dobbins, Jose Neil Donis, Durie Downey, Don Driskell, Linda Duncan, Kevin Dunlap, Kevin Durham, Cathe Dykstra, John Mark Eberhardt, Cherie Edwards, Dr. Anna Faul, John Faulkner, Drew Fellon, Retired Judge Richard Fitzgerald, Rachel Foster, Daniel Francis, Joe Franzen
View the rest after the jump…
Sarah Fritschner, Gabe Fritz, Dr. Christine Furman, Laura Gaeta, Matthew Gardiner, Wallace L. Garner III, Marshall Gazaway, Carolyn Gilles, Rich Gimmel, Juliet Gray, Jim Grote, Jay Gulick, Jim Hagerty, Doug Hamilton, Ed Hamilton, Dr. Abdul Haq, G.J. Hart, O’Dell Henderson, Gail Henson, Sunderesh S. Heragu, Bill Heron, Roberta Hershberg, Louis Heuser, Steve Higdon, Talmage Hocker, Gill Holland, Heather Howell, Kathleen Hoye, Seth Hunter, Jen Hurley, Sherry Hurley, John Jackson, Vince Jarboe, Raymond Jeffries, Retired Judge Martin E. Johnstone, Hallie Jones, Kevin Jones, Bill Juckett, David Kaelin, Barbara Kalkhof, Kenny Karem, Haleh Karimi, Chuck Kavanaugh, Deborah G. Keeling, Ben Keeton, Gwendolyn Kelly, Ellie Kerstetter, David Klein, Jon Klein, Keith Knapp, Maria Koetter, Stephan Kouzomis, Suhas Kulkarni, David Laird, Clest Lanier, Vitalis Lanshima, Sterling Lapinski, Bonnie Lash Freeman, Brennen Lawrence, Kip Mackey
Steve Magre, Anthony Mapp, Kurt Mason, Phil Mason, Dee Maynard, Marcia Mays, Mike Mays, Liza McConnell, Angie McDonald Hackett, John McGarvey, JK McKnight, Marilyn McLendon, Tom McMahon, James McMillin, Rishabh Mehrotra, Dr. Dennis Menezes, Kathy Mershon, Retired Judge Steve Mershon, Lynnie Meyer, Larry Michalczyk, John Miranda, Allen Montgomery, Karyn Moskowitz, Daro Mott, Claudia P. Mudd, Portia Muhammad, Layla Musselman, David Neville, Dilu Nicholas, Sean O’Leary, Donna O’Sullivan, K.A. Owens, Kent Oyler, Jou Jou Papillier, Steve Paradis, George Parker, Katie Peckenpaugh, Henrietta Pepper, Denise Peterson, Tony Peyton, Retired Judge John Potter, Ross Primmer, JD Raine, Emilia Ramirez, Deb Rattle, Vidya Ravichandran, Doug Recktenwald, Roger Reynolds, Kristen Riddick, Greg Roberts, Kay Roberts, Mason Roberts, Antwan Robinson, Craig Rodgers, Becky Roerig, Dr. Noell Rowan, Marcia Roth, Síofra Rucker, Stu Sampson, Lisa Scherer, Todd Schmiedeler, Allen Schubert, Louise Schulman, Attica Woodson Scott, Susan Seiler, Dr. Belinda Setters, Drew Shryock, Sheila A. Shuster, Ph.D., Jami Siegel, Dave Simpson, Debbie Simpson, Benham Sims, Nicole Smith Murphy, Dr. Bill Smock, Steven Spalding, Sue Speed
Sundar Sridharagopal, Lori Stahlgren, Lindy B. Street, Bill Strench, David Tarullo, Kara Taylor, Terry Taylor, Delores Thomas, Kelly Thompson, Carmen Tisdale, Christopher 2X, Rick Underwood, Deborah Wade, Bill Walsh, Jane Walsh, Anne Walter, Rita Ward, Gary Watrous, Joanne Weis, Susan Weiss, Shannon Westerman, Mary Gwen Wheeler, Ed White, Paul Whitty, David Wicks, Art Williams, Sharon Williams, Tom Williams, Craig Wilman, Ed Wnorowski, Allison Woosley, James W. Wooten, Mike Wright, Denny Yocum, Carol Young, Julia Youngblood, Barry Zalph, Lee Zimmerman
11 responses so far ↓
1 Mark Stanton // Oct 8, 2010 at 9:54 am
Did you ever attempt to create a broad-based inclusive group to identify and address issues, generate ideas and propose solutions? When you cast your net wide and come up with 350 people there are going to be some that drop out, or find they cannot participate at a meaningful level. Should he have listed somebody who came to one meeting and hasn’t really been a part of it?
One would think you would commend this as a sign of inclusiveness.
2 Steve Magruder // Oct 8, 2010 at 9:59 am
No matter how you cut it, this whole thing leaves the impression that Fischer would have his decisions made by large committees.
3 what? // Oct 8, 2010 at 10:04 am
Have to agree. Just wonder why they took so long to release the platform and the group. You’ve got some pretty progressive people normally shunned by the power elite included.
4 jake // Oct 8, 2010 at 10:16 am
Mark: Moot argument.
Some of the names released are people who are supporting Hal Heiner. Many of them tell me they only went to one meeting and never heard from the campaign again. Two of them tell me they didn’t even go to a meeting.
And a bunch of those names are contributors who maxed out to the campaign. One of them, a physician, confirmed to me that they were invited to participate while being asked for a contribution.
He needs to release the rest of those names if he’s really someone who gives two flips about transparency.
5 Bruce Maples // Oct 8, 2010 at 11:34 am
I don’t recognize many of the names, but the ones I do recognize are good people that I would trust. If the ones I recognize actually had a hand in casting a vision for the future of Louisville, then that’s a good thing.
It might have been better if the list was by committee, and the position/company of the person was included. Otherwise, so far I think he deserves credit for trying to reach out and include lots of people.
6 blowin' in the wind // Oct 8, 2010 at 11:42 am
I also know several people on the list and they have provided suggestions to both Fischer and Heiner. My instincts tell me that a much smaller group were actually involved in shaping the platform. I would like to see these by committee as Bruce suggests.
7 jake // Oct 8, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Several of the individuals on this list – and several who have yet to be named by the Fischer camp – tell me they’re not keen on being treated like a supporter of the campaign.
Of particular interest are people who sat in on Fischer’s geriatric/elderly group and the animal abuse group.
8 Kathleen Hoye // Oct 8, 2010 at 1:41 pm
We were all given the option as to whether we wanted our names released. The Fischer campaign has not held any names back–individuals have. You are making a mountain out a molehill and we all know there are plenty of other controversial issues out there for you to sniff out. I was never asked for a contribution.
9 jake // Oct 8, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Kathleen: That’s just not true.
I personally know individuals who have never given permission for their names to be released – and they’ve been released. And I know people who made it clear they were okay with having their names released – and they have not been released.
No, this isn’t the only issue facing the city. It’s just one of hundreds that we’ve written about.
10 JTT // Oct 8, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Oh, yeah, one guy I know on that list is irate – he did NOT give permission and in fact, has been supporting Heiner. A lot of “city” names on the list, they likely just want to be sure they still have a job come January. I’ve talked to GF twice now, guess I’m lucky I’m not on the list.
11 CaveMouse // Oct 9, 2010 at 12:00 am
Gee, several are current Metro Employees = are they helping on Metro time? Or just answering questions poised by the campaign just as they would any other citizen that asked? I guess I am lucky they won’t return me calls or my name might be on the list.
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