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Monday, December 15, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Who are the players in the DTF controversy?"
Finally, a crib sheet to the players in the Muncie Drug Task Force investigations, supplementing the ILB's long list of entries.
Joy Leiker reports today in the Muncie Star-Press in a lengthy, "don't miss" story that begins:
Some of Muncie's most divisive and colorful characters are fighting for their professional lives in separate-but-not-unrelated investigations.Lingering in the background are their allies and enemies: Former attorneys, judges, business partners and political adversaries -- many of whom have had their own turn at power over the years.
All know how to work the system. None are afraid to play the high-stakes game of Muncie politics.
At the center of this storm is Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney. He's indisputably fighting to save his career, waiting on the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission and a special prosecutor to determine whether he committed misconduct or a crime or both. At the very worst, he could lose his license to practice law and also face criminal charges.
But McKinney, a Democrat, is doing nothing this year that he hasn't done ever since he joined the prosecutor's office as a deputy in 1995. And he maintains his innocence.
What is different is he's working as the county prosecutor in a city under a new mayor's control. While former Republican Mayor Dan Canan might have looked the other way, Republican Mayor Sharon McShurley isn't.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 15, 2008 01:47 PM
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