Indiana

IS JILL LYING ABOUT JIM?S RECORD?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

If today feels a little warmer, it might be the heat being generated between the two Democratic candidates for Governor.

Jill Long Thompson has unveiled a new ad going after Jim Schellinger’s record, accusing him of lobbying for higher property taxes. Schellinger is an architect whose firm designed schools.

Schellinger spokeswoman Jen Wagner says the ad is misleading and has no merit. She also says it shows Thompson is willing to go to any lengths to win. Wagner also says the Thompson camp wasn’t telling the truth in its ad, because it featured schools that weren’t designed by Schellinger’s firm.

Jeff Harris, a spokesman for Thompson, admits the photographer they hired for the ad shot the wrong schools, but the right images were put in within 24 hours of its airing. Harris went on to say despite that mix up, the central message of the ad is correct in that it shows Schellinger advocates higher taxes and it shows the differences between the two candidates.

Harris says Thompson supports freezing the sales tax on gas and helping the Hoosier economy.

This race is definitely getting more interesting. The primary is May 6.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).