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The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Tuesday, October 13, 2015. For seven weeks, Afternoons with Amos has done something no other Indianapolis media has done ever done. Invited all candidates for City-County Council of Indianapolis/Marion County to appear in a series of live interviews so voters and the community can hear why they are running for the Council ands where they stand on issues important to their districts and the entire city/county.  The remaining four districts appeared this week. Adjoining districts on the northside of the city from northwest to northeast. Council Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Council District 1

Council District 1 / City of Indy

District 1 – Consists of the northwest concern of Indianapolis/Marion County. It’s bounded by 96th Street on the north, Hendricks County on the west, Westlane and 71st on the south, with a dogleg a on either side of I-465 to 62nd Street and Ditch Road and Hoover Road on the east. The district includes the College Park neighborhood, Traders Point and neighborhoods along 86th, 79th and 71st streets from Ditch to the Hendricks County line. The district is 55% white, 34% Black, 12% Hispanic.

Council District 2

Council District 2 / City of Indy

District 2 – Consists of the middle of the northside of Indianapolis. Bounded by 96th street on the north, Ditch Road and Hoover Road and White River on the west, 54th and Kessler on the south and Keystone, White River and Oakland on the east. The district includes Glendale, Broad Ripple, Nora, the neighborhoods along Hoover Road, northern Meridian Kessler, Williams Creek. The district is 82% white, 11% Black, 6% Hispanic.

Council District 3

Council District 3 / City of Indy

District 3 – Is bounded on the north by 96th street, on the west by Keystone, White River and Oakland, on the east by I-69, Johnson Road and meandering over to Emerson on the east and Kessler, 56th, Delmar, Fall Creek and 62nd on the south. The district includes Keystone at the Crossing, Castleton, the Dean Road, Alllisonville and Binford Blvd corridors, and the apartment complexes and ho subdivisions north of Castleton. The district is 76% white, 17% Black and 7% Hispanic.

Council District 4

Council District 4 / City of Indy

District 4 – Is bounded on the north by 96th street/Hamilton County, on the west by I-69, Johnson Road meandering over to Emerson. 56th and 62nd on the south and Fall Creek Rd, Lee Rd and Twickenham Rd on the East. The district includes the neighborhoods west of Geist Reservoir, Brendon Way, the neighborhoods around Ft. Harrison, including a good portion of the City of Lawrence, including neighborhoods in the southern part of Lawrence City. The District is 70% white, 22% Black and 9% Hispanic.

Council candidates

Brian Jones

Council candidates

Colleen Fanning

Council candidates

Christine Scales

Council candidates

Mike McQuillen

(Interview With Republican Candidates in Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 Begin At 2:42 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). Four Republican candidates s appeared on Afternoons with Amos. Challengers Brian Jones – District 11; Challenger Colleen Fanning, District 2; and Incumbent Councilwoman Christine Scales, District 3 and Councilman Mike McQuillen, District 4.  The four talked about the biggest issues of concern to residents of their districts.  Which, not surprisingly were the same as other candidates have talked about in the previous six weeks – Crime/Public Safety, Infrastructure, including streets, sidewalks, and roads.  Education was a topic that was brought up as Brian Jones commented that while people in his district appreciated Pike and Washington Township schools, they had concerns about IPS. Economic development was mentioned as a concern by both Jones and Fanning.  Christine Scales gave the example of residents around 71st and Binford who created an area that has fostered development and created jobs. Scales said such efforts can occur elsewhere. All four candidates support body and dash cams for police but they say the concern isn’t buying the equipment , but the costs of storing video and the rules of how to release the videos. All four Republican candidates said its time to spend more city resources in the neighborhoods and also concentrate on jobs.  The candidate also talked about problems with the Department of Code Enforcement harming small business. The candidates also commented on mass transit and the electric cars and other efforts of the Ballard Administration that some feel were misguided.

Council candidates

Leroy Robinson

Council candidates

Kip Tew

Council candidates

Pam Hickman

Council candidates

Ray Biederman

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Jon Easter

(Interview With Democratic Candidates in Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 20. Begin At 50:21 Mark On PODCAST Media Player).Five Democrats candidates made there views known on key issues.  Incumbent Councilman Leroy Robinson, District 1; Councilman Kip Tew, District 2; Councilwoman Pam Hickman, District 3 and challenger Ray Biederman, District 4.  Councillors Robinson, Tew and Hickman are currently at large Councilors, but the Legislature eliminated those seats two years ago, so they’re running in individual districts.  A fifth Democratic candidate, Jon Easter, District 20, also appeared having researched his appeared from October 6th. The Democratic candidates talked about the importance of continuing to support more police and improving public safety and trying to reduce crime.  Councilman Tew expressed concern that the just adopted budget didn’t restore more money for crime prevention efforts.  Money the Ballard Administration has cut in half the past three years. Councilors Hickman supported quality charter schools and said that schools not performing should be closed. But Hickman said no charter should be closed during a school year. The candidates felt there needed to be greater spending on infrastructure, but agreed that taxes shouldn’t be raised. That Indy needed to be more creative about where revenues can come from.  The five candidates said Indy needs to do more to foster economic development and create jobs into Indy neighborhoods.

The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Runs 92 Minutes. ©2015 WTLC/Radio One. PODCAST Starts After Brief Video Ad.