Vigo Co. Dem Secretary Under Fire for Supporting GOP

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This is how we roll in the Haute, y'all.

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

A Vigo County Democratic precinct committeeman plans to petition for the party secretary’s removal after he allegedly supported several party opponents.

Committeeman Chris Gambill said Friday that he intends on petitioning the party for the removal of Mike Ellis, secretary of the county Democrat Central Committee. He alleges that Ellis has worked on behalf of Republican candidates in the past several elections, including mayor-elect Duke Bennett. Ellis wrote a letter to the editor of the Tribune-Star published Wednesday in which he encourages Mayor Kevin Burke, a Democrat, to abandon his challenge to the mayoral race results on the grounds of Bennett’s eligibility for candidacy.

Gambill then wrote a letter published Thursday that states that while Ellis has the right to support and work for any candidate, if he chooses to support the Republican Party he should immediately resign his position with the Democratic Party.

Ellis introduced his letter and signed the correspondence by stating his position with the local Democratic Party. Gambill in his letter calls for Ellis to resign “or be removed by a vote of” Democratic Party officeholders.

“… I guess the straw that broke the camel’s back was his letter to the editor, inferring some sort of authorization from the Democratic Party,” Gambill said Friday.

The lawsuit referenced is Burke seeking a court decision on whether or not Duke Bennett is eligible to run for mayor at all because of the Hatch Act. Bennett ran The Hamilton Center (a rehab place around here), which gets federal dollars.

[LiberalFighter]

1. We are going to keep an eye on you Mike Ellis

I got a feeling that Ellis has a job lined up in Bennett's administration if he isn't removed as mayor.

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2. He supported Modesitt because he lost the Dem primary

The guy is all kinds of slime.

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3. I had to look him up in my database to see that Modesitt is a Repug

Doesn't look like the guy supports Democratic candidates.