JONATHAN WEAVER OUSTED FROM LEADERSHIP ROLE BY NEWCOMER JUSTIN ELPERS
 At last tonights City Council 2017 reorganization meeting a major political blow was handed to political power broker Jonathan Weaver (D) Councilman At-Large.
Firth Ward City Councilman Justin Elpers (R) outed former Vice President Weaver by a 6 to 3 vote Prior to the vote 3rd Ward and newly re-elected City Council President Missy Mosby (D) and Finance Chairman and 6th Ward Councilman Dan McGinn gave a passionate plea to persuade Council members to vote to re-elect Mr. Weaver Vice President of City Council. Their plea failed on deaf ears.
Newly elected City Council Vice President Justin Elpers has established himself as the leading conservative voice on City Council. Â He is also known as an independent thinker. He is extremely quiet but very personal. Â He is married and has 3 children. Â He is a teacher in the EVSC school system.
Council watchers are expecting Mr. Elpers to encourage Council to consider doing more research and have public and open discussion on issues that are important to the majority of the citizens of Evansville. Supporters of Mr. Elpers are also hoping that he will also persuade Council to make decisions based on “good public policy and not back room politics.
We are now hearing that a couple of members of Council would like to see current City Council Finance Chairman Dan McGinn replaced by 3rd Ward Council member Anne Hargis-CPA. Â They believe that Mrs Hargis CPA degree shall be extremely helpful this coming budget year because of the major financial over spending shortfalls facing Council in the 2017 budget year. Mr. McGinn has upset many in the business leaders and conservatives because of his tax and spend way of doing business.
In light of this latest embarrassment for Butterfly McGinn, he should resign. His ‘passionate plea’ on behalf of Weaver was ignored. Time to pack it in, McGinn.
McGinn is no more of a Republican than Mayor Winnecke is.
Who was the 3rd vote for the Beaver besides Messy and McGinn?
6th Ward Councilman Jim Brinkmeyer
I heard Dan McGinn will be changing his name to Richard Head–to distance himself from his support of a wife beater, womanizer and Land Bank opportunist (realtor).)
He’ll double down if he does.
Elpers will be a great VP on the Council, and his personal convictions will recognize corruption and cronyism when he sees it.
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