Support for this edition comes from the West Lafayette Public Library Foundation, presenting the Music on the Porch concert series at the Caretaker’s Cottage. The first of three acoustic shows will feature The Last of the Apples, with singer songwriters Annie Hatke Schap and Greta Schap, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, at the Caretaker’s Cottage in Grand View Cemetery, 1496 N. Salisbury St. in West Lafayette. The concert is free. Future shows: Brent Laidler and the Swing 38 Quintet, Sept. 13; and Michael Kelsey, Oct. 18. For more on the concerts and the West Lafayette Public Library Foundation, go to www.wlplf.org.
Some notes before heading into another week …
WAITING ON WHAT’S NEXT IN FLIPPED SENATE DISTRICT 23 RECOUNT, AN INDEPENDENT’S REPLY: Expect at least one more court filing to drop by the end of the work day Monday in the recount appeal of state Sen. Spencer Deery. The West Lafayette Republican saw a three-vote victory turn into a three vote-loss to Paula Copenhaver, a Trump-backed challenger and former Fountain County clerk, when the Indiana Recount Commission decided to toss votes over clerical errors by election officials across the six counties in Indiana Senate District 23.
Deery argued in a filing last week that the Recount Commission ignored state election laws and rulings that put voter intent over clerical errors, asking the Indiana Supreme Court to accept the case. On Friday, Copenhaver’s team argued game over, saying Deery’s appeal didn’t factor in state-mandated deadlines for ballot prep ahead of the November general election. According to an order last week, the Indiana Supreme Court is expected to take arguments from both sides under advisement before deciding whether to accept transfer of the case.
Part of Copenhaver’s response included deference to fairness for Democratic candidate David Sanders and independent Joshua Brant: “In this case, were the certification deadline disregarded, Republican voters would have less time to coalesce around their candidate and promote that nominee in comparison to the Democratic and Independent Party nominees. As for the Democrat and Independent candidates, they likewise could be disadvantaged by having less time to focus their advertising on the Republican nominee.”
That prompted a response – along with a popcorn-eating meme – from Brant, distancing himself from Copenhaver’s rationale:
