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There are creeps and there are CREEPS. Cops caught a bigun:

A Fort Wayne man who allegedly installed a security camera under the sink basin of a bathroom vanity

I thought Liz Brown was merely running for mayor. But I heard on WOWO this morning that she is actually throwing her hat into the ring. And Liz herself is even more explicit about her plans:

To really change the processes, to really cut spending, to really make this city business friendly, we need a leader who is willing to upset the apple cart a little bit.

Kevin Leininger has an interesting interview in today's paper with soon-to-depart Judge Kenneth Scheibenberger. The judge says he isn't mad because of his defeat by Wendy Davis, but:

. . . if Davis had campaigned against his record, he would have no complaint.

The more the merrier:

Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown will run for Fort Wayne mayor in 2011.

A well-informed and reliable source told NewsChannel 15 Monday evening that Brown's formal announcement will come Thursday at noon at Allen County Republican Headquarters.

It just wouldn't be a normal Thanksgiving season without an insufferably pretentious food essay, and Newsweek comes through this year:

Now that Fort Wayne has joined the "accommodating bicycles" trend, could ugly disputes be in our future?

Question asked:

How the city spends its nearly $40 million settlement with Indiana Michigan Power was a higher priority Tuesday for the Fort Wayne City Council than how the deal came to be.

In unanimously supporting the $39.2 million deal, council members focused most of their questions on how that money would be used and who would have a say in spending decisions.

And answered: DON"T SPEND IT.

The city hopes its One Cart Recycling program will increase the percentage of the population that recycles from 34 to at least 60:

The mayor explained the benefits of recycling, including using less landfill space and being eco-friendly. He also swung the biggest hammer available in tough financial times: The city's new contract with National Serv-All means Fort Wayne gets 50 percent of profits from sales of recycled material.

This is a followup opportunity that just can't be ignored. Yesterday, I noted that JG Editorial Page Editor Tracy Warner, though enthusiastically supportive of the $17 million Renaissance Square extravagance, chastised the "usual suspects" on City Council for delaying work on the building at a whopping extra cost to the city of $11,000. The post also mentioned that the extra cost was but a fraction of the money the city planned to waste on a consulting term to teach officials how to best use social media.