Opinion ID: 2088887
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Count II Feud with the Commissioners

Text: The facts pertinent to the second charge involved a long running and highly public feud that Respondent had with the County Commissioners. It was Respondent's view that the County Commissioners on many occasions conducted business in violation of the Open Door Law. On one occasion, Respondent posted conspicuous notices around the Courthouse which stated COMMISSIONERS AGENDA, What are they hiding?, What have they hidden?, DO NOT REMOVE, JEFFREY V. BOLES, JUDGE. In a second instance Respondent spent $59 of his own money for an advertisement on a calendar printed and distributed by the Hendricks County Sheriff's Department. The ad on the calendar was a large eyeball with a statement Always watching  J.V. Boles. In a third situation, Respondent wrote several warning letters to the Commissioners on Hendricks Circuit Court stationery wherein he stated that their approval to purchase a certain piece of property was in violation of the Open Door Law. In order to block the purchase of the property, Boles filed a Lis Pendens Notice, a legal notice to all persons that effectively placed a cloud on the title. Respondent purported to take this action on behalf of all taxpayers in Hendricks County and signed the notice, Jeffrey V. Boles, Judge, Hendricks Circuit Court. We note that there was no action regarding the Open Door Law pending before Respondent at that time.