The Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Threatened by a possible victory for at-large candidate Wendy Brant, the ''Move Zionsville'' mafia has resorted to new suppositories this week, assisted by their development cronies.

After recent telephone polling showed an overwhelming support for the former county commissioner, the ''Move Zionsville'' hatchet men went to work on widow Brant with a vicious misleading mailing focused on school issues, issues the Town Council has no power over.

And, to dress the wolves in sheeps' clothing, the ''Pay to Play'' crowd mailed out a bogus ''primary election guide'' under the name of ''Civic Pride of Boone County'' which endorsed their seven nebbishes - Eeenie, Meanie, Miney, Moe and more of the same.

So, who or what is doing the "endorsing?''

Another cash guzzling committee - the Civic Pride of Boone County Political Action Committee, and guess who was listed as chairman of that PAC?

None other than Town Council president Matt Price, who has been orchestrating the three-ring Pay to Play circus since 2008 despite some bumps in the road. His name appears in very, very small print at the bottom of the back page.

And, listed as ''board'' members of this new political action committee are none other than Paul Kite, builder; Tom and Jim Longest, principals in the engineering firm of Beam Longest & Neff (town engineers), and Bob Harris, an erstwhile developer and local business property owner.

Price, for whatever reasons, decided against running for re-election after being swept into office with Michelle Barrett and Tim Haak in 2007 with the machinations of Chad Pittman, developer.

Kite, who resides in Irishman's Run, is a major residential home builder. Just think of the building possibilities of the wide-open spaces in the newly reorganized Zionsville of 52 square miles.

And, who can forget the Longest brothers, Class of '86 with Matt Price and Tim Haak. With the help of Price and his lock-step councilors, the town's longtime engineering firm of HNTB was tossed out this year.

And guess which firm got the six figure contract? Bingo!!!! Beam Longest & Neff. The Longest clan also dumped cash into the 2007 campaigns of the Price crowd.

And, lastly Bob ''Love'' Harris, who had been trying for years to extend the town's business district south to where he owns property.

Harris was also the deep pockets behind the short-lived Boone County Sun, the Lebanon-based weekly newspaper.

And, guess which bank is getting the contributions to the ''Civic Pride of Boone County?'' Yup, you guessed it, the National Bank of Indianapolis where Councilor Tim Haak is a vice-president.

The ''Civic Pride'' tabloid features the five district candidates and two at-large, all of whom have been endorsed and financially supported by MIBOR - the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors, which has dumped $10,000 so far into the campaigns. "Civic Pride" neglects to mention any other candidate options though there are many.

The Zionsville primary has been targeted by MIBOR, which is the only election among the donut counties singled out for special attention.

Get the picture yet? There's not much time.

In spirit of the royal wedding, God Save The Queen.