Ok Brizzi's corrupt is Out..When will Spears GO???

Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi is out -- and his chief of staff, Helen Marchal, will seek the Republican nomination for prosecutor this year in his place.
Brizzi announced late this morning via a written statement that he would not seek a third term in office in this November’s election.

Soon after, Marchal, a career prosecutor, issued a news release announcing her candidacy.
"This decision was not an easy one," Brizzi said in a letter to the community, "but after serving as prosecutor for the last seven years, I have wrestled with the question of whether I could make a commitment to serve an additional five years. ... I am still incredibly passionate about the job we do and our commitment to a victim centered philosophy that criminals have a choice and victims don't. I could not be any prouder of our accomplishments over the past seven years."
Marchal has worked more than a dozen years as a deputy prosecutor under Brizzi and predecessor Scott Newman, including the last three years as Brizzi's chief of staff. She has been a key behind-the-scenes player in his administration, overseeing a staff of nearly 400, managing the office's budget and coordinating criminal-justice programs.
“I’ve devoted my time in the prosecutor’s office to making the community safer by ensuring that we hold criminals accountable," Marchal said in the news release. "We’ve worked to punish violent offenders without apology." She added: "We must continue victim-centered prosecution and work every day to help victims through the process and fight to bring justice and restore their sense of security."
Marchal also is the Republican half of a bipartisan marriage -- her husband, Marion Superior Court Commissioner Jeffrey Marchal, is a Democrat.
She resigned her position as chief of staff late Tuesday, Brizzi said, because of concerns that running for office while overseeing programs that receive federal grant money could run afoul of the federal Hatch Act.
Brizzi’s announcement of his intentions comes at the last minute for his party – on the last day other candidates can register for the Marion County GOP’s February slating convention, in which party insiders make endorsements for the primary. The delayed announcement also leaves Marchal at an early fundraising disadvantage.
Since last summer, Democrats Terry Curry, Greg Bowes -- the Marion County assessor -- and former state Rep. David Orentlicher have been campaigning for their party's nomination for prosecutor.

Brizzi, 41, was first elected prosecutor in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006, beating Democrat Melina Kennedy by just over three percentage points in a year when Democrats won other countywide races on the ballot. He may have faced a tough re-election battle this year.
He also had been stung by a recent financial scandal involving a close friend. Timothy Durham, his finance chairman and largest donor in 2006, faced accusations in November that his companies were involved in a Ponzi scheme to defraud investors. The FBI raided the offices of two of Durham's companies, Ohio-based Fair Financial and Downtown Indianapolis-based Obsidian Enterprises.
No criminal charges have resulted, but Brizzi has defended himself against criticism of his associations with Durham.
Brizzi touted accomplishments including high conviction rates for murder and drug prosecutions, online sex sting investigations organized by his office and a mentoring program matching staffers with at-risk children at five schools.
"I will continue to work hard for the best interests of our community and make 2010 another banner year for our office," Brizzi's letter says.