Mystery Banks press conference cancelled

Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune may have overstepped his bounds -- and in the meantime stepped on some political toes -- by publicizing that he was holding a Banks press conference this week.

The mysterious press conference between Portune, Mayor Mark Mallory and Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher was originally scheudled for 10 a.m. Thursday. It was listed on the commissioner's weekly schedule, which was sent to the press Monday.

However, Portune then steadfastly refused to give the press any details.

He said he'd promised not to talk.

Mallory and Fisher's offices were similarly mum on the issue.

And in the meantime, grumblings surfaced during the week from those not so happy that Portune had spilled the beans about the conference in the first place.

And, as if to cap off the mystery with yet another mystery, the day before the big conference was to be held, it was abruptly cancelled with no explanation.

Portune's office had just resumed sending out the weekly agendas this week after a several-week hiatus.