There’s not much I agree with when it comes to NUVO columnist Dave Hoppe, but in his column this week he hits the nail on the head.  He writes about an IUPUI employee who got in trouble for reading a book about the KKK while on break. 
He wasn’t reading ”Klan for Dummies” or The KKK in [...]

I have had a string of good news today.  My son’s professional theater career out West is going well.  The love life is going great.  I have money in the bank.  The shakeup at the Metropolitan police department has begun with the long overdue (and extremely welcome) demotion of Keystone cops Scott Robinett and Bart McAtee.  And [...]

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels says Marion County’s Township Assessors made a $4 billion mistake which helped result in higher property taxes for homeowners.  Daniels said today that the initial reassessment of Marion County’s commerical and industrial property was off by $4 billion. Commercial property was under assessed by $3.8 billion and industrial property was underassessed [...]

I have never been a big Indiana Pacers fan and I would assume not a lot people in this town are now either.  My interest has always been passive at best, but now with the latest news that a murder suspect was arrested after leaving the home of Shawne Williams, it is the last nail in the coffin.  [...]

The 2008 session of the Indiana General Assembly has just started.  By amending and passing its version of HB 1001, the Senate has drawn a line in the sand and it can negotiate in earnest with the House of Representatives.   While it’s easy to see the lines over how much tax relief to provide or [...]

There a lot of little things from around town worth mentioning and keeping an eye on.
Dr. Ken Ackles inability to pass a state-mandated coroner’s exam has gotten the attention of the Marion County Criminal Justice Planning Council.  The Council wants to know why he didn’t pass the exam which has potentially put a number of [...]

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has been called for jury duty this week. His pool number was called this afternoon.  He’s scheduled to report tomorrow morning at eight at the city-county building.  There’s no word yet on what case the Governor might hear if he makes it through any challenges.

A new poll of likely Hoosier voters shows good news for Barack Obama, Mitch Daniels and Andre Carson. The survey conducted by Gauge Marketing Research for Howey Politics Indiana shows each candidate with comfortable leads over their respective challengers.
Obama leads Hilary Clinton amongst likely Democratic voters by 40-25 percent with 36 percent of the voters [...]

The Indianapolis Star this morning has a long-piece on  7th District Congressional candidate Andre Carson and the fact that he is a Muslim.  There has been a lot of speculation about what kind of Muslim Carson actually is, especially since Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan spoke at the late Julia Carson’s funeral.
As much as [...]

Normally I blog early Sunday morning, but I had some car issues.  The stupid key broke off in the lock in Danville (Indiana not Illinois) so my morning project was getting that taken care of.  The weekend has been pretty quiet, but I have heard a few things worth mentioning in the world of Indiana [...]