I wanted to give you a heads up that I’m going to be taking a few days off. It’s the end of the year and it’s “use them or lose them” vacation time. I’m not going anywhere, but I’m giving Indiana Barrister a little rest. I’ll do some postings during the week on a few […]
I’ve got some other work to do today so this post will be real quick. Like I hinted at weeks ago, the city is naming Frank Straub, the former Public Safety Commissioner of White Plains, NY as the new Public Safety Director. Indiana Superintendent Tony Bennett says teachers unions may have renegotiate local contracts and […]
Okay, we all know that the state revenue forecast has Indiana in some pretty dire straits and Governor Mitch Daniels is calling for $300 million in cuts from education. Now while some people may argue that the dark clouds have finally hit, I maintain there is a ray of sunshine in all this. Maybe, just […]
Indiana lawmakers got the bad news today. The state faces a $1.8 billion revenue shortfall by the end of the biennium. Governor Daniels talks about it in the link below. If the forecast is true not only is the $1 billion “surplus” gone, but the state is $800 million in the hole. I doubt there […]
Okay, here’s the follow up to yesterday. Contrary to popular opinion, Indiana lawmakers are not stupid and see the handwriting on the wall when it comes to property tax caps by overwhelmingly voting them out of committee. In addition, the committee also overwhelmingly voted to cap tax bills to the previous year, plus the consumer […]
Today was one of those busy days, it started at 4 a.m. and ended about 10 p.m. It included an FSSA Privatization moratorium hearing, property tax caps, last meeting of the City-County Council for 2009. I’m too tired to write, so I’m uploading today’s conversations. I’ll play analyst tomorrow. I have another 4 a.m. wake-up call. AFSCME’s […]
I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict that in 2010, Indiana lawmakers will pass putting property tax caps on the ballot for the November election. “Wow, Abdul, you really did go all out on that one!” Tell me about it. Seriously though, I base this assumption on some new data from […]
The Wayne Township Board Thursday night , found Jesus, common sense or angry voters and decided to take a pass on voting themselves a pay raise, retirement benefits and health insurance. There was no discussion and I did a double take when it all happened because I thought I missed it. However, at the end […]
Terry Burns at Indianapolis Times says that former Indy Mayor Bart Peterson is expected to endorse Melina Kennedy for Mayor. That confirms something my sources told me that Peterson alluded to endorsing Melina at a fundraiser last night at Highland Country Club. I doubt if I’ll get a media advisory for the press event when […]
