The above map courtesy of Blue Indiana, courtesy the New York Times, shows where Democrat and Republican votes increased in the 2008 election.  The more red or blue,  the more Republican or Democratic voters showed up.
Studying this map has led me to the following conclusion.  
If  white Republicans don’t do a better job of recruiting [...]

Although not much happens on Organization Day at the Legislature, I still get to pick up some pretty good gossip and tidbits along the way.  Here are some of them.

If you thought the state’s unemployment problem was bad, check this out.  If you are a union worker and are temporarily out of work because of [...]

I’m down at the Statehouse today for Organization Day.   This the day we get a real feel for where people stand on the big issues that are coming.  Not that they are any big secret, but here’s what I’ll be paying attention to.

How will the sagging economy and job losses impact the state budget?
Will constitutional [...]

I’ve had quite a few e-mails and calls about when the Washington Township Board meets.  The Board meets this Thursday at 6:15 p.m. at the Trustee’s Office at 1595 E. 86th Street to vote on its budget.   That budget includes a nice big pay raise.  The raise would take the part-time advisory board’s salary [...]

Once again we start the week with little things (or not so little in some cases) that are worth paying attention to…
Township Tales

In it’s never-ending to quest to justify consolidation, the Washington Township Board voted itself a 69-percent pay raise. Their salary went from $2200 annually to $3800.   The nice thing about that is [...]

Both friend and foe alike are talking about Mayor Greg Ballard’s proposed reduction in the County Option Income Tax from 1.65 to 1.62 percent; an $18 million savings for the taxpayers over the next three years.
Friends say it is a misguided public relations stunt.  Foes are taking credit for something they had nothing to do [...]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is calling for a nearly $18 million cut in the County Option Income Tax over the next three years.
Accodring to a city spokesman the city no longer has to pay for police pensions and child welfare so it no longer has to levy taxes for those costs, thus the COIT reduction.
The [...]

Maverick
Main Street
Wall Street
Change
Hope
Socialism
My Friends
Farm
MBA and/or Ph D
Joe the Plumber
Joe Six-pack
First Dude
You Betcha’
Lipstick on Pig
Throw ______ under the bus.
Hockey Mom
Real American
ACORN
Country First
Four more years
The Bradley Effect
Rallying the Base
Indiana’s Election Headquarters
October Surprise
Pallin’ around with Terrorists
Swing State

Feel free to add.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says because the banks aren’t lending he want to take your $700 billion bailout money and give it to credit card and other loan companies.   Regardless of the fact that this is totally messed up on so many levels, think about this.
The government is taking your money to loan [...]

It looks like that $700 billion federal bailout that was supposed to buy troubled assets and bailout the banks and financial institutions won’t get used for its original purpose.
Now it’s being used to bailout credit card companies because people ran up too much debt.
Feel free to gather your torches and pitchforks and go bend your [...]