My good friend Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has come under fire for a recent op-ed he wrote regarding the NFL players who have taken a knee during the National Anthem at NFL games to protest police action shootings and social injustice. Hill said while he respects the players’ right to take a knee, he […]

As I sat down and watched Indianapolis Mayor Joe’s Hogsett’s second State of the City speech, two thoughts came to mind.   The mayor is a great at two things, giving an impassioned speech that reaches the heart of the listener and leaving me with more questions when he’s done. In his first state of the […]

This may sound strange, but you have my permission to use the “n-word” whenever you feel like it.  No, I take that back, you have my blessing.   Here’s why. If the Deputy Mayor of Neighborhoods for the City of Indianapolis can use racially offensive language to describe black people and there are no consequences, […]

As some of you know one of the jobs I have is I teach college and at the end of every semester my students get a grade.  Well, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has completed his  first full year in office and it’s time to give him a grade. Now the way I decided to do […]

Indianapolis is on track for a record breaking year when it comes to murders. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, there have been 97 murders so far this year.*    That’s literally a murder every 2.5 days.  And if things stay at this rate, Indy is looking at 146 murders. The largest number of murders […]

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett is touting a proposed budget his administration says spends less than the last year’s and cuts the structural deficit in half. For months, the administration has been saying the city has a $55 million structural deficit. Hogsett officials say they managed to cut that deficit in half by holding the line […]

Now that 2015 is done, here’s how things looked regarding the city’s murder rate for 2015.* Here’s what the stats looked like so far based on the latest figures provided by the Department of Public Safety from January 1 – December 27. Of the 142 murder victims, local adult criminal histories were found for 114 […]

A proposal is being introduced at Monday night’s City-County Council meeting that would raise Mayor-elect Joe Hogsett’s expected salary from $95,000 to $125,000 annually when he takes office in January. In the world of bad ideas, politically speaking, this ranks up there with inviting Jared Fogel over to babysit. As I wrote over at Indy […]

Let’s face it, up until now the race for Mayor of Indianapolis has been pretty boring.  Up until now. You see, I was watching the October 16th debate on WISH-TV between Democrat Joe Hogsett and Republican Chuck Brewer.  It was pretty standard stuff and the two candidates actually seemed to agree more than they disagreed. And then there […]

Both Indy Mayoral candidates Joe Hogsett and Chuck Brewer spelled out their positions on crime as well as other issues this Saturday at forum sponsored by the Indianapolis Urban League and 100 Black Men. As a public service, Indy Politics and Indiana Barrister  are posting the presentations by the candidates, as well as the question […]