(Full Disclosure before you read, I am an independent  contractor with the Indianapolis Star for the monthly column that I write.) This week I saw about 100 people, some of them I know very well, take to the picket lines over at the Indianapolis Star to protest working conditions, cut backs and outsourcing of jobs [...]

Over the weekend it was announced that Democrats had chosen District 7 City-County Councilor Maggie Lewis as President for next year.  Brian Mahern was chosen to fill the Vice-President slot and Vernon Brown will be the majority leader.  A couple of things.  First, if you subscribed to my political cheat sheet you already knew the [...]

Lots of little interesting tidbits of gossip, rumor and political innuendo to throw out there this morning,  so without further adieu… Freedom Works continues to sit on the fence when deciding whether to get into the Richard Lugar/Richard Mourdock U.S. Senate Primary, despite what’s said officially, the word is they don’t trust the local tea [...]

There was a lot of stuff going on in the last 24 hours, and unfortunately I don’t have a lot of time this morning so let’s make it quick… I had teaching obligations all day Tuesday but during my breaks I caught some of the Twitter posts and testimony regarding the Charlie White hearing with [...]

Every once in a while I have one of those days that starts out as pretty routine buts ends up pretty odd. Monday was one of those days. I was originally going to drive over to Cincinnati for an interview with U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner, unfortunately the Secretary cancelled at the last minute and [...]

If there are two things to take away from Tuesday’s primary here they are. First, there is something to be said about county organizations being able to deliver their candidates. Second, despite a 10-point Democratic lead, this November’s elections have the potential to be very competitive. Look at the numbers. With 98 percent of the [...]

When I was a kid there was nothing better than a trip to the circus.  Monday night’s Council meeting was a return to my childhood. I don’t know which contributed more to the circus-like atmosphere.  The Council Democrats who got up and walked out of the chamber before Mayor Greg Ballard delivered his budget address.  [...]

It’s not very often I see tri-partisan support for somewhat controversial measures down at the City-County building, but by a vote of 19-10, the Indianapolis City-County Council approved the nearly $2 billion deal to transfer the city’s water and waste water facilities to Citizens Gas.  All 15 Republicans, three Democrats, and one Libertarian all supported [...]

Today’s blog post comes to you courtesy of  both state and local Democrats. Equal Time City-County Council Minority Leader Joanne Sanders told a recent gathering of Ds that the proposed transfer of  the city’s water and waste water facilities was was moving full steam ahead and Democrats were feeling run over.  She also alluded that [...]

Just when you thought you had all the information you needed on something, more good gossip comes along.  This time it involves Libertarian City-County Council member Ed Coleman. Coleman apparently was part of the attempted coup Monday night to defeat Ryan Vaughn as Council President.  What’s funny about that is I discovered that Republicans were [...]