The following is a guest blog by City-County Councilor Jose Evans. We know what the problem is: our children are not graduating from high school at acceptable levels. IPS has arguably one of the worst high school graduation rates in the country.  Students are not buying into the system – we are failing. People are […]

With Melina Kennedy announcing that she is forming an exploratory committee for Mayor today, IB figured the least it could do was put up a new poll.   We’re asking which Democratic candidate would be the best to run in 2011. We list the six current possible contenders. Jose Evans Joe Hogsett Melina Kennedy Woody […]

A few items of note to start out your morning.   Take them for what they are worth and feel free to discuss any of them. Indiana Congressman Dan Burton has his name attached to two pieces of legislation regarding the President and that silly birth certificate issue.  On the one hand, the Congressman is […]

It’s nice to be back. I’m hearing some pretty interesting rumblings behind the scenes regarding the Mayor’s race in 2011. Although there is no nominee, I hear the Obama campaign has agreed to send staff and volunteers into Indianapolis to help the Democratic candidate win the race.  However, it doesn’t come without a price tag. […]

Although it was a busy week at the Legislature, here are few tidbits of things you might have missed. Former State Rep. Luke Messer pulled in $100,000 Thursday night at his first fund-raiser in the quest to win the primary in the 5th Congressional District. Speaking of money, City-County Councilors Ryan Vaughn and Jose Evans […]