Indiana Governor’s decision to pick State Senator Connie Lawson as Secretary of State has implications far wider than just simply restoring a sense of stability to the Office that has been rocked by turmoil for more than a year and a half. Daniels made the announcement Friday, saying he had called Lawson the day before [...]

Things gave been a little busy as of late however, here’s a nice summary of what’s been going on lately with some decent links attached. The audio is courtesy of my other blog, IndyPolitics.Org. The Lugar Challenge Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has said he will not convene a special meeting of the Indiana Election Commission [...]

A Hamilton County jury has found Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White guilty of voter fraud.  Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has appointed long time Secretary of State employee Jerry Bonnet to the position temporarily, he has currently been acting as Chief Deputy. According to the Indianapolis Star, White was found guilty on six of the [...]

As tradition dictates, it’s time for me to do my top 10 list of political stories for the year.  The criteria are the same as always, magnitude and impact.  Ironically, it was a pretty easy list to put together.  So with that said, here we go, in reverse order. 10. Richard Mourdock challenges Dick Lugar [...]

I had to emcee an event Wednesday night with the Educational Choice Charitable Trust, Governor Mitch Daniels was the honored guest.  It was also as you know my wife’s birthday, so I had to get special permission to do the event.  While on stage I jokingly asked the Governor if I could borrow some of [...]

Someone asked me what I thought about the recent controversy surrounding LiteBox.  For those of you who may have been out of the loop, LiteBox is the pet project of Bob Yanigahara, an California-based entrepreneur who announced last he was bringing his company to Indianapolis and creating 1,100 jobs in the process.  The problem with [...]

I attended the Wednesday morning news conference over on the east side of town where local leaders were joined by Billionaire Warren Buffet in announcing a new development project in the area where the Meadows used to be. The $27 million East Village in Avondale is supposed to help revitalize the area near 38th and [...]

The nice thing about the 21st Century is that if I want a book I don’t have to run to a bookstore anymore and look for it. I picked up, or in this case, downloaded a copy of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ book, “Keeping the Republic; Saving America by Trusting Americans”. After finishing the book [...]

I always joke that on any given day the four most hated people at the Marion County Democratic Party are Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels,  Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Indiana State Democratic Chairman Dan Parker, and everyone’s favorite political pundit Abdul-Hakim Shabazz. I also always say that whomever comes in first depends on the day.   I [...]

I had a pretty good response to yesterday’s “audio blog” so we’re going to give this another shot.  I’m still working out the formula so bear with me.  I did slow down more on this one.  Today’s subjects include… Politicizing the State Fair Tragedy ISTA Cheers Court Decision on Contracts Former CEO of Carmel Performing [...]