I read the Indiana Inspector General’s report over the weekend concerning former director Heather Bolejack and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. As you know Bolejack was fired earlier this month for awarding a $417,000 contract to a family friend, Michael McKenna. In addition, ICJI Deputy Director Kate Gullans was also terminated. The report paints a […]

This week the Utah Supreme Court upheld the bigamy conviction of a polygamist but split over whether Lawrence v. Texas reaches beyond consensual sex between same-sex couples. The dissent, penned by Chief Justice Christine Durham, found that the bigamy laws unconstitutionally burden the “free exercise of religion and the privacy of the intimate, personal relationships […]

The Indiana Inspector general is providing more details into his investigation of former Criminal Justice Institute Director Heather Bolejack and the awarding of a $417,000 grant to family friend Mike McKenna. In the report released today Dave Thomas reached four primary findings: 1.The primary purpose of the SKIP (Saving Kids of Incarcerated Parents) grant award […]

Another 525,600 minutes Today, I turned another year older. When I’m asked how old I am, I tell people “old enough to know the difference between right and wrong and still young enough not to care.” But on a more reflective note, I look at my birthday not so much through awards and accomplishments over […]

Today Sen Evan Bayh (D-IN) met with a small group of Indiana bloggers in an ongoing attempt by the Senator to reach out to alternative forms of media. Blogger Hoosierplew (written by Shawn Plew) was kind enough to post the audio recordings here. This isn’t the first blogger meeting Bayh’s had, and judging from my […]

You know a lot of things happen to me in the day-to-day events of my life. I’ve been on a TV Game Show, jumped out of perfectly, good working airplanes, and have been courted to run for public office by people who represent all three political parties. But Wednesday night, something occurred that made me […]

The city of Indianapolis could be sitting on a few extra million dollars. According to some information that’s recently come across my desk, the city has been underpaid in distributions from the state’s excise tax on alcohol sales. The city has been underpaid since 1988 to the tune of nearly $9 million, but some folks […]

If you think voters were mad at Bob Garton, check out this story at Yahoo.

I’m told today that Heather Bolejack may not face criminal prosecution. The former director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute was fired on Friday, along with a deputy director Kate Gullans. Sources are telling me it doesn’t look like Bolejack’s actions rise to that of criminal conduct, but more than likely mismanagement. If that is […]

Normally I leave town Friday afternoons and go back to Illinois to play and relax. Not this time. I spent a good chunk of my time on the 9th floor of One North Capitol at the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute attending the hearing that resulted in the termination of Executive Director Heather Bolejack and Deputy […]