My wireless laptop could not get a signal out of the Indiana Historical Building, so I had to switch to old fashion pen and paper instead of live blogging. Overall, both candidates performed well. However, as I gave the first debate to Mayor Bart Peterson, I have this one to Ballard on a technicality. For […]
Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and challenger Greg Ballard will meet tonight at 7:15 p.m. on RTV 6. In order to fully appreciate the debate pay attention to the following. 1. Property taxes. Peterson will talk about spending cuts. Ballard will say spending has gone up. For a solution the Mayor will look to the state. […]
Some days I go out and get political stories, other days they get me. This is one story that got me. A couple weeks ago a local downtown pizza delivery guy, we’ll call him “Neil” got an order to deliver pizza to Marion County Democratic Party. Neil goes to school at IUPUI and pays attention […]
The Indiana State Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over a case that could impact hundreds of arrests by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. The Court has agreed to hear the case of Cheryl Oddi-Smith who was arrested for drunk driving back in January, however in August of this year Marion County Judge threw […]
There are a couple interesting stories out of the Capitol City today. Republican State Senator Jim Merritt is calling for “Uber Consolidation” and has unveiled a plan to consolidate government in Marion County the likes of which hasn’t been seen before. He would consolidate all fire departments and make sure all fire employees are credentialed. […]
Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and challenger Greg Ballard met for their second round of formal debates Monday night and this time it was a draw. The two answered questions for a neighborhood association on the near south side. The last time the two engaged each other it was a clear win for Peterson. Both men […]
City-Council President Monroe Gray may be facing a revolt within his own party. My sources tell me that many members of his own party are fed up with the perpetual embarrassment that his become his leadership as of late. Although a handful of them may express support publicly for Gray, behind the scenes it is […]
For the record this post has nothing to do with a public official, but it does concern a public person, Wilson Allen, aka Wilson 46201. We all know Wilson trolls the Internet looking for unfavorable postings about members of his political party and attacks the critics as either racist or homophobic. I have known for […]
City-County Council Member Ron Gibson is on cloud nine after disorderly conduct charges were dropped this week, however he may have just traded one controversy for another. The day the charges were dropped Gibson had a news conference outside the City-County building. He read a statement that was issued to the press on government letterhead […]
During my tenure as a journalist/commentator/talk show host I have been called a lot of things by a lot of people. Most of them roll off me like the water off a duck’s back. However, yesterday I was called something that stuck a little bit longer than usual. I was called the “grandson of Willie […]
