For those of you think the GOP gets a pass from me, you really should learn to hold your water a bit more. State Rep. Mike Murphy is in the middle of a “hit and run” scandal. My colleague Jack Rinehart at RTV 6 has the full scoop. No one was injured. I can’t help […]

A lot of Marion County residents are scratching their heads at the latest developments down at city hall. No, it doesn’t involve Council President Monroe Gray. Although the latest news regarding him is that an arbitrator is ordering him to pay $600,000 to his former business partner as a result of a labor dispute, but […]

It’s not very often that I can draw a corollary between 12th century England and 21st century Marion County, but gosh darn it, when I get the chance, I do. The title of this posting comes from a quote from Henry II regarding his conflict with St. Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Becket engaged […]

There is not a lot City-County Council Member Jackie Nytes and I agree on, but last night we were both 100% in sync with each other. The Council was bickering over the creation a government efficiency committee spear-headed by the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, when the Council bogged down over how many appointments Republicans […]

Monday is Columbus Day. I usually do the radio show and take the rest of the day off so I wanted to get this up tonight. I’ve been disturbed at the recent rash of murders in town. There were 12 in September and we’ve hit half that number seven days into October when murders should […]

My good friend Matt Tully has a great piece in the Star this morning about life in what could accurately be described as the worst of the worst in Indianapolis neighborhoods. It reminded me about something I wrote back in May about how city leaders were more concerned about my criticism than the living conditions […]

In an election year it’s natural to assume that political parties would fight each other as opposed to themselves. That is not the case this past week with Marion County Democrats, specifically speaking the office of Mayor Bart Peterson and the City-County Council controlled by Monroe Gray. This fight is centering over, oddly enough, property […]

Indiana Governor Mitch says while property tax opponents have their hearts in the right place, it’s very unlikely the state will be able to eliminate all property taxes. Daniels says the plans he’s seen don’t work He says he’s working on his own plan to reduce property taxes and will have something ready by the […]

The winner of last night’s mayoral debate was incumbent Bart Peterson. I watched the debate several times before coming to this conclusion. For the record, no candidate said anything they had not said already a million times before. (Such is the curse of attending dozens of mayoral forums and following the issues closer than about […]

Marion County Republicans say they’re trying to do their part to help Clerk Beth White fill poll inspector slots for the November election, but she’s turning them down. The GOP says it send White a list of 200 potential polling inspectors to fill vacancies but she turned down nearly half of them. White’s office says […]