Indianapolis City-County Council Member Patrice Abduallah is resigning his council seat. I reported this week that documents filed with the Marion County Clerk showed Abduallah did not live in his district, as required by law. On his way out the door Abduallah took a swipe at the media, the blogs and his own Democratic Party. […]

It’s definitely official now. District 15 City-County Councilor Patrice Abduallah doesn’t live in his district. On his declaration of candidacy filed with the Marion County Clerk Abduallah lists his address as 1144 N. Warman, which is in District 14. A district occupied by Marylin Pfisterer. The form was flied with the clerk on January 24, […]

I’m going to surprise a lot of you today by taking conservatives to task. You can pick yourself off the floor now. I have always considered my own politics best summed up as a socially progressive, capitalist pig. In other words, do what you want, just don’t ask me to pay for it. And I […]

You may have heard the story today that about 500 IPS families went to the Center Township Trustee’s office seeking poor relief so they can afford to buy school uniforms. I’m all for helping the poor, but you have to ask what have these parents been doing all summer? It’s not a new story that […]

Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson says he doesn’t expect an easy road to re-election. Peterson responded to a Marion County Republican party poll which said 64 percent of voters think the County is going in the wrong direction and 53 percent want someone other than Peterson as Mayor. Peterson says he doesn’t take re-election for granted […]

I did some more checking on the residency status of City-County Council member Patrice Abdullah. His address is listed as 1144 Warman on the Council’s website and in candidate paper’s filed with the Clerk’s Office. However, that address is right on the border between District’s 14 and 15. According to the Council’s website, 1144 Warman […]

The controversy is continuing surrounding the residency of Indianapolis City-County Council Member Patrice Abdullah. Not only are local Democrats privately expressing concerns that Abdullah could be removed from the Council because his listed home address on the Council’s website is not in his district, but now the controversy has gotten the attention of the State […]

Already the spin is coming on the poll recently released that says a majority of voters think Marion County is on the wrong track and want someone other than Bart Peterson as Mayor. Let’s establish a couple things. A poll is a snapshot of the mood of the voters. Second, the poll done on Peterson […]

More than half of likely voters in a new poll of the Indianapolis Mayor’s race say they will vote for someone other than incumbent Bart Peterson. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed say they want a new person in office, while 41 percent say would definitely or probably vote for the Mayor. This is a sharp […]

The blog, Advance Indiana, has raised some legitimate questions about the residency of City-County Council Member Patrice Abdullah. Abdullah represents the 15th District, however his home address on the Council’s website, 1144 Warman, is not in his district. I did a check of the council map and there are two 1144 Warmans, one north and […]