Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson is asking the Governor to call a special session of the General Assembly to solve Marion County’s property tax problems. Talking to reporters and pundits this afternoon the Mayor said Marion County residents are facing massive property tax increases and Indiana lawmakers should help solve that problem. The Mayor wants the […]

Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson says he wants to put more than 100 new officers on the street, however I’m learning that the Administration was planning to do this a few months ago. Sources tell me IMPD is planning to make up 200 conditional offers of employment to applicants who are going through the screening stage, […]

Mayor Bart Peterson’s staff this evening gave a briefing to representatives of the city’s neighborhood groups about what “Hizzoner” plans to detail in his speech tomorrow regarding public safety and city finances. Although the Mayor’s people kept a lot of information close to their vest they did admit there was a police shortage according to […]

Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson is holding a news conference tomorrow to make a major announcement regarding the future of crime fighting and financial stability in Indianapolis. If you will allow me to engage in some freely admitted speculation, I would not be surprised if the Mayor announces he’s going to take that some of the […]

U.S Senator Dick Lugar tonight called for the nation to take a major course change in Iraq in order to achieve success. In a live speech on the Senate floor and posted on the Senator’s website, Lugar said the current surge is not working and the United States runs the risk of failure in Iraq […]

I caught a lot of flack a couple weeks ago when I wrote that Marion County residents were going to have to pay about $170 million in new taxes because property tax increases, Mayor Bart Peterson’s public safety tax and increases in the county option income tax. I was told I was wrong. I was […]

I just received a copy of the statement of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department regarding the termination of Rick Skirvin, a special deputy wagon driver who was fired for posting criticism of the Department on IndyUndercover, a local blog strongly critical of the department. I expected the statement to read “Special Deputy Rick Skirvin was […]

I have to give big time props to Indianapolis Public Schools for implementing a dress code. Students should come to school to learn, not look like they’re getting reading to star in an MTV 2 music video. You won’t find any videos on MTV anymore. However, if IPS really wants to take this to the […]

The e-mails have been pouring in today about my interview with Rick Skirvin, a former IMPD reserve deputy who was reportedly fired for posting comments in IndyUndercover; a local blog that has some issues with the current administration, to put it mildly. I’ve been told that Skirvin is either a hero or a whiner. Both […]

Back in 2003, Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson’s office unveiled a list of the top 10 problem owners of abandoned homes in Indianapolis. In 2007, under the Mayor’s direction a number of city agencies are doing “weed and seed” operations to clean up several areas of town. I will compliment the Mayor for efforts that improve […]