I watched bits and pieces of the Republlican Presidential debate last night. There were no big shockers. The President’s “roast duck” status continued to cement in my mind as the candaites ran from him last night, but after watching the debate I have to ask, what’s a conservative? I consider a conservative to be someone […]

I was at the downtown Kroger this weekend at 16th and Central picking up junk food and feeding my bad habit when a woman in front of me with her two small children did something that made my blood boil. She bought a basket of junk food for her kids and used a Hoosier Works […]

I got some good news this morning. Indiana Barrister has been rated one of the most influential political blogs in Indiana. For an ego as big as mine, I was pretty flattered. I’m in some pretty good company. And I haven’t been here as long as a lot of the other people who made the […]

There are two measures facing the City-County Council over the course of the next month or so that illustrate to me the perfect example of government with misplaced priorities. One is a ban on shooting off weapons. The other is a possible ban on pit bulls. The shooting ban is proposed by Councilor Angela Mansfield. […]

I’ve come under a lot of criticism lately for my own criticism of the powers that be and the city’s rising crime problems. I’ve been called a carpetbagger, told to go back where I came from, and if it weren’t politically incorrect, some of my critics would gladly drop the n-word if they could get […]

Just so you know, tomorrow June 1 is the anniversary of the Hamilton Avenue murders. You remember what happened that day. Desmond Turner and James Stewart reportedly invaded a Hispanic family’s home. After not finding money or drugs, detectives say Turner shot and killed the family of seven, including three children. This is not a […]

My head hurts today after looking at some of the things going on in the city. I was downtown and surrounded by homeless people who won’t stop begging, but when I sat down on the wall at Monument Circle a cop told me I couldn’t sit there and had to move. The teacher who says […]

I’ve just reviewed some comments by “Hizzoner” Mayor Bart Peterson about the shortage of police officers facing Indianapolis and Marion County. While most of us argue the department is at least 120 officers short, the Mayor told WISH-TV the number was closer to nine, because us media folks aren’t including the officers on probation and […]

“We are obviously down some people.” That understatement of the year comes from Jerry McCory, the head of the Marion County Justice Agency about the number of vacant positions in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. The city is downplaying the fact there are approximately 130 street patrol vacancies at IMPD. In this morning’s Indianapolis Star, […]

I’ve just finished taking another critical look at the information concerning vacancies in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and it continues to raise more questions. For example, with IMPD averaging about 130 street patrol officer vacancies, it makes one wonder about the appropriations for those positions. Logic dictates the vacancies would not be listed if […]