I don’t like starting my day with bad news, but I did. A man was shot this morning outside of Kroger on Kentucky Avenue on the city’s southwest side. Over the weekend a woman was stabbed to death. And I was told this morning, a suspect who was arrested for home invasion and shooting at […]
In Indianapolis, there are an estimated 8,000 – 15,000 abandoned homes and other properties. In my own downtown neighborhood I can walk north and find empty properties or walk downtown and see vacant buildings. It doesn’t take much of a rocket scientist to figure out that abandoned homes are magnets for crime. A 14-year old […]
A city ethics panel found City-County Council President Monroe Gray guilty of violating the city’s ethics code by failing disclose his relationship with a local contractor on government ethics forms. The panel said Gray should have disclosed his financial interests with Trotter Construction, a local construction company that does business with the city. Gray said […]
I just picked up these two items this afternoon. I think you’ll find them interesting. Brizzi Bar The Indiana Attorney General has issued an opinion regarding Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi’s former involvement in Harry and Izzi’s, a new downtown bar and restaurant. Under Indiana law a law enforcement official can’t own a direct interest […]
I’m taking the weekend off. I’m not going anywhere, I’m just taking it off. I’m not going to worry about crime being out of control in Indianapolis. I’m not going to worry about the basket case that is Iraq. I’m not going to worry about the silliness that is Don Imus. I’m not going to […]
I’m in a bit of a mood this morning. I’m upset over another story about the rape of a teenage girl in this town. I’m upset this happened in broad daylight at 21st and Carrolton. I’m upset this is the third time a female has been attacked during daylight hours in this town. And I’m […]
Indiana Lawmakers are continuing to chug along in the last days of the legislature. Everyone has decided that all the big issues will be worked out in conference committee. It kind of makes me wonder what was the point of the last 3 and half months? The State may soon get involved in the Marion […]
Radio talk show host Don Imus is being suspended for using the term “nappy-headed ho” to describe the Rutgers women”s basketball team. Professional agitators Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are upset with more fake outrage than you can shake an afro-comb at. I find it so disingenuous that the same people who will get mad […]
While I respect my brothers and sisters in the press, every once in a while I wonder where they’ve been? Take two stories in the press today. One is the proposed ordinance that would ban firing off guns in Marion County unless under certain circumstances. The story made the headlines today, but we had the […]
Never underestimate Bart Peterson. The Mayor is a real smart guy. This is evidenced by his latest contract offer with the Fraternal Order of Police. The police would get a 12-percent raise by 2010, but there is no retro pay. Of course, this plan depends on the Indiana General Assembly passing the Mayor’s public safety […]
