I know the headline may be a bit much, but I think it is relevant. A lot of us have been trying to figure out why in a Democrat-leaning County a Republican beat a two-term incumbent. Since Tuesday I’ve discovered that a number of Black pastors told their flocks to stay home on Election Day. […]
If Mayor-elect Greg Ballard wants to cut city spending he may find that problem more difficult than he thinks. Sources tell me the Peterson administration is in the process of entering into contracts with vendors that will last well into the Ballard Administration. City officials deny they are entering into 11th hour agreements. I hope […]
The political gods came down from the mountain and found a Democratic City-County Council candidate worth saving. District 2 Councilor Angela Mansfield beat her Republican opponent Bruce Schumacher 52-47%. The race originally showed Schumacher winning but all the precincts had not been counted. Mansfield won the race by less 400 votes. She called it a […]
I took a few hours off this morning to recuperate from the Election. As I said before, the victory of Greg Ballard over incumbent Bart Peterson was no big shocker. Anyone who paid attention to the rather angry electorate saw this coming. However this is not about past election results, but the new world we […]
By a vote of 51-47%, little known candidate Greg Ballard beat an incumbent with a lot of money and a lot of organization. Not only did voter anger sweep Bart Peterson out of office, but most of his party on the City-County Council. What was a 15-14 Democratic majority now looks more like an 18-11 […]
Now this is interesting. If your voting machine in your precinct wasn’t working this morning, it’s probably because someone left the voting machine off the charger. According to my sources, the circuit breaker blew out so the batteries for the Ivotronic Voting Machines were sitting in chargers that weren’t getting any electricity so they never […]
This is it. No more commercials. No more ralllies. No more blogs. No more spin. Just good old fashioned get out and vote. The only thing that has surprised me about this election how suprised everyone else seems to be about how close things look today. Anyone who has been paying close attention should not […]
Everyone keeps asking me what’s going to happen tomorrow. If I knew that the Hoosier lottery would not be as large as it is now because I’d have won it. What I can tell you is that I will not be surprised at the outcome. You can make your predictions. I’m off to go see […]
I’m starting out this piece by saying former Indianapolis Star columnist Rishawn Biddle and I have been friends for three years and we still are, nothing has changed. Biddle was fired from his job writing for the Star last week because of comments he made describing the antics and behavior of certain Black politicians in […]
I was at dinner last night downtown and while talking to some of my server friends, I asked them if people talk about taxes over dinner. They told me “yes.” They told me that the small talk usually consists of the Colts or Pacers or some quirky news story. Now it consists of taxes. Using […]
