Check this out. Off all the IMPD Officers who’ve been getting in trouble lately, it looks like half of them are from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, eventhough former Sheriff’s law enforcement officers only make up about 20 percent of the entire force. Imagine that.
7th District Republican congressional candidate Gabrielle Campo says she was kicked out of an eastside community event by a supporter of Democrat Andre Carson. Campo says she was at the Far Eastside Family Fun Day at 36th and Mitthoeffer. The event is sponsored by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service. Campo says she was there […]
The Ballard administration says it will pass a budget on September 22 that forces the city to live within its means, even though the budget may not quite look the way it was introduced. Nearly $2.6 million was added for the township assessors. Originally, funding was going to eliminated based on a November referendum, however […]
To put it mildly, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson has not had the best of weeks. As a matter of fact when you really put the rubber to the road, her biggest moment has been winning the May primary and you could argue it’s been all downhill from there. Fifty something days to go […]
Here are my 9-11 questions of the day. Are we safer? Is 9-11 becoming a distant memory, as opposed to a real event? How do you think it will impact George W.’s legacy as President? What’s the best way to win the war on terror? Feel free to pontificate after taking a moment to reflect […]
Saying he wanted to “trim the fat and cut to the bone,” Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson tonight submitted a new budget request to the City-County Council, $19 million smaller than his original. Anderson’s original budget request was more than $111 million. The most recent was nearly $93 million. While still $7 million more than […]
Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson takes his budget before the City-Council Public safety Committee. Anderson will likely argue against proposed cuts today, saying they will harm public safety and result in early releases from the jail. Of course this is also the same Sheriff whose original budget request was $111 million. It’s $86 million now. […]
Here’s one of the latest ads from the McCain campaign. It’s not bad, but I have to wonder if they are running against Democrats or Republicans? Enjoy.
As I sit here with martini in hand and cigar in mouth I am wondering what was going through the heads of my Democratic City-County Council friends during last night’s meeting. Reportedly they met with County Chairman Ed Treacy prior to the Council meeting. According to my sources, Treacy encouraged them to do what they […]
