After sitting for an hour and listening to the arts community cry bloody murder about proposed cuts in funding, I decided to go check and see how much they actually get from the taxpayers. Back in May the City-County Council passed an ordinance giving the arts groups more than $1.5 million. Here’s a breakdown of what each […]
It looks like the Marion County Township Assessors will get a few more months to hold on to their jobs. City-Council President Bob Cockrum told me tonight that funding for the township assessors will be restored. Mayor Greg Ballard had hoped to save $3 million by eliminating the funding to the offices, however Cockrum said […]
If Monday night’s Indianapolis City-County Council meeting was any indication, this going to be a long two weeks toward getting a budget done. Monday was the public hearing so the public got to speak. Most of them complained about cuts to arts programs. I can honestly say there were more people there than usual. The […]
Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson says contrary to some Internet and broadcast reports, rumors of her campaign’s demise in Southern Indiana are grossly exaggerated. JLT was responding to Internet news stories and plain old fashion rumor-mongering that her campaign is cutting back and has no real presence in Southern Indiana, a crucial part of the […]
Since the city won’t be hiring 100 new police officers anytime soon, you might be wondering where your public safety tax money went that was supposed to hire them? $38 million of the tax increase went to IMPD, $10 million of that was supposed to hire new cops. Here’s a breakdown of how it was […]
Some food for thought… The federal government is bailing out Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The federal government may bail out the Big Three automakers next year. The federal government already bailed out Bear Stearns. There’s a good chance the airlines will ask for a bail out. With all these bailouts of all these industries, […]
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been consumed with focusing on the Presidential race , my teaching duties, and progressive movement in my domestic situation, unfortunately to the detriment of keeping an eye on city hall. No longer. When I saw the news reports about Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard not being able to hire […]
The following is a guest blog posting by Mark Miles, President of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership. This morning I had the chance to chat with Abdul about a critical issue – how do we make local government cost less and work better? The Kernan-Shepard Commission has given us a blueprint: Eliminate township government, wiping […]
In our never ending quest to provide you with information this election season, each Saturday we will list where the candidates for office will be for the following week. If your candidate has an event you want us to list, just send it to us via the “Submit A Story” link under the main menu […]
No I’m not talking presidential politics or gubernatorial politics for that matter. I’m talking about the dorky morning show that I weekdays from 6-10 on WXNT. When I first got here I was only expecting to be here a couple years. I had no idea I’d see another Presidential cycle. Or a change in the […]
