It looks like there definitely is a deal reached amongst Indiana lawmakers. In an interview this morning with State Rep. Jeff Espich (R-Uniondale), the House Republican point man on tax relief, he told me that there are caps in the agreement; one percent for homeowners, two percent for rentals and three percent for commercial property. […]

That’s about as long as Indiana lawmakers have to close up shop with a deal on property tax reform before they have to start all over.  From what I’ve been able to gather late this afternoon, it looks like a deal has been reached on caps but they won’t be included (for now) in the […]

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is in big trouble for letting his little head do the thinking for his big head.  But I have to ask this question.  Why is prostitution a crime?  Why is it illegal to sell something you either give away for free or get for dinner, a movie and some effort?

If Indiana lawmakers are close to a deal on property taxes,  they might want to speed up a bit.  There are three days left before lawmakers are forced to adjourn.  My sources tell me a lot of lawmakers are concerned about the possibilty of raising the sales tax without caps.  They also say a lone tax […]

By now you know Andre Carson, the grandson of the late Julia Carson, is on his way to Washington. Carson won 54-43 percent over Republican State Representative Jon Elrod. Libertarian Sean Shepard got slightly less than three percent of the vote. Turn out was about 18 percent or a total of 84,750 voters out of […]

Unless something changes soon, Andre Carson will be next Congressman from the 7th Congressional District. With about 80-percent of the votes counted, Carson leads Elrod 53-44 percent. Although Elrod led early in the evening, over the course of the evening vote count changed and Carson’s lead was cemented when eight Center Township precincts came in at […]

As the results come in I freely engage in some educated tea leaf reading.  From what I’ve been hearing so far with just a handful of places Jon Elrod appears to be doing relatively well.  Here are some from the East side of town (note these are all hand counts, you can get the Clerk’s votes […]

I just got this update.  In Center Township Ward 2, Precinct 1 the Republicans have dispatched an attorney alledging election violations.  Election judges were wearing Andre Carson buttons and there was no seal on the ballot box for 10 of 12 hours the polls were open.  By the way, Ward 2, Precinct 1 is the […]

I spent a good chunk of the day making calls and talking to politicos across town about today’s race and here is what I’m able to conclude; barring some total last minute blowout whomever wins it will probably be pretty close. The Elrod camp tells me they’re doing well in places where they need to, […]

A couple hours into voting and we’ve already had some bumps in the road.  About a half dozen precincts didn’t open on time this morning.   Clerk Beth White says some of the inspectors either overslept, had car problems or could not get into the building.  By 8 a.m. all but a couple had opened.  My […]