After a two weeks of taking it on the chin, Indiana’s township assessors are fighting back.  The assessors have been accused of making a $4 billion mistake in assessing the commercial and industrial property in Marion County.  However the assessors says the reassessment is wrong and will result in more commercial appeals and higher taxes […]

Indiana lawmakers will continue their negotiations today at the Statehouse over property taxes.  There’s no official word on any break throughs however the meetings are described as productive.  I’ll try to have more later today.

Today is the special election to replace the late Julia Carson in the 7th Congressional District.  If you live in the 7th and are registered to vote, take your ID, go to your polling place and vote.  If you don’t know where your polling place is call (317)327-VOTE.  If you don’t vote, shut up! 

This is the last week of the Indiana General Assembly and the only thing all sides in the property tax debate are saying is that they are still talking. I’m hearing rumblings that a breakthrough is being reached, but so far that is just rumblings. The only “big” news this morning is that Republican State […]

The older I get the less use I have for the current K-12 public education system as it currently exists. I’m not talking about choice, vouchers and merit-based pay, which I am all for and would go a long way to fixing our education system, but my use for “educrats” gets smaller and smaller everyday. […]

I got a mailer yesterday from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee at my downtown place that had a rather interesting message on it; “Had Enough (of George W. Bush), Vote Carson.”  I seem to recall having seen the “Had Enough” message somewhere before.  Oh well, I guess since it’s good enough the other guy, because […]

With Indiana becoming more relevant in the race for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency and the fact that super delegates will likely determine who wins the nomination, here’s the list of the Indiana’s super delegates and where they stand… Hilary Clinton (5) – Senator Evan Bayh, State Chairman Dan Parker, Joe Andrew (Former National […]

As the candidates for the 7th Congressional District go into the final weekend of campaigning before the election, Republican Jon Elrod has unveiled his television ad. Democrat Andre Carson is planning to do a tour of all the townships in the 7th District.  I  interviewed him this afternoon and will have it for you on […]

Indiana House Democrats are offering up a one-percent constitutional cap on property tax assessments for homeowners. The proposal was unveiled today in a conference committee on HB 1001 which would cap property taxes. The measure is in line with comments by Speaker Bauer earlier this week who said lawmakers may be trying to tackle too […]

Although the controversy involving the Marion County Election Board over bad voter registration cards has subsided, there is a much bigger picture here I think needs to be addressed.  Based on the e-mails I’ve received and talking to a lot of mail carriers, there were a lot of cards that went out to bad addresses.  One […]