Marion County Clerk Beth White today says a legal opinion by Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita will cost taxpayers thousands of dollars and put the May 6 primary in jeopardy.  White had originally planned to use paper ballots for the March 11 special election for the 7th Congressional District, thereby freeing up the County’s […]

7th Congressional District candidate Andre Carson raised a stir Tuesday night by skipping out on an Eastside neighborhood association meeting.  This was not the first time.  Carson also missed a scheduled candidate forum last Friday at Oasis Church near 25th and Keystone.  The forum was supposed to be with ex-offenders and reintegrating them into society.  County […]

Apparently someone in the Andre Carson camp isn’t too keen on sharing the stage tonight with Republican Jon Elrod and Libertarian Sean Shepard. Carson was supposed to appear tonight at the Community Heights Association neighborhood forum  at Arlington Heights Baptist Church on East 16th street, but dropped out at the last minute. My sources also […]

I just got word that John McCain is scheduled to come to town for a fund raiser on February 22. What’s ironic is the 22nd is the last day to file in Indiana and it’s also Washington’s Birthday.  Lunch with McCain will cost you $1,000, and a photo will run you $2,300. The event will […]

I’m hearing conflicting signals this afternoon over whether House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Crawford will hear SB 280, Marion County Government Consolidation. A House Democratic spokesman says it is on the calender for a hearing tomorrow at 9 a.m. However, I’m hearing that Crawford is mad as hell over Mayor Greg Ballard’s testimony yesterday […]

By a vote of 21-8, a bi-partisan group of City-County Councilors gave Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard the first major victory of his administration, control of the police department. Five Democrats joined 16 Republicans in voting to give the Mayor control of IMPD from the Marion County Sheriff. The Mayor has operational control of the department, […]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is testifying this morning before the House Ways & Means Committee on the Governor’s Circuit breaker plan which would put hard caps on property tax assessments. Ballard told the committee he supports the caps in the wake of eliminating property taxes.  However, he also said the best thing the state could […]

City-County Council Minority Leader Joanne Sanders has penned an editorial in today’s Indianapolis Star calling on fellow Councilors Ben Hunter and Lincoln Plowman to abstain from voting on tonight’s proposal to transfer IMPD from the Sheriff to the Mayor.  She says the vote will be a test of integrity because the Republicans pledged not to […]

A number of Mayors from across Indiana are going to testify this morning before the House Ways and Means Committee about the impact of Governor Mitch Daniels’ proposed caps on property tax assessments.  Most of them will complain that the caps will hurt their budgets and they will have to cut police and fire.  As much […]

I was out last night and picked up quite a few tidbits of information that I think are worth sharing so here they are. There may be an issue in Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson serving on the Merit Board as part of the deal to turn over IMPD to the Mayor. The word is […]