I interviewed Jerry Hunt this morning. He was the father of Gina Hunt and grandfather of Jordan Hunt, two of the four victims of Indianapolis’ latest homicides in the 3200 block of North Hovey. There is speculation the house Gina lived in was a drug house and the killings might have been drug-related. Hunt told me his daughter […]
Please join me tomorrow on Newstalk 1430, WXNT-AM for an interview with Jerry Hunt. He is the father of Hovey street murder victim Gina Hunt and the grandfather of 23-month old Jordan Hunt who was also killed. The interview will take place in the 8 o’clock hour. You can also hear it over the Internet […]
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is going to testify before lawmakers at the House Ways and Means Committee this morning about his property tax reform plan. Daniels is expected to reinforce a number of themes laid out in his state of the state address. He’ll talk about working for the people, not special interests. He’ll talk about […]
If you haven’t seen the video clip of Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson talking about the Hovey Street murders, I suggest you take a look at the clip. Four people were murdered, including two babies, in what is looking more like a drug-related incident. In his media address Anderson said,”There’s a special place in hell for […]
As expected, reaction to the Governor’s State of the State depended on your political persuasion… House Speaker Pat Bauer – “Now that the governor and his Republican colleagues in the Indiana House have seen the error of their ways and decided that they need to cut property taxes rather than increase them, the 2008 session […]
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels delivered his fourth, and what could be his final, State of the State address tonight. In the nearly half-hour long address, the Governor reiterated his property tax reform plan to lawmakers and told them not to make any plans for Spring Break if the job wasn’t done. Daniels said he wanted […]
Have you seen the story of the inmate who was left unattended in a Marion County Jail holding cell for two days with no food? James Logan was put in the holding cell after being sentenced on drug charges. He was left there until Sunday afternoon when a deputy noticed him. All Logan had was […]
Now this is ironic. Instead of taking the voting machines back downtown to the election board after Saturday’s Democratic caucus, some party insiders went to lunch at Binkley’s on College Avenue. While staffers were having lunch, someone was breaking into one of the vehicles. According to my sources, the criminals stole some of the voting machines, probably mistaking […]
Don’t expect Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels to stray too much from the subject of property taxes when he gives his state of the state address on Tuesday. Lt. Governor Becky Skillman says the speech has been written since Thanksgiving and will likely be the shortest of his four State of the State speeches. Skillman also told […]
Now that we have two candidates for the March 11 special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Congresswoman Julia Carson, I can handicap the race. While there is no arguing that the 7th District has been strongly Democratic, there is some evidence that this race will be somewhat competitive. I used […]
