A while back I wrote about my “vision” for Indianapolis in the wake of this year’s Mayoral and City-County Council races.  I expanded on that concept and wrote about it in today’s edition of the Indianapolis Star.  Feel free to check it out.

Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White today flied a complaint with Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry accusing former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh and his wife Susan of voter fraud and homestead fraud. In his complaint, White alleges the following… Evan Bayh, while living in a $2.3 million home in Washington, D.C. and making millions along […]

The problem with quoting statistics during an election year is that they can change at the drop of a hat depending on a particular point in time.  For example, did the city lose 35,000 jobs since January 2008 or has it  gained 12,000 jobs since January 2011?   Are aggravated assaults up 10% since 2007 or […]

My analysis of the Occupy Indy group is posted on our sister blog, IndyPolitics.Org. I argue the Occupy Indy/Wall Street crowd and the Tea Party movement are really two sides of the same political coin.  I decided to use today, Columbus Day, to share a little humor.  I still don’t see why Christopher Columbus gets […]

Those Wall Street protests that have been popping up all over the nation begin today in downtown Indianapolis.  I plan to be there monitoring the event.  I’ll have a more complete analysis tomorrow, but in the meanwhile you can follow me on Twitter at either #AttyAbdul or #IndyPoliticsOrg.   The tweets should start about 11 a.m.    […]

The Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police is declining to back a propose settlement between the city and several black officers that have accused the Department of racial discrimination in its promotional process. The officers sued saying the departmental policies were discriminatory and did not allow for the promotion of enough blacks.  The city has been […]

If you missed Wednesday night’s debate between Republican incumbent Greg Ballard and Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy, that’s okay.   I was there and recorded the whole thing.  It’s embedded in our sister blog IndyPolitics.Org. The debate runs about an hour. It was  organized by  the Binford Redevelopment and Growth, Broad Ripple Village Association, Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association, […]

As much as I really love this city, there are days when its citizens disappoint me as much as its football team.  Usually it’s the people who defend Indianapolis Public Schools, township government, or latch on to the race hustlers when they come to town to stir things up while lining their own pockets.  This […]

The Ballard campaign has got a new ad going.  This one is more of a “man on the street” testimonial in support of Republican Greg Ballard. Melina Kennedy has been running two 15-second attack ads against Ballard but they are not up on her website with the rest of her ads. The two will face […]

This story is cross-posted at our sister blog IndyPolitics.Org. It’s not everyday that a mysterious, clandestine group makes plans to occupy Indianapolis, so when they do, it tends to get your attention. According to the website “Occupy Indianapolis” plans are being drawn up to “occupy” the city come Saturday, October 8. This isn’t occupation in […]