I was getting a little burnt out on the upcoming May primary and have been looking for something else to write about. And then, like manna from heaven, I was looking at the Indianapolis Star’s website and found that the Indianapolis City-County Council Democrats are seriously looking at wasting more than $180,000 of the taxpayers’ […]
I was out of town when the news broke that Dr. Frank Straub had turned in his resignation as Public Safety Director. I was originally planning to scribble down a few thoughts, but I figured I’d voice them instead. Frank Straub Commentary
The candidates for the 5th Congressional District met for what will likely be their last collective gathering at Ivy Tech Community College in Marion. The forum ran on WBAT Radio in Marion. It was divided into two parts. The first part was individual interviews. The second part allowed candidates to pose questions to each via […]
Now this isn’t something you see every day, but this Saturday Smoke Free Indy’s Lindsay Grace goes head to head with yours truly in a debate/discussion over smoking bans, particularly the one just signed by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard. Lindsay and I will appear on “Civil Discourse Now” an Internet web program hosted by Attorneys […]
Most of the candidates running for the 5th Congressional District Republican primary will meet Wednesday night for another debate, but this one will have a twist that will make it different than all the previous encounters. They will get to ask questions of each other. The debate will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the […]
If you took a look at the news Monday everyone was all the rage about sex offenders and the fact there are numerous inaccuracies on registries across the state. With all due respect to the outrage of the day, if you as individual are really concerned about protecting your children from sexual predators, as I […]
A friend of mine who I can best describe as “Democrat leaning” was lamenting the other day about how he really didn’t have any choices in the upcoming May 8 primary. So I told him if he was bored with his own party maybe he should go where the action is and look at the […]
I’ll be doing a little on-air radio work this morning at 11. I’ll be filling on the “Back to Business” Radio program at my old stomping grounds of WXNT-AM, Newstalk 1430 . We’ll be talking about the State of the City and I’ll have some audio from Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and City-Council Vice-President Brian […]
It looks like Stephen Clay is on his way to be appointed to the Indianapolis Police Merit Board. I wonder if anyone did a thorough background check?
It’s apparent that for some of you we are going to have to agree to disagree on whether Frank Straub should be reappointed as Public Safety Director, so let’s set that aside for a moment while I ask a simple hypothetical. You are now in charge of public safety in Indianapolis. Your power is no […]
