Today may be a double post day.  There are some developments taking place this afternoon that I’m going to try to blog about later, but we’ve got a couple items this morning that need attention. $chool Daze Franklin and Perry Township Schools are announcing major budget cuts in the wake of property tax caps and […]

Here we go again!   The anti-smoking people are back and they are pushing for a total smoking ban at both the state and local level here in Indianapolis, however it seems their efforts have already gone up in flames even before they were able to really get out of the gate. At the state level […]

A good friend of mine has been out of work for a while.  He’s been doing some things on the side to keep himself afloat, but he hit a wall a while back.    He was getting discouraged and then an opportunity to manage another friend’s business for a while came along.  It wasn’t something he […]

I know this is going to sound a little odd, but I really am looking forward to Rev. Al Sharpton bringing his Negro, oops, National Action Network to Indianapolis next year.   Not because I’m going to love watching these guys walk right up to the legal line and be the attack dogs for the Democratic […]

The nice part about Organization Day is all the gossip and other tidbits of information you get to pick up along the way.  So with that said, here we go… Although all eyes were on House Speaker Brian Bosma Tuesday and his announcement to “get to work” and appointing two Democrats to committee chairmanship, a […]

Here’s some audio from last night’s council meeting following the 15-14 vote to approve the parking deal.    I’d have written more but it was late and I needed to get to bed. Mike Huber (City) Paul Bateman (Yes Vote) Ed Coleman (No Vote) Ryan Vaughn (Yes Vote) I’ll have some analysis a little later in […]

Are you a good cop?  Are one of the 90-plus percent of the men and women of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department who do their jobs everyday with no issues?  Are you the officer who used his body as a human shield when the gunfire started this past summer during Expo weekend?    Are you the […]

I have always found the mass transit discussion in Indianapolis to be a fascinating one.  I grew up up in Chicago and mass transit was just a part of  daily life.   My father would load my brothers and me on the bus and subway and take us to what was then called Comiskey Park to […]

I took a little break Friday to attend a bi-monthly luncheon sponsored by the GEO Foundation For School Choice.  It was a very informal event, but while there I got the chance to reconnect with one of my former students. As some of you know I teach part-time for Ivy Tech Community College.  As part […]