Indiana Democrats have called a news conference for Tuesday morning regarding Republican Secretary of State candidate Charlie White.  The release reads as follows… In response to recent revelations concerning discrepancies in Secretary of State candidate Charlie White’s voter registration, residency in Fishers and service on the Fishers Town Council, Indiana Democratic Party Chair Dan Parker will […]

As the city of  Indianapolis looks deals with budget shortfalls,  a few million dollars could be just a couple of clicks away.  A number of municipalities have filed suit against on-line hotel booking companies for failure to pay the correct amount of taxes and have come up successful. For example, in November of last year […]

A couple more candidates have hit the airwaves.  Republican State Senators Mike Delph and Jim Merritt have cut commercials.  Word on the street is Frank Anderson, Merritt’s opponent, is planning a TV buy.  No word yet on whether Delph’s opponent Robin Shackleford will do the same. Mike Delph Bio from Mike Delph on Vimeo.

The Democrats are abuzz in the blogosphere over the recent revelation that Republican Secretary of State candidate Charlie White did not reside in his Fishers Town Council District and had to resign the post.   The information is politically embarrassing to White who is not only a candidate for the top election officer in the state, […]

I’ve got quite a bit of teaching work to catch up on today, so I am opening up the blog to your political predictions.  With 40 days to go until Election Day, what are your top three predictions?  They can be state, local or federal.  The winner gets bragging rights.  Have fun!

I frankly don’t know which is scarier this video message or the fact that 1st District Republican Congressional candidate Mark Leyva calls himself a Tea Party candidate and he’s filed for bankruptcy. Just for the record Leyva, filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy about a month before the primaries.   Between 2002 and 2007, Leyva wracked up $131,000 […]

I have been  covering the Indianapolis City-County Council for six years now.  I have seen the Council do some really smart things, and have some not so brilliant moments.  For the most part, I tend to respect the lot of them, even the ones I don’t agree with.   It’s a job that requires a lot […]

It’s amazing what happens when you take a few days off.  I was going to try to blog about a couple recent news items, but the Lovely Mrs. Shabazz only allowed me to have twitter and Facebook privileges.  But I did make it a point to keep up on the news and here are my […]

The lovely Mrs. Shabazz and I are packing up today and hitting the road for parts somewhat unknown.  It’s part honeymoon/road trip/family member’s wedding.  And although I promised to be a good husband, my wife promised to let me do one of my jobs while I am away. So I do plan to post, just […]

Although support for the Mayor’s current plan to privatize parking in downtown Indianapolis has hit a stumbling block, I think there is a viable alternative to moving forward which would accomplish the main goals of modernizing parking and building infrastructure. Instead of privatizing the parking, I politely suggest the city can keep control of it […]