Indiana Democrats come to town tonight and tomorrow to nominate their candidates for Secretary of State, Treasurer and Auditor. The races for Treasurer and Auditor are uncontested, however Vop Osili and Tom McKenna are vying for the Secretary of State position. While delegate contests are always a little tricky, from what I’ve been able to […]
Last night I attended two public meetings on the proposed transfer of the city’s water and waste water facilities to Citizens Gas. You know the basics, the city gives Citizens the water and waste water, Citizens assumes the water company’s debt and pays about $425 million which will go for streets, sidewalks and infrastructure. While […]
Indianapolis Public Safety Director Frank Straub says the latest allegation of excessive force by an IMPD Officer underlines the need to continue to re-evaluate the way officers are trained and recruited. IMPD is investigating 3-year veteran Nhat Ngyuen who reportedly choked a suspect he was trying to arrest during a domestic disturbance call. Ngyuen was […]
I managed to run into Dan Coats and Brad Ellsworth over the weekend at separate events. I asked them about a number of issues, and oddly one thing they both seem to agree upon is that the race will be a lot closer than what the current polls are showing now. You can hear their […]
Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to social issues (i.e. abortion, gay marriage, etc.) I tend to take a more libertarian approach. I’m not a big fan of abortion so I don’t plan to have one.* I frankly couldn’t care less about gay marriage because divorce does more to kill a marriage […]
Last year my Dad had some major health issues. This year he looks great and through diet and exercise you would never know there was anything wrong. I’m grateful to have him around for another Father’s Day. And for the record, he’s a very quiet, mild-mannered type so I have no idea what happened to […]
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi is offering temporary amnesty for individuals who owe back child support. It’s something I’ve seen done in other jurisdictions. The government gives people an opportunity to get caught up on back payments by a certain date and in exchange there’s no additional penalty lobbied against them. If I were a […]
I am going to probably shock the lot of you this morning by saying something nice about public education here in Indiana. The latest round of ISTEP test scores show students improving overall in the state. According to the Department of Education, 81 percent of students showed improvement in their test scores. The pass rate […]
Today’s blog post comes to you courtesy of both state and local Democrats. Equal Time City-County Council Minority Leader Joanne Sanders told a recent gathering of Ds that the proposed transfer of the city’s water and waste water facilities was was moving full steam ahead and Democrats were feeling run over. She also alluded that […]
Brian Williams is exiting the race for Mayor. Here’s the message he sent supporters on Facebook. Last year, I entered the Indianapolis Mayor’s race with a vision of building an Indianapolis that works for all of us. An Indianapolis that works for kids with a safe, academically rigorous education, an Indianapolis that works for families […]
