My friends at the Indy Star this morning are writing about this week’s local school referendums and conclude the mixed results don’t offer a clear trend. Franklin and Perry Townships’ referendums failed while Beech Grove’s passed.  I too was somewhat puzzled at the results until I spent some time visiting with residents from the Southern […]

I was going to start this post taking a shot at a local blogger who spent an ungodly amount of Internet space railing against the Wishard referendum but who will now likely be its first patient at the new Hospital since his head exploded when voters overwhemingly approved the measure last night.  However my lovely […]

The split ticket voting I heard about this morning in Franklin Township was true.  With 24 of 25 precincts reporting in the referendum is losing by a more than 2-to-1 margin. The first question is losing 2015 for, 4544 against.  The second question 2017 in favor, 4054 against. The Wishard referendum is wining by a […]

Wishard referendum proponents declare victory.  Franklin Township is losing badly.

Still waiting for official results but Wishard winning 8-1. Beech Grove winning 2-1, Franklin is losing 5-1, Perry too close to call.

Franklin – 25 Voted: 315 Wishard yes: 228 Wishard no:   84 School 1 yes: 125 School 1 no:   189 School 2 yes:  121 School 2 no:   189 Franklin – 26 Voted:  248 Wishard yes:  162 Wishard no:  83 Franklin 1 yes:  91 Franklin 1 no:  156 Franklin 2 yes:  97 Franklin 2 no:  151

The polls are officially closed. You can view the results here. I’ll have analysis at the end of the evening.

I’ll be doing updates over the course of the day so check back here periodically. At 5:00 p.m. There’s one hour to go before the polls close. 140 of the 590 precincts absentee ballots have been counted. The election board approved five more teams to come in and help count ballots. There has been high […]

Today is referendum day in Marion County.  Voters, about 15% by my last count, will go to the polls and vote on a new hospital for Wishard, and school referendums in Franklin and Perry Townships as well as Beech Grove. Wishard supporters say they are cautiously optmisitc about today’s outcome, but are still encouraging their […]

I blogged last week about how Indiana lawmakers are taking a wait and see approach to whether the state will opt out of the public option component being discussed in the national health care reform debate. I understand the need to be cautious, but it’s my hope that Indiana will opt out of the public […]