The following is a guest post by Dave Bego. Bego is the President and CEO of Executive Management Services, a nationwide cleaning company based in Indianapolis. He recently wrote a book entitled, “The Devil at My Doorstep” chronicling his company’s struggles with the Service Employees International Union as well as his opposition to the Employee […]
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without […]
Yesterday’s post took a lot of time to research and put together so I don’t have a whole lot for you today, but I’ve got enough to keep life interesting. Here you go… Although Mitch Daniels doesn’t step down as Governor until 2012, word on the street is that the camps of two serious Republican […]
One bit of consternation from the City-County Council’s recent budget vote was the allocation of $290,000 for redistricting. In 2010 a new census will be taken and those figures will be used to draw a new City-County Council map. What makes this interesting is although the census is being taken in 2010, the full […]
I was doing some research this morning and came across this interesting factoid regarding where the voters are in Marion County. As of 29 September 2009 there are nearly 582,000 registered voters in Indianapolis. You would think that Center Township had the largest number of registered voters, but it doesn’t. It’s actually Washington Township. Here’s […]
Democrat Joe Hogsett exiting the race for Mayor of Indianapolis raises a lot of interesting questions. Now that Hogsett is out, where will his supporters go? Will they flock to Melina Kennedy, will they look at Kip Tew, Jose Evans or Brian Williams? Does Hogsett’s exit pave the way for a “dark horse” candidate to […]
Just got this e-mail from Joe Hogsett. In recent months, many friends and long-time supporters have encouraged me to run for mayor in 2011. They all expressed concern that Indianapolis is moving in the wrong direction — for our families, for our economy and for our future. It’s a concern I share and it is […]
Terry Burns over at Indianapolis Times is blogging that Democrat Joe Hogsett has decided NOT to run for Mayor in 2011. According to Terry… Democrat Joe Hogsett has decided not to run for mayor in 2011, at least not for now. Hogsett made his decision over the weekend for “professional, personal and political” reasons. Terry […]
I was told I was crazy and had no clue as to what I was talking about when I said Congress’ efforts to deny funding to ACORN for its activities might be unconstitutional because the body could be passing a bill of attainder. Well apparently I’m not alone in this assessment. The Congressional Research Office […]
My very reliable sources are telling me the anti-smoking people are about go at it again and try to push for a total public smoking ban in Marion County. Under the current law smoking is only allowed in places that are either not open to the public or only allow adults; a reasonable compromise that […]
