Ever since being regulated to the minority, my Democratic friends on the City-County Council have been looking for an issue they think will resonate with voters and help put them back in the majority. One of those issues they’re latching onto is the Capital Improvement Board bailout. A vote is scheduled for Monday on increasing […]
Although it won’t be made public until next Monday, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard says his administration expects to present a balanced budget. The city was facing a $20 million spending gap, which Ballard says his office has managed to close by doing “common sense business practices that should have been done a long time ago.” The […]
Here are a few items of interest to tide you over this afternoon… If they’re going to be on the hook, some members of the City-County Council say they want more say in how the CIB negotiates its sports deals. Although details are not available at the moment, plans are being drawn which would give […]
Last week on my morning radio show I put an offer on the table that not a lot of listeners took me up on, so I decided to see if I would have better luck here. In the wake of the “Beer Summit” between the President, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge Police Sergeant […]
In my younger days, I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. I had excellent teachers in elementary and high school who were challenging and fun at the same time. When I got to college with the idea of teaching high school math and science. I had an aptitude for both […]
When it comes to the blogosphere there are a lot of days when I think I’m the only person who can grasp the obvious. Luckily, today is not one of them. Former WXNT-AM producer and now current Indiana Libertarian Party Executive Director Chris Spangle penned a blog post this week basically telling the Capitol […]
But I told you so. 32-year old Shanisha Davis was atacked at the I-69 and Keystone off ramp by a panhandler while trying to give him some money. According to police reports, the woman saw the man with a sign that said will work for food, tried to give him $5, but but he […]
A few items of note to start out your morning. Take them for what they are worth and feel free to discuss any of them. Indiana Congressman Dan Burton has his name attached to two pieces of legislation regarding the President and that silly birth certificate issue. On the one hand, the Congressman is […]
It was a vote nobody wanted, but by 5-1, the City-County Council Rules and Policy Committee moved forward tonight with a plan that would increase the local hotel tax by one percent to help bail out the Capitol Improvement Board. Republicans dominated the committee but each one said they were not crazy about raising the […]
Another day, another Indiana School District referendum. This time it’s the Hamilton Southeastern School District. The HSE Board voted Monday night to ask the taxpayers for a $5.5 million tax increase to make up for a funding shortfall. In Marion County, Franklin and Perry Townships as well as Beech Grove are asking for more […]
