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Although some members of the Franklin Township Board in Marion County may have opposed fire consolidation in the past, some are giving it a second look. Faced with the loss of at least $1 million in annual revenue due to property tax caps, the township trustee, Terry Royalty, is forming a committee to look at […]

The state’s teacher’s union are getting ready to cover their rear ends. ISTEP testing has begun and the union is complaining that the test is too hard and will lead to students not performing well.    Call me crazy, but shouldn’t we wait until the test results are in before making this kind of judgment call […]

If you were counting on any big changes this weekend in the leadership at either the Marion County Democrats or Republicans party re-organizations, forget it about. No one has filed to run challenges against either Democratic County Chairman Ed Treacy nor Republican County Chairman Tom John.  So either everyone is happy with their leadership or […]

I just finished watching the latest meeting of the City-County Council Municipal Corporations Committee.  You know what the subject was?  Lucas Oil Stadium.  The Committee got a presentation from Capitol Improvement Board Executive Director Barney Livengood and CIB President Bob Grand.  You can click here to see it for yourself. You will see the CIB […]

Any solution to fix Indiana’s unemployment trust fund deficit won’t be pretty.  That’s according to Republican State Senator Dennis Kruse, who’s chairing the committee that’s trying to solve the problem.   Kruse has been holding hearings this week on the fund which is $470 million in the hole and running deficits to the tune of […]

IPS Superintendent Eugene White to the Indianapolis Star on the possibility of the State taking over failing schools… “If the state paid people more money and didn’t honor the teacher contract and got rid of teachers [sic] then, yeah, they can do better.” Explains a lot doesn’t it.

Another Marion County Democrat is throwing his hat into the ring for Prosecutor.  Butch Schroyer announced he was running at Tuesday night’s Southside Democrat Club. Schroyer is a retired police officer who became an attorney about 20 years ago. So far the only other announced Democratic candidate is former State Representative David Orentlichter. Incumbent Prosecutor […]

Although they are telling city officials that can’t afford to keep up their commitments with Conseco Field House, the Simons are apparently hoarding cash in order to pay for any new properties that come on the market. Bloomberg and the IBJ are reporting the following… Simon Property Group Inc. plans to hoard cash this year […]

Carmel residents are outraged today over the estimated cost overruns regarding the Keystone Avenue Redevelopment project.  The road reconstruction was supposed to cost about $90 million, but that actual figure is closer to $150 million. Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard told the Carmel City Council last night that he never promised that the project would run […]