Think about this.  Nearly a year ago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was vilified by the hard core right (especially the national talk radio crowd) for his prosecution of  Vice-Presidential Chief of Staff Scooter Libby on perjury charges.  Today he’s a hero for filing criminal charges against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.   My how times have […]

The nation’s economic slowdown is taking its toll on state coffers.  Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels today announced a $763 million shortfall. The state had projected to spend $13.3 billion but will only take in $12.5 billion. The Governor says he is looking at 3-percent cuts across the board in state agencies on top of 7-percent […]

Something weird is going on up in Lawrence Township Schools.  I got several calls this morning that the school district issued a memo right before Thanksgiving banning all religious displays in classrooms and school buses this holiday season.    That didn’t disturb me as much, but their defeinition of religious symbols, according to the callers, included […]

In case you were wondering, my recent euphoria over getting engaged and the subsequent indictment of Illinois Governor has not distracted me from my primary task of gathering information and intelligence that may be of use to you who read this blog.   Here it is… Not So Major Moves There are some changes taking […]

One of the first stories I ever wrote about soon-to-be former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was back in 2003 about the firings of dozens of state employees which were done in violation of the Illinois Administrative Code.  When I asked the Governor about it during an interview he said something to me to the […]

The Chicago Tribune is reporting this morning that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody this morning on alleged corruption charges and reportedly trying to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat to the highest bidder. If there is a God, this will be true.  My old boss, former Attorney General Jim Ryan, ran […]

I didn’t get much sleep last night.  I was at City Hall until midnight covering the last meeting of the City-County Council and didn’t get back until 1 a.m.  Part of the problem was trying to figure out who to blame for the soon-to-be out of work Marion County Township Assessors walking out the door […]

It’s 11:23 p.m. We’re in the final stretch. The CCC is debating the removal of several security cameras from across the city to the Monon Trail. A lot of CCC’s are furious that cameras are being moved from high-crime areas to the Monon. While I think there is some legitimacy to the argument, maybe if […]

It’s 90 minutes into tonight’s last CCC meeting of the year. This thing is really going to be a long one. Two Republicans are missing; Kent Smith and Barb Malone. Smith is fulfilling his military obligations while Malone is AWOL. That could be a problem for the GOP tonight because of two measures on the […]

I’m off to go cover tonight’s City-County Council Meeting.  Here’s what I’ll be paying attention to… Will more than one Democrat vote with Republicans to pass the Mayor’s proposed cut in the County Option Income Tax? What will the final pay of the township assessors be? Will some Democrats use tonight to grandstand on the […]