Well, I went and did it. I panhandled in downtown Indianapolis on Friday for a couple hours. It was an interesting experiment to say the least. Let me share my story. I didn’t go with the total “bum” look. I just wore clothes, that for me were very dressed down. I had my change cup. It […]

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton swung through Indianapolis this morning taking swipes at China and Barack Obama.   Hillary visited the Allison Transmission plant on the city’s west side touting it as a good example of the American economy being tied to American defense. She took aim at what she called the outsourcing of America’s security […]

Here are couple interesting notes from the campaign trail. Hillary Clinton will be in Indianapolis tomorrow with Evan Bayh at the Allison Transmission plant on the west side of town.  By the way, her campaign headquarters in Terre Haute went up in flames.  No jokes here, please. Barack Obama must have a pair the size of Alpha […]

Bil Browning of The Bilerico Project is now my hero.  Here’s why.

Now that we’ve marked the first 100 days of the Ballard administration it’s time to give the Mayor a grade.  He gets high marks for taking back IMPD and putting it back under the Mayor’s office.  He also gets credit for getting the state to pick up the pre-1977 police pensions as well as some […]

Tackling crime, improving education, getting city finances in order and focusing on the future were all themes laid out tonight in Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s first State of the City address. Ballard delivered his speech at Union Station in downtown Indianapolis. He said Indianapolis was a strong city, but citizens would to work together to […]

I’m getting to head off to the Mayor’s State of the City address in a couple minutes, but here’s a story from The Star Press about a Republican voter registration staffer who attacked a reporter and a candidate today in Muncie.  I knew politics was tough but I didn’t think it was a contact sport.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has yet to give his State of the City speech tonight and Marion County Democrats are already going on the attack. In a news release they say the Mayor’s speech is 100 days of broken promises.  They say the Mayor broke his promise to not put any lobbyists on city boards, […]

If you’re looking for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to call for a repeal of last year’s 65-percent in the County Option Income Tax, it’s not going to happen. Sources tell me in tonight’s State of the City address, the Mayor is going to call for the tax to be reviewed by the city’s High Performance […]

As we get closer to the May primary for the 7th Congressional District, I wonder how much will prejudice play a role in the decisions of voters?   It’s unfortunate that race, religion and gender still play a role in the 21st Century, but we have to acknowledge that reality. Some people may choose to vote […]