After a nice trip through the looking glass this morning it’s back to reality and things that matter for taxpayers.  Indiana lawmakers continue their behind the scenes negotiations on property tax reform.  One item I hear that may be surfacing is that schools are trying to exempt themselves from any property tax caps.  Yes, the […]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard  says his administration has found a few million dollars in government waste and inefficiencies since taking office.  He plans to release full details as his administration completes its review.  Ballard says the millions are in contracts and bad management.  The Mayor has also ordered five-percent budget cuts in preparation for property […]

Gary Welsh at Advance Indiana is writing about me (again)  this morning.   Gary must not remember that I’m a big media whore (whores get paid, sluts do it for free) and love the publicity.  It doesn’t bother me though because that’s just another thing that Welsh doesn’t know and he makes it clear by writing about […]

I think I have officially seen it all today.  Instead of debating real issues such as Iraq, health care, the slow meltdown of the American economy, the blogosphere is ripe with stories about Republican Jon Elrod’s sexual orientation and  Democrat Andre Carson’s religion. It’s ironic that individuals who want to be treated with the same […]

There are 12 days left before lawmakers are set to adjourn.  I’m going to try to have daily updates from the legislature for your reading enjoyment. The conference committee met today on HB 1001 and of course nothing was decided.  There was some information distributed on how local governments could use local option income taxes […]

Let me ask you a simple question.  If you made a mistake at your job which cost your company $4 billion, how long do you think you would be able to keep it?

I don’t know if you seen Indy Star Gary Varel’s cartoon this morning.  But you might want to check it out.  Your favorite pundit might have a new future.

For the past couple weeks, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s ethics proposal has been circulating around city hall. It hasn’t been formally introduced as the Mayor has been soliciting input from both Democrats and Republicans on the Council. I managed to get a copy of a summary sheet and here are some of the highlights. Unless […]

Here’s the latest bit of info from your favorite political arms dealer which you can use at your discretion… I hear the Marion County Democratic party is stepping up their get-out-the vote efforts in anticipation of the special election for the 7th Congressional District. They are not worried as much about Republican Jon Elrod as […]

There’s not much I agree with when it comes to NUVO columnist Dave Hoppe, but in his column this week he hits the nail on the head.  He writes about an IUPUI employee who got in trouble for reading a book about the KKK while on break.  He wasn’t reading “Klan for Dummies” or The KKK […]