State Representative Carolene Mays says the support is there to back her run in the May primary for the 7th Congressional District.  Mays lost her party’s nomination for the seat vacated  by the late Julia Carson.  Mays called it an “inside party vote” so she was not surprised at the outcome.   She says she’s running […]

As someone who is in the talk radio business, I find it deliciously ironic that the conservative chatter class is freaking out over a John McCain nomination for the Presidency.  McCain emerged Tuesday as the clear front runner in the Republican race.  The Limbaughs, Hannitys and Ingrams of the world are going crazy like R. […]

There’s been a negative mailer circulating in the 5th Congressional District attacking Republican candidate John McGoff for his position on immigration.  However the people floating the mailer may want to also take a look at incumbent Dan Burton’s record. While I was under the weather I was doing dome reading of HR 5456.  It was […]

This week was tough on your favorite blogger/pundit. I was hit with whatever bug is running around. I don’t get sick very often, but when I do it’s a killer. (Superman in a room full of kryptonite is the best analogy). What made it worse was I couldn’t take time off from my 20-million jobs […]

Although today was the deadline for the completion of the reassessment of commercial and industrial property, Marion County Assessor Greg Bowes says the project will take about two more weeks.  Bowes says Manatron, the company doing the assessment, need a couple more weeks to guarantee accuracy in it’s work.  Bowes says they got approval from […]

And they did.  Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson announced a deal this afternoon over the future of the Metropolitan Police Department.   Under the agreement, Ballard will get operational control of IMPD.  However, in exchange for the department, Ballard agrees to consult with Anderson on several matters, including the selection of […]

Tonight is the City-County Council’s Public Safety Committee’s hearing on an ordinance that will transfer control of the Metropolitan Police Department from Sheriff Frank Anderson to Mayor Greg Ballard. Opponents plan to show up and make the following four arguments. It lowers accountability in public safety by having two appointed officials in charge as opposed to one elected official. […]

Indiana House Democrats and Republicans are blaming each other over the death of a bill that would have codified Governor Mitch Daniels’ property tax assessment caps into the state Constitution. House Joint Resolution 1 would have capped resident property tax assessments at 1 percent of a home’s value, 2 percent for rental property and 3 […]

In the property tax debate, I argue the schools have been the worst offenders. They are anywhere from 40-80 percent of the property tax problem. They complained about caps on assessments. They also fought against referendums on school projects in order to keep costs under control. And if all that wasn’t bad enough, here’s a […]

I knew it was too good to be true. There it was, a property tax crisis of near Biblical proportion. Citizens were mad; politicians were scared, real change was a possibility.  And then, my world of reform started to turn into dust. Over in the Indiana State Senate, the new policy has become protecting fellow […]