The first round of voting has begun. The list of candidates as they appear on the ballot is as follows… Andre Carson Carolene Mays Stephanie McCabe David Orenlichter Randle Pollard Mike Rodman Joanne Sanders Jeffrey White As the candidates were introduced Andre and Carolene seemed to get the loudest applause.

It’s a little after 10 a.m. and  Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker is calling the delegates to order.   There has already been some controversy.  I’ve discovered that a number of candidates were sold the wrong lists of precinct committeemen.  And at $500 a pop, that could be a little annoying.  Especially when you’re trying […]

I’m sitting in the balcony at Shortridge Middle School waiting for Marion County Democrats to begin slating their candidate for the 7th Congressional District to replace the late Julia Carson. The voting starts at 10 a.m. and 599 precinct committeemen are eligible to vote. I’ve run into a number of candidates, Andre Carson, Carolene Mays, […]

We’re a little more than 24 hours away from Democrats slating their candidate for the 7th Congressional District and 48 hours from the Republicans slating theirs. There has been quite a bit of behind the scenes activity on both sides and that makes me think the slatings will either go very quickly or very slowly. […]

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday for and against Indiana’s Voter ID law.  You know the routine.  Proponents says it’s necessary to protect the voting process.  Opponents say it disenfranchises the poor (even though you need a photo ID to get poor relief in any township in Marion County), minorities and the elderly, even though they […]

Anyone hoping to walk after being arrested by a member of the Indianapolis Police Department because the officers were not officially sworn in can forget about it. The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously upheld the drunk driving arrest of Chery Oddi-Smith, who challenged the arrest saying the officer had not been sworn in as a new […]

I have a date with the dentist today, so I only have a couple items to post quickly about. The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Indiana Voter ID case at this hour.  Proponents says it’s necessary to prevent voter fraud.  Opponents say it disenfranchises the poor, elderly and minorities.  I frankly don’t see what the […]

I’ve been doing some homework on the race for the 7th Congressional District, mainly the mechanics of how all this is going to work. The race on the Democratic side is obviously more interesting than the Republicans because there are more characters involved. But here is how it is going to work. There are 590 […]

There have been rumors circulating for months about the mental health capacity of Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson. I personally don’t believe them, but I do wonder what is going through his head these days. An ordinance was officially introduced last night to put control of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department under the control of […]

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has set March 11 as the date for the special election to fill the vacancy left by the late Congresswoman Julia Carson. I told you back in December that this was one of the dates to pay attention to. When it comes to Indiana politics, why read any other blog in […]