City-Council President Monroe Gray may be facing a revolt within his own party. My sources tell me that many members of his own party are fed up with the perpetual embarrassment that his become his leadership as of late. Although a handful of them may express support publicly for Gray, behind the scenes it is […]
For the record this post has nothing to do with a public official, but it does concern a public person, Wilson Allen, aka Wilson 46201. We all know Wilson trolls the Internet looking for unfavorable postings about members of his political party and attacks the critics as either racist or homophobic. I have known for […]
City-County Council Member Ron Gibson is on cloud nine after disorderly conduct charges were dropped this week, however he may have just traded one controversy for another. The day the charges were dropped Gibson had a news conference outside the City-County building. He read a statement that was issued to the press on government letterhead […]
During my tenure as a journalist/commentator/talk show host I have been called a lot of things by a lot of people. Most of them roll off me like the water off a duck’s back. However, yesterday I was called something that stuck a little bit longer than usual. I was called the “grandson of Willie […]
For those of you think the GOP gets a pass from me, you really should learn to hold your water a bit more. State Rep. Mike Murphy is in the middle of a “hit and run” scandal. My colleague Jack Rinehart at RTV 6 has the full scoop. No one was injured. I can’t help […]
A lot of Marion County residents are scratching their heads at the latest developments down at city hall. No, it doesn’t involve Council President Monroe Gray. Although the latest news regarding him is that an arbitrator is ordering him to pay $600,000 to his former business partner as a result of a labor dispute, but […]
It’s not very often that I can draw a corollary between 12th century England and 21st century Marion County, but gosh darn it, when I get the chance, I do. The title of this posting comes from a quote from Henry II regarding his conflict with St. Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Becket engaged […]
There is not a lot City-County Council Member Jackie Nytes and I agree on, but last night we were both 100% in sync with each other. The Council was bickering over the creation a government efficiency committee spear-headed by the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, when the Council bogged down over how many appointments Republicans […]
Monday is Columbus Day. I usually do the radio show and take the rest of the day off so I wanted to get this up tonight. I’ve been disturbed at the recent rash of murders in town. There were 12 in September and we’ve hit half that number seven days into October when murders should […]
My good friend Matt Tully has a great piece in the Star this morning about life in what could accurately be described as the worst of the worst in Indianapolis neighborhoods. It reminded me about something I wrote back in May about how city leaders were more concerned about my criticism than the living conditions […]
