In an election year it’s natural to assume that political parties would fight each other as opposed to themselves. That is not the case this past week with Marion County Democrats, specifically speaking the office of Mayor Bart Peterson and the City-County Council controlled by Monroe Gray. This fight is centering over, oddly enough, property […]

Indiana Governor Mitch says while property tax opponents have their hearts in the right place, it’s very unlikely the state will be able to eliminate all property taxes. Daniels says the plans he’s seen don’t work He says he’s working on his own plan to reduce property taxes and will have something ready by the […]

The winner of last night’s mayoral debate was incumbent Bart Peterson. I watched the debate several times before coming to this conclusion. For the record, no candidate said anything they had not said already a million times before. (Such is the curse of attending dozens of mayoral forums and following the issues closer than about […]

Marion County Republicans say they’re trying to do their part to help Clerk Beth White fill poll inspector slots for the November election, but she’s turning them down. The GOP says it send White a list of 200 potential polling inspectors to fill vacancies but she turned down nearly half of them. White’s office says […]

I’ve been a big critic of Indianapolis Public Schools but lately they have scored some major points with me. I sat with Superintendent Eugene White and talked about academic performance, property taxes and of course uniforms. As you probably watched on television, there were a lot of angry parents at Tech High School over the […]

Every time some asks me if I favor getting rid of property taxes, I tell them no. I’m in favor of getting rid of the government that’s responsible for the property taxes. On the road to reform those who have yelled the loudest are those seeking the elimination of property taxes, there are a number […]

The blogosphere is going a buzz today with “commentary” regarding Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson’s appearance at a tax forum at the Light of the World Church. The forum started at 5 p.m. and lasted a couple hours. The Mayor had to leave early, which usually is no big deal because he is a busy person […]

As much as I like Mayor Bart Peterson personally, his act is starting to wear a little thin. An ordinance has been introduced to eliminate take home cars for non-public safety city county employees. It was sponsored by several city-county Councilors. I have never understood why the ordinance was necessary because most of the departments […]

A good friend in broadcasting is calling it quits on Monday. Fellow broadcaster Jeff Pigeon of WIBC is leaving his job Monday. Despite whatever is taking place on Monument Circle, Jeff is a good guy and good broadcaster. We shared numerous cocktails downstairs at Nicki Blaines in the evenings but still managing to make it […]

Anyone who has ever watched “Star Trek; The Next Generation” knows that title is the standard line of the Borg, a cyborg-race of creatures who assimilate other cultures. I use that line to describe the excluded cities of Marion County. I moderated the city of Lawrence mayoral candidate’s forum last night. They addressed a number […]