Every once in a while I get up early on Saturday and visit with the Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis. They are a group of predominately African-American pastors who meet and try to solve issues in the Black community. What made this week interesting was a conversation about jobs. The pastors are preparing a plan to […]

Normally I rarely use this space to promote something other than myself (ha!), but this is something worthwhile. If you have sometime on Thursday, you should attend the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce’s Hob Nob. It’s on Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at the Indiana State Museum. It’s a chance for you to meet with all […]

Whenever someone leaks me information, I always ask why? Usually the answer is to make themselves look good or someone else look bad. Indiana Congressman Dan Burton is trying to do both. Someone close to his camp leaked to me today a new poll showing Burton with a commanding lead over primary challenger, former Marion […]

I have a lot of thoughts on my mind this morning, but only a couple are worth writing down. Republican Mayoral candidate Greg Ballard offered up his government consolidation plan Wednesday. It consolidates all township offices, going further than incumbent Bart Peterson’s plan. Peterson campaign manager Mike O’Connor says government consolidation would already be here […]

If you are a parent with kids in a school in Marion County public school, the odds are you have a gang problem. I got my hands on a survey of a number of schools and the gangs that are affiliated with them. The respondents were not administrators or teachers, but students. They are ones […]

I got a visit last Friday that I was not expecting. It wasn’t my lovely mother or Hallie Berry stopping by to tell me that she’s gotten over her issues and is ready to have my children. No, my visitor was the Federal Bureau of Investigations; the FBI. Now I know in a post 9-11 […]

The Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police released its list of endorsed candidates this afternoon. Out of the 23 endorsements, 21 were Republicans, one was a Democrat and one was a Libertarian. FOP President Aaron Sullivan says they invited all candidates to participate, but only Sherron Franklin and Mary Moriarty Adams showed up. Franklin got the […]

We al know what today is and what it means so I won’t spend a lot of time talking about it. What I will ask is what is your assessment of the war on terror?

I got an e-mail this morning from Indianapolis Deputy Mayor Steve Campbell about my critique of Mayor Bart Peterson’s new ad where he says he stood with taxpayers and forced the state to order a new assessment in Marion County. Steve told me in the e-mail my criticism was off because the Mayor was the […]

My counterpart, Matt Tully in the Indianapolis Star today, wrote about a new survey done by the City-County Council on public services. Matt raises some interesting questions about the survey, however my little investigation makes me wonder if the survey wasn’t fudged? According to internal e-mails involving City Attorney Aaron Haith, Council Financial Officer Bart […]