The truth is always the first casualty of war in any battle and political campaigns are no exception. I just looked at the latest campaign ad on Mayor Bart Peterson’s campaign website. The mayor is in a residential setting, very stolid, in a blue shirt with no tie. He talks about the property tax crisis. […]
This week marked my third year on the airwaves here in Indianapolis. I have to admit that it’s two years and 364 days longer than I had expected, but I’ve never been one to look a gift horse in the mouth. Many of you know that before coming here I was doing morning radio in […]
Attorney John Price is filing suit this morning challenging the way property taxes are done in Indiana. While a lot of it involves legal issues that would take too long to explain, there are three main issue Price says he wants a quick ruling on three main issues. First, he says he wants taxpayers who […]
My sources in city hall are abuzz this evening. Indianapolis Fire Deputy Fire Chief Doug Reno is said to get ready to turn in his resignation over recent actions by Deputy Chief and Council Democrat Vern Brown. Brown who is an assistant chief allegedly vetoed a list of candidates for promotion for director of training […]
I’m hearing some strange things are going on out in the townships these days. My sources tell me Wayne Township Trustee David Baird wants an $8,000 raise. I don’t what planet he’s on but apparently it’s not one where people pay taxes otherwise he wouldn’t try to pull a stunt like that. It’s bad enough […]
The Indianapolis City-County Council’s Finance Committee is meeting on the budget tonight to see how city departments are doing in heeding the Mayor’s call for cuts. I’ve been watching the budget hearings on Channel 16 and listening to all the different department heads, so if the Committee doesn’t mind I’d like to offer a little […]
“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war”, well maybe not something so dramatic but it is campaign season. I get excited over political campaigns the way Colts fans get excited over football. What makes this election so important is these are municipal elections and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Local government has more […]
I now know how a lot of Marion County residents feel. I am sick and tired. I wish it was because of the government, but I got hit with some kind of bug. I’m spending the day in bed with good books and orange juice. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend, see you next week.
Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer when it comes to Iraq, Dick Lugar needs to close his mouth and listen before he speaks. Buyer said Lugar, and fellow Senators John Warner (R-Virginia) and Carl Levin (D-Michigan), are jumping the gun with their criticisms of the war in Iraq. The three Senators have argued that the current Iraq […]
I’m just getting in the door this evening. I had something really surreal happen tonight that hasn’t happened to me since 1987, I got called the n-word to my face by a white person. I’m shocked too. I get called the n-word by black people on a daily basis and a number of them are […]
