Indiana Lawmakers are continuing to chug along in the last days of the legislature. Everyone has decided that all the big issues will be worked out in conference committee. It kind of makes me wonder what was the point of the last 3 and half months? The State may soon get involved in the Marion […]
Radio talk show host Don Imus is being suspended for using the term “nappy-headed ho” to describe the Rutgers women”s basketball team. Professional agitators Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are upset with more fake outrage than you can shake an afro-comb at. I find it so disingenuous that the same people who will get mad […]
While I respect my brothers and sisters in the press, every once in a while I wonder where they’ve been? Take two stories in the press today. One is the proposed ordinance that would ban firing off guns in Marion County unless under certain circumstances. The story made the headlines today, but we had the […]
Never underestimate Bart Peterson. The Mayor is a real smart guy. This is evidenced by his latest contract offer with the Fraternal Order of Police. The police would get a 12-percent raise by 2010, but there is no retro pay. Of course, this plan depends on the Indiana General Assembly passing the Mayor’s public safety […]
The City of Indianapolis and Fraternal Order of Police have reached a tentative agreement. Under the terms of the four-year deal, officers would not get a raise in 2007, but would get a 12-percent raise by 2010. There is no retro pay in the agreement, but the city would increase its contribution to the officers’ […]
Mitt Romney was in town yesterday raising money for his Presidential campaign. He had his fundraiser at the Columbia Club. I’m told he did pretty well. John Edwards raised $75,000 his last trip. Rudy Giuliani made $250,000. Hilary Clinton may be coming on May 5 and Lord knows how much she’ll raise? It’s got me […]
Once again there are quite a few things going on in the world of local and state politics today. Indiana Republican continue to express their outrage over the failure of constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, however sources inside the GOP camp admit that a good chuck of this issue was to corner Democrats […]
Although I’ve been critical of the Indiana General Assembly for not getting anything done so far this session, I have to say yesterday, their inaction was one of the best things they could have ever done. The House Rules and Legislative Committee voted 5-5 on a constitutional amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage. Because […]
Today the Indiana House Rules Committee will take up SJR-7, the amendment to the Indiana Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. The language of the amendment reads as follows, marriage shall be between a man and a woman and nothing in Indiana law shall be construed to require the legal incidents of marriage to unmarried […]
I was out of town this weekend working on legal stuff back in Illinois and made it a point to keep Indianapolis off the radar screen. I asked myself “what could possibly happen while I was gone?” I should have known better. Not only is a 4-year old one of the city’s latest homicide victims, […]
