Jeff Bennet was certified tonight as the winner in the Warren Township Trustee’s race. Following a recount, the Democrat took a seven-vote deficit and turned it into an 11-vote win over Republican Tom Marendt. The vote total was 10,592 to 10,581. This is good news for Mayor Bart Peterson, since Bennet supports consolidation. This is […]
The City-County Council made its biggest mistake Monday night. It introduced a measure that would give Councilors a 75-percent pay raise. That’s right, 75-percent. The proposal would raise council pay from just over $11,000 to nearly $20,000. I wrote about this back in November, but there’s nothing like actually seeing the measure on a sheet […]
On Friday night, RTV 6’s Jack Rheinhart ran a story on how the pay raise and retro pay offer by the city of Indianapolis to the police department had been taken off the table. I did some follow up on this over the weekend (which I managed to do and stay until 3 a.m. both […]
There’s another controversy brewing with the Marion County Coroner. This one could be potentially more disturbing than all the other issues. More details next week.
Things are about to get a little bizarre with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and it hasn’t even been created yet. Republican City-County Councilmember Jim Bradford is introducing an ordinance that would take control of the new consolidated police department from the Sheriff and put it back under the Mayor. The measure will be read […]
Another Secretary of State Recount showed Republican Jon Elrod is still eight votes ahead of Democrat Ed Mahern. A hearing will be held in the morning over the actual contesting of the election.
I have to admit, when I first heard about a plan to privatize the Hoosier Lottery, I was a little taken back as well. But the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Put the emotions aside and look at the facts. First, the Lottery isn’t going anywhere. It will still remain […]
If Governor Mitch Daniels proposes privatizing the lottery today, he may find a friend in David Orenlichter. I spoke this morning with the Democratic State Representative to gage the Democratic reaction to the Governor’s plans to privatize the lottery. Orenlichter didn’t outright say it was a bad idea. In fact he said that if the […]
Here’s another story as to why township government should go away. Apparently a Westside Marion County Township Assessor has told their employees that if they don’t vote in the May primary, they won’t get a raise this year. I’m all for voter participation, but this seems a little extreme. The only way to know if […]
Governor Daniels expected announcement tomorrow to privatize the lottery comes at a time where the state is looking for some extra cash. The revenue forecast expected tomorrow will show pretty flat numbers. Budget Director Chuck Shalliol says the state isn’t in a crisis, but happy times also aren’t here either. Shalliol wouldn’t give me exact […]
