With a week to go before the election, City-County Council Democrats are asking their lawyers to see if sanctions can be filed against elected officials they say either gave false testimony this past summer regarding jail overcrowding or failed to do their jobs regarding the budget. Democrats have asked their lawyers to see whether they […]
I was out by the Lucas Oil Stadium construction sight being nosy the other day when something struck me. The ground the stadium is being built on using to be a parking lot for Colts games, so where do all the people park now? That may not seem like a big idea but the more […]
First there was Indy Works, then came Indy Works, Part II; The Mayor Strikes Back. Now Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson is getting ready to go back to Indiana General Assembly and ask for Indy Works, Part III; Return of the Mayor. After two semi-unsuccessful bids to get his plan through the Mayor is heading back […]
Well Daylight Savings Time comes to an end this weekend. Sunday morning at 2 a.m. we turn our clocks back an hour. And just think, this was when the world was supposed to come to an end but oddly enough, it’s still here. No children have been hit buses waiting for them to pick them […]
By now you’ve probably heard about the New Jersey State Supreme Court ruling that basically says lawmakers in the Garden State need to come up with rules to define civil unions between gay couples. It did not call it marriage, it just said the state must extend the same rights to gay couples as it […]
I was driving yesterday afternoon and heard Beth White, the Democratic candidate for Marion County Clerk do an interview and was talking about Voter ID. White opposes Voter ID, but says as duly elected official she would comply with the law and go to the legislature to make the law more flexible. The more I […]
A couple interesting news items from Marion County. Give it a read! No Good Deed Goes Unpunished The political rumor mill is abuzz. I found out today that Marion County Democrats might be getting ready to eat two of their own. My sources tell me Council Member Patrice Abdullah (District 15) and Angela Mansfield (District […]
As many of you know, I’m a big cigar smoker. But I also respect the fact that my cigars bother some people so I try to be polite about it. I am not a big fan of smoking bans because I believe they infringe on private property rights. However, over in Omaha, they’ve just got […]
This piece originally appeared in the Howey Political Report. I thought it salient to reprint here with the recent discssion about a timetable for Iraq. I normally don’t write about the war in Iraq. My personal belief is going into Iraq was a mistake because the true problem in the war on terror was Iran, […]
There are two new polls out concerning key races in Marion County. In the Marion County Prosecutor’s race, WTHR reports Carl Brizzi is ahead by 16 points and in the 7th Congressional District, Eric Dickerson leads Julia Carson by three points. There are a number of reasons as to why the polls say what they […]
