To be honest, I am not a big fan of voter referenda. I think when we elect people to make decisions, that’s what they should do. Talk to voters, study the issues, make the decision and live with the consequences. However, sometimes there are decisions so big, that you don’t want to jump off that […]
Every once in a while you find friends and allies in the most unlikely of places. Today, I have found a friend in District 2 City-County Councilor Angela Mansfield. In the seven years that I’ve written about city government Angela and I have never been all that close, it has been a cordial relationship on […]
Proponents of mass transit in Indianapolis and Central Indiana say they have a plan which the voters will approve if the Indiana General Assembly gives them permission to put the $1.3 billion measure on the ballot. The plan, to be unveiled today, would allow voters to decide to increase the county option income tax by […]
One of the fun things I get to do with political musings is get on the e-mail lists of candidates and organizations. However, because a significant number of people in this town aren’t crazy about me, I try to not to use my “Abdul” e-mail addresses, but instead, one of several other ones. It works […]
I know the Baptist Ministers Alliance of Indianapolis is still smarting from the wounds it received after taking a “Rootsesque” beating in the last election, but the latest rumor on the street seems a bit much for them. I hear that Mike Jones, son of the late Sam Jones, and the BMA are working to […]
I had to emcee an event Wednesday night with the Educational Choice Charitable Trust, Governor Mitch Daniels was the honored guest. It was also as you know my wife’s birthday, so I had to get special permission to do the event. While on stage I jokingly asked the Governor if I could borrow some of […]
Today is the lovely Mrs. Shabazz’s birthday so you guys are on your own. Feel free to pick a topic from IndyPolitics.Org. I have to go be the best husband in the world.
If anti-smoking advocates were hoping to reduce the number of smoking establishments in Indianapolis before the Super Bowl, they will have to wait until the next one comes to Indianapolis, whenever that is. A proposal that would have banned smoking in most businesses with a few exceptions failed to garner support tonight in the Democrats’ […]
Redistricting is always an interesting process. I enjoy looking at it from a political perspective, although it can freak some people out. I attended the last two hearings on the new proposed City-County Council maps and the one thing that stuck out was the handful of people protesting that the eastside neighborhood of Irvington was […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard today met with officials from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in an effort to lure the exchange from the Windy City to the Circle City. The Dow Jones News wire has reported on the meeting and city spokesman Mark Lotter confirmed the Mayor had left a conference in Wisconsin early to attend […]
