(Full Disclosure before you read, I am an independent contractor with the Indianapolis Star for the monthly column that I write.) This week I saw about 100 people, some of them I know very well, take to the picket lines over at the Indianapolis Star to protest working conditions, cut backs and outsourcing of jobs […]
If you’ve been following this blog you’ve known for a while what happening with the smoking ban. The Mayor said he would sign off on a plan that exempts private clubs, VFW halls, cigar bars, tobacco shops and hookah bars. The latest addition includes off track betting parlors. Right now the measure’s fate lies in […]
I’ll have some thoughts about this over the weekend, but more than 100 employees of the Indianapolis Star protested Wednesday over pay and work conditions. I interviewed Newspaper Guild spokesman Robert King. I asked if a strike was possible. I found his response interesting. You can hear it below. It runs about 7 minutes total. […]
Hamilton Southeastern Schools just sent out the following e-mail regarding a lawsuit that they failed to prevent bullying against a student which resulted in suicide. ******* We wanted to share a message with you first that we will also be sending to our parents via a Skylert email as well as our media contacts: You […]
I was e-mailed this the other day. It started airing Sunday in Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne on the morning public affairs shows. It will also be running on cable TV in the Indy-metro area. This tells me the GOP is serious bout passing right to work legislation.
The following is reprinted from a news release from the Indiana Supreme Court. The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has issued a Public Admonition to Marion Superior Court Judge Rebekah F. Pierson-Treacy. The admonition is the result of language in an August 2011 invitation to an election fundraiser that gave the appearance that monetary campaign […]
Some of my Democratic friends on the Indianapolis City-County Council are not happy campers right now. They are upset that outgoing Council President Ryan Vaughn is moving forward with a plan to draw new council maps. The first public hearing was held Monday. In-coming Council Vice President Brian Mahern called the move an act of […]
I just spoke to Indianapolis Attorney David Brooks regarding the new proposed district maps. It’s in two parts. In part one, Brooks explains the process of drawing the new maps. In part two, he says the new maps increase minority participation on the Council and don’t give Republicans an advantage. the run time is about […]
While at the Statehouse on Organization Day, I took some time to speak to some of the protesters in the hallways about potential ‘Right to Work” (RTW) legislation. I made it a point to keep an open mind and listen to their arguments against RTW. After speaking to about half a dozen or so, I […]
Watching the news this weekend about the silliness associated with Holiday shopping, this song immediately came to mind. The sad part is that it is more than 50 years old and still applies like it was yesterday. It also makes me glad I don’t celebrate Christmas.
