I was curious to find out what streets and sidewalks in Indianapolis would not be repaired if $150 million from the water deal were to be spent on social welfare programs so I went and got the list from the Indianapolis Department of Public Works. Here it is. Is your street on it? Let me […]

I expected the first independent poll of the Indianapolis Mayor’s race would create quite a bit of spin, however I did think I’d end up paying a visit to the Duncan Yo-Yo factory.  In an e-mail sent out by Melina Kennedy campaign manager Nick Buis they downplay the WISH-TV poll… In 2007, in the final […]

As you know I write monthly for the Indianapolis Star.  The paper and I talked about getting a column in before Election Day.  I was more than happy to get that done. As you might guess, it’s on the Mayor’s race between Republican Greg Ballard and Democrat Melina Kennedy, with a focus on the recent […]

The first independent poll of the 2011 Mayor’s race shows Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard with an 11-point lead over Democratic Challenger Melina Kennedy, but a significant number of voters are still undecided. The poll of 400 likely voters conducted for WISH-TV by the polling firm of  EPIC·MRA, shows Ballard with 44% of the vote and […]

The first independent poll of the 2011 Mayor’s race is scheduled to be unveiled tonight at 11 p.m. on WISH-TV Channel 8.  Details of the poll are being kept under wraps, however WISH-TV tells Indiana Barrister that the survey of 400 likely voters is scientific and is a pretty good sample size. WISH-TV also says […]

My grandfather used to have a saying, the only thing he hated worse than a liar was a clumsy thief and a bad liar.  I always considered those words to live by and Melina Kennedy’s campaign spokesman Jon Mills might want to do the same. I say this because Mills is quoted in a Fox […]

I don’t know if I’ve ever told you this story, but when I was in law school, I was the Vice-President of the St. Louis University Black Law Student Association.  I know it may sound shocking, but I was.  Now I have never been a joiner of organizations that define themselves by race, however the […]

Someone asked me what I thought about the recent controversy surrounding LiteBox.  For those of you who may have been out of the loop, LiteBox is the pet project of Bob Yanigahara, an California-based entrepreneur who announced last he was bringing his company to Indianapolis and creating 1,100 jobs in the process.  The problem with […]

The Marion County Democratic Party’s internal polling must not be looking to good these days.  The party is dropping several thousand flyers in predominantly black neighborhoods insinuating that Mayor Greg Ballard is a racist.  I’ve embedded a copy of the flyer in this post (both the front and back).  I got it from my barber […]

Today is going to be busy so allow me to direct your attention to our sister blog today at IndyPolitics.Org. Today you will find an interview Scott Miller, the head of Develop Indy who is heading over to the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.  We spoke about jobs, worker retraining and of course the controversy […]