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The Street Where You Live

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

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 […]

Welcome to Spin City

Friday, November 4th, 2011

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 […]

In My Humble Opinion…

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

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 […]

WISH-TV Poll: Ballard-44, Kennedy-33, Undecided-21

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

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 Poll You’ve Been Waiting For

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

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 […]

Another Question of Trust for Kennedy

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

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 […]

Not Black Like Me

Monday, October 31st, 2011

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 […]

Living in a LiteBox*

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

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 […]

When Playing the Race Card, Deal From the Bottom of the Deck

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

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 […]

Political Potpourri

Friday, October 28th, 2011

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 […]