Those Wall Street protests that have been popping up all over the nation begin today in downtown Indianapolis. I plan to be there monitoring the event. I’ll have a more complete analysis tomorrow, but in the meanwhile you can follow me on Twitter at either #AttyAbdul or #IndyPoliticsOrg. The tweets should start about 11 a.m. […]
The Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police is declining to back a propose settlement between the city and several black officers that have accused the Department of racial discrimination in its promotional process. The officers sued saying the departmental policies were discriminatory and did not allow for the promotion of enough blacks. The city has been […]
If you missed Wednesday night’s debate between Republican incumbent Greg Ballard and Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy, that’s okay. I was there and recorded the whole thing. It’s embedded in our sister blog IndyPolitics.Org. The debate runs about an hour. It was organized by the Binford Redevelopment and Growth, Broad Ripple Village Association, Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association, […]
As much as I really love this city, there are days when its citizens disappoint me as much as its football team. Usually it’s the people who defend Indianapolis Public Schools, township government, or latch on to the race hustlers when they come to town to stir things up while lining their own pockets. This […]
The Ballard campaign has got a new ad going. This one is more of a “man on the street” testimonial in support of Republican Greg Ballard. Melina Kennedy has been running two 15-second attack ads against Ballard but they are not up on her website with the rest of her ads. The two will face […]
This story is cross-posted at our sister blog IndyPolitics.Org. It’s not everyday that a mysterious, clandestine group makes plans to occupy Indianapolis, so when they do, it tends to get your attention. According to the website “Occupy Indianapolis” plans are being drawn up to “occupy” the city come Saturday, October 8. This isn’t occupation in […]
I sat down and spoke Thursday with Pastor Ron Covington of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church on the Indianapolis Mayor’s race. Democrat Melina Kennedy had just met with Covington and about a dozen other ministers. He commented on her visit as well as the state of the Mayor’s race from the perspective of the Black Church. […]
I have never been a fan of identity politics. If you are not sure what that term means, identity politics is when an individual’s political philosophy is shaped by their identity to a race, gender, sexual orientation or some other immutable trait. In college I was very skeptical of the people who ran around screaming […]
The latest Indiana and Indianapolis political gossip is now available. Subscribe to the Cheat Sheet. In this edition… Will the next session of the Indiana General Assembly actually start? Who will replace outgoing State Rep. Bill Crawford? The latest on the Indianapolis and Lawrence Mayor’s Race. Ed Treacy’s attempt to make peace with the Black […]
I attended the Wednesday morning news conference over on the east side of town where local leaders were joined by Billionaire Warren Buffet in announcing a new development project in the area where the Meadows used to be. The $27 million East Village in Avondale is supposed to help revitalize the area near 38th and […]
