When I attended Monday night’s meeting between the Indianapolis Public School board and the Indiana Department of Education I expected some fireworks between the board and Dr. Tony Bennett and his staff regarding state intervention and possible takeover of six schools that did not make it off academic probation. The meeting overall was pretty tame […]
As you know I recently posted the overall crime stats for the City of Indianapolis. Although crime was slightly down in almost every area, the city saw an increase in aggravated assaults from 2009 to 2010. The number went from 5,271 to 5,726. Democratic Mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy has used those figures to argue the […]
As school gets underway this month for a lot of Hoosier kids I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the Indiana State Teachers Association. ISTA has been at the forefront of criticizing education reforms without offering meaningful alternatives. They’ve also complained about school funding as well. However, if you take a […]
I wasn’t planning to blog again until Monday, but never let it be said a little thing like an out-of-state trial would stand in the way of me picking up lots of gossip, rumor and blatant political innuendo. You know you all have been waiting for it, so here we go… Last week’s debt ceiling […]
I’m heading out of town today. Another fun week of playing lawyer, fulfilling other legal obligations and trying to decompress. Since I will have my hands full Indiana Barrister is taking a break as well. We will both be back August 8. Enjoy my time away.
Since there was a lot of talk about crime this week here in Indianapolis I figured I would post the latest figures from 2005-2010. As always you can draw your own conclusions but at least we’re all working from the same data. As one poster likes to say, you can argue you are entitled to […]
Believe it or not, every time I hear Melina Kennedy offer up a plan I usually hope it is something that will be rooted in logic and reason. I mean after all, even a broken clock is right twice a day. So when I showed up to her news conference Thursday morning (no I did […]
I hadn’t planned to blog about Franklin Township schools in southeastern Indianapolis but they are turning into the gift that keeps on giving, sorry IPS. As you know a number of parents are furious that the school district is forcing them to pay for bus service. Although the school district says its necessary because voters […]
Every once in a while my sense of civic responsibility requires to me play moderator at local town hall forums; Tuesday night took me to Franklin township in southeast Indianapolis. Parents had a meeting to discuss being charged nearly $500 per child per year for bus service. School officials say the fee is necessary because […]
Some things just speak for themselves.
