This may shock both friend and foe alike, but I used to oppose vouchers for private schools.  I was never crazy about public money going to private schools, whether religious or non-sectarian.   However, over time my positioned changed.  The big thing that did it was the fact I got tired of public schools whining about […]

Somewhat oversimplified, but it’s still cool to watch.

Dear America, I know this weekend we celebrate your birthday, and 235 is a lot to be proud of, a lot people never thought you’d make it this far.   Unfortunately, you’re not the country you used to be. Don’t get me wrong, I still think this is a place where an individual can rise from […]

I just got the names of more candidates who will be running for City-County Council under the Libertarian banner.   Here they are… District 3 – Grant Smith District 5 – Christopher Hodapp District 12 – Shawn Sullivan District 22 – Jared Wales At-Large – Patrick Culley I was also informed that Democrats will be running […]

Here’s most recent list of the slate of candidates for Mayor and City-County Council as of Thursday.  An asterisk indicates which candidate is the incumbent.   As you can see both the Democrats and Republicans have someone running in virtually every seat and the Libertarians are running more candidates than usual as well.  Regardless of which […]

Lots of little interesting tidbits of gossip, rumor and political innuendo to throw out there this morning,  so without further adieu… Freedom Works continues to sit on the fence when deciding whether to get into the Richard Lugar/Richard Mourdock U.S. Senate Primary, despite what’s said officially, the word is they don’t trust the local tea […]

Here’s the concurring Democratic opinion from the Charlie White case unanimous ruling today from the Indiana Recount Commission.  It makes for very interesting reading. Bernard Pylitt opinion View more documents from IndianaBarrister

Embattled Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White won a victory today at the Indiana Recount Commission.  The body ruled 3-0 (unanimously) that White was eligible to serve as Secretary of State, even though he voted using his ex-wife’s address. You can read the full write up here by my colleague Eric Bradner of the Evansville […]

Is the the head of the Baptist Ministers Alliance of Indianapolis engaging in some preemptive damage control?  Maybe.  As you know I during a news conference last week I asked Stephen Clay if he had ever been the subject of an investigation by the Department of Child Services.  Instead of giving me a “yes” or […]

The Indiana Recount Commission is expected to render a decision tomorrow in the case of embattled Secretary of State Charlie White who is accused of voter fraud.  State Democrats say that since White voted at his ex-wife’s address but was registered somewhere else, he should be declared ineligible to hold his office and the seat […]