I’ve always said that if you stick around politics long enough you will eventually see everything. That is definitely true in the race for Mayor of Indianapolis The new topic du jour is crime and the number of police officers on the street. Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy says the incumbent Greg Ballard is drooping the […]
As I’ve watched the hearings concerning the possibility of the state of Indiana taking over failing schools, there was something that caught my attention. I hadn’t put it together at first, but after I noticed it, my jaw dropped to the floor. At the beginning of every hearing the State shows the audience data concerning […]
Next week the Indiana Recount Commission will hear testimony in the voter fraud case involving embattled Secretary of State Charlie White*. Tuesday, the Commission heard arguments from both White and the media as to whether cameras should be allowed in the hearing. White’s attorneys argued unsuccessfully that cameras should be excluded because they would intimidate […]
The nice thing about being back from a tough road trip is the political gossip, rumor, innuendo and other political tidbits that are either waiting for you when you get back or you picked up over the last few days at political events and just didn’t get a chance to blog about. So with all […]
I’m in Chicago today taking care of some family matters; however I wanted to make sure I jotted down a few thoughts about political activities this past weekend. I managed to attend both the Indiana Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Friday night and the Indiana Young Republicans Convention this weekend. Both functions were well attended, […]
From this past Friday’s Indiana Democrat Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Feel free to caption as you see fit. *Photo courtesy Darvel Communications.
Have you ever heard of Morgan Johnson? Probably not. He’s 27-years old and has been missing since May 18th. He was last seen at the Value Place Hotel on Gateway Drive in Plainfield. He has a history of seizures and his family doesn’t think he has his medication with him. And by the way, he’s […]
As I follow the public testimony regarding the possible state takeover/turnaround of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools, I am shaking my head at the people who are expressing anger and outrage and directing it toward the State. For some reason people the State is the bad guy in all this for following the law and […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard says he will ask the State to transfer control of any failing Indianapolis Public Schools it takes over this year and he will convert them into a modified version of charter schools. In his address this morning to the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee the Mayor said his plan would be a […]
Originally I planned to blog about Monday’s Planned Parenthood hearing, however, somethings are just too much fun to ignore. By now you’ve heard that NY Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted to sending lewd photos of himself via Twitter, of course he denied it at first. So with that said, I figured it was time for another […]
