Today a federal judge will hear arguments regarding an injunction against the state law that defunds Planned Parenthood. I plan to be in court today observing, so here’s the latest political gossip, rumor and innuendo for your reading pleasure… Now that Mitch Daniels is out of the race for President, the word is he is […]
Someone should have done this five years ago.
This is the fifth and final installment in a series of blog posts this week regarding the possible takeover of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools by the State of Indiana. There is a debate beginning about whether the Mayor of Indianapolis, regardless of who he or she should have control of the schools. Let’s all […]
This is the fourth installment in a series of blog posts this week regarding the possible takeover of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools by the State of Indiana. This week concluded the first two of seven hearings regarding the possible takeover/turnaround of Indianapolis Public Schools that have been on academic probation for the past five […]
I got an e-mail from Dr. Eugene White today replying to the one I sent him at Tuesday night’s Department of Education hearing on the possible takeover of Broad Ripple Magnet School. As I said in the previous post, Dr. White came across as disinterested in what was going on at the hearing because he […]
Originally my idea for today’s blog post was to link you with my column today in the Indianapolis Star on why any takeovers or turnarounds should of failing IPS schools should not include anything Superintendent Eugene White has to say. You can read that here. I argue Dr. White should be fired and after Tuesday […]
This is the second installment in a series of blog posts this week regarding the possible takeover of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools by the State of Indiana. When I was a young boy growing up, my grandmother used to have a saying. She used to say “you don’t believe fat meat is greasy.” To […]
I hadn’t planned to start posting again until tomorrow, but I didn’t want to wait and thought this was a topic definitely worth discussing. So here is part one. This week I’m focusing my blog posts to education and the likelihood the Indiana Department of Education will intervene and take over several failing Indianapolis Public […]
As you can imagine, I’m taking a couple days off to commemorate Memorial Day. There are the family cookout traditions, but of course Memorial Day is about remembering the men and women who died serving this country so we can enjoy our freedoms. I’ll be back on Tuesday. I’m going to spend a lot of […]
With the news that Nordstrom is leaving Circle Center Mall, I am going to exercise a point of personal privilege and encourage the movers and shakers of this town to see if Target can fill the void. I’ve always felt that a store like Target is the one thing downtown Indy was missing. It’s worked […]
