By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz | Indiana Barrister Once upon a time, being out after midnight was a teenage rite of passage. You grabbed a late-night bite with friends. You hung out at the mall. Maybe you caught a midnight movie. And if you were really pushing it, you’d cruise back into the driveway just before curfew—fueled […]
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz & Andrew Weissert A survey conducted by Indy Politics and ARW Strategies of registered voters in Marion County between August 13th and 23rd shows voters have mixed feelings about the direction of Indianapolis but are largely positive about the city’s mayor, Joe Hogsett. Key findings include: Voters are split on the direction of Indianapolis. 40% of registered voters […]
A proposal is being introduced at Monday night’s City-County Council meeting that would raise Mayor-elect Joe Hogsett’s expected salary from $95,000 to $125,000 annually when he takes office in January. In the world of bad ideas, politically speaking, this ranks up there with inviting Jared Fogel over to babysit. As I wrote over at Indy […]
One of my favorite films is Casablanca. And while you would think my favorite character would be Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine (totally understandable), it is actually Claude Raine’s character Capt. Louis Renault, particularly the scene above when he tells Rick he is closing down the Club because he is “shocked to find that there is […]
If it appears that the Indianapolis City-County Council hasn’t done much in 2012 it might be because its committees are hardly ever meeting. A check of committee meetings from January through June showed the following… January – 11 meetings were scheduled; 5 meetings were cancelled; (45.46%) February – 13 meetings scheduled; 2 meetings were cancelled; […]
I was getting a little burnt out on the upcoming May primary and have been looking for something else to write about. And then, like manna from heaven, I was looking at the Indianapolis Star’s website and found that the Indianapolis City-County Council Democrats are seriously looking at wasting more than $180,000 of the taxpayers’ […]
I was going to write something snarky about Monday night’s failed override of the smoking ban veto, but my parents told me to never speak ill of the dead, so I won’t.
Some of my Democratic friends on the Indianapolis City-County Council are not happy campers right now. They are upset that outgoing Council President Ryan Vaughn is moving forward with a plan to draw new council maps. The first public hearing was held Monday. In-coming Council Vice President Brian Mahern called the move an act of […]
Anyone who reads this blog knows I am a big believer in government consolidation, particularly when it comes to public safety. I have supported fire consolidation when Bart Peterson was Mayor of Indianapolis, I support it now that Greg Ballard is Mayor and I will support it regardless of who the next mayor is. What […]
There’s nothing like starting out the week with a good bunch of gossip, rumor and political innuendo. Most of it falls on the Democratic side today. And as always, take it for what it is worth… Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson apparently has felt the need to justify some recent purchases in these tight budget […]
