Indiana

Palin? Around With Palin

Posted on October 17, 2008
Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin is in town this afternoon.  She’ll be speaking at the Verizon Music Center.  As much as I love covering political events the thought of being anywhere near I-69 at four in the afternoon is enough to make my head explode...

Palin?s Pretty Standard Stump

Posted on October 17, 2008
The only thing that wasn’t standard about Republican Vice-Presidential nominee’s speech this afternoon is that it was in Indiana with less than three weeks before the election. Thousands of people (about 15,000 according the fire marshall) jammed the Verizon Music Center in Noblesville to see Palin...

Mixed Signals

Posted on October 17, 2008
I’m picking up some mixed signals on the Presidential race here in Indiana.   Although Sarah Palin’s visit today shows the national party is finally taking this state seriously, earlier this week during a visit to the Hoosier state U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham reportedly told McCain supporters if they want to do some good they [...

20 Days Late and $700 Billion Short

Posted on October 16, 2008
Jill Long Thompson and I need to sit down and have a real long talk.  No, I take that back.  With 19 days and change left until the election we need to have a really, really, really long talk. Although I have my opinions, I always tried to keep an open mind with her campaign and [...

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Behind Closed Doors

Posted on October 15, 2008
All due apologies to my friends at 300 N. Pennsylvannia. It’s amazing what people talk about behind closed doors when they think no one is listening. Strategy or Tragedy in the Making In a recent caucus meeting, City-County Council Democrats planned their next line of attack against Republican Mayor Greg Ballard...

And Now For Something Completely Different

Posted on October 15, 2008
Okay, I finally watched the gubernatorial debate from last night, but I did something a little different this time. I did a shot of whiskey every time Andy Horning mentioned the Constitution. I did a shot a Jack Daniels everytime JLT talked about her MBA, PhD, growing up on a farm, or was cut off by the [...

The Final (Thank God) Presidential Debate

Posted on October 15, 2008
Okay guys, I’m throwing this one up 20 minutes before the final Presidential debate ends… Who won? Who lost? Who’s Joe The Plumber? Did the race change? Knock yourselves out.

A Snapshot in Time

Posted on October 14, 2008
A poll taken by Riggs Research of Indianapolis for  ”The Dave Crooks Show; Indiana’s Weekly Political Talk Show” in Southern Indiana of voters is revealing some interesting results.  Although the poll represents voters in Daviess and Knox County,  it’s a nice glance at a microcosm of the electorate...

It?s Deja Vu All Over Again

Posted on October 14, 2008
As we all freak out over the government takeover of some areas of the nation’s financial sector it’s important to remember that we have been down this road before and it is nothing new. In the 1930s, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation made $3 billion in loans ($400 - $500 billion in today’s dollars) to distressed [...

Order In the Small Claims Court

Posted on October 14, 2008
Lawrence Township Trustee Mike Hobbs wants to privatize the township’s small claims courts. At the Lawrence Township Trustee’s office, we’ve carefully studied our options and evaluated various means to lower the cost of our services and make our level of government less affected by the whims of the governor...

The Great Debate (Part Trois)

Posted on October 14, 2008
So here are my questions regarding tonight’s gubernatorial debate. Who won? Who lost? Who changed the dynamics of the race? Who watched? Who cares? Knock yourselves out.  I’ll have a complete analysis in the morning.

How Would You Vote?

Posted on October 13, 2008
There are two main referendum questions on the ballot for voters in Marion County.  They basically are as follows… Should the assessing functions of the elected township assessor in the township be transferred to the county assessor? Should IPS float $278,000,000 in bonds for capital improvements for its schools? So let’s do an informal survey, how would you [...

Watch the Capitol Watch

Posted on October 13, 2008
Here’s another episode of the Capital Watch, courtesy of RTV 6. Enjoy.

When Palin Came To Town

Posted on October 13, 2008
Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin will be at the Verizon Center on Friday.  The doors open at 3 and Palin is  expected to speak at 4:30 p.m.  It’s a ticketed event so you will have to go to the campaign’s website for tickets.  It’s a first come first serve basis...

Sunday Morning Posts

Posted on October 12, 2008
This is another one of those mornings where there is no real big news, but lots of little interesting tidbits. Get The Puck Out It looks like V.P. nominee Sarah Palin is coming to town next Friday.  Hopefully she will get better treatment than last night’s hockey game in Philadelphia...

The Facts Were These

Posted on October 09, 2008
(Apologies to Chris Spangle) There has been a lot of blog chatter lately over the number of registered voters in Marion County.  Blogger Paul Ogden writes about how the number of registered voters is greater than the number of eligible voters. There are 679,745 registered voters in Marion County, although the population over 18 is 644,197...

When Barack Came To Town

Posted on October 08, 2008
A word of advice to my Indiana GOP friends, you are going to have your work cut out for you in November. Fresh off his debate in Tennessee Democrat Barack Obama hit the Indiana State Fairgrounds and about 21,000 supporters. His speech was pretty much standard with a couple new lines...

The Great Debate (Part Deux)

Posted on October 07, 2008
I’m about to watch the debate, but this space is for you. Was this a game changer or are we still where we started? What does this mean for the next debate or is this over? What would you have asked? Have at it.

The Monroe Doctrine

Posted on October 06, 2008
A proposal is being introduced at tonight’s City-County Council meeting which would censure former Council President Monroe Gray for ethics violations. An ethics hearing found Gray failed to file proper disclosure forms regarding his business interests...

My Electoral Map

Posted on October 06, 2008
Here’s what my map looks like right now.    

Living On a Prayer

Posted on October 06, 2008
Tonight was one of those Council meetings that should have only lasted a couple minutes, but it didn’t!  It wasn’t the ad nauseum debate over whether the city should spend up to $500,000 on crime prevention grant monitors, but actually it was the opening prayer that did it for me...

It?s Obama?s To Lose, For Now

Posted on October 05, 2008
That is my prediction of the Presidential race with 30 days to go.  Feel free to cheer, scream, whatever.  I’ll still be here to explain my analysis. Welcome back. Okay, here’s my rationale. Although the national polls have Obama with a 5-7 point lead, it’s state polls that matter because of the Electoral College...

Give Me Libertarian?

Posted on October 04, 2008
I’m working on a project this weekend, but I wanted to let you all my producer at WXNT, Chris Spangle, will be leaving the morning show. Chris has taken a position at the new Executive Director of the Indiana Libertarian Party. Chris is bright and has a lot of ideas and will bring some new blood to [...

Q & A Time

Posted on October 03, 2008
Okay folks,  it’s question and answer time? Who won the vice-presidential debate? Does it change the fundamentals of the presidential race? How much more important are the second and third Presidential debates? Have at it.

Political Potpourri

Posted on October 02, 2008
There are lots of little things to mention this morning, so here they are. Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for President will be in Northern Indiana speaking in Valparaiso. Jill Long Thompson is getting a little bit of traction in her campaign.  A new poll shows JLT and Mitch statistically tied...

ECON 101 (Redux)

Posted on October 02, 2008
I wrote this post back in January.  In the wake of today?s financial meltdown and subsequent baliout/rescue, I thought it was worth re-posting. ECONOMICS 101 With a recession breathing down America?s economic neck, the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington are scrambling to do something...

Councilmember Charged

Posted on October 01, 2008
Indianapolis City-County Council Member Doris Minton McNeill has been charged with felony battery and resisting arrest for her alleged altercation with a police officer this past summer. Special Prosecutor Jim Oliver charged McNeill with D felony battery and three county of resisting law enforcement, a class a misdemeanor...

Who?s Representing Whom?

Posted on October 01, 2008
Here’s an interesting question in the wake the financial bailout/rescue plan.  When you send someone to public office, are you asking them to represent you or use their best judgment?  Remember a pure democracy is four wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for lunch?  In a republic, the lamb has a shotgun...

Will JLT Take FLight?

Posted on September 30, 2008
I need to make a point of clarification in yesterday?s post.  I talked about Jill Long Thompson?s campaign?s criticism of Governor Mitch Daniels? travel on the day the stock market lost nearly 800 points.  First, I think her staff should have waited to make a big deal out of this on another news day...

Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Financial Markets I Learned In Kindergarten

Posted on September 30, 2008
Any of this sound familiar? Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess.  Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.  Wash your hands before you eat...

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