Indiana

New Attack or Old Argument

Posted on May 26, 2010
Indiana Democrats  are continuing their line of attack against Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dan Coats regarding his lobbying activity. State Chairman Dan Parker Tuesday called on Coats to fully disclose the list of lobbying clients that he worked for while in D...

Another Day in Carmel

Posted on May 25, 2010
As if a $2 million hazing lawsuit wasn’t enough, Carmel schools and taxpayers are facing more litigation.  This time from a parent who claims a Carmel school bus driver harassed and intimidated his daughters and the school district did nothing about it...

What?s Wrong With This Picture?

Posted on May 24, 2010
My brother and his wife were recently shopping in Wal-Mart and came across these Barbie dolls on display.   Take a good look at the Black one and tell me if you see the same thing I do?

Voices Against Violence

Posted on May 24, 2010
I attended an east side rally Saturday afternoon of citizens, primarily mothers, who were protesting the increase in violence in their community.   It is always good to see people step up and take responsibility and actions in their own communities, however, the problem is always one abut staying in the fight for the long haul [...

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Criminal Fences

Posted on May 24, 2010
One of the big problems facing the City of  Indianapolis, as well as other major and minor cities, is abandoned houses.   There are an estimated 8,000-10,000 abandoned homes in the city.  Abandoned homes lower property values and are magnets for crime and urban blight...

Older, But Not Wiser

Posted on May 23, 2010
Today marks the day your favorite political blogger was born.  In honor of that, I’m taking the day off to relax and reflect on how I netted the pretty sweet deal of getting paid to tell people what I think.  Back tomorrow.

Time to Be the Bad Guy

Posted on May 22, 2010
If any of you thought more highly of me after yesterday’s post involving the Carmel hazing,  this one will probably put things back where they rightly should be. This time I am talking about the alleged Indianapolis police “beating” of a 15-year old during an arrest last Sunday...

Point of Personal Privilege

Posted on May 21, 2010
After nearly 20 something years in the news/media related business there are rare occasions when my personal feelings about a matter really start to cloud my thinking and the way I approach a subject or story.   Usually I will have some reaction to whatever I’m covering, but then I go back and put relatively objective-analytical [...

Sex, Lies & Videotape

Posted on May 19, 2010
Outgoing Indiana Congressman Mark Souder is now a You Tube hit. Below is him promoting abstinence only education with the part-time staffer he had the affair.  I can’t make this stuff up.

Carmel Hazing

Posted on May 19, 2010
The parents of a former Carmel High School freshman who was the victim of alleged hazing say their son told school officials and nothing was done.   They spoke with the media this afternoon. Although they did not say exactly when the attacks began, the parents of the victim in the Carmel High school hazing attack say [...

The Facts Will Be These

Posted on May 18, 2010
By now you know the Hamilton and Hendricks County Prosecutors have decided not to press felony charges against four Carmel High School basketball players for attacking a fellow student on a bus and engaging in what Hamilton County Prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp called “something beyond hazing...

Tuesday?s Tidings

Posted on May 18, 2010
There were three big news items Monday, the indictments of four Carmel High School basketball players for their attack on a freshman player,  the City-County Council moving forward with the transfer of  the water and waste water facilities to Citizens Gas and more controversy surrounding Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi...

Souder Quits

Posted on May 18, 2010
Indiana Congressman Mark Souder  is resigning after admitting an affair with a part-time staffer.   Souder came to office in 1994 after running on a family values platform.  Here is a copy of his statement… IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET I ANNOUNCE THAT I AM RESIGNING FROM THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS [...

Keeping Your Head Above Water

Posted on May 18, 2010
After Monday night’s Council vote on the proposed transfer of the city’s water and waste water facilities to Citizens Gas I walked over to Nikki Blaine’s for a quick martini before calling it a day.  While I was there I met a guy named Ron...

While You Were Out

Posted on May 17, 2010
The nice thing about a vacation, even if it?s a staycation, it gives you a chance to get out and clear your head.  While my wife and I were out on our weekend road trip I got the chance to pontificate about a lot of things.  Here are a few of them? Will Marion County Democrats [...

Deal or No Deal?

Posted on May 16, 2010
That’s the million, or more appropriately, $15 million question that I’m asking regarding the City of Indianapolis and the Indiana Pacers.  I blogged last week that there was a potential short-term deal on the table.  My sources weren’t 100% on the mark, but they were pretty darn close...

Re-Checking In

Posted on May 13, 2010
I’ve put down my martini, Cohiba and GQ magazine for a few minutes to comment on a few issues that have popped up this week Pacers Deal in the Works? My reliable sources are telling me the Indiana Pacers and the Capital Improvement Board could be close to reaching a short-term deal...

Checking In

Posted on May 11, 2010
I was planning to wait until tomorrow to scribble a few thoughts on some city matters, but Wednesday is all day spa day, so I figured I’d better do it now.  My two thoughts are on the proposed transfer of the water company and waste water facilities to Citizens Gas and negotiations between the Pacers [...

Taking a Break

Posted on May 09, 2010
I’m taking a little vacation this week, actually it’s more like a staycation.  I’m staying away from work and relaxing.   I’m not sure how much relaxing I’ll get done as my lovely wife is already crafting a list of things she’d like me to hire someone to do around the house...

Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

Posted on May 07, 2010
Critics of Governor Mitch Daniels and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett are having a field day with recent news that a number of teachers across Indiana are being laid off including one who got a teacher of the the year award. What my friends tend to forget is that teacher layoffs are usually determined by [...

A Local Look

Posted on May 06, 2010
After pontificating yesterday on Indiana’s Congressional primaries, it’s time to focus on the local races. I thought voter turnout was interesting, not the 15% turnout which was slightly more than 2006, but the fact more Marion County Republicans came out than Democrats, 57-40...

Is the Indiana Tea Party Over?

Posted on May 05, 2010
They rallied, they yelled, the screamed and at the end of the day it didn’t make much of a difference.   I’m talking about the electoral victory of former, and would like to be next, U.S. Senator Dan Coats.  According to the Associated Press results Coats beat a crowded primary field with slightly less than 40% [...

Time to Vote

Posted on May 04, 2010
It’s Primary Day.  You know what to do.   Quick word of caution, if you are voting in Marion County, be patient.  Because there are so many people running for precinct committeeman or state delegate there are a lot of new people working the polling places...

My Predictions*

Posted on May 04, 2010
With two hours before the poll close, here’s how I think things are going to turn out tonight.  I put a an asterisk mark behind my title because I still think there is enough of a an x-factor out there that anything can still happen.  So with that said, here’ we go… U...

24 Hours

Posted on May 03, 2010
With 24 hours left to go before the Indiana primary begins, I’m making this space available for you to promote the candidate of your choice. It doesn’t matter if it’s federal, state, county, township, school board; Republican, Democrat or Libertarian...

Political Tidbits

Posted on May 02, 2010
With 48 hours to go before May primary, I’m hearing lots of interesting tidbits of gossip, rumor and blatant innuendo.  And as always, take it for what it’s worth. Apparently there is a big concern that Democratic voters in the 5th District will pull a reverse Operation Chaos and grab a Republican ballot making life interesting [...

Will Things Stay the Same?

Posted on April 30, 2010
As much as we talk about voter anger and frustration, I’m wondering how much of that will actually manifest itself on Election Day? I base this question on a couple bits of data.  First, for all the talk about voter anger the number of people voting absentee in the 2010 midterm elections hasn’t really changed all [...

Coats Leads GOP Primary

Posted on April 29, 2010
With just a few days to go before the Indiana primary, a new poll has former U.S. Senator Dan Coats leading amongst Republican voters.  The poll conducted by the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics has the following breakdown. Dan Coats – 36%...

IPS Skirts Open Door Law

Posted on April 28, 2010
Well, I have to give it to Indianapolis Public Schools, while they are not the brightest bulbs in the socket, they did manage to get around the state’s Open Door Laws and illustrate another reason why the taxpaying public has no confidence in them...

Polling for Dollars

Posted on April 28, 2010
A new poll for the Republican race for the U.S. Senate commissioned by IPFW and conducted by Survey USA is expected out tomorrow by noon.  No official word yet on what it will reveal, but the chatter is that Marlin Stutzman and John Hostettler are fighting for first place, Dan Coats is next and Don [...

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