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The Top 10 for 2008

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

With today being the last day of 2008, it’s only fair we at Indiana Barrister note the top 10 most interesting news events of the year.  I decided to mix local, state and national stories.  As always, feel free to add your own suggestions.

10.  Townships Assessors voted out and the IPS bond referendum is voted in, proving that organization will always win the day.

9.  John McCain picks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice-presidential nominee, DVD rentals of “Fargo” go through the roof.

8. The Chicago Cubs officially go 100 years without winning a world series.  St. Louis Cardinal fans show little surprise.

7. Washington Township Board becomes the official poster child for the Kernan-Shepard Report by voting itself a 69-percent pay raise.

6. The Governors of New York and Illinois both go down, just in different ways.

5. Indianapolis lands 2012 Super Bowl, now the big question is will the Colts still be good enough to play there by then?

4. The City of Indianapolis decides instead of buying American to buy like an American and purchase Toyota hybrids over Chevy Malibus as part of a pilot program.

3.  Indiana lawmakers pass property tax reform; it’s amazing what a 2007 mayoral election can accomplish.

2.  Wall Street collapses.  The only other comparable meltdown was the Jill Long Thompson campaign for Governor.

1.  Barack Hussein Obama, a Black attorney from the South Side of Chicago is elected President of the United States, proving there is hope one day for Abdul-Hakim Shabazz.

Thanks again for reading Indiana Barrister in 2008.  2009 promises to be a busy year and I plan to bring you as much perspective and entertaining analysis as possible.  And thanks again to Kevin who keeps this blog up and running.

Talk to you next year.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on December 31, 2008 (boomark / email).