Indiana

Friday Follies

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I get to spend today working on wedding stuff (less than 30 days away) as well as try to grade 300 pages worth of MBA Business Law final exams so I bring you another day of tidbits for you to discuss.

Big Ten

• After spending a week or so making calls and doing some checking I’ve concluded there are about 10 sure votes on the City-County Council to raise the hotel tax one-percent.   I’ll be watching over the weekend to see if any other votes show up on the board.   Right now, it’s not looking very likely.

Williams for Mayor?

• Once again, I can say I told you so.  Local venture capitalist Brian Williams has filed to run for Mayor in the 2011 Democratic primary.   I told you back in December to watch for Williams to get into the race.

None of the Above

• Speaking of Mayor’s race, I’m hearing from reliable sources that the current crop of Mayoral candidates (Kennedy, Hogsett, Tew, Meyers) have not lit the fire of the party establishment and many of them want an outsider with no baggage.

IPS-Union Deal

• IPS teachers are expected to meet over at Arsenal Tech this afternoon to get the details of a new contract offer from the school district.  No details are There has been some chatter that the agreement would make changes in how the District deals with seniority.

That’s all I got today folks.   I’ll have more on Sunday after the budget briefing.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on August 07, 2009 (boomark / email).