Indiana

ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ZERO TOLERANCE

Posted on April 21, 2008
For those of you who plan to vote in your school board elections,  there is a question that you need to ask.  It’s not about property taxes or spending, but ask the candidates about their position on zero tolerance. Although some educators will say it is the most fair way to issue punishment, it is really [...

SPRINGTIME FOR ZIRKLE

Posted on April 21, 2008
I don’t usually talk about the Congressional race in Indiana’s 2nd Congressional district, but I can’t let this one go by.  Hoosier Access is reporting, and I saw the photo, that 2nd Congressional District candidate Tony Zirkle addressed a gathering of Neo-Nazis to commemorate Adolph Hitler’s birthday...

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY

Posted on April 21, 2008
Here’s some news from around Indiana this morning.  You can feel free to decide which category it should fit into. Jill Long Thompson and Jim Schellinger continue to go at each other throats.  I wonder if anyone is paying attention. Mitch Daniels is telling Republicans it’s time to let Reagan go...

WHO?S ON FIRST?

Posted on April 20, 2008
A new poll show a tighter race in the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District. The poll done by Global Strategy Group shows Andre Carson with 34 percent, followed by Dr. Woody Myers with 28 percent. State Rep. David Orentlicher has 13 percent and Carolene Mays , 7 percent...

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7TH DISTRICT SERMON

Posted on April 20, 2008
There was a forum tonight at the Light of the World Church featuring the candidates for Congress.  Since the race is on the Democratic side, that’s where I’ll focus my attention.  The main four candidates (you know who they are) all agreed that faith matters to voters and people of faith have a role to [...

EXPRESS YOURSELF

Posted on April 19, 2008
The girlfriend and I are taking a road trip today so I won’t have anything up until tomorrow night. There is a 7th District candidate forum Sunday evening at Light of the World Church in Indianapolis. I’ll have a full report for you then...

SHAKEN NOT STIRRED

Posted on April 18, 2008
It looks like we might have had a minor earthquake this morning.  It hit about 5:35 and lasted about 10-15 seconds.  The station here at 92nd and Meridian shook a little bit, but there was no damage.  I was in the car coming up Meridian and didn’t feel a thing...

MUTUAL POLITICAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY

Posted on April 17, 2008
I’ve been making some calls about Barack Obama and Andre Carson’s endorsements of each other and the members of the political class I spoke with all seem to agree that the race is now Carson’s to lose. Obama will likely win the the 7th District by a strong margin over Hillary Clinton and there was nothing [...

HERE THEY COME AGAIN!

Posted on April 17, 2008
The anti-smoking people are about to be at it again. They are holding a town hall meeting next week at the IUPUI campus.   The main purpose of the meeting is that it is about the dangers of second hand smoke, but remember these are the same people who would like to expand the [...

SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE

Posted on April 17, 2008
Here’s some food for thought.  I’m running into more and more people who tell me that if Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee for President they will vote for him, but also vote for Mitch Daniels for Governor.  What do you make of it?

CARSON PICKING OBAMA?

Posted on April 16, 2008
I’m hearing 7th District Congressman and candidate Andre Carson may endorse Barack Obama today. Carson has been on the fence for a few months every time I asked him. Carson is also a super delegate. A formal endorsement would also signal a tight race in the 7th and by supporting Obama, Carson would be endearing [...

A TALE OF TWO PROPOSALS

Posted on April 15, 2008
Two measures were introduced at last night’s City-County Council meeting; one would reduce the Public Safety Tax by 0.5 percent.  Sponsor Vernon Brown says part of the tax was increased to cover the pre-1977 police pension debt, but since the state has now picked up that burden, Brown says the money should be returned to the [...

OBAMA AHEAD IN INDIANA

Posted on April 15, 2008
A new poll out by the LA Times and Bloomberg found Barack Obama ahead of Hillary Clinton by 5 points here in the Hoosier state. The poll surveyed 691 likely voters. However it was done right as the latest Obama controversy was taking shape. Obama leads 40-35 with 19 percent undecided, so [...

OH BOY! LOOK WHAT I HAVE HERE!

Posted on April 14, 2008
Say what you will about Barack Obama, but I don’t think you want to use the term “boy” anywhere near his name.

MISSTATEMENTS AND MISGIVINGS

Posted on April 14, 2008
Someone recently asked me what I thought when politicians misspeak?  I said “not much.”   It happens all the time.  Whether it’s Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama or John McCain.  I expect them to make misstatements.   It happens when you talk a lot and live in the age of YouTube and camera phones...

PANHANDLE PLAINS

Posted on April 13, 2008
Well, I went and did it. I panhandled in downtown Indianapolis on Friday for a couple hours. It was an interesting experiment to say the least. Let me share my story. I didn’t go the the total “bum” look. I just wore clothes, that for me were very dressed down...

HOWDY HILLARY

Posted on April 12, 2008
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton swung through Indianapolis this morning taking swipes at China and Barack Obama.   Hillary visited the Allison Transmission plant on the city’s west side touting it as a good example of the American economy being tied to American defense...

PRESIDENTIAL PONTIFICATION

Posted on April 11, 2008
Here are couple interesting notes from the campaign trail. Hillary Clinton will be in Indianapolis tomorrow with Evan Bayh at the Allison Transmission plant on the west side of town.  By the way, her campaign headquarters in Terre Haute went up in flames...

DON?T MESS WITH BIL

Posted on April 11, 2008
Bil Browning of The Bilerico Project is now my hero.  Here’s why.

100 DAYS AND COUNTING?

Posted on April 10, 2008
Now that we’ve marked the first 100 days of the Ballard administration it’s time to give the Mayor a grade.  He gets high marks for taking back IMPD and putting it back under the Mayor’s office.  He also gets credit for getting the state to pick up the pre-1977 police pensions as well as some of [...

STATE OF THE CITY

Posted on April 09, 2008
Tackling crime, improving education, getting city finances in order and focusing on the future were all themes laid out tonight in Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s first State of the City address. Ballard delivered his speech at Union Station in downtown Indianapolis...

BEAT THE PRESS

Posted on April 09, 2008
I’m getting to head off to the Mayor’s State of the City address in a couple minutes, but here’s a story from The Star Press about a Republican voter registration staffer who attacked a reporter and a candidate today in Muncie.  I knew politics was tough but I didn’t think it was a contact sport.

ATTACK EARLY AND OFTEN

Posted on April 09, 2008
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has yet to give his State of the City speech tonight and Marion County Democrats are already going on the attack. In a news release they say the Mayor’s speech is 100 days of broken promises.  They say the Mayor broke his promise to not put any lobbyists on city boards, going [...

REVIEW NOW, REPEAL LATER

Posted on April 09, 2008
If you’re looking for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to call for a repeal of last year’s 65-percent in the County Option Income Tax, it’s not going to happen. Sources tell me in tonight’s State of the City address, the Mayor is going to call for the tax to be reviewed by the city’s [...

WILL PREDJUDICE PLAY IN THE 7TH?

Posted on April 09, 2008
As we get closer to the May primary for the 7th Congressional District, I wonder how much will prejudice play a role in the decisions of voters?   It’s unfortunate that race, religion and gender still play a role in the 21st Century, but we have to acknowledge that reality...

WILL NEW VOTERS GET A WOODY?

Posted on April 08, 2008
I’ve been spending the past few days trying to see how the Presidential primary will impact the 7th District race.  With so many new voters coming to the table, no true “incumbent” in the race and no candidate having hitched their wagon to either Hillary or Barack the political class is wondering where the new voters will go [...

I NEVER SAW THIS COMING (INSERT SARCASM HERE!)

Posted on April 08, 2008
A complaint has been filed against the Barack Obama campaign by Harrison County GOP Chairman and blogger Scott Fluhr. Fluhr alleges that when the Obama campaign gave out free tickets to this past weekend’s Dave Matthew’s concert that it was violating Indiana law by “giving something of value” in exchange for someone voting or [...

AND THE NOMINEES ARE

Posted on April 07, 2008
Democratic precinct committeemen will choose a candidate tomorrow night to take the place of Andre Carson who is now serving in Congress.  The nominees to fill the District  15 seat are Doris Minton McNeill, a member of the Wayne Township Board, Eddie Littlejohn who ran last year for the seat in a special caucus and [...

CLOTHE THE POOR, DON?T STYLE THEM

Posted on April 07, 2008
I took that line from the book “Parliament of Whores”.  It’s about 17 years old, but it’s still relevant today.  It was written by political satirist P.J. O’rourke.  In his book he argues (tongue and cheek) that there is no poverty in America...

SUNDAY MORNING MUSINGS

Posted on April 06, 2008
There’s no one major story to write about this morning, but there are a few smaller items of interest. FIRE, FIRE BURNING BRIGHT  Expect an announcement tomorrow that IFD Chief James Greeson is leaving his post to take over as State Fire Marshall...

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