The Indianapolis City County Council is introducing a proposal that would give raises to numerous county and township offices. Proposal 612 would give three percent raises to the County assessor, auditor, clerk, coroner, recorder, surveyor and treasurer. All nine township assessors would also get raises. This is an exercise in really bad judgment for a […]

I was always a fan of “A Different World.” It was a spin off of the old Cosby Show on NBC. It was predominately African-American kids at a historically black college. I was in love with Jasmine Guy’s character, Whitney Gilbert. The point of the show was how kids from different backgrounds, but united by […]

Instead of writing some long, drawn out piece about the election and statistics and analysis on results and numbers on the Democratic sweep, I decided to give a little advice to the major players in town. Here it is. Indiana Democrats — Congrats! Emotional appeals always win over logic. It worked! Indiana Republicans — Just […]

Take an unpopular President, an unpopular war, a Congress out of touch with real people and what do you get you get? Congressmen-elect Donnelly, Hill and Ellsworth. On the local level, straight-ticket voting was the life saver for Marion County Democrats. It helped them that beat most of the Marion County Republican Get out the […]

It’s Election Day. Take your ID and go vote. There will be plenty of time for bickering later. Analysis tomorrow.

Someone forgot to tell the Melina Kennedy Camp I’m on their e-mail list because I got this in the mail this weekend. Give it a read and then read my comments at the end. Kennedy for Prosecutor Melina Kennedy November 1, 2006 The KENNEDY CAMPAIGN is calling you to action! The Problem: Issues about a […]

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Election is almost over. No more attack ads, no more positions being taken out of context, no more misrepresentations about elected officials’ voting records and no more “hey, can I come on your show and talk about…” Now while at the beginning of […]

Under the right set of circumstances, I don’t mind being manipulated. It usually involves two Brazilian strippers, good scotch whiskey and a box of cigars and chocolate. However, since none of those things have shown up on my door step lately, I really wish some people in this town would politely tone things down and […]