Today I Have a Headache
My head hurts today after looking at some of the things going on in the city. I was downtown and surrounded by homeless people who won’t stop begging, but when I sat down on the wall at Monument Circle a cop told me I couldn’t sit there and had to move.
The teacher who says he was the subject in the Teddy Bear massacre film at Knightstown Intermediate School in Knightstown is suing the students who made the film. He claims it was defamatory and placed him in a false light. He asks for punitive damages. He should also ask for a clue.
The Mayor wants to ban pit bulls now. We can’t stop murders, rapes and carjackings because we have no cops, but we can go after pit bulls. I don’t know how they’re going to do it, but looking at the success we’ve had in other areas, I’m sure we’ll have the same success rate.
And speaking of Mayor, I got a phone call a couple nights ago on my private land line at my apartment a couple days ago from a company I can only assume is polling for the Mayor’s re-election campaign. Since these things don’t happen to me very much, I decided to take full advantage of the situation. The pollster asked whether I thought favorable about Greg Ballard, Republican challenger, Sheriff Frank Anderson, Marion County Clerk Beth White (I said nothing because I couldn’t say anything nice), incumbent Mayor Bart Peterson and Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.
The poll also asked me if I would support a local income tax to “implement the Mayor’s anti-crime strategy.” It also asked whether I would support an income tax to pay for police and fire pension. It asked what I thought of the Mayor’s “Works” and whether the Mayor’s second term in office was better than his first. And was I favorable to his continuing in office. And there was also a charter school question.
I won’t give you my answers, but needless to say I think the questions are more important as they offer insight into what Mayor may be most concerned about, looking for cover to raise taxes.
A tax increase, a pit bull ban, a teacher with no sense of humor or clue and not being able to enjoy lunch on Monument Circle. I have to go find some aspirin.
