We al know what today is and what it means so I won’t spend a lot of time talking about it. What I will ask is what is your assessment of the war on terror?

I got an e-mail this morning from Indianapolis Deputy Mayor Steve Campbell about my critique of Mayor Bart Peterson’s new ad where he says he stood with taxpayers and forced the state to order a new assessment in Marion County. Steve told me in the e-mail my criticism was off because the Mayor was the […]

My counterpart, Matt Tully in the Indianapolis Star today, wrote about a new survey done by the City-County Council on public services. Matt raises some interesting questions about the survey, however my little investigation makes me wonder if the survey wasn’t fudged? According to internal e-mails involving City Attorney Aaron Haith, Council Financial Officer Bart […]

The truth is always the first casualty of war in any battle and political campaigns are no exception. I just looked at the latest campaign ad on Mayor Bart Peterson’s campaign website. The mayor is in a residential setting, very stolid, in a blue shirt with no tie. He talks about the property tax crisis. […]

This week marked my third year on the airwaves here in Indianapolis. I have to admit that it’s two years and 364 days longer than I had expected, but I’ve never been one to look a gift horse in the mouth. Many of you know that before coming here I was doing morning radio in […]

Attorney John Price is filing suit this morning challenging the way property taxes are done in Indiana. While a lot of it involves legal issues that would take too long to explain, there are three main issue Price says he wants a quick ruling on three main issues. First, he says he wants taxpayers who […]

My sources in city hall are abuzz this evening. Indianapolis Fire Deputy Fire Chief Doug Reno is said to get ready to turn in his resignation over recent actions by Deputy Chief and Council Democrat Vern Brown. Brown who is an assistant chief allegedly vetoed a list of candidates for promotion for director of training […]

I’m hearing some strange things are going on out in the townships these days. My sources tell me Wayne Township Trustee David Baird wants an $8,000 raise. I don’t what planet he’s on but apparently it’s not one where people pay taxes otherwise he wouldn’t try to pull a stunt like that. It’s bad enough […]

The Indianapolis City-County Council’s Finance Committee is meeting on the budget tonight to see how city departments are doing in heeding the Mayor’s call for cuts. I’ve been watching the budget hearings on Channel 16 and listening to all the different department heads, so if the Committee doesn’t mind I’d like to offer a little […]

“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war”, well maybe not something so dramatic but it is campaign season. I get excited over political campaigns the way Colts fans get excited over football. What makes this election so important is these are municipal elections and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Local government has more […]