Anyone hoping to walk after being arrested by a member of the Indianapolis Police Department because the officers were not officially sworn in can forget about it. The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously upheld the drunk driving arrest of Chery Oddi-Smith, who challenged the arrest saying the officer had not been sworn in as a new […]
I have a date with the dentist today, so I only have a couple items to post quickly about. The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Indiana Voter ID case at this hour. Proponents says it’s necessary to prevent voter fraud. Opponents say it disenfranchises the poor, elderly and minorities. I frankly don’t see what the […]
I’ve been doing some homework on the race for the 7th Congressional District, mainly the mechanics of how all this is going to work. The race on the Democratic side is obviously more interesting than the Republicans because there are more characters involved. But here is how it is going to work. There are 590 […]
There have been rumors circulating for months about the mental health capacity of Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson. I personally don’t believe them, but I do wonder what is going through his head these days. An ordinance was officially introduced last night to put control of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department under the control of […]
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has set March 11 as the date for the special election to fill the vacancy left by the late Congresswoman Julia Carson. I told you back in December that this was one of the dates to pay attention to. When it comes to Indiana politics, why read any other blog in […]
Now I’m offended. During a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Hilary Clinton held back tears saying it’s not easy to run for President. She just came off a major loss in Iowa and now falling behind in New Hampshire at every tick of the clock. I was always skeptical of Hilary’s candidacy to begin with […]
It was a busy day for a Monday. Two candidates for the 7th Congressional District stopped by, local attorney Randle Pollard and County Treasurer Mike Rodman. Both had similar positions on Iraq and health care. They want to bring the troops home, but do it in an orderly fashion that doesn’t jeopardize democracy in Iraq […]
This week is going to be insanely busy in the world of Indiana government and politics. Here’s a summary… Monday – The first meeting of the new City-County Council. Measures have been introduced to put IMPD back under the control of the Mayor and to ban Council attorneys from representing Councilmembers in their private matters. […]
I originally wrote this piece for this past Friday’s TV editorial for RTV 6. With the New Hampshire Primary just a couple days away, I thought it was worth repeating here. Before anyone gets too excited or too depressed about the Iowa caucus victories for Barack Obama or Mike Huckabee and losses for Hillary Clinton […]
For those of you interested in the race to fill the vacancy in the 7th Congressional District, I’ll be speaking to two of the candidates on my radio show (1430 AM, WXNT) Monday morning. I’ll be interviewing Marion County Treasurer Mike Rodman at 7:10 a.m. and Ice Miller Attorney Randle Pollard at 7:35 a.m. Democrats […]
