You know by now that Marion County Coroner Ken Ackles has withdrawn his name from the race for coroner. For those of you think Ackles is falling on his sword for the good of the party, you need to think again. If anything, he got pushed on his sword about five or six times just […]
Acknowledging that Republicans have their work cut out for them this November, GOP Presidential candidate John McCain says he’s confident he can win in November. McCain spoke at Emmis communications to a couple hundred Hoosiers. He told the crowd the surge in Iraq is working as well as the need for young people to get […]
From what my sources tell me, Democratic State Representative Bill Crawford and Republican State Senator Mike Young don’t think very highly of each other. Crawford thinks Young is a closet racist and what Young thinks of Crawford could not be printed on this blog. However the two have found common ground, their opposition to government […]
You won’t believe this, but the House Ways and Means Committee voted to amend the Governor’s tax proposal so that your residential property tax bill would be capped at 1-percent of your income. That’s right, income. I am not making this up. One percent. Not one percent of your assessed value. You figure it out. […]
There are some rumblings amongst the rank and file of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department over who will be Chief once IMPD is turned over to Mayor Greg Ballard at the end of the month. I’m told many of the officers hope current Chief Mike Spears and many of the top brass will be replaced […]
The friendly rivals over at Blue Indiana have some interesting posts today on the race for the 7th Congressional District. After being on a conference call with the DCCC, B.I. reports the party says it will back Andre Carson through the May primary against all other challengers. “When asked if the DCCC would be supporting […]
One of my favorite films is Monty Python’s The Holy Grail; the “bring out your dead” scene in particular. I bring that up because SB 280 (Marion County Fire Consolidation) is back from the grave. The bill was added Tuesday on to HB 1105, a public employees pension bill. The vote was 22-18 much to […]
Although the city is moving forward with it’s Super Bowl bid, I think the more interesting quest will be to line up public support. At today’s news conference Bowl Committee Chairman Mark Miles made it a point to say that this is the “community’s bid” and the community should be a part of the quest […]
The Indiana State Senate Tax Policy Committee unanimously approved property tax reform legislation this morning. However, there was one measure in the bill that caught my attention. Both Republicans and Democrats unanimously approved picking pre-1977 police and fire pensions. These pensions are the bane of the existence of local governments. In Indianapolis alone the pensions […]
As you’ve probably guessed, despite all the public posturing over property tax reform at the Statehouse, the real work is going on behind the scenes with all four caucuses at the table, but the main negotiations are between House Democrats, Senate Republicans and the shadow of the Governor looms over all. From what I’ve been […]
