Now that we’ve marked the first 100 days of the Ballard administration it’s time to give the Mayor a grade.  He gets high marks for taking back IMPD and putting it back under the Mayor’s office.  He also gets credit for getting the state to pick up the pre-1977 police pensions as well as some […]

Tackling crime, improving education, getting city finances in order and focusing on the future were all themes laid out tonight in Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s first State of the City address. Ballard delivered his speech at Union Station in downtown Indianapolis. He said Indianapolis was a strong city, but citizens would to work together to […]

I’m getting to head off to the Mayor’s State of the City address in a couple minutes, but here’s a story from The Star Press about a Republican voter registration staffer who attacked a reporter and a candidate today in Muncie.  I knew politics was tough but I didn’t think it was a contact sport.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has yet to give his State of the City speech tonight and Marion County Democrats are already going on the attack. In a news release they say the Mayor’s speech is 100 days of broken promises.  They say the Mayor broke his promise to not put any lobbyists on city boards, […]

If you’re looking for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to call for a repeal of last year’s 65-percent in the County Option Income Tax, it’s not going to happen. Sources tell me in tonight’s State of the City address, the Mayor is going to call for the tax to be reviewed by the city’s High Performance […]

As we get closer to the May primary for the 7th Congressional District, I wonder how much will prejudice play a role in the decisions of voters?   It’s unfortunate that race, religion and gender still play a role in the 21st Century, but we have to acknowledge that reality. Some people may choose to vote […]

A complaint has been filed against the Barack Obama campaign by Harrison County GOP Chairman and blogger Scott Fluhr. Fluhr alleges that when the Obama campaign gave out free tickets to this past weekend’s Dave Matthew’s concert that it was violating Indiana law by “giving something of value” in exchange for someone voting or registering to […]

I’ve been spending the past few days trying to see how the Presidential primary will impact the 7th District race.  With so many new voters coming to the table, no true “incumbent” in the race and no candidate having hitched their wagon to either Hillary or Barack – the political class is wondering where the new voters will […]

Democratic precinct committeemen will choose a candidate tomorrow night to take the place of Andre Carson who is now serving in Congress.  The nominees to fill the District  15 seat are Doris Minton McNeill, a member of the Wayne Township Board, Eddie Littlejohn who ran last year for the seat in a special caucus and […]

I took that line from the book “Parliament of Whores”.  It’s about 17 years old, but it’s still relevant today.  It was written by political satirist P.J. O’Rourke.  In his book he argues (tongue and cheek) that there is no poverty in America.  I agree. I bring this up because Hillary Clinton has called for […]