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You guys may recall an earlier post concerning the latest gossip and tidbits I was hearing from around town. I promised more, so here it is. Anderson for Mayor? The names of Democrats who want to be Mayor in 2011 is growing.  I hear Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson is forming an exploratory committee to run […]

I was asked by the Indy Star to pen a guest column on Governor Rod Blagojevich to provide some perspective on his current troubles.  Here’s the link.  Hope you enjoy it.

My Democratic friends at Blue Indiana are taking the Governor to task over the latest state revenue forecast. Indiana will face a shortfall of more than $760 million.  They are basically saying that under the current economic climate Indiana is anything but an “island of growth.”  For the record, the Governor never said during the […]

Think about this.  Nearly a year ago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was vilified by the hard core right (especially the national talk radio crowd) for his prosecution of  Vice-Presidential Chief of Staff Scooter Libby on perjury charges.  Today he’s a hero for filing criminal charges against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.   My how times have […]

The nation’s economic slowdown is taking its toll on state coffers.  Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels today announced a $763 million shortfall. The state had projected to spend $13.3 billion but will only take in $12.5 billion. The Governor says he is looking at 3-percent cuts across the board in state agencies on top of 7-percent […]

Something weird is going on up in Lawrence Township Schools.  I got several calls this morning that the school district issued a memo right before Thanksgiving banning all religious displays in classrooms and school buses this holiday season.    That didn’t disturb me as much, but their defeinition of religious symbols, according to the callers, included […]

In case you were wondering, my recent euphoria over getting engaged and the subsequent indictment of Illinois Governor has not distracted me from my primary task of gathering information and intelligence that may be of use to you who read this blog.   Here it is… Not So Major Moves There are some changes taking […]

One of the first stories I ever wrote about soon-to-be former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was back in 2003 about the firings of dozens of state employees which were done in violation of the Illinois Administrative Code.  When I asked the Governor about it during an interview he said something to me to the […]

The Chicago Tribune is reporting this morning that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody this morning on alleged corruption charges and reportedly trying to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat to the highest bidder. If there is a God, this will be true.  My old boss, former Attorney General Jim Ryan, ran […]