I didn’t get much sleep last night.  I was at City Hall until midnight covering the last meeting of the City-County Council and didn’t get back until 1 a.m.  Part of the problem was trying to figure out who to blame for the soon-to-be out of work Marion County Township Assessors walking out the door […]

It’s 11:23 p.m. We’re in the final stretch. The CCC is debating the removal of several security cameras from across the city to the Monon Trail. A lot of CCC’s are furious that cameras are being moved from high-crime areas to the Monon. While I think there is some legitimacy to the argument, maybe if […]

It’s 90 minutes into tonight’s last CCC meeting of the year. This thing is really going to be a long one. Two Republicans are missing; Kent Smith and Barb Malone. Smith is fulfilling his military obligations while Malone is AWOL. That could be a problem for the GOP tonight because of two measures on the […]

I’m off to go cover tonight’s City-County Council Meeting.  Here’s what I’ll be paying attention to… Will more than one Democrat vote with Republicans to pass the Mayor’s proposed cut in the County Option Income Tax? What will the final pay of the township assessors be? Will some Democrats use tonight to grandstand on the […]

The head of General Motors is apologizing for “betraying” and “disappointing” consumers, Reuters is reporting this morning. In a full-page ad, GM CEO Rick Wagoner says “We violated your trust by letting our quality fall below industry standards and our designs became lackluster.” The ad ran in Automotive News, a trade journal of the auto […]

I am still scratching my head at my Democratic friends who are still upset over the city purchasing 85 Toyota Hybrids for its Department of Public Safety as opposed to the Chevy Malibu.  They complain about the city buying a “foreign” vehicle and the bidding process. They assume that because the Chevy Malibu is cheaper, […]

I knew this day would eventually come.  Barack Obama is President. O.J. Simpson is going to prison.  And Abdul is getting married. Yup, your favorite radio talk show host/tv commentator/attorney/pundit/comedian/college professor asked his lovely girlfriend to marry him and she, probably against her better judgment, said “yes.” We’ve been dating for a year, which is […]

City-County Council Democrats are calling for an investigation into the city’s purchase of 85 hybrid vehicles from Andy Mohr Toyota as opposed to Penske Chevrolet, which submitted a lower bid. In a news release this afternoon, Minority Leader Joanne Sanders said the city should have went with Penske’s Malibus and is spending $150,000 more than […]

As the big three automakers wait for their government bailout, one question being asked is whether they should merge or be broken into smaller pieces? Senator Robert Bennet of Utah asked the automakers in a hearing yesterday if they would consider a merger? The head of GM skirted around the question, the head of Chrysler, […]

Full Disclosure: If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am a cigar smoker and I do not apologize for it. The Smoke Free Indy people are back again and this time they calling for a ban on smoking in all Marion County workplaces including bars, private clubs and bowling alleys. Right now the […]