Although Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and House Speaker Pat Bauer aren’t married, you would think the upcoming debate in the General Assembly over what to do with the state’s budget surplus sounded like a dispute married couples have during hard times. Do we dip into the savings account now or later to make ends meet, […]

A new poll by Ball State University shows Hoosiers don’t have much faith in local government.   The poll by the Bowen Center for Public Affairs shows 67 percent of Hoosiers want government to run more efficiently.  In addition the poll showed Hoosiers were willing to pay more for services, but only if the money […]

In addition to the budget and government consolidation, there are a lot of other pieces of legislation that will try to work it’s way through the Indiana General Assembly.  Here are a few that I’ll be paying attention to. Hat tip to Doug Masson, his web blog gives a pretty good summary of a lot […]

As I get ready to focus on substantive legislative issues, I figured I’d have some fun with some recent hate e-mail that was sent to me.  This was posted on another blog and the person who wrote it did not sign their name, and frankly I don’t blame them after reading this.  Instead of posting […]

I’ll be spending my week focusing on the Indiana General Assembly as lawmakers are back Wednesday.  In the interim though, here are a couple interesting tidbits of gossip and rumor that always make life more enjoyable. Sometimes a Cigar Really Is a Cigar The conspiracy theorists are having a field day over the recent City-County […]

“Where there is no vision, the people perish” – Proverbs 29:18. “Pay attention to what you’re  doing dumb a**!” – My Grandfather. I cite those two quotes, one obviously more famous than the other, to address the criticism about Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and his “vision” or lack thereof, his critics say, for the city. […]

I try not to do New Year’s resolutions, but instead set goals for the year ahead.  That usually gives me plenty of time to meet them, drop the ball, and meet them again by the end of the year.  So with that in mind, here’s my advice for some your favorite elected officials. Barack Obama […]

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