Although I don’t turn another year older until Saturday,  I got a really cool present early.  It wasn’t cigars, really good scotch or even a ridiculous amount of iTunes cards.   I got a healthy Dad. A few days ago my father was at his bank in Chicago and felt dizzy and blacked out.  The […]

The AP is reporting what I heard earlier this week might happen, the National Education Association is taking over the Indiana State Teachers Association.  This has serious political consequences as ISTA is one of the largest contributors to Indiana Democrats. This is also a big victory for choice  and charter schools.  Stay tuned. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) […]

In their quest for a solution to solve the Capital Improvement Board funding shortfall, my friends in the Mayor’s office are floating the idea of a regional alcohol tax.   The tax would be raised one-percent in Marion and the surrounding counties. Everyone would be able to keep the revenue they raise and Indianapolis’ would go […]

Could the answer to Indianapolis’ infrastructure problems lie in a two-piece value meal from KFC?   Maybe. The Chicago Tribune  this Spring reported that KFC has offered the city mayors across the country the chance to fill their potholes for free.  In exchange for filling the potholes, the company leaves behind stenciled brand on the patch […]

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett called it “disappointing” that the FBI and the Indiana Secretary of State are investigating the Indiana State Teachers Association Health Insurance Trust Fund. State and federal authorities are investigating ISTA’s trust fund for making bad investments which have helped put the fund into the hole by more than […]

Marion County Assessor Greg Bowes says more than 60 percent of  county property tax payers could see either a decrease or no change in the assessments this year.  Bowes says the County is completing its latest assessments and taxpayers should get their bills by the first week in June. Bowes says 63 percent of the […]

The President’s visit to Notre Dame today to  be the commencement speaker has sparked a new debate over abortion.  And anti-abortion advocates are touting a new Gallup poll that says more Americans identify themselves as “pro-life” than “pro-choice” by a margin of  51-42.   However the anti-abortion people might want to read the poll a little […]

With a couple weeks of no session, there was still quite a bit of good gossip, rumor and plain old fashion political innuendo running around town this past week.  So without further adieu… House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Crawford and Speaker Pat Bauer apparently aren’t on the best of speaking terms these days.  Crawford […]

The chief lobbyist for the Indiana State Teachers Association says it will go public in the next few days and disclose all the facts regarding investments which led to a $67 million debt in its medical and long term disability insurance fund and an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Indiana Secretary […]

I got a call this afternoon from the Indiana State Teachers Association’s lobbyist telling me there’s no investigation by the FBI into the Union’s finances and any claim of such is coming from a disgruntled former employee. I still haven’t heard from ISTA’s spokesperson.  I’m working on some other things right now and will try […]