What Did I Miss?
I got back this afternoon from my annual tri-state trip to the land where all the radio and TV stations start with the letter K. I didn’t get many text messages or phone calls while I was away, so I can assume there were no earth shattering events. However, I did do a quick jaunt around the blogosphere and here’s what I found.
Democrat Brett Voorhies officially announced his run against Republican Phil Hinkle for State Rep in District 92 on Indianapolis’ west side. This should be an interesting race. Although Marion County is trending more Democratic, in 2008 Hinkle beat Stephanie Dekemper by 3,000 votes when the County went heavily for Barack Obama. Hinkle also won in 2006 by a similar margin.
Also former DNR Commissioner Kyle Hupfer has filed to run against Democrat Scott Reske in HD 37 in Pendleton.
There was an interesting exchange between local attorney Paul Ogden and Kevin Murray, the attorney for Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson at last week’s budget hearing. Check out the video. It starts about 12 minutes into part 2 of the Public Safety Committee hearing. What was most interesting is that Ogden, with no proof, accused Anderson of taking kickbacks from a contractor. He tried to take it back, but the cat was out of the bag. I’m not a big Frank Anderson fan, but you never publicly accuse an elected official of committing a crime with no evidence to back it up.
Speaking of budget hearings, I plan to get caught up watching them and give you some details over the course of the week.
And by the way, while in Illinois, one candidate for Governor, State Senator Kirk Dillard, told a radio interviewer that he wanted to model my home state after Indiana based on the job current Governor Mitch Daniels has done.
Nice to be back. Missed you guys, but I missed the future Mrs. Shabazz more.
