I don’t have much use for Gary Welsh, but sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut, or vice versa. Eli Lilly announced more than 5,000 layoffs Monday, many of which will impact the Indianapolis area.   If Lilly goes forward with the job reductions will it have to payback some of the money it received […]

If the Indiana Pacers wanted to break their contract with the Capital Improvement Board because of their failing financial health, they could do so. That’s according to CIB officials.  However the Pacers would have to pay a penalty which could be used to conceivably keep Conseco Fieldhouse open for years. CIB Vice-President Pat Early has […]

As I watched some of the coverage of the tea party rally in Washington D.C., one thing that crossed my mind was “where do these guys go from here?” I ask that question because attending a rally is a relatively simple thing to do, all you have to do is show up.  The hard part […]

Now that the wedding stuff is over and my new wife and I have started to settle into a routine, I can now get back to the business of paying closer attention to local government. I’ve found most of the budget hearings to be pretty mundane and nothing out of the ordinary, with the exception […]

Today marks the eighth anniversary of 9-11.  We can all remember what we were doing that day when the Twin Towers were struck.  I was driving on I-55 from Springfield to Bloomington, IL to buy a new car when I heard about the event on the radio.  It wasn’t until I got the dealership where […]

Okay, the President spoke last night about health care reform.   We all know what he said.   However, here’s my question. If you don’t like his plan, which is cool, what do you suggest we do to reform the health care system? For example, if you’re going to advocate tort reform, be specific.  Do […]

I’ve finally had some time to get caught up on the little news stories from in and around the area.  Here are my thoughts. CT Time A group of parents are advocating Indiana move to the Central Time Zone so kids don’t get hit by buses and cars in the morning when it is dark. […]

It’s amazing what happens when you spend a few days away getting married. I’m doing my regular Internet-news cruising when I come across this silliness that some parents are actually taking their kids out of school today because of President Barack Obama’s 18-minute address to the nation’s students. The speech, which is pretty innocuous from […]

The following is a guest blog by City-County Councilor Jose Evans. We know what the problem is: our children are not graduating from high school at acceptable levels. IPS has arguably one of the worst high school graduation rates in the country.  Students are not buying into the system – we are failing. People are […]

My brother captured this moment shortly after the wedding ceremony on Saturday.   We all thought it was priceless and said just about everything that needed to be said.