After nearly 20 something years in the news/media related business there are rare occasions when my personal feelings about a matter really start to cloud my thinking and the way I approach a subject or story.   Usually I will have some reaction to whatever I’m covering, but then I go back and put relatively objective-analytical […]

The parents of a former Carmel High School freshman who was the victim of alleged hazing say their son told school officials and nothing was done.   They spoke with the media this afternoon. Although they did not say exactly when the attacks began, the parents of the victim in the Carmel High school hazing attack […]

Outgoing Indiana Congressman Mark Souder is now a You Tube hit. Below is him promoting abstinence only education with the part-time staffer he had the affair.  I can’t make this stuff up.

Indiana Congressman Mark Souder  is resigning after admitting an affair with a part-time staffer.   Souder came to office in 1994 after running on a family values platform.  Here is a copy of his statement… IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET I ANNOUNCE THAT I AM RESIGNING FROM THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS […]

After Monday night’s Council vote on the proposed transfer of the city’s water and waste water facilities to Citizens Gas I walked over to Nikki Blaine’s for a quick martini before calling it a day.  While I was there I met a guy named Ron.   He works as a server downtown.  I asked him what […]

By now you know the Hamilton and Hendricks County Prosecutors have decided not to press felony charges against four Carmel High School basketball players for attacking a fellow student on a bus and engaging in what Hamilton County Prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp called “something beyond hazing.” Instead John Lazkowski, Oscar Falodun, Brandon Hoge, and Robert Kitzinger […]

There were three big news items Monday, the indictments of four Carmel High School basketball players for their attack on a freshman player,  the City-County Council moving forward with the transfer of  the water and waste water facilities to Citizens Gas and more controversy surrounding Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.  Each of these is worth […]

The nice thing about a vacation, even if it’s a staycation, it gives you a chance to get out and clear your head.  While my wife and I were out on our weekend road trip I got the chance to pontificate about a lot of things.  Here are a few of them… Will Marion County […]

That’s the million, or more appropriately, $15 million question that I’m asking regarding the City of Indianapolis and the Indiana Pacers.  I blogged last week that there was a potential short-term deal on the table.  My sources weren’t 100% on the mark, but they were pretty darn close. Here’s what I know, the Capital Improvement […]

I’ve put down my martini, Cohiba and GQ magazine for a few minutes to comment on a few issues that have popped up this week Pacers Deal in the Works? My reliable sources are telling me the Indiana Pacers and the Capital Improvement Board could be close to reaching a short-term deal.   The way I […]