From this past Friday’s Indiana Democrat Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Feel free to caption as you see fit. *Photo courtesy Darvel Communications.

Have you ever heard of Morgan Johnson?  Probably not.  He’s 27-years old and has been missing since May 18th.  He was last seen at the Value Place Hotel on Gateway Drive in Plainfield.  He has a history of seizures and his family doesn’t think he has his medication with him.  And by the way, he’s […]

As I follow the public testimony regarding the possible state takeover/turnaround of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools, I am shaking my head at the people who are expressing anger and outrage and directing it toward the State.  For some reason people the State is the bad guy in all this for following the law and […]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard says he will ask the State to transfer control of any failing Indianapolis Public Schools it takes over this year and he will convert them into a modified version of charter schools. In his address this morning to the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee the Mayor said his plan would be a […]

Originally I planned to blog about Monday’s Planned Parenthood hearing, however, somethings are just too much fun to ignore. By now you’ve heard that NY Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted to sending lewd photos of himself via Twitter, of course he denied it at first. So with that said, I figured it was time for another […]

Today a federal judge will hear arguments regarding an injunction against the state law that defunds Planned Parenthood.  I plan to be in court today observing, so here’s the latest political gossip, rumor and innuendo for your reading pleasure… Now that Mitch Daniels is out of the race for President, the word is he is […]

Someone should have done this five years ago.

This is the fifth and final installment in a series of blog posts this week regarding the possible takeover of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools by the State of Indiana. There is a debate beginning about whether the Mayor of Indianapolis, regardless of who he or she should have control of the schools.  Let’s all […]

This is the fourth installment in a series of blog posts this week regarding the possible takeover of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools by the State of Indiana. This week concluded the first two of seven hearings regarding the possible takeover/turnaround of Indianapolis Public Schools that have been on academic probation for the past five […]

I got an e-mail from Dr. Eugene White today replying to the one I sent him at Tuesday night’s Department of Education hearing on the possible takeover of Broad Ripple Magnet School.  As I said in the previous post, Dr. White came across as disinterested in what was going on at the hearing because he […]