Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard this week released a new 30-second campaign commercial, entitled “Leadership at Work”.  The ad focuses on taxes, infrastructure and the economy.  You see the ad below. The ad is the Mayor’s fourth television commercial this campaign season. Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy has released three television commercials to date. She is also […]

If you follow Marion County politics and the Mayor’s race, you’ve heard by now that Marion County Democratic Chairman Ed Treacy “released” poll results to supporters tonight showing the Mayor’s race a practical tie.  Here is the e-mail that went out. S T R A T E G I C     M E M O R […]

There are days when I am reminded I am not from here.  The people who opposed daylight savings time, defended township government, etc.  Now it’s all about Georgia Street.  As you probably know the city is looking at changing the name of Georgia Street in time for the Super Bowl, more importantly it’s spending more […]

The Indiana Supreme Court Tuesday ruled there is no right to use force or violence to prevent police from coming into your home, even if that entry is unlawful. The holding is a clarification of an earlier ruling where the Court said there was no right to resist police entry. The opinion caused a lot […]

I originally posted this on our sister site, IndyPolitics.org. When it comes to the Indianapolis Colts I am fundamentally indifferent.  I grew up in Chicago, went to law school in St. Louis, and try to make it out to Seattle every other year for a few weeks. That means Bears, Sox, Blackhawks, Blues, Rams, Cardinals, […]

In my perfect world, the government takes as little of your money as possible and the free market decides where it gets spent.  Of course, the free market also does a good job of self-policing so the government doesn’t have to step in and get involved.  Absent my perfect world, I generally believe tax cuts […]

The latest edition of The Cheat Sheet is out.  It includes information on the following… The Latest polling in the Indianapolis Mayor’s race. Another potential political sex scandal here in Indianapolis. Richard Mourdock vs. Andre Carson. The latest from the races in the 5th & 6th Congressional Districts. The next Democratic nominee for Secretary of […]

I saw this blog post put up last week from Democratic businessman Jeb Banner.  It’s interesting because he is a Democrat who supports Melina Kennedy for Mayor, but seriously appears to be thinking about voting for Republican Greg Ballard. Since this is not something we see publicly very often, I thought it might be worth […]

I was having a discussion last night with some fellow political types about the conviction of former City-County Councilman Lincoln Plowman.  The consensus was that Plowman could have probably been found not guilty if he had not testified at his trial.  By testifying, he was basically trying to counter the prosecutor’s best witness, himself. The […]

Today could be the last day that Indianapolis Public Schools is the largest school district in the State.   Friday is the official enrollment count day for schools. And due to competition and years of declining enrollment, this school year could be the tipping point where IPS is replaced by Ft. Wayne schools as the largest […]