I’ll have some thoughts about this over the weekend, but more than 100 employees of the Indianapolis Star protested Wednesday over pay and work conditions. I interviewed Newspaper Guild spokesman Robert King. I asked if a strike was possible. I found his response interesting. You can hear it below. It runs about 7 minutes total. […]
Hamilton Southeastern Schools just sent out the following e-mail regarding a lawsuit that they failed to prevent bullying against a student which resulted in suicide. ******* We wanted to share a message with you first that we will also be sending to our parents via a Skylert email as well as our media contacts: You […]
I was e-mailed this the other day. It started airing Sunday in Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne on the morning public affairs shows. It will also be running on cable TV in the Indy-metro area. This tells me the GOP is serious bout passing right to work legislation.
The following is reprinted from a news release from the Indiana Supreme Court. The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has issued a Public Admonition to Marion Superior Court Judge Rebekah F. Pierson-Treacy. The admonition is the result of language in an August 2011 invitation to an election fundraiser that gave the appearance that monetary campaign […]
Some of my Democratic friends on the Indianapolis City-County Council are not happy campers right now. They are upset that outgoing Council President Ryan Vaughn is moving forward with a plan to draw new council maps. The first public hearing was held Monday. In-coming Council Vice President Brian Mahern called the move an act of […]
I just spoke to Indianapolis Attorney David Brooks regarding the new proposed district maps. It’s in two parts. In part one, Brooks explains the process of drawing the new maps. In part two, he says the new maps increase minority participation on the Council and don’t give Republicans an advantage. the run time is about […]
While at the Statehouse on Organization Day, I took some time to speak to some of the protesters in the hallways about potential ‘Right to Work” (RTW) legislation. I made it a point to keep an open mind and listen to their arguments against RTW. After speaking to about half a dozen or so, I […]
Watching the news this weekend about the silliness associated with Holiday shopping, this song immediately came to mind. The sad part is that it is more than 50 years old and still applies like it was yesterday. It also makes me glad I don’t celebrate Christmas.
I just wanted to take a quick moment and wish all of you Happy Thanksgiving! As heated as some of the debates get on this website we should all be thankful that we live in a country, despite it’s current problems, that allows us to freely debate these issues without political repercussion. Enjoy your day. […]
Outgoing City-County Council President Ryan Vaughn has unveiled his new proposed council district maps. By law new maps must be redrawn every ten years in accordance with the census. The move has been controversial as Democrats have complained Vaughn exceeded his authority in drawing the new maps and he should not have contracted with Election […]
