Whenever someone asks me to describe my attitude towards religion I always say it’s like cable TV. I tell them God is like cable and religion is the cable company.   I really do like cable, it gives me lots of choices, stimulates me to occasionally think outside the box, makes me laugh, cry and I’m […]

You might not be aware of this, but the folks who call themselves the “Tea Party” took it on the chin in last Tuesday’s primary. There was a major fight taking place at the ground zero of Indiana Republican politics; Hamilton County.   It was a fight between the Hamilton County GOP and the “Constitutional Patriots” […]

Whenever I get into discussions about low voter turnout and the solutions to the “problem”, I always fall back on the title of this blog post. I recently sat on a panel with former Marion County Clerk Beth White and IUPUI Professor Sheila Kennedy for the Indy Chamber about voter participation and why it was […]

I’ve been preoccupied this week with Statehouse matters so I haven’t had the chance to really chime on the situation in Baltimore.  Allow me to correct that now with a shout out and “you go girl” to Toya Graham, the Baltimore mother who has been seen around the world smacking her idiot son upside the […]

Just when Indiana lawmakers thought they were past the controversy regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) a religious group plans to call on them to revisit the issue. The Indiana Pastors Association says it will deliver a letter to the Governor and lawmakers on Monday telling them the RFRA “fix” is an “attack on the […]

Earlier this week, I got to play judge at an event called “Hoosier Idol”.  It’s an annual event at the Indiana Roof Ballroom hosted by the Mental Health Association of Indiana. Along with WISH-TV’s Jim Shella and WTHR-TV’s Angela Buchman, we got to judge a number of “legislative acts” just like the judges on American […]

As Indiana lawmakers begin their budget negotiations in earnest, I figured now would be a good time to do a public service and let you know where the House, Senate and Governor’s Office stand. Here is the bird’s eye view of the budget plans.  I have links at the bottom for more specific details.    […]

We spend a lot of time talking about stagnant wages here in Indiana.   And while this may sound cruel, the individuals most responsible for this are the ones with either no skill set or they let they let skill set fall by the wayside. Allow me to explain.  According to the most recent state revenue […]

by Greg Ballard It is often said that justice delayed is justice denied. The same could prove true about the Marion County Justice Complex project, which is now in the hands of the City-County Council. During my administration, we have established a tremendous track record of working with the Council to tackle big projects that […]

For the most part this legislative session, I’ve been pretty agnostic on the issue of repealing Indiana’s Common Construction Wage (CCW) law. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s a law that allows local governments to set prevailing wages on public construction projects.  It’s been around since the early part of […]