Although a lot of the focus in Senate Bill 621, the Marion County Government/Power Grab reform bill, has been on whether to eliminate the at-large City-County Council seats, the legislation includes much more substantive, far-reaching provisions that are, in my opinion, far more important than whether four politicians keep their part-time jobs. Part of SB […]
Be sure to tune in on-line Monday, April 22 at 9 p.m. (EDT) on the Indiana Talks Radio Network as Indy Democrat blogger Jon Easter and I debate the merits of SB 621. the Marion County Government reorganization bill. Easter calls it a power grab by Mayor Greg Ballard. I call it common sense. Who’s […]
The Public Safety Director for the city of Indianapolis says that it does make a difference whether Monday’s explosions at the Boston Marathon were the results of domestic or foreign terrorism. So far, three people were killed and nearly 200 injured in two explosions at the Boston Marathon. Federal authorities are investigating. Troy Riggs explains […]
Last week, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly demonstrated a concept I have come to label as “enlightened self-interest.” That means you do the right thing not only because it is the right thing to do, but you also get a benefit out of it. In Donnelly’s case it was coming out (pardon the pun) in favor […]
As someone who writes frequently about events over at the Indiana General Assembly, it is not uncommon to be in a situation where you have multiple events taking place at the same time and you are running back and forth between the two. I found myself in that situation recently while trying to keep tabs […]
Although his office has overspent his budget by more than $20 million over the past three years, Sheriff John Layton is doing his best to save his skin and avoid any fiscal oversight as called for in SB 621. The embedded file below is a list of e-mails he has been sending out to department […]
If Marion County Democrats are hoping to change minds and influence the Legislature with this video regarding SB 621, then Indiana really should look at decriminalizing marijuana because apparently somebody was using a lot of it when they put this together.
We recently received data on Indiana’s unemployment rate. And, from what I can tell, the last person you want to be in the Hoosier state is a high school dropout who lives in Vermillion County. Here’s why. The overall data shows that the state’s unemployment rate inched up a bit from 8.6 percent in January […]
Indiana Senate Republicans this morning unveiled a budget plan that gives Governor Mike Pence a 3% tax cut, instead of the 10% cut he wanted. Republican State Senator Luke Kenley says the proposal gives Hoosiers the tax relief the Governor wanted but also provides dollars for schools, infrastructure and keeps money in the bank in […]
