Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s office says they did not make an error when they say they more than funded Marion County Sheriff John Layton’s budget request, despite allegations by Council Democrats to the contrary. In their news conference responding to Mayor’s budget Democrats say the Mayor erred when he said the said the Sheriff’s budget […]
Okay, it’s time for an intervention. When I saw John Gregg’s first TV ad, I scratched my head trying to figure out what was going on. Now I definitely think we have a problem. I ran this ad by my wife, the most apolitical person in the universe. She has voted for Democrats, Republicans and […]
Indulge me for just a second. A long, long time ago in a school district far, far away, it was a period of civil war. Rebel school board members, striking from their base won a victory against an evil galactic school district. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s […]
Prop12 285 (city budget) from IndianaBarrister
In the immortal words of my late grandfather, Indianapolis City-County Council Vice-President Brian Mahern has lost his natural mind. I figured he was never the sharpest political tool in the shed, only the loudest and my belief was re-affirmed this afternoon. In another one of his publicity seeking news conferences, Mahern called for the city […]
Democrats seemed skeptical, Republicans somewhat supportive of Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s budget that closes a $65 million gap with cuts to public safety, dips into reserves and eliminates a local homestead tax credit for property tax payers. City Council President Maggie Lewis said she wanted more details but thought the Mayor should have been more […]
Here is the Mayor’s introduced budget for 2013. Below is the audio from today’s briefing as well. 2013 budget presentation 8 13 12 from IndianaBarrister Leon-Tailored Audio – City Budget – 1 Leon-Tailored Audio – City Budget – 2 Leon-Tailored Audio – City Budget – 3 A more detailed line by-line budget will be available […]
My colleague Jon Murray today in the Indianapolis Star spells out Mayor Greg Ballard’s first step toward closing the city’s estimated $30-$65 million budget shortfall. It includes budget cuts, revenue increases and spending freezes. According to Murray the Ballard’s highlights of the plan include the following… Postponing scheduled 3% raises for IMPD and IFD Elimination […]
I was doing a little reminiscing earlier this week as it marks one year since my departure from WXNT radio. As some of you know, I did the morning show there for nearly eight years when management decided that syndicated programming was preferable to local. It was what it was. I am capitalist so […]
Somehow I get the strange feeling that “Lugar Republicans” are in pretty high demand these days. Democrat Joe Donnelly mentioned how he worked with Richard Lugar to save Indiana’s automotive industry. Richard Mourdock does in a roundabout way when he talks about working with Governor Daniels to keep Indiana on track. And Democratic gubernatorial candidate […]
