Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is waiting for a decision from the State Inspector General’s Office to see if as the President of Purdue whether he can lobby the state. This stems from the Governor’s own Executive Order that prohibits state government lobbying by members of the executive branch for one year after leaving their jobs. […]
A less than two weeks the city of Indianapolis will unveil its budget. I’ll be writing about this over the course of the next few weeks, but here is a cop of the adopted budget for 2012 so we all have a frame of reference to work from. Note: public safety (IMPD, IFD, MCSD, Courts) […]
As you probably noticed what used to be a pretty daily occurrence of posting here at Indiana Barrister has tapered off just a bit. Since leaving the radio station nearly a year ago, I started some other ventures that are actually working out quite well. My website Indy Politics is kicking butt, and more importantly, […]
This post originally appeared in my weekly on-line column in NUVO. It happened right before a federal judge ruled the Mayor’s Office was in its statutorily granted authority to shut down the Project School. ***** I am a big fan of charter schools. I like them because of the innovation they can bring to a […]
The best part about outrage is when it’s not real. The worst part of outrage is when it insults your intelligence. Allow me to explain. My political counterpart and occasional sparring partner Amos Brown has posted on his blog about raises being given in Mayor Greg Ballard’s Office at a time when the city […]
This may sound crazy, but I’ve been doing some analysis lately of the new 7th Congressional District maps, and Republican Carlos May actually has a pretty good shot at pulling an upset victory over Democratic incumbent Andre Carson. No, I have been overindulging in martinis. (I actually gave up alcohol for 30 days doing the […]
As of today, we are 100 days out until Election Day. So I figured what better time to sit down and do a little political pontification and handicap the big political races here in Indiana. Now granted, the caveat in all this is the old adage that a day in politics is a lifetime and […]
I am not a big sports person, but I can appreciate half-time reports because they give me a pretty good synopsis of what I’ve missed and they also let me know what to pay attention to for the rest of the game. So if you don’t mind me taking a page out of the NFL […]
Here’s my morning report on Indiana Black Expo’s second Saturday night. It was uneventful. A few minor incidents and to date, less than a dozen or so arrests. IMPD did a great job. Indiana Black Expo did a great job. The 10-point Coalition did an awesome job. There was strict curfew enforcement and the cops […]
It’s that time of year again. It’s the second Saturday night of Indiana Black Expo and I’m getting ready to head downtown in a bit to work the door at Nicky Blaine’s. I’m expecting it to be pretty violence free. IMPD has done a pretty good job of warning the trouble makers to stay away. […]
