Sources close to the City of Indianapolis are telling Indy Politics to not be shocked if Mayor Greg Ballard announces another Super Bowl bid for 2018. The Mayor, Governor Mitch Daniels and a number of other officials are expected to announce tomorrow the economic impact of Super Bowl 46 on the city. Those numbers, compiled […]
Indiana GOP Statewide candidates not only grossly out-raised their Democratic opponents but had a lot more cash on hand. In the Governor’s race, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence out-raised his opponent John Gregg by nearly 2-1 in the second quarter of 2012, taking in more than $3 million to Gregg’s $1.7 million. Pence also has […]
If it appears that the Indianapolis City-County Council hasn’t done much in 2012 it might be because its committees are hardly ever meeting. A check of committee meetings from January through June showed the following… January – 11 meetings were scheduled; 5 meetings were cancelled; (45.46%) February – 13 meetings scheduled; 2 meetings were cancelled; […]
For a union that is supposed to represent teachers and stand up for public education ISTA has done a lousy job of doing its homework. Of course, this really shouldn’t surprise anyone looking at their track record of late. They perpetually whined about cuts to education and how it was hurting schools and student performance, […]
It’s been an interesting week in Indiana politics and it’s only Wednesday. Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg came out and offered a plan to “reform” the Department of Child Services and ISTEP test scores came out. Why are these two related? Grab a seat and just follow me on this one. Gregg, a very good […]
I recently had a conversation with my 75-year-old father. I jokingly call him a former Black, but now very gray, Panther. During that conversation he said something that struck me as odd coming from a former revolutionary: “Who needs white folks to do us in when we have each other?” Click Here to Read More […]
Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that the wheels are in motion that could return your favorite publisher/pundit/muckraker/agitator to the airwaves. As many of you know, I was the morning show host at Newstalk 1430, WXNT for nearly eight years before being let go last August. After giving it some thought, we […]
Under current city of Indianapolis curfew laws, it is perfectly fine for a 15-year old to be running the streets at midnight on a Friday or Saturday. Somehow, that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. As the summer gets into full swing and we see and read more reports of juveniles getting in […]
The state of Indiana has lost a federal administrative appeal regarding its efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and stop the agency from receiving Medicaid funds. Lawmakers voted in 2011 to deny Medicaid funding to health providers that also provided abortions, except for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. However, that law was turned down by Medicaid […]
As some of you know, I write a weekly column for NUVO Newsweekly. This week, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Health Care Act, I penned a column arguing that it was time for a single-payer health care system in this country. Feel free to give it a read, however, […]
