I spent the weekend in Las Vegas attending a political blogger’s conference.  It was pretty basic stuff,  having been doing this for a few years, so I had an opportunity to actually get out and visit  “Sin City”.  I had never been there before.  In the past, when I tried to go, something always came […]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard Friday issued  veto of the  Democrat-controlled City-County Council’s proposal that would have spent $180,000 on new Council maps.  The Democrats have cried foul since the Republicans, as one of their last acts on the Council approved new maps. However the Mayor’s Office says the maps are perfectly legal and there’s no […]

It’s a little late in the day, but Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads who read Indiana Barrister.  I’ve always maintained that if you don’t think fathers matter, try imagining the world without them.  

A look at the voting record for the Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction shows that up until 2008 she had only voted in Republican primaries dating back to 1990. Democrats are expected to nominate 57-year old Glenda Ritz of Carmel.  She is an educator in Washington Township.  However a check of the voter […]

The head of the Indy Parks foundation says she doesn’t believe there’s a conflict of interest between one of the Foundation’s grant recipients and an agency that help develops metrics to give out grant dollars, even though the head of that agency sits on the board of this year’s largest award winner. The Dove Recovery […]

Recently someone asked me what I thought about last week’s arrest of District 9 City-County Councilor Joe Simpson’s arrest for allegedly interfering with a police investigation of a burglary on his block.  My response was that it was no big shocker.  In fact, knowing Joe, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. According to the police […]

Ron Paul supporters get a “victory” at the Indiana State GOP convention. They got an amendment offered to the party platform that would call for more openness, transparency and an audit of the Federal Reserve. There were no objections and the amendment was adopted.  There was some drama in some of the caucuses, but nothing […]

The Indiana Department of Education on Monday will hold a hearing at John Marshall school that will signal the start of the possible takeover process. Under state law, any school that has been considered failing for the past six years is eligible for takeover.  The only school on the list this year was John Marshall.  […]

I’ve been waiting all day to use that headline from the really bad Arnold Schwarzenegger film.  As you know by now the voters of Wisconsin exercised some common sense and chose NOT to recall Governor Scott Walker. I thought it was interesting that Walker won the recall vote by a slightly higher margin than when […]

In less than three months I will mark my third anniversary with the Lovely Mrs. Shabazz and while the modern anniversary gift is crystal I think the traditional gift of leather sounds more interesting. I bring this up because the  Indianapolis City-County Council is looking at   offering up domestic partner benefits for same-sex and unmarried […]