Now that we’ve cleared the Indiana Black Expo hurdle, I can post about some other things that have been going on. So here is all the gossip, rumor and political innuendo fit to print.  Take it for what it’s worth. The Decatur Township Small Claims Court has made the Wall Street Journal, and not for […]

Here’s most recent list of the slate of candidates for Mayor and City-County Council as of Thursday.  An asterisk indicates which candidate is the incumbent.   As you can see both the Democrats and Republicans have someone running in virtually every seat and the Libertarians are running more candidates than usual as well.  Regardless of which […]

Wednesday I attended a news conference held by the Baptist Ministers Alliance of Indianapolis.  (Yes, I know where this is going too.)  Reverend Stephen Clay and his minions were doing what they do best, accusing Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard of being a racist.   They accused him of “dividing the city” as opposed to uniting it, […]

I’ve always said that if you stick around politics long enough you will eventually see everything.  That is definitely true in the race for Mayor of Indianapolis  The new topic du jour  is crime and the number of police officers on the street. Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy says the incumbent Greg Ballard is drooping the […]

The nice thing about being back from a tough road trip is the political gossip, rumor, innuendo and other political tidbits that are either waiting for you when you get back or you picked up over the last few days at political events and just didn’t get a chance to blog about.  So with all […]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard says he will ask the State to transfer control of any failing Indianapolis Public Schools it takes over this year and he will convert them into a modified version of charter schools. In his address this morning to the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee the Mayor said his plan would be a […]

This is the fifth and final installment in a series of blog posts this week regarding the possible takeover of several failing Indianapolis Public Schools by the State of Indiana. There is a debate beginning about whether the Mayor of Indianapolis, regardless of who he or she should have control of the schools.  Let’s all […]

The only thing better than getting more than 900 birthday wishes (Facebook, Twitter, e-mails, text messages, phones calls) is the political gossip, rumor and innuendo that comes along with it.   So without further delay, here we go… Governor Mitch Daniels’ mood was described to me Monday as “majorly bummed” because he is not running […]

There’s nothing like taking a few days off to rest and recharge. Of course, I did none of that, I spent most of the time getting caught up on all my other jobs.  But apparently quite a few news event occurred while I was out. We all know what happened, so here’s my take on […]

If there are two things to take away from Tuesday’s primary here they are. First, there is something to be said about county organizations being able to deliver their candidates. Second, despite a 10-point Democratic lead, this November’s elections have the potential to be very competitive. Look at the numbers. With 98 percent of the […]