You have to read it to believe it. Sovereign citizen complaint from Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and City-County Council President Maggie Lewis this afternoon are announcing the framework for a long-term budget deal that if approved by the full City-County Council would restore nearly $32 million to county offices and reduce the city’s projected budget deficit in 2014 to $6 million. The following are the terms of […]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard today struck  $32 million of the budget passed by the City-County Council, impacting every Marion County office. Ballard’s Chief of Staff Ryan Vaughn says the cuts will come from the county option income taxes that are dedicated to the County Office such as Sheriff, Clerk, Auditor and Surveyor.  The cuts won’t […]

When Center Township Constable Tony Duncan called City-County Councilor VopOsili the “n-word” last week at a Center Township Democrat Club meeting, you knew trouble was in paradise. Duncan’s comment — “That nigga doesn’t know what he’s doing down there” —referenced Osili’s support of expanding the downtown Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District to include Mass Ave […]

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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]