It’s not everyday I attend anything held by the NAACP. I am not a fan of their politics and I personally think they have gotten away from empowering African-Americans and towards promoting policies and programs that make Blacks more dependent on government. With that said, I am not above accepting an invitation from a friend […]
The problem with quoting statistics during an election year is that they can change at the drop of a hat depending on a particular point in time. For example, did the city lose 35,000 jobs since January 2008 or has it gained 12,000 jobs since January 2011? Are aggravated assaults up 10% since 2007 or […]
If you missed Wednesday night’s debate between Republican incumbent Greg Ballard and Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy, that’s okay. I was there and recorded the whole thing. It’s embedded in our sister blog IndyPolitics.Org. The debate runs about an hour. It was organized by the Binford Redevelopment and Growth, Broad Ripple Village Association, Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association, […]
The Ballard campaign has got a new ad going. This one is more of a “man on the street” testimonial in support of Republican Greg Ballard. Melina Kennedy has been running two 15-second attack ads against Ballard but they are not up on her website with the rest of her ads. The two will face […]
I sat down and spoke Thursday with Pastor Ron Covington of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church on the Indianapolis Mayor’s race. Democrat Melina Kennedy had just met with Covington and about a dozen other ministers. He commented on her visit as well as the state of the Mayor’s race from the perspective of the Black Church. […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy went head to head Tuesday afternoon at the Downtown Rotary Club of Indianapolis. The full audio of the debate will be embedded over our sister blog IndyPolitics.Org. It runs about 50 minutes. Both candidates stuck to their scripts. Kennedy came across as relaxed, but short on […]
With about six weeks to go before the Mayoral election, I found something pretty interesting; the role that numbers have played in this race. When I say numbers, I mean statistics. Whether it is crime, jobs, polling, it seems that numbers have had a much more noticeable role this time around than in previous races. […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard this week released a new 30-second campaign commercial, entitled “Leadership at Work”. The ad focuses on taxes, infrastructure and the economy. You see the ad below. The ad is the Mayor’s fourth television commercial this campaign season. Democratic challenger Melina Kennedy has released three television commercials to date. She is also […]
In my perfect world, the government takes as little of your money as possible and the free market decides where it gets spent. Of course, the free market also does a good job of self-policing so the government doesn’t have to step in and get involved. Absent my perfect world, I generally believe tax cuts […]
