I saw this blog post put up last week from Democratic businessman Jeb Banner.  It’s interesting because he is a Democrat who supports Melina Kennedy for Mayor, but seriously appears to be thinking about voting for Republican Greg Ballard. Since this is not something we see publicly very often, I thought it might be worth […]

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Interesting happenings Thursday evening, by a reported vote of 125-36, Melina Kennedy won the endorsement of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police.  There are at least 1600 members in the FOP. Greg Ballard won the endorsement of Spencer Moore, the father of David Moore who was killed in the line of duty.  The ad is […]

I’m trying a little experiment this weekend. Indulge me. The Cheat Sheet 8 27-2011 View more documents from IndianaBarrister

The Indianapolis Mayoral race is focusing on jobs with both Greg Ballard and Melina Kennedy staking out their positions.   Melina has tried to argue that Indianapolis has lost 35,000 since Ballard took office, although she told WIBC the number was 21,000 jobs.   The Mayor, who unveiled his job plan today, has argued the city has […]

Indianapolis Democratic Mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy sent out a second mailer this week.*  She continues to push education, although the Mayor has a limited role in education in the city. I did notice something in her mailer, when she talks about failing schools she is referring only to Indianapolis Public Schools, not the township, charters […]

I always joke that on any given day the four most hated people at the Marion County Democratic Party are Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels,  Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Indiana State Democratic Chairman Dan Parker, and everyone’s favorite political pundit Abdul-Hakim Shabazz. I also always say that whomever comes in first depends on the day.   I […]

When I came to Indy on Labor Day 2004, the first thing I did was look up Indy Star stories on the city’s budget.   One of things that struck me was then Democratic-controlled City-County Council’s decision to take $100 million borrowed to pay for police and fire pension funds and put it toward operating expenditures […]

I wasn’t planning to blog again until Monday, but never let it be said a little thing like an out-of-state trial would stand in the way of me picking up lots of gossip, rumor and blatant political innuendo.  You know you all have been waiting for it, so here we go… Last week’s debt ceiling […]

Friday at 10:30 a.m. the Indiana Department of Education will release the names of schools that made it off academic probation and will not be taken over by the State.   I’ll have a post up tomorrow. In the meanwhile I thought it would be interesting to post some excerpts on education by the two main […]