Here’s some audio from last night’s council meeting following the 15-14 vote to approve the parking deal. I’d have written more but it was late and I needed to get to bed. Mike Huber (City) Paul Bateman (Yes Vote) Ed Coleman (No Vote) Ryan Vaughn (Yes Vote) I’ll have some analysis a little later in […]
With recent problems plaguing the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the City-County is stepping into fray. Council President Ryan Vaughn and Public Safety Committee Chairman Ben Hunter are offering up a proposal they say will bring changes to the department that are 20 years in the making. The Councilors say their law enforcement integrity professional proposal […]
Editor’s Note: City-Council President Ryan Vaughn read Think Again’s post regarding the water company and asked me if he could post a response. I said sure. ********** Six hundred words. Hmmmm. Abdul limits me to 600 words to refute his ridiculous position, that the pending IWC sale to Citizens Energy is a smart deal. It […]
As expected, Indianapolis City-County Councilor and IMPD Major Lincoln Plowman has resigned from both positions. That announcement came this afternoon from Public Safety Director Frank Straub. Straub said Plowman was being investigated both internally and by the federal government, but he did not go into detail. He also said the internal probe was ending […]
Just when you thought you had all the information you needed on something, more good gossip comes along. This time it involves Libertarian City-County Council member Ed Coleman. Coleman apparently was part of the attempted coup Monday night to defeat Ryan Vaughn as Council President. What’s funny about that is I discovered that Republicans were […]
Usually the elections to run a legislative body are pretty mundane; not so much in Indianapolis. Although Monday night’s election of Republican Ryan Vaughn seemed pretty nonchalant on the surface, there was actually an attempted coup behind the scenes. The original plan, hatched by Democrats my sources tell me, was to elect Barb Malone President […]
Okay, here’s the follow up to yesterday. Contrary to popular opinion, Indiana lawmakers are not stupid and see the handwriting on the wall when it comes to property tax caps by overwhelmingly voting them out of committee. In addition, the committee also overwhelmingly voted to cap tax bills to the previous year, plus the consumer […]
Today was one of those busy days, it started at 4 a.m. and ended about 10 p.m. It included an FSSA Privatization moratorium hearing, property tax caps, last meeting of the City-County Council for 2009. I’m too tired to write, so I’m uploading today’s conversations. I’ll play analyst tomorrow. I have another 4 a.m. wake-up call. AFSCME’s […]
Precint committeemen in Indiana State Senate District 30 will gather tonight to select a replacement for former State Senator Teresa Lubbers who went to chair the state’s higher Education Commission. The nominees for her spot are current City-County Councilor Ryan Vaughn, former City-County Councilor Scott Schneider, former State Representative John Ruckleshaus and attorney Chris Douglas. […]
The political gossip and rumor mill was full blast this week, as well as some inside information on key events. So here we go. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay can’t seem to figure out why he’s been getting a lot of bad PR lately. In a 90-minute meeting with city officials this past week, Irsay […]
