Indiana

Monday Morning Musings

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I had a few thoughts in the car Sunday while driving back to Indy following a visit with the parents in Chicago.  Here they are…

Huckabee Hounds

• Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels caused a stir by trying to be practical by calling for a “truce” in fight over social issues so this country can get its financial act together.  That apparently was enough to send former and maybe future Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee into a tizzy.  However, it wasn’t so bad that Huckabee was above using Daniels’ comments to raise money in a fund-raising e-mail.  I have to figure out how to get my name off his list.

Two Week Notice

• As of today, the City of   Indianapolis has two weeks to tell the Pacers whether they are going to take over the operational costs of Conseco.  Remember the Pacers “deadline” which was June 30.  My sources at City Hall tell me while the Pacers may have a deadline in mind the Mayor doesn’t see it that way.  In addition, the city may be in an even better bargaining position than originally thought seeing how the odds are increasing everyday that there will be an NBA lockout next season so the Pacers will be even more desperate for money with no place to go than they usually are.

I Didn’t Get the Memo

• The Black ministers and other local leaders who called on all five officers involved in the Brandon Johnson case say their position is the “official response of the African-American community.”   No offense but I don’t recall getting notice in the mail that there was going to be a Black vote to make that determination.  My wife didn’t get one, neither did any member of my family here in Indy, nor any black people that I know (which is more than some of you might think) so I’m wondering how they could make that determination?

And Then There Was One

• Chris Worden of Indy’s Painfully Objective Political Analysis is putting his blogging on hold for a while.  Although I think my good Democratic friend was wrong on most things, he was a good voice to have in the political chorus here in Indy.  With Chris’ departure, this leaves Jon Easter of Indy Democrat as the only credible, relatively independent, Democrat blogger in town.  Hey Jon, it’s lonely at the top.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on June 14, 2010 (boomark / email).