Indiana

Bad Boys, Bad Boys! What You Gonna Do? What You Gonna Do When They Come For You?

Posted on June 17, 2008
IMPD and city officials say expect some changes in the way the department does some of its business in the wake of the arrests and subsequent indictments of three IMPD officers from allegedly engaging in a conspiracy to engage in drug trafficking and conspiracy...

WHAT?S THE DAMAGE?

Posted on June 16, 2008
You should have received your property tax reconcialtion bill by now.   So my first question for you is what’s the damage?  And my second question is are you getting your money’s worth?

FAMILY FEUDS

Posted on June 15, 2008
As different as Marion County Republicans and Democrats are, they face a lot of the same internal issues these days.  It’s like two families that aren’t crazy about each other, but their own in-fighting keeps them from effectively going after the other party...

ARE THEY ON THE SAME PAGE?

Posted on June 15, 2008
Jill Long Thompson is expected to announce tomorrow that she is picking Southern Indiana State Representative Dennie Oxley of English as her running mate for Lt. Governor. Now while no one thinks a Lt. Gov will make or break a candidate, I do wonder how Oxley’s candidacy will impact JLT’s? I don’t say [...

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HOW DID I MISS THIS?

Posted on June 14, 2008
Wow!

THE PEOPLE ARE REVOLTING

Posted on June 13, 2008
That didn’t take long.  Those tax protestors are making a comeback.  Outraged by reconciliation bills, they are planning a 4th of July protest in front of the Governor’s residence on North Meridian.  The rally is being led by Andy Horning, Libertarian candidate for Governor...

BROADCASTING LEGEND GOES SILENT

Posted on June 13, 2008
If you haven’t heard already, Tim Russert of Meet the Press died today of a heart attack. There are very few people I admired in this business at the national level, Russert was one of them. I respected the fact he was an attorney who went into politics and later news analysis...

WILL OXLEY GET GORED?

Posted on June 13, 2008
The word is Jill Long Thompson has chosen Southern Indiana Democrat  State Rep. Dennie Oxley (D-English) as her running mate for Lite Gov.  I called Oxley last week to confirm this, but my call didn’t get returned.  He and I have a good working relationship and he is very personable...

DEAR JOHN?

Posted on June 12, 2008
Republican State Senator John Waterman of Shelburn is announcing his third-rate, (uh third-party) bid for Governor.  I can’t say I’m too familiar with Waterman except for the fact that he reminds me of a character from “SOAP” especially with his sideburns and jackets...

POLL WATCHING

Posted on June 11, 2008
There are a couple polls worth talking about this morning in the Indiana Governor’s race. The Jill Long Thompson camp has just released a poll showing Mitch Daniels with an overall 7-point lead in the Governor’s race. The poll shows Daniels leading 43-36, with 21 percent undecided...

DAY OF RECONCILIATION

Posted on June 11, 2008
I’ve got some more details to report on the property tax reconciliation bills that you are getting in the mail this week.  Marion County Treasurer Mike Rodman says while 90 percent of taxpayers will see a lower bill, it won’t be by much.  In Washington Township some tax bills only dropped by $7, while others went [...

THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2008

Posted on June 09, 2008
As Indiana deals with some of the worst flooding in nearly 100 years, here are some things to ponder. 1.  Hoosiers who don’t have flood insurance; some who didn’t live on a flood plain and others who tried to get flood insurance, but it wasn’t offered in their area...

THERE?S ANOTHER DISASTER COMING!!!

Posted on June 09, 2008
If you thought the floods and rains that hit south central Indiana were bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Marion County lawmakers got a briefing tonight on the property reconciliation bills that are going out this week and when it’s all said and done homeowners will wish their property was under 10 feet of water...

RESCUE FEE

Posted on June 08, 2008
As Indiana deals with some of the worst flooding in decades, I have to give credit to state and local responders for “keeping their heads above water” in all this. There is a lot of good coordination taking place across the state and last I checked there was only one fatality and one person missing (keep [...

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

Posted on June 07, 2008
A lot of water, no casualties so far as parts of Indiana continue to deal with flooding after heavy rains over the past 24 hours. Governor Mitch Daniels has declared a state of emergency in Johnson and Morgan Counties. He says both state police and the National Guard have been responding to assistance...

MACKY?S BACK IN TOWN

Posted on June 07, 2008
As Hillary Clinton formally exits (stage left) the Presidential race today, John McCain is scheduled to come to Indiana next month. I’m told McCain will be here for a lunchtime fundraiser on July 1. It will be at the Marriott in downtown Indianapolis...

HOW?S HE DOING?

Posted on June 06, 2008
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch used to have a catch phrase, “How am I doin’?”   He would ask that question to New Yorkers in just about any venue in an effort to gauge public reaction to job as Mayor.   I bring this up because June is the sixth month of Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s [...

POLITICAL NEWS YOU CAN USE

Posted on June 05, 2008
Going, Going, almost Gone After finally being hit with a cold bucket of reality, Hillary’s Presidential campaign is melting away and her departure cannot come soon enough.   Although I would like to think of her as gone and forgotten, that will not be happening unfortunately...

JLT GOT HER LTG

Posted on June 05, 2008
In an effort to put an end to politico and pundit speculation, a spokesman for Indiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson tells me she has picked her candidate for the Lite Gov spot and they will make the name public a week before the convention, which is the week of the 21st...

WAS IT REVENGE OR A REMINDER

Posted on June 03, 2008
The dust is settling over yesterday’s State GOP Convention where current Attorney General Chief of Staff Greg Zoeller beat Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas.  Zoeller beat Costas by more than 300 votes.  There is a lot of speculation as to what happened...

AND THE NOMINEE IS?

Posted on June 03, 2008
Barack Obama is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the United States.  Say what you will about his policies or disagree with his politics, but America made history tonight.  For the first time an African-American has been nominated to head a major political party for the most important job in the world...

THE ?300?

Posted on June 02, 2008
That’s the number to look out for at today’s State GOP Convention in Indianapolis.  It’s the number of Ron Paul supporters who are expected to show up and throw a potential monkey wrench into today’s nomination process. The Paul supporters are mad that the state party changed the rules for selecting delegates to the national convention...

ZOELLER GETS AG NOD

Posted on June 02, 2008
Greg Zoeller won his party’s nomination by more than 1000 votes. Here’s why. 1. Jon Costas ran a campaign that was slow to get out of the gate. 2. Zoeller built a lot of good will over the years and worked his butt off. 3. Some County chairman had an axe to grind with [...

IT?S A GRAND OLD PARTY

Posted on June 02, 2008
4;45 p.m. We have a winner in the Attorney General’s race.  It’s Greg Zoeller.  This is major embarrassment for the Governor who supported Jon Costas.  Zoeller won by more than a 1000-vote margin out of the 1768 votes cast. 4:15 p.m. The voting is over...

CAN JLT FIND AN LTG?

Posted on June 02, 2008
Scratch another name off the list of potential Democratic candidates for Lt. Governor.  Former Speaker of the House John Gregg told me this morning me that he has taken his name off the list of possible running mates for Jill Long Thompson.  Gregg is the second Southern Indiana Democrat to say no the the lite gov spot...

TOP 10 THINGS I LEARNED IN THE WILDERNESS

Posted on June 01, 2008
Despite my best efforts, my significant other and I made it back from the wilderness in one piece. Now granted, I will admit that as I headed south I was expecting something out of the “The Hills Have Eyes, but no Teeth.” Fortunately, I was wrong...

INTO THE WOODS

Posted on May 30, 2008
As strange as this might seem, I am heading off on a naturesque camping trip today.  There is something about Abdul being in the woods that reeks of a really bad horror film, i.e. “The Blair Underwood Witch Project.”  But even though I’ll be in the wilderness, I’ll still be keeping an eye on a [...

WAS THERE SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF ?DEM?MARK?

Posted on May 29, 2008
It looks like City-County Council Minority Leader Joanne Sanders is going to keep her title, for now.  As I told you a few weeks ago, some of her fellow Councilors were not happy with her support of David Orenlichter in the May primary so a move was a foot to get rid of her and [...

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE

Posted on May 28, 2008
Politico has an interesting story this morning on a new book by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan takes several shots at the Bush administration over its handling of the War in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. What makes it so fascinating is that McClellan was truly considered to be the “loyal soldier”  of the administration and [...

MARION COUNTY RANCOR AND FILE

Posted on May 27, 2008
With June right around the corner, both Indiana Republicans and Democrats are getting ready for their state nominating conventions.  Normally, these are periods of party unity and togetherness, however this year may be a little different.  Both Marion County political parties could be going into the state conventions with some “family issues...

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