The Wayne Township Board Thursday night , found Jesus, common sense or angry voters and decided to take a pass on voting themselves a pay raise, retirement benefits and health insurance. There was no discussion and I did a double take when it all happened because I thought I [...]
While I was in San Francisco for the Victory Fund's Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference, I had a chance to speak with Representative Tammy Baldwin after her plenary panel discussion. We talked about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and other upcoming LGBT legislation.
One of the best parts of this video [...]
The Indiana Fair Tax was pretty pleased today to announce the addition of Congressman Mark Souder to list of Hoosier Congressman already supporting H.R. 25, also known as The Fair Tax. Congressman Souder joins Congressmen Dan Burton and Mike Pence as supporters.
Congressman Souder praised the consistent and persistent efforts of [...]
(Originally written in the Community Blogs by derektrovi)
(h/t to KevinMaddenDC and JRForbes1 for finding this story and raising awareness)
“Dems to lift debt ceiling by $1.8 trillion: [bit.ly] ”
IF Sen. Evan Bayh is truly a “deficit hawk”; IF Sen. Evan Bayh TRULY cares about Indiana; then he [...]
Ubelhor: “Government spending at every level is out of control; it’s time for new, truly conservative leadership.”
BLOOMFIELD, IN- Matt Ubelhor, a lifelong Hoosier and Southern Indiana resident, announced his candidacy for the legislature in House District 62 on Thursday, referencing government growth and lack of fiscal responsibility in Indianapolis [...]
For some reason, the Reel Big Fish song, “Sell Out” is going through my head.
Sell out, with me oh yea, sell out, with me tonight
Record company’s gonna give me lots of money
and everything’s gonna be (all right).
Matt Taibbi notes that the evidence suggests single payer [...]
I had a terrible morning. I’m pretty confused, upset, angry, sad, a mixed bag of emotions. No matter how hard I try to keep my shit together, the tears won’t stop.
I lost a very good friend this morning. He took his own life. He was only 35 years old. He [...]
Ever see “Anatomy of a Murder?” It’s a great, gritty courtroom drama from Otto Preminger, considered pretty daring for its time (1959) and featuring one of Jimmy Stewart’s best performances. At the heart of the story is the character played by Lee Remick, a boozy, cheerfully amoral slut of an [...]
Terry Burns at Indianapolis Times says that former Indy Mayor Bart Peterson is expected to endorse Melina Kennedy for Mayor. That confirms something my sources told me that Peterson alluded to endorsing Melina at a fundraiser last night at Highland Country Club.
I doubt if I’ll get a media advisory [...]
Tonight is the Night You've all Been Waiting For!
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 6:00pm
1238 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis
This is a reminder that tomorrow is IE's annual Holiday IN the Old Northside.
Haven't purchased your tickets yet? Tickets are still available!
Enjoy delectable soups, breads and desserts from renowned restaurants and chefs from across [...]
Out of the race: Both Joe Hogsett and Kip Tew took a pass at running after months [...]
Common sense wins out in southern Indiana:
A task force appointed by Bloomington’s mayor has decided against supporting his push to ban new chain stores and restaurants from parts of the city’s downtown.
[. . .]
One businessman told the group that the threat of chain stores to the city’s character isn’t [...]
It's that time of year again: final examinations!
As such, and as you no doubt have noticed, I'm going to be hit or miss for the next week. As it turns out, spending your semester working on just about everything other than your class material isn't [...]
I hate to be caught on the side of an environmental group that might turn out later to be full of nuts, but I have to say this is a good point:
A Boston-based consumer and environmental group is bringing its campaign against bottled water to four states, urging them [...]
On the occasion of President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, the Dalai Lama showed himself to be the master of tactful understatement:
‘I think if you are realistic, it may have been a little early but it doesn’t matter, I know Obama is a very able person.’
The Tibetan leader [...]
When do you decide you won’t have enough people to do the job right so it would be better to just close up shop? Where and how do you draw that line? Two groups in two Indiana cities are making that decision in the wake of budget problems. The mayor [...]
Remember back in November of last year when the Washington Township Advisory Board voted 4-3 along partisan lines to give themselves a pay increase? Well the same shenanigans could happen again tonight in Wayne Township. Word is that the Wayne Township Board will be reviewing the salary schedule as [...]
Home ownership may be the American dream, but it’s nice to keep the renters happy, too:
Fort Wayne topped the list of cities in the United States with the most satisfied apartment renters. According to ApartmentRatings.com, a large database of reviews for apartments in the 100 most populous U.S. cities, [...]
With the approach of the holiday season comes my annual consideration, dandled through the idle moments of December, right down to the wire, and inevitably discarded, i.e.,
Should I make a buche de noel this year?
Or, put another way, should this be the year I go to no small [...]
The Journal Gazette reports this morning on the daylong public meeting of the sheriff’s merit board into whether officer Brent Whan should be fired for “anger management” issues — a temper that the board’s attorney says puts the public and his fellow officers at risk:
After bungling a radio conversation, Whan [...]
While I was in San Francisco for the Victory Fund's Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference, I had a chance to speak with Representative Jared Polis after his plenary panel discussion. We talked about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and other upcoming LGBT legislation.
Rep Polis basically lays out the same ENDA [...]
Two brave souls in Indianapolis need a dollar from you.
Read on.
Darren Heil says he would do just about anything for Community First Initiative, a nonprofit he started that helps establish mentoring programs at schools.
This week, he’s backing up his claim by camping out in the cold until CFI [...]
...And a Side of RIDICULOUS, Please...Angela Mapes Turner, writing for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, has an article reporting that Indiana has the third lowest threshold in the country for taxing low income families.
The state’s income tax threshold last year for a two-parent family of four – the lowest income at which a [...]
