6:49pm: Well the first meeting of the new CCC is about to begin, and it looks like the circus is already in town. There’s a guy here all dressed in American Revolutionary garb. I hope to hell he gets up and talks when/if there is a chance for public comment. Comedy gold. I’ll try to [...]
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
So Greg Ballard was inaugurated yesterday. Our long city-wide nightmare of peace and prosperity is over! (Yup, those taxes Bart raised to put more cops on the street? The ones Ballard and local idiots hate so much? Murder down 19% in 2007.)
The inaugural address is interesting in that he proposes all sorts of things AND [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Something that Masson posted today (dude, what are you doing up and on your computer at 5:49am?) led me to leave a comment I figured I would share with you. I essentially made a similar point in my post about the Council meeting this week, but this distills it a little better. First, Masson:
my impression [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Final meeting of 2007, and final meeting of the Democratic majority on the CCC. If this story in The Star is any indication, it could be an interesting night.
Two proposals that City-County Council Democrats are introducing today would put new limits on the mayor’s authority to borrow money or grant tax abatements.
A spokesman for Mayor-elect [...]
Well tonight was the first night I went to an Indianapolis City/County Council Meeting for the Indy Council Watch project. Not much raelly went on, but if it did anything it reminded me of how much of an ass my Councilman, Scott Schneider, is. There was a proposition before the council that was essentially a [...]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Alright time to dig into another Tully article. Always fun. This time it’s about the the 16 Republicans who will be on the Council’s majority naming their leadership team.
GOP united in filling top council posts
It was just after 5 p.m. when the Republicans gathered in the offices of Obsidian Enterprises, owned by top GOP contributor [...]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Interesting article in the star today about the report from a “bipartisan legislative commission” about taxes, specifically what to do about property taxes. it basically hinges on mandating or incentivising counties to raise the county option income tax to make up for a 1/2 cut in property taxes.
This makes me chuckle because people were mad [...]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Well I’ve got the site up and running I mentioned before. IndyCouncilWatch.org. The idea is that when the new Indianapolis/Marion County City/County Council starts up, that we (at least CJ and I, others if you are interested) go to every open council meeting possible. At these meetings, take notes, ask questions and post about [...]
First off, my own accountability
* I didn’t do nearly enough for this election. I could have done more and I just plain didn’t.
* I didn’t take Ballard seriously enough. More specifically, (and less credit to Ballard) I didn’t take the anti-incumbent fever sweeping the state seriously enough
* I’ve been too focused on national politics [...]
