Indy Street Lights Still Burning
For release Oct. 19 and thereafter (680 words) Rummaging around in my purse for quarters to feed a parking meter Friday, I muttered something under my breath about City Hall. As a result of Mayor Greg Ballard’s 2010 lease agreement with a private vendor, I not only pay more to park on city streets but Read the full article…
Scoring the Indiana Chamber
For release Oct. 12 and thereafter (673 words) “Thanks to an astonishing political transformation, many chambers of commerce on the state and local levels have been abandoning (traditional) goals. They’re becoming, in effect, lobbyists for big government.” — Stephen Moore, the Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2007 It is a question asked routinely — almost Read the full article…
Election Law ‘Slipped By’ GOP Leadership
For release Oct. 5 and thereafter (665 words) If getting people to vote wasn’t hard enough already, a new Indiana law will further stifle democratic spirit on Nov. 8. The measure removes from the ballot municipal candidates who are unopposed. What’s disturbing is that the idea became law in the first place. In hindsight, key Read the full article…
‘Like a Business’ — Really?
For release Sept. 28 and thereafter (581 words) Those of us in the private sector wonder what certain politicians mean when they say they are running things like a business. So I read with interest a recent story in my hometown paper detailing a local politician’s business rationale for disbanding the board of directors in Read the full article…
‘Let ‘m Die’ Debate Explicated
Time sensitive; for immediate release Sept. 19 (699 words) Before we sit down for the next GOP presidential debate, we need to resolve a famous exchange from the last one. The topic was health Care. It involved CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Ron Paul and the partisan crowd. It begs our most careful thought. Blitzer asked Read the full article…
Civic Education: Cynicism’s Cure
For release Sept. 21 and thereafter (679 words) “My vote doesn’t matter.” That’s how a 23-year-old Hoosier justified his failure to vote in the past several elections. It’s a surprisingly common attitude. According to the first ever report on Indiana’s civic health, Hoosiers register to vote, vote, and talk politics a lot less than citizens Read the full article…
