Franke: The Travails of Local Government
By Mark Franke “I don’t do this for the money. I do it for the late-night phone calls.” — a Monroeville councilman Nearly everyone I know is disgusted with the current state of our national government. Many also feel the same way about our Indiana state government, but then I tend to associate with others of Read the full article…
Morris: Maybe Spending Has Something to Do With It
by Leo Morris When the coal started running low at the mine my father worked in, he considered several options. The one he decided on was to relocate from Kentucky to Fort Wayne, which had two major advantages. It was large enough to have plenty of employment opportunities not involving coal mines, and his sister Read the full article…
The Outstater
Stopping and Frisking Saves Lives AS COMPLICATED as democracy is, you can clearly see it working in Marion County. You can tell by the high murder rate. Marion voters, the reasons for which they are quite proud, have decided to elect a mayor and prosecuting attorney who demonstrate their social compassion by abiding homicide. Not Read the full article…
Franke: Due Process for the Indiana National Guard
By Mark Franke One trend at the national level is the proliferation of law judges in the federal agencies. They can streamline adjudication of legitimate citizen and taxpayer issues so there is some value added. The problem is that often these cases involve fines and penalties imposed by the agency whose hearing officer is ruling Read the full article…
The Outstater
Yes, You Live in Corruption “Nothing happens until the right people own the land.”— anonymous THE MOST BASIC economic statistic is how many are coming and how many are going. So how do you explain that Indiana is now second only to Illinois in the number of people skedaddling. The national moving company Atlas says that Read the full article…
Morris: Let the Hoosier Mystique Be
by Leo Morris I have always been proud to be a Hoosier, proclaiming it boldly even to coastal snobs who almost think of it as a confession of mental deficiency. I was not born in Indiana, but I was raised enough here to have adopted its values as my own – hard work, thrift, loyalty, Read the full article…
