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The Evansville Courier Press offers its opinion on this session of the General Assembly at the half way mark. The editorial suggests that, without any extra money to fight over, prospects of a special session are limited. Legislators have agreed on some lobbying limitations – most prominently a year cooling off period between legislator and [...]...
Masson's Blog - 4:43 a.m.
The dynamic of Democrat vs. Democrat is weird, but so is Porter County. ;) VALPARAISO | Porter County Council candidate Jeremy Rivas already has received $14,443 in contributions, with more than half that money coming from various unions. The large amount of union money and donations from people outside the county has fellow Democrat and incumbent council member Rita Stevenson and others convi...
Blue County in a Red State - Mon 6:27 p.m. - 4 clicks 
Ever since dipping his toe into the race against Evan Bayh, Dan Coats has been getting pounded. But a really damning blow came just today. Turns out that Coats' firm lobbied for Yemen and the United Arab Emirates . Coats registered as a lobbyist for a foreign interest while he worked at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand in 2000 and 2001. According to lobbying disclo...
DailyKos (Indiana) - Mon 2:06 p.m. - 4 clicks
Last November, I posted about Brian Burke, the gruff president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who very publicly supported his gay son Brendan, a hockey player for Miami University. Today I just learned of the sad news that Brendan was killed in a weather-related two-car accident in Indiana Friday afternoon. My deepest condolences to Brendan's family, who loved him uncondit...
Bilerico-Indiana - Sun 4:05 p.m. - 4 clicks
Just a little shameless self-promotion here – former Representative Dave Crooks does a radio show in Southern Indiana about Indiana politics on Saturday mornings. He was nice enough to invite me on to talk about blogging about Indiana politics. The show will air tomorrow (2/6/10) at 9 a.m., and you can listen live with [...]...
Masson's Blog - Fri 11:01 a.m. - 4 clicks
Remember, no publicity is bad publicity. With that philosophy, I really am quite pleased with this. The congressional Republicans may have started the "Party of No," but they may pale in comparison to Eric Krieg of Munster. Eric Krieg isn't yet a household name, and based on his initial venture into the public forum isn't likely to become one. He has, however, charged into the political a...
Blue County in a Red State - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 7 clicks
The Associated Press is reporting that former IU player and basketball announcer, Todd Leary, has been arrested in connection with a real estate title scheme. Rebecca Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a more comprehensive story. Leary, 39, of Carmel, is accused of conspiring with [insurance broker Joseph] Garretson between July 2008 and February [...]...
Masson's Blog - Fri 7:42 a.m. - 6 clicks
HB 1255, concerning evidence of collateral source payments, passed the House on a vote of 57 – 40. This would seem to be a reaction to the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision in Stanley v. Walker this past May. The issue, generally speaking, is how to compensate personal injury victims for their medical bills. The Indiana [...]...
Masson's Blog - Wed 6:32 p.m. - 4 clicks
Look who left a comment! I'm IMPRESSED! Thank you for attending the hearing and for taking an interest in the process. The documentation for Calumet Township is available online at http://www.in.gov/dlgf/2578.htm. The Commissioner will be responding to your other questions in a forthcoming letter. Sincerely, Mary Jane Michalak Chief-of-Staff / Director of Communications Indiana Dep...
Blue County in a Red State - Wed 11:46 a.m. - 6 clicks
Jennifer Niven’s book, The Aqua Net Diaries, has just been released. My interest is that it was written by a woman, Jennifer Niven (nom de plume of Jennifer McJunkin) a couple of years ahead of me at Richmond High School in the 1980s. It’s a memoir of her days at Richmond. The Palladium-Item has a [...]...
Masson's Blog - Wed 11:07 a.m. - 8 clicks
The Indianapolis Public Schools announced that they were going to delay their start time by two hours on the Monday after the Super Bowl, hoping to avoid a repeat of 2007 when bus drivers called in sick en masse after the Super Bowl. This resulted in them having to cancel classes entirely that day. Abdul [...]...
Masson's Blog - Wed 8:03 a.m. - 8 clicks
The concept of marriage equality has not had it easy in the past few months. Washington DC passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage and Washington kept their domestic partner registration , but other states haven't fared as well. Maine lost at the ballot box after the legislature and governor approved marriage equality. New York's Senate threw a monkey wrench into the works by...
Bilerico-Indiana - Feb 1 - 4 clicks
A Gary school board member has an op ed begging for a city AND county income tax. I don't know about a city income tax, but a county tax isn't going to happen if "The Candidate of NO!" has anything to do with it. The gentleman argues that Gary should be able to tax steelworkers and others who work in Gary but don't live there. But when 99% of services are consumed by residents, what exactly a...
Blue County in a Red State - Jan 31 - 8 clicks
"The Candidate of NO!" spoke in public for the first time this evening, in front of the Hammond Republicans. It went well. Despite being a little under the weather, and operating on 6 hours of sleep, once he was up there speaking, it started to roll. "The Candidate of NO!" still gets WAAAY too geeked up when speaking in public, but it was a better performance than at the Cline Ave. Bridge meeti...
Blue County in a Red State - Jan 27 - 6 clicks
I went to a Team Hammond meeting last night. I actually talked to George Janiec, we were both very civil to each other. I talked to one guy who owns a number of properties, and he gave me the inside scoop on the assessment process. He's challenged his assessment successfully, so he's as much an expert as anyone. He said that the first phase is a meeting with the assessor to discuss your assess...
Blue County in a Red State - Jan 27 - 2 clicks
I've heard from more than one source that INDOT will fund a study by a Purdue structural engineering professor as to why the Cline Ave. Bridge is worn out after only 25 years. If true, this goes a long way towards aleviating my concerns that no one cares about why this bridge is worn out. As with everything INDOT does, they're being secretive about this. If they were just upfront, most of my bl...
Blue County in a Red State - Jan 26 - 4 clicks
Indianapolis resident Trevor Yager, an openly gay business owner, has been picked by the White House to be the First Lady's guest at tomorrow's State of the Union address. Yager co-owns TrendyMinds, an Indianapolis advertising agency celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. In 2009 the agency grew by more than 200%, doubled the number of employees and gained 15 new accounts. None of th...
Bilerico-Indiana - Jan 26 - 3 clicks
When it was announced that Indianapolis would be hosting the 2012 Super Bowl, my post about it quickly became the most popular Bilerico-Indiana entry . For obviously intellectual reasons, of course, it still ranks in the top ten each and every single month since it was published. To celebrate the Indianapolis Colts going to Super Bowl XLIV , I thought I'd celebrate in a similar gay manner. ...
Bilerico-Indiana - Jan 25 - 6 clicks
UPDATE: Senator Merritt just tweeted : "My bill, SB 224 Sexting by Minors just passed committee unanimously." It's not often that I give kudos to a Republican - especially Indiana state legislators who tend to trend toward the anti-sex religious fundamentalist flavor. My own state senator, Jim Merritt , is trying to lead the state forward into the new era, but so far hasn't seen much ...
Bilerico-Indiana - Jan 25 - 7 clicks
