7 hours ago by Paul K. Ogden

You knew it was coming. First, on Friday it was a puff piece written by Erika Smith of the Indianapolis Star in which she discussed how great Conseco Fieldhouse has been for economic development of downtown. I discussed it on my blog. This morning is an editorial from the Star which suggests keeping ...

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1 day ago by Paul K. Ogden

Dan Carpenter's column appears today with a discussion of the referendum process. Dan and I have been on the same side of a lot of issue. He's written favorably with regard to our legal challenges over the RCA Dome action and the Pan Am $6 million giveaway. Today though he drops the ball. Here is a ...

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8 days ago by Paul K. Ogden

Today brings us Sunday editorial number four in favor of a "yes" vote on the Wishard referendum. I can't remember when the Indianapolis Star has ever run multiple editorials in favor of an election, much less four. These are also Sunday editorials. Sunday is the most read newspaper of the week. Over ...

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11 days ago by iPOPA

Matt Tully has a great piece today in the Indianapolis Star on how Mayor Greg Ballard leaned on Republican city-county councilors in a secret cloakroom meeting to ensure that no smoking ban ordinance would ever reach his desk. He did this because he didn't want to have to veto the measure. Many Repu ...

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12 days ago by mikeoles3

Terrible. Indy politicians have once again missed an opportunity to improve the health of our community. There’s a lot of blame to go around about why the city council has once again failed to pass a [nearly] comprehensive public smoking ban. Mayor Greg Ballard is one person to hold accountable. Mat ...

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16 days ago by Paul K. Ogden

This morning the Indianapolis Star editorializes against early redistricting by the Indianapolis City-County Council: Republicans on the City-County Council appear ready to waste $500,000 in taxpayers' money for purely political purposes at the same time the city has been forced to cut funding for b ...

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18 days ago by tintin

Tanker fire closes I-465; I-69 reopens A tanker truck exploded in an earth-shaking ball of fire on I-69 and I-465 this morning, forcing the closure of the latter, likely for weeks, authorities said. The driver of a vehicle behind the truck was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital’s burn center with se ...

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21 days ago by Daniel Carlat, M.D.

For most of us, blogging is a labor of love, and our payment is the possibility of having a positive impact in the world. So it was gratifying to see that the Indianapolis Star published this story prompted by my prior post about how Eli Lilly is paying CVS Caremark to sell doctors on Cymbalta for f ...

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22 days ago by Paul K. Ogden

This morning brings the third Sunday editorial favoring a "yes" vote on the Wishard referendum. I don't know when the Star has ever run multiple editorials in favor an election outcome or anything for that matter. Once again though the Star's editorial board is selective in the information they choo ...

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25 days ago by doug4sccap

There’s breaking news late this afternoon that Governor Mitch Daniels has cancelled the state’s much-criticized contract to privative Indiana’s welfare system. Here’s the lead of that story from the Indianapolis Star: Gov. Mitch Daniels today canceled the state’s $1.34 billion contract with an IBM-l ...

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