Grammy's mad, and she's packin' heat:
A 66-year-old Greenfield woman was detained at Indianapolis International Airport for carrying a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at a security checkpoint.
Judy Muenster told airport police that she always carried the gun with her and "did not know what the problem was," according to a police report.
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Apparently, "meth trash" doesn't refer to the slimeballs who make the stuff:
But this Spring Indiana State Police want you to keep an extra eye on that bag of trash. There may be hidden dangers inside.
Smith says "Some of this stuff, like anhydrous that is used [in making Methamphetamine], if there was any of that left in the bottle or container and someone inhaled that, it could almost kill you instantly."
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Wlady Pleszczynski of The American Spectator spent his first 20-some years in California, so he knew nothing about "the languid charms of humid summers or the heavenly silence of snowy nights. Or springs that come alive when they're supposed to, and not after the first rainfall, which might be in November." He spent the next dozen years in Indiana, and he remembers what he liked most about spring here, the redbud:
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources decided to replace its glossy, 44-page, color Indiana Fishing Guide with a six-page, green and white pamphlet. The cost went from about $100,000 to less than $20,000:
"We took out a lot of feature stories and advertising," said Phil Bloom, director of communications for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
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Oh, drat, I can't make it:
Rock band Kiss will make its Indiana State Fair debut Aug. 9 at the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand.
Led by founding members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, Kiss is known for face paint, platform boots and 1970s hits “Rock and Roll All Nite,” “Calling Dr. Love” and “Beth,” among others.
The Pacers have been trying to shake down Indianapolis because they don't want to keep paying the $15 million a year in operating costs for Conseco Fieldhouse. Under consideration -- "We might move if you don't agree!" -- is for the Capital Improvement Board to take over the costs and still let the Pacers play there. Sweet deal. The latest tool to be trotted out is that old standby, the economic impact statement:
Mitch Daniels keeps saying no, but the speculation (and even encouragement) just won't stop. This is from Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School:
Conservative pundits are in love with a candidate for 2012, and it is not Sarah Palin. If you ask many top Republicans their favorite pick for the presidential campaign, they will answer Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
When it comes to city services, what's the difference between an amenity and a necessity? Does the line move when times get tough? As the recession and state tax restructuring put more and more pressure on municipal governments, those are the kinds of questions we need to be asking: not just how to keep providing the same services, but whether those services still need to be delivered and, if they do, whether there are better ways to deliver them.
The Journal Gazette is annoyed with Gov. Mitch Daniels because he won't jump when Washington says jump. On tuesday, Health and Human Services sent a letter to state insurance commissioners and governors calling for them to chek on the data WellPoint used to justify big rate-increase requests. But:
According to a statement e-mailed to the Indianapolis Star by Daniels' spokeswoman, Jane Jankowski, Daniels will not respond to the letter.
An editorial in the Richmond newspaper takes note of some propaganda:
David Bottorff, executive director of the Association of Indiana Counties, says he does not believe Hoosiers fully understand the very difficult position in which local governments find themselves.
