It is now possible to report with bipartisan good will that Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has joined former Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard in discovering the true secret of good municipal government:
Eliminating potholes is a bumpy road, but the city of Indianapolis has made a huge improvement.
Mayor Greg Ballard said once the city is aware of the problem it's fixing the faulty asphalt at breakneck speed.
The 54-year-old Midwest RV Super Show and Rally in Goshen may become the latest victim of the reeling economy. The original dates in August have been canceled and the sponsors are said to be "still considering" trying to pull it off in September, but some of the dealers aren't so sure:
Dealerships that are struggling would probably not be helped by the event, said Gary Miller, owner of Wana RV Center in Shipshewana.
The Indianapolis Star and Fort Wayne Journal Gazette each weigh in with skepticism over the BMV's plan to implement Real ID procedures designed to thwart indentify theft and deal with post-9/11 concerns about terrorism. Both mention the inconveniece for some and hardship for others of the one-time requirement to provide multiple forms of ID such as birth certificates, Social Security cards and utility bills. Then each takes a slightly different approach to the concerns of some that we are on our way to a de facto national ID card.
I was raised in Kentucky, where there were "wet" counties allowing alcohol and "dry" counties prohibiting it, so I know the intricacies of bootlegging. It was not illegal to purchase a small amount of alcohol in a wet county and take it to a dry county for personal consumption. But possession of a large amount in a dry county created a presumption by authorities that the alcohol was going to be illegally sold.
Sounds like officials in Evansville are trying to create a dilemma where none need exist:
Now that a site has been chosen for the new arena, what is going to be done with the current Roberts Stadium facility?
There have been several ideas tossed around.
The Roberts Stadium Advisory Board listed five categories of opportunity for the current stadium.
Will this make you want to run right out and change your insurance over to Farm Bureau?
Indiana University is, unfortunately, contributing to the delusion held by millions that quick weight loss is just a magic pill away:
. . . a team of researchers at Indiana University released a study in the online journal Nature Chemical Biology that showed that two natural hormones combined into a single drug suppressed appetite and increased metabolism -- in rodents, anyway.
I don't know whether to make this couple the Hoosier criminal geniuses of the week or parents of the week:
An Indianapolis couple was arrested after they were caught smoking marijuana while waiting in the drive-through line at an Arby's restaurant with their 1-year-old in the back seat, police said.
A restaurant employee noticed the aroma late Friday and called 911, then had the couple wait for their order as police sped to the scene.
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When it was announced there would be a legislative study committee on gambling, some of us thought -- perhaps naively hoped would be a better way to put it -- that it would be a comprehensive study, including such topics as state dependence on gambling revenue and the overall effects, positive and negative, on Hoosier citizens.
Has modern urban life really become so complicated that city officials have to go out of their way to splain it to us?
West Lafayette could spend nearly $24,000 to educate residents on future roundabouts in the city.
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Buck says the campaign will include mailings, brochures, online videos, and public question-and-answer sessions.
Geez. If you come upon a roundabout and a car is already in it, wait till it comes out. Then take your turn. Class dismissed.
