Can you believe those selfish business owners in downtown Evansville?
City officials have a downtown site in mind for a new 11,000-seat arena that they hope to start building this summer.
Some business owners now at the two-block area, however, are clear that they want to stay.
This stormy General Assembly session must be making our legislators a little punch drunk. Alert Hoosier Barry G. Fox sent to Indiana newspapers a link to an e-mail poll by Republican State Sen. Joe Zakas of the 11th District and asked, sensibly, "What kind of question is this?" Here it is:
Do you support or oppose a statewide smoking ban in restaurants, workplaces, bars and casinos?
- Yes
- No
As Texas contemplates a voter ID law (not as strong as ours), politicians and other analysts there are studying the results in Indiana, one of only two states (Georgia is the other one) that allow no exception at all to the "no photo ID, no vote" rule. The consensus:
A lot of people are mad at Tony Dungy, of all people. The White House has invited him --"another gay rights opponent," as On Top magazine's Web site puts it -- to join its Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhoold Partnerships. Dungy spoke at a fundraiser for the Indiana Family Institute, which apparently is a subversive organization that preaches biblical values and biblical ethics:
It was in my mouth as sweet as hone: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. -- Revelation 10.10:
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Police investigators say they found the recipe for making methamphetamine in an odd place: in a Bible on the last page of the Book of Revelation. Officers made discovery as they searched an apartment after arresting two people on methamphetamine possession and manufacturing charges Tuesday night. Police Lt. Ed Windbigler said the recipe was handwritten on the bottom of the page.
Guess everybody prepares for End Times
You know when public officials have the most fun? When they get new money to spend that they don't have to take the political heat for.:
I should probably apologize to Hooseir college students. After a Big Boy statue went missing in Mishawaka, I suggested police should just start looking in dorm rooms. The Boy is back now, and it turns out that the kidnappers were townies:
According to Jim Isza Jr., two young men, both in their late teens, arrived at the shop with the Big Boy in the back of a pickup truck.
State Rep. Kathy Richardson of Noblesville has an annual Adult Page Day program for which she invites five grownups to spend a day at the Statehouse. She thinks this is such a great idea that it should be expanded:
This is one of my favorite days in the legislative session," said Rep. Richardson. "Since I've been a state representative, I have always believed that every single voter in Indiana should be able to come and see what really happens here at the Statehouse.
I always thought "a good blend" was, oh, a Johnnie Walker or Seagram's Seven Crown in which the cheap fillers don't overwhelm the malted grain. But, no, it refers to the mix of the fix for Indianapolis' beleagured sports stadiums:
Indiana's alcohol tax would be doubled and hospitality taxes would be raised again under a Statehouse plan designed to bail out the financially struggling group that runs the professional sports stadiums in Indianapolis.
Life is getting so complicated. We can't just have temperature in the winter; we have to also worry about the wind-chill factor. And we can't just consider what something costs today vs. what it cost yesterday; we also have to consider the inflation-adjusted number. Now, we have to calculate Tax Freedom Day by taking into account the deficit.
