Fishers has seen an increase in property crime in the last few years, and since "it is unclear why," somebody has to explain it to befuddled residents:
Experts say changes in crime have little to do with the economy. Instead, they say Fishers' growth likely is a factor in the increase.
They're trying to scare the peasants in three Indiana school districts where there are spending referendums necessitated by the state's evil property tax caps designed to, well, reduce spending:
If approved, the referendum changes would be in effect for seven years. If they fail, leaders say they would be forced to make drastic cuts and possibly slash transportation.
When Indiana leased its toll road for $3.8 billion in 2006, a lot of critics accused the Daniels administration of giving away the state, but a lot of other state governments looked to follow that example and the one three years earlier involving Chicago Skyway lease. There were proposals on the table worth at least $10 billion for the leasing of everuthing from highways to lotteries. But that was before the recession:
Media alert! The Obama daughters have gotten their swine flu shots. But, wait, a potential controversy!
The vaccinations are bound to raise questions about whether the Obama girls were given special treatment.
This week's sign that the End Times are near:
Probably more honest than he intended to be:
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) says Democrats are "trying on every front to increase the role of government."
And pretty much succeeding.
Must be divine justice of some kind -- The United Nations is investigating New York:
Everybody knows New York City is an expensive place to live. But the United Nations wants to know if affordable housing is so tough to come by that it actually violates human rights.
I'm no fan of excessive regulation, but this doen't seem unreasonable:
The Bloomington City Council approved a change the city's animal code Monday night.
The new ordinance limits the number of cats and dogs a resident can own to 19.
We don't need cap-and-trade legislation to wreck the economy. The EPA can do that all by itself:
While campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said his cap-and-trade tax plans would "bankrupt" anyone building a coal-fired power plant. Although those taxes haven't materialized, the Environmental Protection Agency has put the brakes on 79 surface mining permits in four states since he was elected.
