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Tom Henry doesn't have any "serious" competition -- neither Frederick Steinke nor Tom Cook Jr. are really campaigning and should have no expectation of getting more than a handful of votes. But at least Steinke showed up for an endorsement interview, so you get to see him answering the same questions as Henry (see video here). Consider it a preview of the fall, when you will see a lot more of Henry as he takes on either Matt Kelty or Nelson Peters.

The Republican mayoral primary may be the most important contest, but the 4th District Democratic one is arguably the most interesting. The seat is now occupied by a Democrat, Dr. Tom Hayhurst, who isn't seeking another term. Whichever Democrat wins will face Mitch Harper, well-known Republican lawyer and former member of the Indiana House.

Today's sign in need of a proofreader. I have nothing against "galgas," but what's wrong with "man gas"? Don't answer that. If I'm reading the sign right, that would be 2 free ounces of coffee. Wow. Or maybe it's 20 z's of coffee. Anyone have a clue about what "owsol" refers to?

The first two videos are for the City Council district races in which an incumbent faces a challenge from a newcomer, not that common in primaries.

If blogging is a little light this week, it's because I'm editing video I took of the primary candidates when they came in for their endorsement interviews. There will be a short video for each of the contested races, and as they get done and put on our Web site, I'll link to them here, too. I asked all the candidates the same five questions:

1. What do you think of the Harrison Square project?

2. Would you keep the smoking ban scheduled for June as is or modify it in some way?

Today's sign in need of a proofreader:

With eminent domain, your property is taken outright."Historic preservation" lets you keep it -- you just can't do anything with it. In a way, it's even more harmful to the concept of private property. People don't get outraged at "preserving history," and nobody, after all, is really "losing" anything:

Scott Greider, a New York architect who grew up in Fort Wayne, is coming home.

Today's sign in need of a proofreader comes from your friendly neighborhood BP station.

This admission may mark me as a bad Summit City resident, but I have never been to a Komets game. In fact, not going to see the Komets is one of my favorite pastimes. That can get boring, though, so sometimes I don't go to Wizards games. Wanting to be a well-rounded person, I had thought I might also not go to any arena football games. The trouble is that I like football, and a friend wants to go see what the arena version is like. But now I will still have a third sport not to attend:

I just got a voice mail from Kathy Bayes of the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, who had just received an e-mail from someone in the state public defender's office, to the effect that: Judge Allen Sharp of the Northern Indiana District Court has reversed the death penalty of Joseph Corcoran, charged with killing his brother, his sister's fiance and two of his brother's friends in Fort Wayne in 1997.