Indianapolis and Carmel should continue working together to recognize and respond to the unique needs of each city and support each other in the formulation of public policy that will maintain strong balance sheets, low taxes and high quality of life.
Unlike some elected officials in Carmel, I do not believe our city is an island. No one should want to stop progress in either community.
The real story is the work by council members and council consultants in renegotiating the financial risks from a worst-case-scenario framework.
The folks who want to raise the retirement age and hack away at benefits for ordinary working Americans are inevitably those who have not the least worry about their own retirement.
It’s not everybody who switches political parties over a historical novel, but Bachmann’s vision of the past is the core to her ideology.
I believe she’s coddling her children. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities because she doesn’t understand what’s cognitively difficult and what isn’t.
You can buy name ID (it’s expensive), but no one has figured out how to buy elected delegates.
If House and Senate Republicans truly believe they can identify which teachers should go and which deserve rewards, let them write legislation that does it.
The next governor must continue on the path toward more reform, and at the center of this reform should be my generation.
I believe 2012 will usher in a cadre of strong Democratic candidates who will campaign on the solid, reasonable decision-making that took a country careening off the rails and put it squarely back on track.
To suggest voters were only intent on sending a message to the president, Nancy Pelosi, or Pat Bauer is missing a significant electoral mood shift that occurred.
Wages in the state’s manufacturing sector are falling as two-tier wage structures and other pressures reduce workers’ income.
Illinois may be content to tax itself into oblivion, but just because Indiana has taken care of fiscal business, it still has plenty more work to do.
Indiana’s prescription is as old-fashioned as it is common sense: Don’t spend what you don’t have.
If Democrats are perceived to be an obstacle to education reform, they likely will be locked out of the room.
I want the best teachers for my children, and I believe certain ideals should be considered when determining whether Indiana teachers meet the definition of the best teachers.
Evaluations should be based on “clear standards of instructional excellence that prioritize student learning.”
If we let the leaders of the executive branch of government select their team of professionals, we have a more coherent governmental team. More important, we get accountability to an elected leader for performance that is inept or worse.
I compare the attack ads to gossip. Everybody claims to ignore them and abhor them, but they grasp the messages sent and repeat them.
Although the Fairness Doctrine would not stop politicians and political commentators from using violent imagery and hate speech designed not to inform but to incite, it would guarantee that opposing views be heard.
