Indiana Blog Review

Experimenting with Votes

FWOb on the future of elections.

Poor Indy

Jim Shella says there will be no GOP convention in Indianapolis inthe foreseeable future.  Oh well, a Superbowl would do very nicely instead.

The State of Estate

Joe Shoemaker on real estate in Central Indiana:

Let’s get VERY clear here. The local population is not growing at the same rate as new home construction . . .

From a housing perspective, we’re not building homes for people who are just moving to the area. We’re building and filling houses in the suburbs for and with people now living mostly in Marion County . . .

Madison, Delaware, Putnam, Henry, Owen, Brown, Bartholomew and Monroe counties are rapidly shipping people into the region. Leaving the small, rural areas and schools for the big city.

Your Attention Please

Three:

• My Personal Asylum by Jon - "There are now FOUR Fort Wayne Libertarians who run their own blogs," says Mike Sylvester.
• ManfredEye.  - "Looks like there’s a new blog in town: An Indianapolis blogger focused primarily on politics," says Doug Masson.
• Chris Hardie has started a new web thingy: Progressive Wayne County - "an interactive community site that promotes and chronicles the progressive efforts of individuals, organizations and businesses in the area," says he.

Price Floor

Advance Indiana and First Republican Chris Douglas have extensive analyses of the Indiana Democratic Party's proposal to increade the state minimum wage.

Mortgage Sweet Mortgage

Karen Celestino-Horseman:

It is time for Indianapolis and Indiana to take action and decide how we are going to address the growing problems with predatory lending and mortgage fraud or else the number of empty houses festering illegal activities in our neighborhoods is going to continue to grow.

UPDATE:  Advance Indiana, " I have received countless of calls at my law office over the past two to three years from Marion Co. homebuyers complaining about being the victim of similar schemes."

Ike for Mayor

Matt Tully: "By the way, my hope was to save this story for Friday's paper. But the hard-working blog Advance Indiana has posted an e-mail Randolph sent to potential campaign supporters, so the news is out."

It's like a mobius strip of blogging.

Update: AI reviews Tully's column.

I Knew You Were Going to Post That

Dan Noland at the Indiana Skeptics blog takes a look at a recent training session held for police ooficers in the Greenfield area by . . . The Amazing Kreskin!

The Content of their Characters

Abdul pokes holes in the theory "that Indianapolis' Black politicians are under 'assault' and there is a 'conspiracy to get them.'"

Meanwhile, Advance Indiana says there is a very real assault on black Republicans, like, for instance, Eric Dickerson.

The Fightin' 9th

TPM Muckraker and Doug Masson have more on the robocalling for Sodrel.

WTF, Mate?

Abdul unloads:

When I came to Indianapolis a little over two years ago, I figured it's a nice town and it should be easy to manage. That was two years ago. In the past week, I've seen the coroner's office searched for the possibility of corruption and official misconduct. I've seen a group of people try to put a bar in a government building and one of their key players is arrested for DUI. The murder rate is so high that spread out there has been a killing every 2-3 days. The budget is a mess! And now I hear a prominent local official could be on the receiving end of law enforcement's reach. What the f---, people! What the f----!

When did things just get out of control! When did Indianapolis turn into Detroit, Oakland, Washington D.C?

Sure Thing

Bilerico welcomes another contributor, Don Sherfick.

Aim High

Frugal Hoosiers ponders a Republican supermajority in the Indiana Senate.

Health Cared

Doug Masson:

The August 10, 2006 Minutes of the Select Joint Commission on Medicaid Oversight describes an interesting presentation by Rep. Orentlicher on expanding access to health care for uninsured and underinsured individuals.

Las Indiavegas

Indy Undercover thinks gambling is in Indianapolis' future.

But "Cafe" Sounds so French

Sheila Kennedy blogs about her experience at the Constitution Cafe.

Slick Ronny

Advance Indiana throws in this tidbit: "Gibson had also been touted as a possible successor to Rep. Julia Carson."

Hoosier Purge

Matt Tully wonders who has Sept 27 in the pool?

RiShawn Biddle has some faint praise for Joel Silverman.

Advance Indiana on the reshuffling: "Nobody ever seems to get hired in politics because they're the best candidate for the job."

The Importance of Being Frank

Matt Tully wonders why Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson didn't make the cut in the inaugural round for the Indianapolis Public Schools Hall of Fame Class.

First Republicans, Again

Advance Indiana hails the re-emergence of the First Republicans Forum.

Doug Masson predicts, "Republicans will have to spend a season or two in the wilderness before folks like these will be able to wrest control from the social conservatives who currently dominate the politics at [the federal] level. "

And he points out they have a blog.

Colorful Changes

Chris Douglas, outgoing president of the Indianapolis Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, on changes in the organization.

With a Capital "L"

What is it about Libertarians that gives reporters temporary autism?

Allen Counting

FWOb has two audio interviews posted.  First, Allen County Commissioner F. Nelson Peters on the consolidation resolution.

Second, Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards  expands upon her remarks published on the front page of the WSJ.

credo comments further on Richards' remarks.

"Tapping Down Words"

Fort Wayne Left posts video (via YouTube) of the 2006 Allen County Democratic Dinner.

Indy Uncovered

The real Joe Friday, coming October 1st.

Sigh

Advance Indiana on IND's new midfield terminal.  (That means Lacy Johnson is featured in the post.)

Watchdogs

Fort Wayne Observed on the Journal-Gazette's Offline: Only in Print, Kind of.

Scott Tibbs: "Bob Zaltsberg broke Herald-Times [Bloomington] policy by printing two letters to the editor that violate the his often-stated policy about claims made against candidates."

Open Government

via email:

When Bloggers and Political Candidates Collide

Today, blogs and video-sharing mean even more of a candidate’s message can be spread outside the official confines – and message discipline – of a campaign.

As Holly Yeager reports in recent interviews for the Financial Times: “ … parties and candidates no longer control politics, in the same way mainstream journalists no longer control the media.” As witnessed in Indianapolis, the Seventh District Congressional race is the subject of intense blogger scrutiny and interest. Hear from popular bloggers on the subject in an open forum for the community and candidates. Both Eric Dickerson and Julia Carson have been invited to attend.

Tuesday, October 3, Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Glendale

Public Library at the Glendale Mall

This event is hosted by the Indiana Coalition for Open Government and the Indy Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Oh Please

RiShawn Biddle says that Carl Drummer's oped in Sunday's Indianapolis Star provided some unintentional hilarity.

I agree.  In fact, am I the only one who was reminded of Smoove B?

Advance Indiana has a more sober view.

Speaking of Energy

Scott Fluhr:

The air has clearly gone out of the gas price argument. It appears even more absurd when taken into the broader context of examining Hill's own "record" (insofar as a Congressman can do anything about the price of gasoline) on the issue.

A Peak post

Chris Hardie, of the "new non-profit called Sustainable Indiana, Inc," checks in from the Third U.S. Conference on "Peak Oil" and Community Solutions.

Teach Your Children Well

RiShawn Biddle lobs a bomb at IPS.

Spotlight on Indiana

A roundup related to the hot races in Indiana:

• Scott Fluhr points us to the WaPo's blog "The Fix," who've been looking at races along the Ohio River.  And more here.
• Doug Masson points us to the TPM Muckraker for the latest on robocalling in the 9th.
• Scott also analyzes negative ads in the 9th.

Puppetry

Jim Shella: "So, do yourself a favor for the rest of the campaign.  When you see or hear Biberstine, visualize Brizzi.  And when you see or hear Burns, visualize Kennedy.   Don't let unknown operatives get away doing a candidate's dirty work."

The Power of Sampson

Terry Hutchins:

Kelvin Sampson has been saying for months how impressed he is with Indiana University. The IU basketball coach likes the campus, he likes the people, and he honestly believes Indiana is one of those places where you can win a national championship. His No. 1 gripe, however, both publicly and privately, has been IU's antiquated facilities . . .

Sampson was then asked if he was embarrassed by IU's basketball facilities. He took a long pause and then said, "Next question.''

There's no doubt that a practice facility like the one being discussed could do wonders for IU's chances to recruit . . .

Run Away!

Prof. Eisenstein warns LaPorte County to stay away from the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority.

And More Still on Dickerson

The latest:

• Somewhat amusing: Indy Undercover takes a peak to see who's been checking up at his site.
• TDW posts PDFs of the original documents.
• Abdul: "It all boils down simply to who do you believe. "
• Advance Indiana unloads on the Indianapolis Star for its poor reporting and biased editorial.
• Ruth Holladay agrees but also relays Andy Jacobs, Jr's sentiment that the Indianapolis Star's coverage has been unfair to Julia Carson.  Say what?
• Finally, RiShawn Biddle really clears the air: "What I will say is that none of this would be of concern for voters in November if the two major parties actually had done their jobs and selected competent candidates for office. "  Indeed!

More on Monroe

It's an anagram, see?

Anyway, Mr. Tibbs has more on local news down south.

Kidnapping

FWOb has full details, with PDFs and audio, on the recent kidnapping that ended in Allen County last Friday here and here.

South Side

credo opines on housing development in Fort Wayne:

The Southside is being redeveloped at the expense of those who already have businesses and homes on the southside. You would think Fort Wayne's City Leaders would do more to support homeowners and current businesses owner on the southside.

To Rival the Arch

Jason266, an Indianapolis-based architect, reports at length about the "Indy Gateways" project:

Fifteen design teams submitted RFQ's (Request for Qualifications) in hopes of being the designer for the I-65/West gateway. Five teams were selected to propose designs for the gateway. The teams are comprised of many talented designers and each team is headed by a local landscape architecture firm . . .

He also posts pictures and reviews. (via [I'm sorry, I forget - Z])

Old Tricks

Advance Indiana catches Advance America yet again.

Dickerson Reloaded

The saga continues:

• Abdul interviewed Paula Dickerson today (audio here), and she denies being beaten.  Abdul summarizes:

And here is what we know right now. We have a 15-year old police report. We have Eric saying he did not commit the crime. We have his wife saying he did nothing. We have a case that has been dismissed. We have a case file that has since been destroyed. We have an accuser (Julia Carson) who has disappeared off the radar screen.

Draw your own conclusions.

• stAllio is skeptical:

but there's a lot of highly detailed stuff in that police report: where did it all come from if it's not true? where did the cops get all that stuff about eye-gouging and elbow biting? why did the cops say that paula told them that eric wanted to kill her? and the cops don't just say that eric bit his daughter, the police report says she had visible bite marks. this sounds awfully specific to be something they just pulled out of their asses.

something doesn't jibe here. the dickerson version of events cannot be reconciled with the police report. someone is lying. either the cops completely made up the entire report, or paula lied (either then or now).

• Both Advance Indiana and TDW noticed a disappearing-reappearing article at IndyStar.com by Mary Beth Schneider.  AI comments:

And just how did Schneider get the police report? "An Indianapolis Police Department arrest report -- which a Carson campaign volunteer obtained from IPD -- gives a different version of events," she writes. In other words, the Star didn't go searching for the record itself. Schneider reported in her earlier online report that all court records have since been purged; however, in this new report she says old files were recovered from storage in the Marion Co. Prosecutor's office. That's how she knew the case was dismissed because mother and daughter recanted statements included in the original police report. Schneider is also no longer talking about Carson's earlier claim, which she reported in her first online report, that Carson learned about the alleged domestic abuse from a neighbor of Dickerson's. And the Indiana Democratic Party, they declined to comment on the matter, although the state' party's communications director has had plenty to say about the matter at Taking Down Words. Doesn't Schneider read that site?

• Frugal Hoosiers, uh, plays the race card.

A Dangerous Campaign

Jim Shella reflects on the recent accident in Kokomo involving State Representative candidate Ron Herrell:

. . . talk to any candidate who has run statewide in Indiana and there is likely to be a scary story in his or her background.  Joe Hogsett used to talk about a small airplane trip that nearly ended in the side of gravel truck on a windy day.  Baron Hill told of waking up from a nap to find his car going through the median and his driver asleep.

You shouldn't have to risk your life to run for office but it happens frequently.

The Lawyer Jamboree

Doug Masson files a lengthy and informative report from the "Continuing Legal Education seminar that attempts to provide an update in what has been going on in most areas of Indiana law."

The Road to Somewhere

Thomas Kemp describes the aborted plan to upgrade the route to Brookville Lake.

WalMarted

FWOB calls for some full disclosure:

There was one item of full disclosure that should have been a part of the news stories regarding Rev. Michael Latham's call for a possible boycott of the new Southtown Wal-Mart store.

It is this:  Rev. Latham and Scott's Foods officials announced a cooperative program earlier this year in 2004 which enourages young people - particularly those who might be headed for gang activity - to be hired by Scott's Foods. The persons hired through the program are expected to be mentored through the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People . . .

Wal-Mart is a competitor of Scott's in its grocery business. It would be expected that the new Wal-Mart at Southtown may particularly affect the volume of business at Scott's Decatur Road location.

Meanwhile, credo is not happy with how Rev. Latham's agitations have panned out.

Vote Or Something

Steph Mineart reminds you to double check on your voter registration and adds a cautionary tale:

In all the recent hullabaloo surrounding the GOP purging voter rolls in Indiana, it turns out that although I returned my postcard with my corrected new address on it promptly, my voter registration was not updated. I talked to at least one other person who discovered that they are no longer registered to vote either after calling the Marion County Election Board Voter Registration. They returned their registration card also, and they didn't have the additional wrinkle of having moved recently.

Meanwhile, as for absentee ballots, Frugal Hoosiers makes some hay out of some Democratic mailings, with PDF goodness:

the Indiana Democratic Party mailed out absentee ballot applications.  On those applications they placed nice little red arrows that tell voters where to sign and fill out the application for an absentee ballot.  Convenient for voters? Yes.  In violation of the state election law governing absentee ballots?  Maybe.

And TDW posts a letter from "Indiana Election Commission Chairman Thomas Wheeler to all county election officials using MicroVote Infinity systems" describing a now-fixed problem with straight-ticket tallies.

Indiana's Attraction for Comedy Central

Steph Mineart, "According to the Holiday World Blog, the Holiday World amusement park in southern Indiana will be featured on The Colbert Report in the next few weeks."

This, of course, follows The Daily Show's Dan Bakkedahl's visit to the Fort Wayne Roller Dome.

Leaking

Ruth Holladay notes yet another departure from the Indianapolis Star, Norm Heikens.

v. and vs.

The Sports Law Blog: "Indiana’s Courts of Appeals have offered some of the most analytical 'sports tort' cases in recent years . . . "  (via ILB)

No Smoking

Libertarian opposition to smoking bans is nothing new, but Mike Sylvester offers some extra criticisms of the proposed Allen County ban, which is, "poorly written and needs to be clarified before it is voted on."

Hogan's Alley

FWOb has some original reporting on a shooting on Broadway.

Pence for Breakfast

David Weigel reports on a breakfast held by the American Spectator with Mike Pence, the Hoosier "Republican rock star."

Your Attention Please

• Kreg Battles, the Democratic opponent to Troy Woodruff for Indiana's 64th House District (via Doug Masson)
• Bil Browning is working on a new blog for the American Values Alliance.

New Director: Action!

Mark W. Rutherford announces: "Kyle McDonald, Kokomo native and Wabash College graduate, was announced today as the new Executive Director for the Libertarian Party of Indiana."

GreenAway

New Alb Annie chimes in with a report on the New Albany Greenway.

Reformed in Indiana

via Scott Tibbs, Hoosier Preacher/Blogger Tim Blayly posts on the resignation of "Dan Reuter, the pastor of a PC(USA) church in Nashville [Indiana] who resigned after the PC(USA) abandoned sexual purity in a recent action."

EFFing Phone Calls

Scott Fluhr, "Overlooked in the revelation of the automated call prohibition, and in the whole EFF incident, is the impact that this might have on get-out-the-vote efforts by both parties."

Domestic Dickerson

Wow, this Eric Dickerson story is pretty big.  Some points:

• Advance Indiana gives a sweeping narrative to catch you up to speed.
• TDW posts the Police Report.  Abdul wonders why this is the only part of the prosecutor's file to have survived.
• TDW finds it suspicious that "the case was in the court system for almost a year before the charges were dismissed."  Abdul implies that the case was refiled on technical grounds.
• TDW also notes it's a small world: "you'll note that one of the responding officers on the call was Vince Huber, now the President of the local Fraternal Order of Police."
• AI, TDW, and stAllio note that the police report contradicts Dickerson's claims on this morning's show with Abdul that "there was no physical violence."  sTDW and stAllio also astutely note that Paula Dickerson could clear this up.
• TDW says that Dickerson's preemptive appearance on Abdul in the Morning was a "decent PR move."  stAllio wonder whether the appearance gave the story fatal prominence.
• Finally, why did Julia Carson suddenly decide to go so extremely negative on such a weak challenger?  AI and Abdul offer thoughts.

Pubapalooza

A Roundup on the Julia Carson Memorial Bar and Grill:

1. RiShawn Biddle gives the details of possible charges coming out of the prosecutor's office.  Advance Indiana says the need for a special prosecutor is "a load of crap," but also pushes for the feds to get involved.
2. Abdul further notes that the Marion County Association of Neighborhood Alliances is up in arms, and politicians should take notice.  He also has extra criticisms for Monroe Gray.
3. Ruth Holladay notes one name has been absent from the who's who of involved politicos:

   I'll take it another step -- altho she was not mentioned in Tully's story, Belle T. Choate is the head of the Marion County Alcoholic Beverage Board, and she ultimately will get to hear the request for this club's liquor license. She is the wife of Sarge Visher, Rep. Julia Carson's chief of staff. Some people have argued that Rep. Carson is neither responsible for this mess nor in charge of it, but everybody involved is ultimately tied to her. These are her people.

   What's more, she has a nice history lesson to put it in perspective.

4. Advance Indiana tells the Indianapolis Star's Will Higgins to keep digging; he's missing a lot.  He also accuses Higgins of revisionist history in today's paper.  Thank goodness for blogs.

Polling Around

Doug Masson has some sharp thoughts on the AP's recent polls on DST and Major Moves.

What an Honor

FWOb gets some good coverage in the Old Media.  And well-deserved, too.

What an Honor

Not to begrudge the Indiana Democratic Party of an honorific, but is beating New Jersey really that hard?  Ellen Andersen celebrates.

Spotlight on Mitch

Zach Patton of Governing Magazine's blog "13th Floor" interviews Mitch Daniels. (via Frugal Hoosiers)

Calling All Cars

Indy Undercover:

According to our sources MECA is currently under investigation by IOSHA as a result of complaints filed against our well-known can-and-string radio system.

Frankly

TDW says the GOP are having problems with their own franked mail.

Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy

• Advance Indiana reports on Melinda Kennedy's recent speech at the Indy Rainbow Chamber.
• Abdul fact checks her recent news release attacking Brizzi.
• Chairman Rutherford says she sounds just like a Republican.
• Indy Undercover:

At the Hobnob this week Ms. Kennedy asked the profound question "Are we safer that we were four years ago?" Indyu is waiting for Melina to answer her own question after all she was sitting there when Bart decided to lay-off police officers and strip $300,000 from Brizzi's office in 2004.

The Fool on the Hill

Baron Hill, "I don't try to wear religion on my sleeve for political gain; that would be wrong."

Scott Tibbs notes some, uh, inconsistencies with that statement.

IndyGlo

HoosierPlew does some sneaky sleuthing and finds that an unannounced "Green Line" may be in the works for IndyGo.

Is there a Doctor in the House?

John Good reports that Dr. Hayhurst has stolen a page from the Bill Frist playbook.

Officer Under Fire

Indy Undercover reports that Marion County Democratic Party Chairman Ed Treacy is targeting City-County Councilor for District 12 Sherron Franklin (D) for being insufficiently partisan.

The Brief Booking of Buju Banton

The Bloomington GBLT community scored a big win by pressuring the Bluebird nightclub to cancel a performance by anti-gay bigot Reggae performed Buju Banton.  Follow the blogger coverage here, here, here, here, and here.

B-Town

Mr. Tibbs has some short, and interesting, notes on local politics in Monroe County.

Your Attention Please

Two new ones

• Hamilton County Libertarian Party
• 'Round the Bend -- a Democrat out of South Bend pushing hard for Donnelly

Hoping for Community Chest

Advance Indiana asks, "Is Indianapolis Teetering on Bankrupcy?"

A Captive Audience

Indy Undercover basically revealed that the Democratic candidate for Marion County Prosecutor Melinda Kennedy has been showing up at roll calls and speaking to police officers.  According to the comments, they have to sit there and not ask questions.

Running Scared

Scott Tibbs wonders why 9th District candidate Baron Hill gave a closed-door speech to the IU College Democrats.

Shooting Star

TDW notes the departure of yet another employee from the Indianapolis Star, Tammy Webber.

Oddly enough, despite the seeming mass exodus from 307 N. Pennsylvania, the Star only has two job openings posted on JournalismJobs.com: one for an editor and one listing for the annual Pulliam Fellowships.

Holding His Feet to the Fire

Bil Browning recently pressed Brian Bosma on the marriage amendment and got a surprising response (with audio).

Game on

Abdul has a roundup of local gossip.

Fore!

Duck, Quayle.

Odd Funding

Indy Undercover dug up some history from late 1998:

NIPSCO: Energy provider for the northern part of Indiana was preparing to release a parcel of property to the City of Gary, Indiana for redevelopment. This piece of property was located on Grant Street near Interstate 80 across the street from Community Church.

Instead phone calls were made and NIPSCO suddenly stopped the deal with the City of Gary and sold the property to the Precedent for approximately $100,000. Precedent then resold the property to the City of Gary for approximately $1.1 million. In November of the same year Bart Peterson announces his bid for Mayor with a big junk of cash in the bank.

Neither Mayor Scott King or State Senator Earline Rogers were particularly pleased with the arrangement however they were forced to go along with this deal for the good of the "Party".

Marion Co. Inquest

Advance Indiana

is picking up word that Marion Co. Coroner Kenneth Ackles is nowhere near to figuring out how the county is going to perform autopsies in the near future than he was the day he recklessly terminated a contract he entered into with the current professional group offering those services just 8 months after signing a 5-year contract with the group. News of the impending disaster here in Marion Co. quickly spread to the forensic science community via the Internet, which has been chatting it up about Marion County's archaic political system for administering medical examinations. That would be the same group of professionals from whom Mr. Ackles will have to search for replacements for the seasoned forensic pathologists he decided to terminate.

Cut and Press

Scott Fluhr busts the News and Tribune [Floyd and Clark Counties] for running a Mike Sodrel press release as a guest editorial.

Supersuperintendent Peterson

Abdul Hakim-Shabazz suggests replacing the IPS school board with the Mayor's office.

Bloggers Leading the Way

FWOb grabs some attention:

Fort Wayne Observed editor Mitch Harper advocated the reestablishment of the Tax Adjustment Board last week in a public meeting  between the Allen County Commissioners and members of the Allen County Council.

Leo Morris of teh Fort Wayne News-Sentinel followed up with an editorial.

The Indiana Real Estate News Blog approvingly noted the suggestion and subsequent attention.

The perks of mismanagement

[Indy Undercover] has found out there’s trouble brewing in the Marion County Information Services Agency. Apparently there are some “questionable” activities concerning its spending of taxpayer money and its Application Development contract negotiations. Not to bore you with details (hopefully some enterprising reporter out there will follow up), but a number of employees (about 10) recently took a trip to San Diego, CA, at $2,000 a head, to attend a conference held by Accela, a computer company. Apparently someone wants the city to spend $3 million on a computer system that may not be compatible with the city’s needs for its permit and inspection management activities. Does this sound familiar?

Your Attention Please

Marcia Oddi of the Indiana Law Blog coyly asked, "can a blogger ever be considered a 'journalist'?  The answer is - YES, at least in Indiana!"

Congratulations to Ms. Oddi for:

being chosen as a recipient of the Indiana Judges Association’s 2006 Media Award for “Excellence in Public Information and Education.” This annual award is given to selected members of the media who have “gone the extra mile” in responsible, informative and educational reporting/programming to the community in matters concerning the Indiana Judiciary.

And well deserved!

Advance (Republican) America

Advance Indiana:

A truly nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization would have no reason to provide "election briefings" to voters at fora at which you can only meet Republican candidates for the legislature.

Tolbert Update

Ruth Holladay:

Now Tolbert's family in Philadelphia is asking whether a connection may exist between his exposure to the toxins in lower Manhattan during the time he was there -- a period of about five days -- and his untimely death five years later at the age of 34.

Low Profile

Frugal Hoosiers says that Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Joe Pearson is running a lackluster campaign.

Are you kidding him?

Terry Hutchins, "I've received several emails in the last 24 hours from people suggesting that Kelvin Sampson committed a recruiting violation when he had dinner with Eric Gordon and Derrick Rose at Yogi's (10th and Indiana) on Friday night of last week."

RCC

Thomas Kemp has the latest on the Randolph County Courthouse (which is charming).

Yardsigns Against EtOH

FWOb notes a new yardside campaign.