Indiana Blog Review

Changes at IBR

Thanks to all those who inquired about becoming the next IBR editor. We'll make an announcement about the new editor soon.

In the IBR Inbox

From Kevin Makice, a Ph.D. student at Indiana University:

It would be wonderful to have members of your community participate in a community conversation taking place in Bloomington in three weeks. Your experiences would be very welcome to the discussion.

On Saturday, January 6 from 1-4p we will be holding an unconference -- The Politic Exchange -- at the Monroe County Public Library (Room 1B) to discuss "The Ideal Bloomington Portal." This is an ad-hoc format for small group conversations that should include participation from the City IT and other local stakeholders. There is more information on my blog and a new Yahoo! group that has been created.

IBR looking for new editor

Thanks to Zach Wendling for serving as editor of the Indiana Blog Review. Now that his year-long term has ended, we're looking for a new IBR editor. If you're interested, please send an email to the address listed in the left sidebar.

Good Bye

I've checked the RSS feed for new material for the last time.  My list of bookmarks is now empty.  My time as editor of the Indiana Blog Review has come to an end.  This is my last post.  Thank you all for reading and keep blogging!

The Courthouse's Take

Scott Fluhr walks us through the convoluted gambling revenue sharing among southern Indiana counties and the latest developments therein.

Wabashing

Ruth Holladay divines what led to the Indianapolis Star's latest hit piece on Wabash College.

The Gas Tax Shuffle

Scott Fluhr takes a sober -- and smart -- look at the Democrats' call for eliminating the state sales tax on gasoline.

Northwest Indiana Blues

Prof. Eisenstein:

Indiana University Kelly School of Business and Indiana University Northwest’s economics professor Don Coffin released the most comprehensive report of the overall failure of Northwest Indiana’s economic enterprise last week during a presentation to local business people. It was the 2007 economic forecast for Indiana and NWI.

Although this report was a condemnation of everything the political leadership is doing, as well as all its wasted promises and resources, not one member of the business community dared to speak out and condemn what is happening in NWI.

Recount

Mike Kole looks at Steve Osbourn's mysterious call for a recount in his bid to unseat Sen. Lugar, particularly the mystery of it.

I have to agree with Kole that this opened the door for spurious attacks like the one cited from Jim Shella, which is unbefitting a prominent pundit on Hoosier politics.

Drastic Action

Indy Undercover is reporting a rumor that Indianapolis law enforcement officers might face a total ban on moonlighting, a tremendous loss of supplementary income for many LEO's.