Bummer... I liked this blog as it was one of the more intelligent of those out there. There was a brilliant letter in the JG that said something to the effect of the burmese needed to act more american and stop spitting On the floor of the landromat when they coluld be yelling n***** or f***** at an elected representative, like real Americans do.

That's actually really interesting AWB, I did not realize that.

Are you saying there's 52 states? That's only 5 less states than Obama visited during his campaign :-)

I'm simply thinking of such as a business decision. In my opinion it's very unlikely that the states will win the suit. A better fiscal decision for Indiana would be to let the other 13 states spend the money on lawyers and if indeed the bill is an unconstitutional infringement on state's rights, then it will be struck down at the federal level, and Indiana would reap whatever perceieved benefit, without having to pay the lawyers. Let the 13 others spend the money. Spending Indiana resident's dollars for no real benefit outside of making a political statement isnt money well spent.

I was disappointed when this news broker that Indiana was among the minority of states that decided to file suit. I doubt very seriously that any of the 14 states will win on their various constitutional grounds, as such I'm wondering why the AG wants to spend Indiana's taxpayer dollars for what I think is a pointless endeavor.

Excellent, I agree with your assessment of Ms Joyner. In all my encounters with her I havbe found her to be first rate. Mr Joyner used to administer the FWPD message board.

I guess it's not surprising that active businesses would be quick to correct issues etc, and that's positive news to hear. I have called in several complaints, either through 311 or by reaching out to another contact in NCE.

I wonder the extent they are able to get businesses to comply once they have been shuttered... eg the south side George's Express, the humpty dumpty, or even the deumling clinic that looks worse and worse with each passing year.

There are anecdotes on all sides here, we had an alley graded within a week after calling 311.... I happened to be outside cleaning the street gutter of leaves so the puddles would drain. The guy saw what I was doing (shovel, trash can and 100' of soaked leaves in the gutter), and before he Left he used the blade on his truck to scrape the leaves into a pile which made it much easier. One guy, doing his job and then some, He must have left the shovel leaners at the shop :-)

Thats a bummer. I have had pretty good luck in the past two weeks with calling in SE side alleys via 311... I called in and the lady said, they are working on potholes now and will move on to alleys next. I took it as a brush off at the time, but a week later they showed up and spent nearly an hour regrading one of the offending alleys.

Muaaahahaha... this liberal democrat will go right to the first hospital and get my nose set and have the govt send AWB the bill... wait, I have insurance, and a job.

gad_fly only hires cute republicans, regardless of where they live :-)

Sometimes life imitates art and sometimes the other way around. I contend that you would show more responsible leadership by stating your opinion that the Buy Black campaign is racist by clear, concise and thoughtful communication, rather than a satirical piece of art intended to be controversial.

Honest question for you... would you have used the term 'chocolate' to describe Ms. Allen if she were unattractive?