An Index of Topics

• Wilson school 4-Sale and other stuff
• Interested in Muncie and MSD end of year debt? Got it!
• Will be back soon….
• An Evening with Larry Riley
• Construction halted on Muncie’s Love canal
• Is Muncie the new Love Canal?
• Saturday Ramblings: April Fools Day
• Muncie Community Schools – What is going on?
• Muncie’s Debt, Delaware County Tax Levy
• Saturday ramblings: City of Muncie – in trouble?
• City Council to vote Landlord Registration
• SPECIAL HEARING!
• The Mayor and the Chief -the end of a friendship?
• Attention: Landlords and Muncie
• Make America Great Again
• Saturday morning rambling: 3 Reasons in 3 Days
• CLINTON EMAIL INVESTIGATION REOPENED.
• TIF finances for Delaware County
• Last call for Larry Riley
• Paving, demolitions, raises and budget
• FBI released report on Clinton 9-2-16
• Muncie 2017 Budget ~ public hearing
• Property assessment high? Appeal it. Info & help available.
• Muncie’s woes continued
• More on MSD rate hikes
• July 4th, 1776 Declaration of Independence
• MSD RATE INCREASE – PLEASE READ Updated with rate increase
• Conflict of Interest and the City
• Delaware County Primary – A Scary Tale
• Delaware County 2016 Primary
• Social Media = Facebook
• Support Scott Alexander-Council At-Large
• Saturday rambling: It was a mistake
• Muncie’s Financial Reports
• Saturday rambling: Whole lot coming down the pipe
• Saturday rambling: Filing for election
• Saturday rambling: Safety first – aligning words with actions
• Saturday rambling: TIF Districts, again
• Equal Opportunity is Freedom, Equal Results is Oppression
• Foreign Travelers and National Security hearing
• Higher Education really a house divided?
• Saturday ramblings: Fear & Prejudice in the U.S.A.
• Indianapolis, blight and the Indiana Tax Sale
• Citizens For Good Government
• Muncie 2016 Budget Summary
• The saga of debt: Our destiny revealed (quick update)
• Saturday Morning Ramblings: For the people “I will never lie to you” Mayor
• Awake the Sleeping Giant Rally
• Saturday ramblings: More on TIF
• Saturday morning rambling: Fiscal Health – City of Muncie: Business as usual
• Saturday morning rambling: Hello LOIT. Where you been, Big Spender?
• What really happened before and after LOIT
• LOIT – All workers will pay.
• Saturday ramblings: The till is running short.
• What’s happening in our city?
• Will Muncie Community Schools vote to cancel bus service?
• The Confederate Flag, a Symbol of What?
• Saturday ramblings – Waiting for Noah’s boat
• Saturday morning ramblings – TIF info available
• Economic Development – Riley style
• Delaware County Officials – Vote: Opposed
• In memory-Memorial Day
• Elections & Paving…this is a quickie
• Saturday morning ramblings: Early voting begins
• Update: I don’t know much, but I know enough. Liberty suing MSD….
• Saturday ramblings: Don’t know much, but know enough
• Upcoming event: Indiana Fair Tax Summit March 7th, 2015
• Indiana Education: Senate Bill 331
• Tuesday Tidbits: More on TIF districts and employment opportunities
• Saturday ramblings: Saturday morning comin’ down – elections and whatnot
• Criminal probe underway into Muncie contracts
• Saturday ramblings: Looking @ HB 1018
• Indiana SB360 and what you should know
• What’s happening at the Indiana Statehouse? Bills, bills and more bills
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• Saturday ramblings: Random thoughts & elections
• Saturday ramblings: The $60 million question or is it $62 million?
• 2014 in review
• Another year is passing by…
• It’s Almost Here! Merry Christmas!
• Saturday ramblings: How to manage a hotel
• Good to know, we have normal vomiting
• Live Election Results
• 2014 Mid-Term elections
• Saturday morning rambling: Voters threatened?
• Chicago Sun Times -Pastor receives death threats
• Trouble in Paradise – Carmel, IN
• Muncie Community Schools Candidate Forum
• A new roof, City Hall and other incidentals
• Saturday morning ramblings: What’s happening? Local politics and how it works for you.
• Making out-of-school programs a priority
• Here, there, and everywhere
• LRWD vs. MSD Something really stinks!
• Choo choo – the saga continues
• George Will – Stopping a lawless president
• “If you analyze…
• Saturday ramblings: The Impeachment of a President
• Saturday ramblings: Primary elections
• Woman survives driveway shootout
• Delaware County May 6th Primary
• Petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances
• Who’s minding the store?
• Saturday Rambling – A few days Late
• “Shame On Campaign”
• What’s different now?
• Thanks, Nancy Pelosi
• Indiana SB 176 Central Indiana Transit
• School Choice. What is it?
• Saturday morning ramblings: Belize, please….
• Saturday morning ramblings: What’s happenin’?
• 2013 in review-Muncie Politics
• Saturday Morning Ramblings: Here it comes – 2014!
• Saturday morning ramblings ~ barely surviving Friday the 13th
• When is no plan a plan? ~ Muncie Community Schools waiver hearing and other tidbits
• Muncie Community Schools – Public Hearing
• Blight in Delaware County
• Muncie Voters and the Referendum ~ Voting and thoughts…It’s USA
• The referendum November 5th
• Property Tax Assessment Appeals Process
• The $6.5 million question – Muncie Community Schools referendum-update
• Muncie Sanitary Sewer System…can it handle the flow?
• State Board of Accounts and $3 million dollars
• Saturday night and I ain’t got no money
• Right Wing Obamacare Myths DEBUNKED
• Common Core Summit – Muncie, Indiana
• 2 Million Bikers to DC 9-11-13
• Manufacturing Reality….
• Saturday morning ramblings: MSD & new business is really old business
• Detroit’s One Man Show – George Will
• Saturday Ramblings ~ Double standards and Hypocrisy
• We hold these truths to be self-evident Independence Day ~ July 4th, 1776
• Important message from the V.P.
• This ISN’T the Way it’s Supposed to be.
• Delaware County, Living on the Edge and $25,000 Financial Report
• Stop the student loan interest rate hike
• The usual suspects
• A Vat Full of Bull
• We Can Overcome
• Looking back…Hiring in Delaware County
• Coffee with the Councilman ~ Scott Alexander
• Working Families Flexibility Act
• City May Be Short Millions….
• Marco Rubio: The Immigration Reform Opportunity
• Rand Paul’s Letter to Senate Leadership on Immigration Reform
• U.S. Embassy Report
• Guilty on on all counts
• Do you know what time it is? It’s Wheel Tax Time!
• Broken tax code costs money
• Special speaker~ Nate LaMar
• Grand Jury on the Gosnell case
• Let’s hire a consultant…to do our jobs.
• We are Libertarians: Turning back history
• Al-Qadea and U.S. 2nd Amendment
• Simple enough.
• Dr. Brad Oliver on HB 1357
• Delaware County broke
• One budget that is worthy of our times
• 5771
• Clip from CSpan 3-13-13
• Bullies, freedom of speech and making your voice heard
• Do we really need this much government? by Luke Messer
• A price to be paid –
• Stand with Rand….Trying to stop the Road to Surfdom
• OUR VIEW: Hoosiers decide transit issue
• Delaware County Sequester…well, sort of.
• Hey Big $pender! How about a round of golf with me?
• Stand by your man and show the world you love him.
• Celebration of the 2nd Amendment ~ February 25, 2013
• ” The Attack On Integrity ” : Amy Forshee Fisher Under Fire
• Pre-Judging Amy
• Eric Welch ~ Candidate for Chair of the Republican Central Committee ~ Delaware County, Indiana
• Newsmax-Rubio’s response
• Saturday ramblings – 1%; Silence is golden and the LLL Club
• Seeking full-time Donkey Whisperers in Delaware County. Steady employment.
• In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns ~ Mario Puzio ~The Godfather
• It’s Almost Here! Merry Christmas!
• Happy Obama Holidays….
• Who are we and where are we going? Saturday morning ramblings
• Saturday Morning Ramblings – Putting the Human back into Humanity
• The Last Refuge
• Another Saturday Night – Dig it!
• Uncle Sam Theatre; Obamacare; Riots: City Council and Walmart; Benghazi – Are we nuts?
• Republicans and Uncle Toms
• Post Election Rant . . .
• And the winner is…..Scott Alexander
• 5078
• Public Question and Delaware County 2012 Ballot
• An evening with the “Commish” candidates-poverty, crime and politics
• Brad Oliver for Indiana State Representative (HD34)
• Dis-FUNctional – Are we having fun in Delaware County or what!
• Sweet Home Chicago
• Indiana and The Voter ID Law
• Paul Ryan – Vice-President material?
• We hold these truths to be self-evident Independence Day ~ July 4th, 1776
• INVISION Presents ~ Eckerty Fest II
• Madison Street Project-Muncie, Indiana June ’12
• Another Berry Long Run ~ Running for Rolli
• Money ~ It doesn’t grow on trees, or does it?
• Somewhere over the rainbow…
• Muncie Indiana – What’s happening in our city?
• MSD Storm Water and Sewage Rate Hikes or “Just give up one McDonald’s meal a week”
• 2012 Delaware County Primary Election Results
• It’s only money…Delaware County, Indiana
• Delaware County: A Modern Day Fairy Tale
• ~ Indiana 6th District Congressional Debate ~
• Child Abuse Vigil threatened to be canceled by Mayor Dennis Tyler
• Malchow and VAT ~ The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind…
• Scott Alexander ~ County Council At-Large ~ Vote November 6, 2012
• Prairie Creek ~ The Perennial Political Football
• Where is Dennis Tyler?
• From the Office of Mike Pence 3-5-12
• Tyler and the Case of the Two Lawsuits
• Parks & Recreation, Good Old Boys and $76,000.00
• Meet the Candidates Delaware County February 2012 Events
• Decision 2012: State Representative District 34
• Representative Bill Davis ~ District 33
• Helping our Troops – Muncie’s Ladies of Harley
• 3783
• STOP THE MADNESS…..
• Mayor Dennis Tyler and the First Two Weeks
• Choo Choo – The Train Has Left the Station Muncie City Council 1-2-12
• Property Tax Appeal Help Day #3
• Will Old Acquaintances Be Forgotten….
• Delaware County Fair Grandstands~Part Two
• It’s Almost Here….Merry Christmas!
• Breaking News: The Delaware County Fair Board isn’t Political! Grandstanding for the Grandstands.
• Mayor Sharon McShurley’s last Chat with the Mayor ~ Video and Pictures
• A Tale of Three Districts ~ Delaware County, Indiana
• Richard Mourdock to Speak in Muncie, Indiana December 9th, 2011
• Muncie City Council December 5th, 2011
• Muncie Action Plan – Good for our city
• Civic Manners, 2012 Election, Consolidation, Good Old Boys Club and 911
• A word on consolidation
• What’s happening in Muncie? ~ Local Neighborhood Organization Preparing to Fight the Battle Again!
• A “Thank You” to the department heads and employees ~ City of Muncie.
• ~ Keep Calm and Carry On ~
• Upcoming Program at The E.B.& Bertha C. Ball Center 11-11-11
• A Sad Evening for Muncie City
• Has ideology really changed or is it just an election promise?
• Update: Muncie During Mayor McShurley’s Administration
• Why I Won’t Vote for Dennis Tyler ~ Part Two
• Star Press Endorsements: Muncie City Council At-Large Candidates
• Mayor Sharon McShurley at Progress Rail Grand Opening 10-28-11
• Why I won’t vote for Dennis Tyler for Mayor ~ Part One
• People before Politics Part Two
• People Before Poltics ~ Part One
• Mayor Sharon McShurley or Dennis Tyler?
• Muncie City Council: Frustration and Politics Before People
• Saturday Ramblings and an Election Year
• An Example of “Working Together” It Ain’t Pretty, Folks!
• Not Getting Along With “Anybody”…Oh, really?
• Democrats Pledge a Clean Campaign and Why I Believe it is a Crock of Moldy Butter
• Meeting of Land and Traffic Part 3 ~ Choo! Choo!
• Common Thoughts = Double Trouble
• City Council Meeting with Public Hearing @ 6:00 PM & Things That make You Go Hmmmm….
• Delaware County Budget And City Elections=Why the County influences the city and is it good or bad?
• Our heads in the clouds? A short history on Muncie City Council’s fiscal management and why we need new CFOs.
• Meeting of Land & Traffic Part 2 ~ Choo, Choo, Choo
• First Meeting of Muncie Land & Traffic Committee ~ Choo Choo!
• Hear That Train a Comin’, Comin’ Down the Track or What Can Muncie do with $4 Million Dollars?
• If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck….
• Tuhey Pool Opening Day 7-27-11
• Walk of Fame Dedication Service ~ Heekin Park ~ Muncie, IN July 23, 2011
• Tuhey Pool ~ Lookin’ Good! ~ Muncie, Indiana
• July 4th, 1776 Declaration of Independence
• Another Berry Long Run ~ For Nettie’s Kids
• Joint Public Hearing on Reorganization Plan June 14 @ 6:00 PM
• Consolidation and Modernization poisioned by Muncie City Council!
• Crowe-Horwath Fiscal Study Presentation on Consolidation
• Consolidation and Modernization Meetings Scheduled!
• Indiana Senator Doug Eckerty Moving Indiana Along!
• 2011 State of the City Address ~ Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley
• Progress of the County Building Park Plaza
• Jim Arnold Republican for District 5
• Muncie, Indiana 2011 Primary Results
• Muncie Action Plan Looking for Volunteers!
• Who’s got your vote, who’s got your back?
• Important legislative change!
• Campaign Ads ~ Campaign Slogans ~ It’s Election Time in the City
• Community Update 4-9-11 Photos
• Pie With The Big Guy Was A Big Success! Jim Arnold District 5 Candidate
• A Word About Joe King ~ Candidate for District 3 ~ Muncie, Indiana
• Pie with the Big Guy ~ Jim Arnold April 7th
• CDCGG Community Update ~April 9th, 2011
• Muncie Flood Damage~ Follow up information
• Dennis Tyler from Urbana, IL “It’s about the children”
• Tony Bennett’s response to the Educational Forum on March 14th, 2011
• House Democrats’ Contact Information
• Following County Government: Passing on the message
• Education Forum with Senator Eckerty and Tony Bennett, Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Flood Damage ~ Muncie, IN
• Raiding the Delaware County 2010 Primaries ~ Fact or Fiction?
• Delaware County Council Budget Meeting February 16, 2011
• Muncie Action Plan on the Move! Let’s Go Muncie!
• We deserve good government by Jim Arnold
• Tucson shooting~politics, hatred or craziness?
• What’s happening with Concerned Citizens of Delaware County for Property Tax Repeal? Lots!
• Public input sought for future of Muncie Chevrolet plant
• Why Roberts Hotel Matters
• 2010 in review
• 2nd Annual Property Tax Appeal Help Day ~ January 8th, 2011 ~
• City Council Meeting, December 6, 2010 ~ Happy Holidays
• Flash Mob Scenes: Hallelujah In The Food Court
• God Bless Our Troops
• Delaware County Ordinance 2010-39 and Requested Appropriations
• 7 Million Bucks and a Sewer System, Too
• Feed My Sheep ~ Urgent Call For Food Donations ~
• Muncie Action Plan in Need of a Volunteer Coordinator
• Mayor Sharon McShurley is in the Race!
• Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley
• Muncie Action Plan (MAP) Community Meeting November 30, ’10
• Governor Daniels, Mayor McShurley & others working for Indiana!
• Delaware County, Indiana 2010 Election Results
• Delaware County ~ Indiana Question # 1 results
• Victor Whitehead ~ A true success story
• Star Press Editorial Board Endorses Commissioner
• Endorcement for Sentate District 26 Star Press
• Endorsement for Delaware County Council-Star Press
• Delaware County Candidate Endorsements-Star Press Editorial Board
• Delaware County Candidate Endorsements
• Delaware County November 2nd, 2010 Ballot
• PUBLIC QUESTION #1 ~ Indiana Ballot November 2, 2010 {Poll available}
• Doug Eckerty for Indiana State Senator
• Victor Whitehead for Center Township Trustee
• Carol Bouslog’s Speech at HPTRA Kick-Off Muncie, Indiana
• Candidate Forum available for viewing.
• ~~October 7th, 2010 Candidate Forum~~ Hosted by: CDCPTR
• McKinney-It Ain’t Over Until It’s Over.
• Hoosier Property Tax Reform Alliance-Bring it Home Tour Kick-Off!
• Candidate Forums Week of 9-26-10. Mark Your Calendars! (Updated to include candidate websites, if available)
• Delaware County Citizens are Not Alone!
• Muncie City Council September 13th, 2010
• Delaware County Needs New Leadership
• Tuhey Pool Bond Passes Updated 8-3-10
• “Pitchin’ Pennies for the Mission”
• SAFER Grant ~ Center Township ~ Time To Move On
• Property Tax Appeal Help Day~A Great Turnout!
• Muncie Mission Fire 7-4-10 Updated 7-5-10
• Muncie Animal Control – What’s It All About Anyway?
• Is Your Property Assessment to High? Help is Available.
• Ownership of Animal Control Is Now In The Hands Of The County
• Index of Topics
• Important Information About Homestead Deductions!
• Monday Night Show Down a/k/a City Council Meeting
• Chat with the Mayor 5-27-10
• Freedom of Speech or How One Man Won The Right to Exercise the 1st Amendment
• Delaware County Voting Polls Are Haunted!
• Update on the SAFER grant
• Get Ready for Another Round of Animal Control Politics
• Muncie and Google – A New Partnership?
• Richard Behney – U.S. Senate Candidate and One To Watch Closely
• Muncie Action Plan Community Meeting
• Good-Bye, Mr. Zook
• Carol Bouslog’s Letter to the Delaware County Election Board
• Elections in Delaware County
• Past, Present and Future of Delaware County
• 2010 Primary in Delaware County, Indiana
• Cash for Clunkers – Delaware County Style
• DLGF Budget Hearing Video 2-9-10
• Mayor McShurley’s State of the City Address
• Legislative Update January 30, 2010
• 2010 Legislative Survey Results
• No Confidence ~ Jim Arnold
• De-Annexation! Legal or Not?
• Special Meeting 1-21-10 County Council
• SAFE grant submitted – the wait begins
• Happy New Year! Good-bye 2009, Hello 2010!
• Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Animal Control in the 21st Century
• Delaware County Special Meeting 12-16-09 – County is Broke
• Lights On For Muncie & The Animals!
• Urgent! Special Meetings – Week of 12-14-09 – City Council
• Animal Shelter Fiasco & Budget Cuts & Politics
• Muncie City Council December 7th, 2009 VIDEO!
• Mayor’s Veto Letter to City Council
• 1129
• Save The Date-Hydrant Fee Hearing!
• Living Good In Delaware County, U.S.A.
• Muncie City Council and the Veto-Check It Out!
• Muncie Budget Veto and DLGF and WHAT You Can Do As Citizens!
• Just a timeless comment…short and sweet
• City Council 11-2-09 (Or Why I Like Living in Muncie, Indiana)
• How Much Does The City Pay?
• S.O.S. Save Our County!
• Muncie City Finance Meeting 10-14-09 Jim Arnold
• City Council Meeting October 5th, 2009
• Muncie Action Plan-Full Speed Ahead!
• Proposed 31.5% Water Rate Hike For Muncie, IN
• Plastic Wrap or Aluminum Foil?
• 9-11
• Will She Or Won’t She? Will LOIT Be Tabled? (Stay tuned!)
• What If?
• Chat With The Mayor 8-27-09
• Muncie Parks & Recreation
• 2010 Budget, Prairie Creek, Zook and LOIT Poll
• 8 Million Dollars and A Rainy Day Fund!
• Muncie City Council August 3rd, 2009 & LOIT Poll
• Poll: LOIT Vote No, Yes or Dunno
• Prairie Creek ~ It’s Happenin’
• Chat with the Mayor 7-30-09
• URGENT! LOIT! Please read!
• LOIT Hotline
• Saturday Morning Ramblings
• Mythconceptions of LOIT by Jim Arnold
• Interview with CDCPTR Now Available
• The Best Kept Secret by Jim Arnold
• Fed Up With The Lies
• Tabled Until Further Notice
• Samuel Adams
• LOIT! (Lowering Our Income – Tax)
• Tick, tick, tick…the sound of a clock
• LOIT and What It Means To You.
• If You Drive A Car, I’ll Tax Your Streets, ‘Cause I’m The Taxman
• Message from Indiana GOP Chairman
• Legislative Survey
• Muncie Sportscomplex and other spending ideas-Updated 8-16-09
• Plan to Merge CTFD and MFD and 3.5 Year Projection of Savings & Costs
• Representative Bill Davis and the Indiana General Assembly
• 78 Firefighters and 5 Stations – Muncie, Indiana
• New Guest Writer
• Morrison TIF (formerly: Delaware County Redevelopment Commission Meeting)
• Proposal from the Committe for the Muncie Fire Department-Updated
• 3 Special Meetings on 6-2-09
• Chat With The Mayor 5-28-09
• McShurley is Still the Mayor.
• The Wheel Tax, Again
• County Council Meeting 5-26-09 It’s All About Taxes
• Memorial Day!
• Wheel Tax, LOIT, COIT, Dog Tax
• A Petition Drive
• VaRooom! It’s a Wheel Tax Comin’ Down the Road
• Nobody is Listening!
• Indiana and other thoughts…
• Living for the City!
• Prosecutor Mark McKinney
• A Victory for the Residents, for now.
• Muncie City Council Meeting 5-4-09
• County Commissioner’s Meeting 5-4-09
• Chat With The Mayor 4-30-09
• The Plot Thickens..
• TAXES! CONSOLIDATION! BUDGET CUTS!
• Mayor McShurley and Japan Trip
• Prairie Creek, again.
• Election Board Needs Stopped! Updated!
• So far…Check back often for updates!
• Muncie Politics At Its Finest…The Saga Continues! Corruption!
• Tea Party and Me April 15, 2009
• Saturday Morning Ramblings #3
• Debt Free City! A Fun Video!
• Updated! Government Broadcasts!
• Delaware County – Entering the Stone Age
• Updated! Muncie City Council Meeting April 6, 2009
• Legislative Update 4-4-09
• Tax Day Tea Party April 15, 2009
• 2009 Legislative Survey Results
• Demand a Nepotism Policy – Vote!
• Saturday Morning Ramblings #2
• Keep a Scorecard or the More Things Change….
• Revolt at the Statehouse update
• YWCA in Muncie, Indiana
• Freedom of Speech
• Rep. Dennis Tyler
• House Action Disappointing
• We got to stop governing like this…
• Mayor McShurley and Chief Wilson
• Patriot Paul on Tax Rally 3-10-09
• Recap of Property Tax Rally 3-10-09
• Thanks to Larry Bledsoe by Jim Arnold
• Saturday Morning Ramblings…
• Muncie not as bad as it seems?
• Prairie Creek
• Mayor McShurley
• Star Press Editorial 3-4-09
• Muncie Politics at it’s finest!!
• Muncie City Council 3-2-09
• Evening with the Commissioners
• County Commissioners, again
• Muncie Mayor McShurley & The Great Homestead Mistake