Posts Tagged Greg Ballard
Ballard’s Brand of Socialism
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Local Government on October 26th, 2011
This morning, Matt Tully criticized Melina Kennedy’s campaign for recent, negative ads. Essentially, he said that she had already demonstrated that she was the superior candidate, and that the ads were beneath her–that Ballard, whatever his deficiencies, is a decent guy and didn’t deserve the negative characterizations. I agree with Tully about negative ads, which [...]
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Why I Watch HGTV
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on October 9th, 2011
I can’t watch regular TV anymore. It drives me crazy. This morning was as good an example as any. My husband flipped on ‘Face the Nation’ just as Paul Ryan was telling David Gregory–with a straight face–that the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators and President Obama are “dividing Americans.” He made a great show of sadness [...]
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A Clear Choice
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on September 5th, 2011
Yesterday, the Indianapolis Star did profiles of the candidates for Mayor, and focused on their respective “visions.” It was easy to agree with Melina Kennedy’s priorities–education, economic development and public safety–but in fairness, despite successful performance as Deputy Mayor charged with economic development in the Peterson Administration, she hasn’t been responsible for public safety or [...]
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The Value of Pontificating
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Education / Youth on August 6th, 2011
I’ve been scanning the local news I missed during the past month, and duly noted coverage of a recent speech by Melina Kennedy on education. Kennedy (no relation–honest!) has focused her mayoral campaign on public safety, education and economic development, and has been delivering substantive proposals on those and related issues. In her education speech, [...]
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Harder than It Looks
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Local Government on June 29th, 2011
This morning, an acquaintance told me he’d recently been on the downtown Canal, and immediately thought of this post, in which I had bemoaned the city’s neglect of this important urban amenity. He was appalled–as we all should be. That brief conversation made me ponder the current state of affairs in Indianapolis, and the importance–and [...]
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