Posts Tagged Indianapolis
Dealing with the Embarrassment
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on February 2nd, 2012
I logged onto the Star’s front page this morning, only to discover that Matt Tully had already written my intended post. It’s embarrassing. Even those of us who hate football have to be impressed with the skill and energy and sheer hard work that has gone into SuperBowl preparations. Even those of us who disagree with [...]
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What is Ballard Smoking?
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on January 30th, 2012
When the dust cleared after the November elections, Indianapolis was left with divided city government. The Mayor is Republican. The Council majority is Democrat. The challenge for the next four years will be to get along–to make decent policy despite partisan divisions. An article in this morning’s Star suggests we’re not getting off to an auspicious [...]
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The Younger Generation
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging, Uncategorized on November 17th, 2011
Last night, I attended a community forum sponsored by SPEA students of John Clark. John is well-known in Indianapolis–he has long been active as a public intellectual and sponsor of the website Provocate. His enthusiasm for global-local connections has clearly motivated his students. The subject of discussion was: can Indianapolis become a “humanitarian hub”? The [...]
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Sinking into Mediocrity
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Local Government on October 19th, 2011
Apparently, those of us who live in Indianapolis only focus on the city–and what we’d like to see it become–every four years, during mayoral elections. If then. Whatever one might think about the “visions” displayed by the current candidates, it occurs to me that those of us who call Indianapolis home need to develop some [...]
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A Wise Choice
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on September 24th, 2011
On Thursday, the Indianapolis-Marion County Library board chose Jackie Nytes to be CEO of the library system. I was hoping for that result, but I’ve seen enough searches to know that just because she was the ideal candidate and obvious best choice didn’t guarantee anything. (National searches, particularly, always remind me of the old definition [...]
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