In his worst defeat since becoming Mayor nearly eight years years ago, the Indianapolis City-County Council scuttled one of Mayor Greg Ballard’s top priorities, the Justice Center and placed in serious jeopardy Mayor Ballard’s legacy project, his conversion of the city’s vehicles to electric cars.  The Council voted 16 to 13 NOT to consider revisions […]

In a stunning Saturday announcement, the proposed deal where the City of Indianapolis would lend Indianapolis-based Angie’s List $18 million to expand its headquarters and increase hundreds of Indianapolis jobs has been put on hold because of the growing concern about Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The Indianapolis City-County Council was scheduled to […]

In the first of what will be numerous interviews and opportunities for Indianapolis to hear from the candidates for Indianapolis City-County Council, Afternoons with Amos’ Candidate Tuesday’s kicked off with an interview with one of the newest members of the Council.  The Rev. Stephen Clay, Pastor of Messiah Missionary Baptist Church was appointed in December […]

Vernon Brown has been a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council since 2003, including serving four years as the Council’s Majority Leader.  The Warren Township Democrat and Indianapolis firefighter has been a strong fighter for minority inclusion, common sense government and being a good steward of residents tax dollars.  A new state law that prohibits […]

Unlike the mess in Washington where Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on the time of day, the two parties did something unusual in Indianapolis.  They agreed and compromised on the 2014 budget for Indianapolis/Marion County.  City-County Council President Maggie Lewis and Vice-President John Barth appeared on Afternoons with Amos and talked about the bipartisan budget […]

In an Afternoons with Amos exclusive interview, City-County Councilwoman Christine Scales, a two term Republican Councilwoman speaks out on why the Republican leadership of the Council banned her this week from sitting with the other Republican Councilors during their regular caucus sessions.  For years Council members of both parties meet in separate caucuses before each […]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW JUST ADDED: Jose Evans, who two years ago ran as a Democrat for Mayor of Indianapolis, suddenly announced Tuesday that he was switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.  In an Exclusive, extended interview on Afternoons with Amos, Evans, who represents City-County Council District 1 on the far northwest side Pike […]

The impasse between Republican Mayor Greg Ballard and the Democratic majority on Indianapolis’ City-County Council could lead to a severe budget crisis in January that could result in a number of county agencies drastically reducing mandated services to the public.  On Afternoons with Amos, Scott Miller, President of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce was […]

  In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview, City-County Councilmen Vop Osili and Joe Simpson explain their support of a controversial deal of those controversial TIF (Tax Increment Finance) districts downtown and on Mass Avenue that the two say will bring jobs and development to a near westside Black community. Last Monday, in controversial 5-1 […]

After promising that the Detailed 2013 Indianapolis Budget Book would be released to the City-County Council and to the public, late Monday Mayor Greg Ballard and City Controller Jeff Spaulding pulled back on that promise. Afternoons with Amos learned that Spaulding’s office notified City-County Council officials that the full details of the 2013 City/County budget […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 48 Minues ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. On the final Campaign Tuesday of the November 2011 elections, Afternoons with Amos concentrated on the candidates in the five Black-majority Indianapolis City-County Council Districts. Listen above to the interview as Democratic candidates from those districts talked with Amos and listeners on the critical issues. […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 18 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Pam Hickman, businesswoman and Democratic Party activist, is the new Democratic candidate for City-County Council at large. Hickman made her first Indianapolis radio appearance live on Afternoons with Amos. In her interview which you can hear above, and joined by fellow Council candidate Leroy Robinson, […]