December 5th, 2008 at 10:48 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Former House Speaker John Gregg’s book”From Sandborn to the Statehouse” hits bookstands on December 18th. New Century Publishing, know for recent books by Rex Early and about Keith Bulen, put it together.
Gregg says it will be a behind the scenes look at his career that will be like listening to him talk. That means emphasis on the light and entertaining aspects of Statehouse life.
I provided a quote for the cover:
“I was asked the other day what politician I enjoy covering most. John Gregg is the hands down winner in that category. He is always a good quote, always looking to make fun of others (and himself), and never one to waste a reporter’s time. He also likes getting home early. ”
September 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
As Jill Long Thompson and her staff do all they can to quash rumors of money trouble, consider this: Her two day tour of the state to call for the release of the governor’s travel records is a road trip. She is traveling by car even though this is the sort of activity usually conducted in an airplane, as a ”flyaround.”
The Democratic candidate for governor is married to a pilot who did the flying for her on one such flyaround.
Yet Long Thompson is driving now and taking two days to do so, even holding her Indianapolis event yesterday at the late (for the media) hour of 4 pm, a news conference where she denied money problems.
As former state Republican Chairman Rex Early likes to say, “Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes?”
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Delegates to the state Republican Convention have plenty to talk about while figuring out how Jon Costas lost the nomination for Attorney General to Greg Zoeller (do you think it was the Fuzzy Zoeller video endorsement?)
Here is a sample:
-GOP State Senator John Waterman watched from the fringes today as he continued to threaten an independent run for governor. His wife was a delegate.
-Former State Chairman Rex Early sold more than a hundred copies of his book outside the convention hall. I couldn’t help giving him a bad time about some misspelled names in the book. Said Early, “If I was to do it over, I’d spell your name wrong!”
-The media didn’t get the usual over-sized, pink credentials given out at Republican conventions. Instead, this year’s credential were lavender.
-Carl Brizzi made a name for himself, essentially criticizing the governor’s endorsement of Jon Costas in a nominating speech for Zoeller and then complaining that he wasn’t allowed to speak from the podium at the 7th District Caucus.
7th District Chairman John Hammond says he did Brizzi a favor by letting him speak at all. Because he’s not a delegate, says Hammond, Brizzi had no right to be there.
