I just sent out a self-promotional e-mail, hyping the arrival of Movable Type to my weblog. How disappointed you must be, gentle readers, to find that the content has not improved one bit. But, feel free to comment if you’d like.
Flow Chart of Gov. Daniels Appointments
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ governmentflowchart (pdf) courtesy of the Indiana Law Blog.
Old Romney v. Tippecanoe County
Old Romney v. Tippecanoe County I always like having my name on the winning side of a published opinion.
The case isn’t very interesting, I’m afraid. It was an inverse condemnation suit against Tippecanoe County alleging that there had been a “taking” when the state and the county closed an intersection for a new U.S. 231. The property owner complained that they had sold the right of way based on an understanding that there would be an intersection to the new road about a half block from where their property accessed the cross-road that would run
into new U.S. 231. If such a representation was ever made, it was oral and it was made by the state. Anyway, Indiana is pretty clear that, with a few exceptions, it’s not a taking if closing a nearby intersection makes your access to the public roads more circuitous. None of the exceptions applied, much as the property owner tried to shoe-horn.
For a more interesting case in which I came out on the winning side of a published opinion, take a look at Severson v. Purdue University, Tippecanoe County, et al (That involved a tragic situation wherein a dormitory resident with a drug problem entered a dorm with a shotgun and murdered his resident advisor. I represented the county against a claim that the sheriff’s department should be held liable for not protecting the resident advisor from the murderous student.)
STEVE CARTER
Attorney General of Indiana
Political Moratorium
For the past month or so, I’ve been on an enforced moratorium from political news. As a practical matter, this means that I have been limited to local news, sports, and, to a greater degree lately, technology sites.
It’s amazing how much more pleasant life is just being ignorant. My life is pretty good right now. Why worry about the “have nots” in the world or the country’s future, or what kind of world I’m going to leave my kid? (Let the heavens fall so long as queers can’t get married, right?)
Anyway, that moratorium was originally supposed to be for a month, which is now up. Maybe I’ll extend it a bit. I’m more up to speed on local news, and it gives me more time to noodle around with tech projects such as switching from blogger to movable type.
Habari Xenu News Aggregator
I just installed the Habari Xenu in my Firefox web browser. It’s a news aggregator which just allows you to get a summary of what is at a particular website without having to actually go there. I find this particularly useful for blogs and news sites. My current list is:
Atrios
Testing
Testing movable type
Testing
Just testing this out.
Well Football Pool
12th Annual WELL Virtual Football Pool
Still just playing around with Movable Type, but I thought I’d give a link to the Well’s annual football pool. My first year. Can’t give enough credit for running the thing. Just another benefit of belonging to the Well.
Colts v. Titans
Wow, I’m watching this Colts v. Titans game. What a rough & tumble affair. Titans have recovered two onside kicks, Colts blocked one of theirs and ran it in for a TD. 31-24 Colts lead.
Report of the Indiana General Assembly’s Commission on Courts
Final Report of the Indiana General Assembly’s Commission on Courts for the 2004 interim. Addresses (briefly):
1. Senior Judge for Tax Court
2. Conversion of Montgomery County Court to Superior Court
3. Salaries of Judicial Officers
4. Restrictions on Retired Judges receiving money from retirement fund.
5. Costs of notification by certified mail.
6. Assets protected by bankruptcy.
7. Expand jury pools.
8. Increase per diem for senior judges.