National Indiana Day - Colts in Super Bowl

We have holidays for everything else, so I'm proposing that today be named National Indiana Day since our Colts are playing in the Super Bowl. We're all about economic development, and winning the Super Bowl is a key component of that effort in 2010.

Now some political stories worth keeping an eye on until the game starts:

Crown Point's mayor raised just shy of $100,000 and spent roughly the same amount in 2009.

In what can only be called a Northwest Indiana oddity, politicians in Lake County are giving themselves "bonuses" on the sly. Seriously?

East Chicago continues to rush to catch up with Gary on the corruption index, with this week's indictment of the Mayor on charges of using city employees and funds to remodel a home ... in Gary!

Lots of political announcements, people running for office, we'll be trying to update our Porter County, Lake County and Laporte County lists of candidates this week. And of course keeping an eye on the United States Senator race, with former Senator and Lobbyist Dan Coats rushing in at the last minute to get signatures. Reports are that state GOP officials are pressuring local GOP officials to get those signatures and getting little assistance from local officials.