http://www.heraldbulletin.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_324220723.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_324220723.html It may seem generous or even magnanimous that Anderson firefighters are willing to give up $890,000 in ambulance user fees (the city projects $1.05 million will be collected in 2010) to help balance the city’s budget. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_323222246.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_323222246.html James Edwards has been president of Anderson University since 1990. During his time, AU, as it’s affectionately known, has made great strides in becoming a truly international university. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_322225615.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_322225615.html None of this is any fun. When the economy is bad and public money dries up, government has to figure out a way to conform to a shrinking budget. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_322103858.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_322103858.html ‘Homelessness has no face.” Jimmie Schuster, 33, uttered the phrase last weekend during a unique night where Anderson residents got a close-up view of the plight of the homeless. About 150 people paid $25 to sleep in a tent or $10 to stay in a cardboard box in a vacant eastside lot. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_320221749.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_320221749.html Efforts to push legislative ethics reform through the Indiana General Assembly have long faced an insurmountable obstacle in the person of House Speaker Pat Bauer. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:25:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_317212552.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_317212552.html An ongoing challenge to a school corporation is to keep its constituents informed whether its teachers passing knowledge to youth or elected school board members getting its message to parents and taxpayers. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:29:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_316222939.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_316222939.html Dr. Felix Chow will be taking over as superintendent of Anderson Community Schools on Jan. 1. On Thursday, he visited The Herald Bulletin newsroom to introduce himself and set forth some of his educational ideas. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_315204654.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_315204654.html Four economists looked into their crystal balls Tuesday at Anderson Country Club during the annual economic forecast and came up with this projection: Things will get better. Slowly, perhaps not steadily. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:55:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_315005908.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_315005908.html The shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, last week have cast a pall over Veterans Day. Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly killed 13 people and wounded 29. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama will likely send more troops to Afghanistan by January, and troops are still stationed in Iraq where the violence seems to have subsided but the country is still in a volatile state. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_313224738.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_313224738.html Inside a Herald Bulletin story on Oct. 28 was an approval by the Anderson Board of Public Works of the 2010 holiday schedule, which gives city workers 16 paid days off. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_313002959.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_313002959.html Thumbs up: To the Ball Brothers Foundation for its recent grant of $100,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana to help the regional food bank match a $400,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:23:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_310232322.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_310232322.html January 20. May 4. November 2.All in 2010.Those are the critical dates facing candidates in next year’s elections; the days when they can declare their candidacy, run in the primary election and, perhaps, run in the general election. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_308220611.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_308220611.html The conservative FOX news cable network has been getting as much mileage as possible from its never-on, always-off relationship with President Barack Obama. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_308001216.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_308001216.html Indiana schools Superintendent Tony Bennett has been courting controversy since he took the office in January. An enthusiastic cheerleader for charter schools, Bennett recently took the bold move of challenging Indiana’s teacher education curriculum. He claims he is only thinking of the schoolchildren, but he’s wrong here. In fact, his policy could be detrimental to children because underqualified personnel could be standing in front of the blackboard. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_306221626.html http://www.heraldbulletin.com/editorials/local_story_306221626.html “Women and children first.”That call has been intended since the mid-1800s to place chivalry above personal safety during rescue attempts.