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BIOGRAPHY

For the last 20 years involved in home building, real estate and mortgage finance. Grew up in Indianapolis and moved to Northwest Indiana 10 years ago. Married and proud father of four great kids. In 1999 got my first taste of politics in the City of Valparaiso mayoral election, we lost to a 5 term Democrat incumbent. During the next four years though the conservatives in our area really began a major re-tooling culminating in 2003 with Mayor Jon Costas being elected over that same incumbent in a landslide, delivering the entire city council in his coat-tails. I was privileged to chair that campaign. Over the next couple years of course we then were able to work closely with new Governor Mitch Daniels and dozens of county and state races. Currently I maintain several consulting contracts with small businesses, focusing on strategic planning and business development, as well as remaining very involved in the mortgage business. Blogging started as a hobby four years ago, with a friend asking if I would post my thoughts each day on local news. Our local media is dominated by two newspapers and opposing views were difficult to find. Today I am editing roughly 20 sites, active on social networks focused on politics and real estate, as well as more than busy with my family.

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ACORN in Indiana - Sec of State asks AG to investigate

By Steve Dalton | 10/11/08

With ACORN activists in the news lately, mainly in Indianapolis and Lake County, elected officials finally stepped up to start investigating. Interestingly enough, Linda Pence who is running for AG as a democrat has said nothing, surprise!From Advance Indiana:He's been very slow to the game, but Secretary of State Todd Rokita has finally called for an investigation into vote fraud activity in Lake County. He's asking Attorney General Steve... read more »

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Northwest Indiana Politics - AG Race and Debate

By Steve Dalton | 10/10/08

Northwest Indiana Attorney General DebateThe readers of Porter County Politics will remember the convention competition early this summer, wherein Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas lost to Deputy Attorney General Greg Zoeller. It was hard fought, but clean and professional. After he lost, Mayor Costas not only endorsed Zoeller but he also asked to chair the campaign. They have worked together seamlessly over the summer and early fall to make... read more »

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Indiana Secretary of State on Voter Fraud and ACORN

By Steve Dalton | 10/09/08

Rokita Responding to Voter Fraud Allegations Source: (Hoosier Access) With allegations spreading of ACORN's apparent attempts at voter fraud around the country and with 105 percent of Indianapolis registered to vote (uh...105 percent? Something ain't right there) Indiana's top election official, Secretary of State, Todd Rokita, issued the following statement: Secretary Rokita Calls for Election Officials to Remain Committed to Ensuring... read more »

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Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels - Governor of the Year 2008

By Steve Dalton | 10/09/08

Mitch Daniels - Governor of the Year Governing.com announced today their list of public officials of the year for 2008, with our Governor Mitch Daniels garnering support as Governor of the Year. Public Officials of the Year, 2008 Drumroll, please. Each year, we at Governing profile our Public Officials of the Year in the November issue of the magazine. We're announcing this year's winners for the first time, right now, in this... read more »

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The undecideds will decide our President

By Steve Dalton | 10/08/08

I was reading a pretty solid post on Tech Republican tonite with some thoughts on how to reach undecideds:According to the ANES, American National Elections Studies, since 1948 to 2004 an average of 19.4% decide post convention, an average of 12.3% decide in the final two weeks, and an average of 4.8% decide on election day. In general, '04 was even below the average. Now the author then takes a decidedly technological bend toward an online 12... read more »

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More Indiana Voter Fraud - Obama and ACORN ties

By Steve Dalton | 10/08/08

How much fraud is there in Indiana? This last week the issue of voter fraud has been percolating to the surface, initially in Ohio and now it seems quite a bit right here in Indiana. Today Gateway Pundit reports gross problems in Indianapolis with 105% of voters registered:His ACORN buddies sure are doing marvelous work.Say Anything has tally sheet.And, still more good news for Obama... Fannie Mae funneled almost $1 million to ACORN... read more »

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Electoral College Tracker Tool

By Steve Dalton | 10/08/08

I've been watching Electoral-Vote.com for the last month, which has favored Pro-Obama moves in polls, but disregarding positive McCain news. This mashup found this morning on Five Ways to Visualize the US Elections is much better reflecting more polls and true nature of the toss up right now between the two candidates. read more »

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Obama Election Fraud - More from Indiana

By Steve Dalton | 10/07/08

For some reason we seem to be blessed with more than our fair share of fraud here in Indiana this last week. It's probably related to the fact that Barack really wants to "steal" Indiana from McCain's column. Today from Advance Indiana we have the newest installment:Marion Co. GOP Chairman Tom John explains - (See video of Obama Fraud)"Beth White took an oath to uphold the laws of the State of Indiana. Yet, Beth White went on... read more »

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Indiana Attorney General Race - Pick Zoeller

By Steve Dalton | 10/07/08

I know a bit about the Indiana Attorney General race this year. During the spring of 2007, I was excited about the potential for my good friends Mayor Jon Costas running for Attorney General in Indiana. Alas, Jon was soundly beaten at the party convention by current Deputy AG Greg Zoeller. As the dust settled though I came to learn more about our competitor, and find him to be absolutely the best candidate for the job in the... read more »

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Conservative Blogger Conference Call with Pickens Plan

By Steve Dalton | 10/06/08

Bloggers on Pickens Plan I missed the blogger call so here's a wrap up from Tech Republican: (go to link above for video)The "conference call hosted by David All and Joe Trippi featuring a question and answer session with T. Boone Pickens regarding the Pickens Plan. You can listen to the audio of the call here.Pickens also touched on his meeting last week with Sarah Palin. He said their dialogue was mostly energy related and he thought she... read more »