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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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Time to Drill in ANWR - Photos from Alaska

By Steve Dalton | 10/01/08

This was probably my number one post of all time, netting some 30,000 visitors about a month ago, just after the #dontgo movement started. It all started with my desire to research ANWR because we have a hard fought Congressional race here and the Republican challenger Luke Puckett went to ANWR to see for himself. Pictures of ANWR - to make the case for drilling Luke Puckett from Indiana's 2nd Congressional District has been very vocal... read more »

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Northwest Indiana Political Blogging Today

By Steve Dalton | 10/01/08

Northwest Indiana Roundup this morning I know many of our readers stop here and don't get a chance to read the rich offerings of the NW Indiana blogosphere. So for a morning post, here's a list of links, well worth reading ... better even than either newspaper has to offer, sorry but both newspapers are falling way behind: Munster FEMA temporary state office, people still lined up this morning before sunrise. ... read more »

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My Man Mitch Dominating by 16 points

By Steve Dalton | 10/01/08

My Man Mitch holds 16 point lead After a couple debates and attacks from Jill Long Thompson, Mitch Daniels continues to lead by strong almost runaway margins. From Frugal Hoosiers We're pretty busy today and won't have much to post. We wanted to make sure everyone saw this, however. Yet another independent poll verifies what the other independent polls shows (with one notable outlier which we've already beaten to death): Mitch... read more »