Carmel is a great city, but it can be even better
Carmel is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the United States. In 2023 alone, our city was named as the Best Place to Live in…
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Crime prevention is a top priority for local officials
If you don’t have a safe city, you don’t have a great city. In my opinion, crime prevention should be the top priority of local elected leaders. You can build great…
We can do more to protect our environment
There’s this unfair perception that being a Republican means you don’t care about protecting our environment and conserving nature. The root word in “conservative” is “conserve” and it was a…
Good dads change the world
Being a dad is the most important thing I’ll ever do in my life. I love my four-year-old daughter with all my heart, and I receive more joy from being…
Let’s boost voter turnout
Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this…
Cities must help protect our planet
Earth Day is coming up on April 22, but caring for our natural environment and the health of our planet shouldn’t just be top of mind on one day a…
Creating walkable areas makes financial sense for cities
A lot of time and money is spent on vehicles. The average American spends 6 percent of their waking hours in a vehicle and about $800 a month out of…
Some reasons why Carmel is great
In less than a year, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard, who was first elected in 1996, will be leaving office and a new era will begin in Carmel. A new mayor…
Developer-backed bonds are a win-win
By ADAM AASEN Carmel City Councilor Years ago, you might have seen yard signs popping up around Carmel alerting residents to the fact that the City of Carmel has more…
So many positive things in Carmel
By ADAM AASEN Carmel City Councilor Decades ago, Carmel was a bedroom community. It was a very nice city with top-notch schools but it was a place where people lived…