Mayor Ballard continues to pester liberal elite

Matt Tully writes a column today about Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard's political timing and recent victory on police pensions. Despite recent criticism, Tully gives Ballard credit for the move:

Nonetheless, the mayor does deserve credit, as it was he who sat before a hostile House Ways and Means Committee last month and first suggested the state take over the pension payments

At the time, Statehouse types mocked Ballard for making the request and predicted it would be as hard to sell as tuition to an Indiana Pacers Charm School. Few are mocking Ballard now.

At least few in the mainstream media. You can be sure that Tully's column will provoke those in the Accidental Blogosphere to make this seem like Indianapolis is the center of the downfall of Western Civilization. They will continue to question his intelligence and ability to serve in a way that if such "criticism" was directed at, say, Barack Obama, a discourse on offensive racial commentary would ensue. They will continue to complain about every single, minute, and miscellaneous thing the Mayor does while only serving to make themselves look shrill, petty, and irrelevant in the process.

And Mayor Greg Ballard will continue to get things done. It's that simple.