Kyle Bell

We had a huge snowstorm last night and I decided to go outside to take a look. Video taken at 9:45 a.m. on January 8, 2011. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL2t5bGViZWxsLmNvbS8yMDExLzAxLzA4L2l0cy1hLWJsaXp6YXJkLTE5LXNub3dzdG9ybS1oaXRzLXNvdXRoLWJlbmQvPHdwdGI%2BSXQmIzgyMTc7cyBhIEJsaXp6YXJkISAxOSYjODIyMTsgU25vd3N0b3JtIEhpdHMgU291dGggQmVuZDx3cHRiPmh0dHA6Ly9reWxlYmVsbC5jb208d3B0Yj5LeWxlIEJlbGw%3D”;

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The Mayor of South Bend, Indiana today announced that the city would apply for federal grants that would make it possible for a streetcar system to link downtown with the University of Notre Dame, residential and commercial areas of the city. As the South Bend Tribune reports: Transpo, the local bus service, is seeking federal [...]

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The Today Show recently aired a piece in which they named the top 10 U.S. cities based on home value. Factoring into their list were things such as cost of living, rising home prices and job growth. My hometown of South Bend, Indiana came in at #1 on the list. Not too shabby, I would [...]

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Yesterday, President Obama paid his seventh visit to the South Bend area (his third as president) in a speech in Wakarusa, Indiana in Elkhart County. Elkhart County, which is just east of South Bend, is nationally known for its incredibly high unemployment of nearly 17 percent. It actually peaked earlier this year and has come [...]

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Last week the state of Indiana was facing a budget deadline that threatened to shut down the state government. In a last hour attempt to pass a “bi-partisan” (i.e. Republican-friendly) two year budget, changes were made that would allow for minimal increases in education funding. Minimal being the key word: 1.1 percent for the first [...]

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South Bend Mayor Stephen Luecke today signed an executive order that prohibits “discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in any city employment.” The South Bend Common Council failed to act on the issue of employment discrimination in the city of South Bend in 2006 when a proposal lost by a single [...]

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President Obama delivered the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame today in my hometown of South Bend, Indiana. It is an honor to have President Obama back in South Bend as President of the United States. Just about this time last year he was visiting the city campaigning for the Indiana primary. Now [...]

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Barack Obama came to South Bend on April 9, 2008 for a campaign rally at Washington High School. Obama was greeted with an endorsement from South Bend Mayor Stephen Luecke, as well as Congressman Tim Roemer. Obama’s visit was the first stop in a 3 day bus tour of Indiana ahead of the state’s May [...]

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The Forbe’s blog Trailwatch made note of Barack Obama’s South Bend visit: Washington High School in South Bend, Ind., brags about its state championship girls basketball team. A banner across the gym reads “Pride of the West Side.” Wednesday night a boisterous crowd filled the Washington High gym, but they were there for politics, not [...]

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I was at the Obama rally in South Bend and will have pictures, as well as a full post tomorrow. For now, the South Bend Tribune has an article that will do: SOUTH BEND — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of 3,500 late Wednesday night at Washington High School. He [...]

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