app01 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:38:47 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Political Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “Mckinley Neighborhood Muncie” https://thepoliticalspotlight.fireside.fm/tags/mckinley%20neighborhood%20muncie Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 The Political Spotlight is a politically driven opinion, news, and entertainment program. The Political Spotlight is your comprehensive guide to all things "political" at the local, state, and national levels. Our mission is to identify and eliminate corruption in government and politics while defending the United States Constitution. The message is clear: the old, corrupt way of doing business IS OVER! Our goal is to empower all citizens with the knowledge and motivation to stay informed and get involved. The team includes Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, and Brandon Rudd. 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Our mission is to identify and eliminate corruption in government and politics while defending the United States Constitution. The message is clear: the old, corrupt way of doing business IS OVER! Our goal is to empower all citizens with the knowledge and motivation to stay informed and get involved. The team includes Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, and Brandon Rudd. Join the discussion and help change the world, one conversation at a time! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LIVE episodes of The Political Spotlight air on YouTube, Rumble, X, and Facebook: Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET) YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Rumble Link: https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight . . . Audio-only episodes are available at the following Home Link: https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm . . . 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Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) tpsprogram@gmail.com #730 | Wednesday, September 09, 2026 | The Political Spotlight https://thepoliticalspotlight.fireside.fm/730 f52a81d3-83d6-4296-8b72-3347f4531931 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) 730 #730 | Wednesday, September 09, 2026 | The Political Spotlight full Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey turns the white-hot spotlight back on Muncie City government and several developments from Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Bilbrey begins with the latest Muncie Board of Works meeting, then turns to Ordinance 18-26, the proposed "In God We Trust" ordinance scheduled for introduction before the Muncie City Council on September 14. The proposal would require the motto on city police and fire vehicles. Next, Mayor Dan Ridenour defended Flock license-plate reader cameras. Ridenour publicly described himself and the city as "very supportive" of the technology, citing its use in investigations and positive results. Bilbrey pushes back, raising questions about privacy, government surveillance, data access, oversight, potential abuse, and constitutional liberty as other communities reconsider their use of Flock systems. The discussion then moves to Muncie's proposed 2027 budget, the City Council's traditional budget-review process, and questions about whether this year's council leadership and political dynamics will change how that work is handled. Bilbrey also looks ahead to the council's future leadership, discussing who he believes should hold key positions, who may actually get them, and what those choices could mean for the direction of Muncie government. Finally, there is another development in the ongoing McKinley Neighborhood situation—a story TPS continues to follow closely. #ThePoliticalSpotlight 2:00:44 yes <p>In this 730th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey turns his attention back to Muncie City government and several developments from Wednesday, September 9, 2026.</p> <p>He begins with a review of this morning's Muncie Board of Works meeting. At 11 and a half minutes, the meeting was longer than usual, and there are likely a few points of interest that need to be covered, or uncovered!</p> <p>Next, Bilbrey shares his thoughts on Ordinance 18-26 (the "In God We Trust" Ordinance), which the council will consider at the Monday, September 14, 2026, meeting.</p> <p>From there, Bilbrey reviews Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour's community update from this afternoon — particularly the mayor's strong support for Flock license-plate reader cameras and his declaration that the City of Muncie intends to embrace the technology.</p> <p>Bilbrey, of course, takes issue with that position, arguing that Ridenour approaches the surveillance question from an extremely unconservative perspective.</p> <p>At a time when communities across the country, including in Indiana, are raising serious questions about privacy, government surveillance, data sharing, abuse, oversight, and constitutional liberty, Bilbrey asks why Muncie seems determined to move in the opposite direction.</p> <p>The discussion then turns to the proposed 2027 Muncie budget.</p> <p>For the past several years, all nine members of the Muncie City Council have participated in a series of budget meetings to work through the mayor's proposed spending plan. Will that process continue this year?</p> <p>Given the current council leadership structure — and the political dynamics surrounding it — Bilbrey is not convinced the process will play out the same way.</p> <p>Speaking of City Council leadership, Bilbrey shares his thoughts on what the council may look like next year. Who should hold the leadership positions, and who does Bilbrey believe will? What will those choices mean for the council's direction?</p> <p>Finally, Bilbrey shares a quick update on a development related to the ongoing McKinley neighborhood situation that occurred today.</p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>VIDEO version of Ep 730: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/DqDETItnSVU" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtube.com/live/DqDETItnSVU</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>Subscribe: <a href="https://bit.ly/subTPS" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/subTPS</a><br> Become a Member: <a href="https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS</a><br> Merch: <a href="https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Merch" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Merch</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>The Political Spotlight Airs LIVE<br> (Sunday — Thursday at 9 p.m. ET)</p> <p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a></p> <p>Audio Podcast: <a href="https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm</a><br> &amp; All Other Podcast Hosting Sites</p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>Connect with The Political Spotlight team on social media:<br> Facebook 1: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318</a><br> Facebook 2: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318</a><br> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE" rel="nofollow noopener">https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:tpsprogram@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">tpsprogram@gmail.com</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>🚨🚨🚨<br> 'The Political Spotlight'<br> LIVE Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET)<br> Hosted by: Kristopher H. Bilbrey<br> Produced by: Kate Thornburg &amp; Brandon Rudd<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318</a><br> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE" rel="nofollow noopener">https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:tpsprogram@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">tpsprogram@gmail.com</a><br> © 2026 Mud Creek Studio.<br> — </p> The Political Spotlight, Government, Politics, Commentary, Accountability, Politics, Conservative, Liberal, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Communication, Transparency, Constitution, Common Sense, Freedom, In this 730th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey turns his attention back to Muncie City government and several developments from Wednesday, September 9, 2026.

He begins with a review of this morning's Muncie Board of Works meeting. At 11 and a half minutes, the meeting was longer than usual, and there are likely a few points of interest that need to be covered, or uncovered!

Next, Bilbrey shares his thoughts on Ordinance 18-26 (the "In God We Trust" Ordinance), which the council will consider at the Monday, September 14, 2026, meeting.

From there, Bilbrey reviews Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour's community update from this afternoon — particularly the mayor's strong support for Flock license-plate reader cameras and his declaration that the City of Muncie intends to embrace the technology.

Bilbrey, of course, takes issue with that position, arguing that Ridenour approaches the surveillance question from an extremely unconservative perspective.

At a time when communities across the country, including in Indiana, are raising serious questions about privacy, government surveillance, data sharing, abuse, oversight, and constitutional liberty, Bilbrey asks why Muncie seems determined to move in the opposite direction.

The discussion then turns to the proposed 2027 Muncie budget.

For the past several years, all nine members of the Muncie City Council have participated in a series of budget meetings to work through the mayor's proposed spending plan. Will that process continue this year?

Given the current council leadership structure — and the political dynamics surrounding it — Bilbrey is not convinced the process will play out the same way.

Speaking of City Council leadership, Bilbrey shares his thoughts on what the council may look like next year. Who should hold the leadership positions, and who does Bilbrey believe will? What will those choices mean for the council's direction?

Finally, Bilbrey shares a quick update on a development related to the ongoing McKinley neighborhood situation that occurred today.

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]]> In this 730th episode of The Political Spotlight, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey turns his attention back to Muncie City government and several developments from Wednesday, September 9, 2026.

He begins with a review of this morning's Muncie Board of Works meeting. At 11 and a half minutes, the meeting was longer than usual, and there are likely a few points of interest that need to be covered, or uncovered!

Next, Bilbrey shares his thoughts on Ordinance 18-26 (the "In God We Trust" Ordinance), which the council will consider at the Monday, September 14, 2026, meeting.

From there, Bilbrey reviews Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour's community update from this afternoon — particularly the mayor's strong support for Flock license-plate reader cameras and his declaration that the City of Muncie intends to embrace the technology.

Bilbrey, of course, takes issue with that position, arguing that Ridenour approaches the surveillance question from an extremely unconservative perspective.

At a time when communities across the country, including in Indiana, are raising serious questions about privacy, government surveillance, data sharing, abuse, oversight, and constitutional liberty, Bilbrey asks why Muncie seems determined to move in the opposite direction.

The discussion then turns to the proposed 2027 Muncie budget.

For the past several years, all nine members of the Muncie City Council have participated in a series of budget meetings to work through the mayor's proposed spending plan. Will that process continue this year?

Given the current council leadership structure — and the political dynamics surrounding it — Bilbrey is not convinced the process will play out the same way.

Speaking of City Council leadership, Bilbrey shares his thoughts on what the council may look like next year. Who should hold the leadership positions, and who does Bilbrey believe will? What will those choices mean for the council's direction?

Finally, Bilbrey shares a quick update on a development related to the ongoing McKinley neighborhood situation that occurred today.

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]]> #729 | Tuesday, September 08, 2026 | The Political Spotlight https://thepoliticalspotlight.fireside.fm/729 a43bbff2-3cae-4c67-9f7f-8915bea638a2 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:00:00 -0400 Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) 729 #729 | Tuesday, September 08, 2026 | The Political Spotlight full Kristopher H. Bilbrey, Kate Thornburg, & Brandon Rudd (The Political Spotlight) Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey returns from the Labor Day holiday for Episode #729 of The Political Spotlight as the program gets back on track heading toward the 2026 general election. Bilbrey begins in Muncie and Delaware County, previewing the City of Muncie's proposed 2027 budget, ongoing county budget discussions, and the developing McKinley Neighborhood situation—both stories that will receive deeper attention in future episodes. From there, the spotlight moves to Henry County, where Bilbrey discusses concerns involving a former employee of the Henry County Sheriff's Office. Then comes a broader discussion about candidates, campaigns, and the responsibility that comes with seeking public office. What should someone understand before filing to run? What does a candidate's behavior tell voters about how that person might act once entrusted with public power? Bilbrey uses the latest developments involving Randy Howard to dig into those questions. Finally, the program heads west to Madison County, where a heated County Council meeting reminds viewers why citizens should pay much closer attention to local government. Madison County's council is the county's fiscal body and holds regular public meetings. #ThePoliticalSpotlight 2:24:53 yes <p>Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is back from the Labor Day 2026 holiday for the 729th episode of The Political Spotlight!</p> <p>The program gets back on track as the 2026 general election season approaches; there's work to be done concerning the election and all the insanity in local, state, and national government.</p> <p>Bilbrey begins with a look at the City of Muncie's proposed 2027 budget and the ongoing Delaware County Budget meetings. This is just a teaser, as a more in-depth episode is coming. </p> <p>Also, as another teaser, Bilbrey again mentions the McKinley Neighborhood ordeal currently underway in Muncie. As he has always known, this is going to be a bigger story than it has already been made out to be.</p> <p>From there, Bilbrey turns to Henry County, where he has heard of another concerning situation involving a former employee of the Henry County Sheriff's Office.</p> <p>The conversation then shifts to candidates, campaigns, and political behavior.</p> <p>Bilbrey wants people to understand what they need to know before they file to run for public office. It seems like many don't fully understand the responsibilities that come with becoming a candidate and, if elected, a public servant.</p> <p>That discussion includes the latest round of craziness involving Randy Howard and what his behavior says about candidates, campaigns, and the people who decide to put their names on the ballot.</p> <p>Finally, Bilbrey heads west to Madison County, where tonight's County Council meeting became heated — giving us one more example of why local government deserves far more attention than it usually receives.</p> <p>Episode 729 is a bit of a catch-all:</p> <p>Muncie budgets. Delaware County government. Henry County concerns. Candidates behaving badly. Randy Howard. Madison County politics.</p> <p>As election season 2026 comes into focus, The Political Spotlight is back on track and moving onward and upward.</p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>VIDEO version of Ep 729: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/R2hVEciBVvc" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtube.com/live/R2hVEciBVvc</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>Subscribe: <a href="https://bit.ly/subTPS" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/subTPS</a><br> Become a Member: <a href="https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/MembershipTPS</a><br> Merch: <a href="https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Merch" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/Spotlight_Merch</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>The Political Spotlight Airs LIVE<br> (Sunday — Thursday at 9 p.m. ET)</p> <p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a></p> <p>Audio Podcast: <a href="https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm</a><br> &amp; All Other Podcast Hosting Sites</p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>Connect with The Political Spotlight team on social media:<br> Facebook 1: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318</a><br> Facebook 2: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318</a><br> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE" rel="nofollow noopener">https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:tpsprogram@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">tpsprogram@gmail.com</a></p> <p>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━</p> <p>🚨🚨🚨<br> 'The Political Spotlight'<br> LIVE Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET)<br> Hosted by: Kristopher H. Bilbrey<br> Produced by: Kate Thornburg &amp; Brandon Rudd<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318</a><br> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight</a><br> <a href="https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE" rel="nofollow noopener">https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:tpsprogram@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">tpsprogram@gmail.com</a><br> © 2026 Mud Creek Studio.<br> — </p> The Political Spotlight, Government, Politics, Commentary, Accountability, Politics, Conservative, Liberal, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Communication, Transparency, Constitution, Common Sense, Freedom, Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is back from the Labor Day 2026 holiday for the 729th episode of The Political Spotlight!

The program gets back on track as the 2026 general election season approaches; there's work to be done concerning the election and all the insanity in local, state, and national government.

Bilbrey begins with a look at the City of Muncie's proposed 2027 budget and the ongoing Delaware County Budget meetings. This is just a teaser, as a more in-depth episode is coming.

Also, as another teaser, Bilbrey again mentions the McKinley Neighborhood ordeal currently underway in Muncie. As he has always known, this is going to be a bigger story than it has already been made out to be.

From there, Bilbrey turns to Henry County, where he has heard of another concerning situation involving a former employee of the Henry County Sheriff's Office.

The conversation then shifts to candidates, campaigns, and political behavior.

Bilbrey wants people to understand what they need to know before they file to run for public office. It seems like many don't fully understand the responsibilities that come with becoming a candidate and, if elected, a public servant.

That discussion includes the latest round of craziness involving Randy Howard and what his behavior says about candidates, campaigns, and the people who decide to put their names on the ballot.

Finally, Bilbrey heads west to Madison County, where tonight's County Council meeting became heated — giving us one more example of why local government deserves far more attention than it usually receives.

Episode 729 is a bit of a catch-all:

Muncie budgets. Delaware County government. Henry County concerns. Candidates behaving badly. Randy Howard. Madison County politics.

As election season 2026 comes into focus, The Political Spotlight is back on track and moving onward and upward.

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VIDEO version of Ep 729: https://youtube.com/live/R2hVEciBVvc

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]]> Host Kristopher H. Bilbrey is back from the Labor Day 2026 holiday for the 729th episode of The Political Spotlight!

The program gets back on track as the 2026 general election season approaches; there's work to be done concerning the election and all the insanity in local, state, and national government.

Bilbrey begins with a look at the City of Muncie's proposed 2027 budget and the ongoing Delaware County Budget meetings. This is just a teaser, as a more in-depth episode is coming.

Also, as another teaser, Bilbrey again mentions the McKinley Neighborhood ordeal currently underway in Muncie. As he has always known, this is going to be a bigger story than it has already been made out to be.

From there, Bilbrey turns to Henry County, where he has heard of another concerning situation involving a former employee of the Henry County Sheriff's Office.

The conversation then shifts to candidates, campaigns, and political behavior.

Bilbrey wants people to understand what they need to know before they file to run for public office. It seems like many don't fully understand the responsibilities that come with becoming a candidate and, if elected, a public servant.

That discussion includes the latest round of craziness involving Randy Howard and what his behavior says about candidates, campaigns, and the people who decide to put their names on the ballot.

Finally, Bilbrey heads west to Madison County, where tonight's County Council meeting became heated — giving us one more example of why local government deserves far more attention than it usually receives.

Episode 729 is a bit of a catch-all:

Muncie budgets. Delaware County government. Henry County concerns. Candidates behaving badly. Randy Howard. Madison County politics.

As election season 2026 comes into focus, The Political Spotlight is back on track and moving onward and upward.

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VIDEO version of Ep 729: https://youtube.com/live/R2hVEciBVvc

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The Political Spotlight Airs LIVE
(Sunday — Thursday at 9 p.m. ET)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight

Audio Podcast: https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm
& All Other Podcast Hosting Sites

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Connect with The Political Spotlight team on social media:
Facebook 1: https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318
Facebook 2: https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight
Twitter: https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE
Email: tpsprogram@gmail.com

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🚨🚨🚨
'The Political Spotlight'
LIVE Sunday - Thursday @ 9 p.m. (ET)
Hosted by: Kristopher H. Bilbrey
Produced by: Kate Thornburg & Brandon Rudd
https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight
https://rumble.com/c/ThePoliticalSpotlight
https://ThePoliticalSpotlight.fireside.fm
https://www.facebook.com/Bilbrey318
https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalSpotlight318
https://www.tiktok.com/@ThePoliticalSpotlight
https://x.com/BilbreyLIVE
Email: tpsprogram@gmail.com
© 2026 Mud Creek Studio.
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