7/13/26 - Bostock from Jamey Noel docu joins us, Indy proposes data center ban, Graham death mystery

Today’s episode of The Rob Kendall Show opens with Rob previewing a discussion of Jamey Noel, the former Clark County sheriff and Republican power broker now in prison. Rob points to a new WHAS11 documentary, Tarnished Badge: The Jamey Noel Story, as a detailed look at Noel’s abuse of power, political influence, and taxpayer-funded corruption. He says the biggest question is how someone so publicly connected to Indiana’s political elite could live so far beyond his means for so long without people around him asking obvious questions. Rob says the Noel story fits a broader pattern of powerful Indiana officials acting brazenly because they do not fear accountability. He compares the situation to Diego Morales, noting that the issue is not that the circumstances are identical, but that both involve obvious behavior that people in power ignored or enabled. Rob argues the political system protects insiders until the evidence becomes impossible to avoid. The discussion also turns to the power of Indiana sheriffs and the lack of oversight around them. Rob says the Noel case, along with cases involving sheriffs like Tom Kleinhelter, shows the state needs serious reform in how sheriffs are monitored and held accountable. He argues both parties tolerate corruption when it benefits their own power structures, pointing to Republicans in state government and Democrats in Indianapolis as examples of officials avoiding accountability. Rob also highlights Greg Ballard preparing to turn in more than 41,000 verified signatures for his independent Secretary of State campaign. Rob says the achievement is one of the most significant political moments in Indiana history because it could open ballot access for the Lincoln Party and give more people a path outside the Republican-Democrat system. He argues Republicans were arrogantly wrong when they dismissed Ballard’s chances of making the ballot, and that their reaction shows how much they want to control who can participate. Another segment focuses on Indianapolis City-County Council President Maggie Lewis proposing a pause on new data center development in the city. Rob says the move is a major step because it creates time to study utility capacity, infrastructure demands, environmental concerns, economic outcomes, and neighborhood impact before more projects move forward. He says he is not anti-data center, but argues Indiana needs statewide guardrails because these projects affect power, water, taxes, and communities far beyond the city or town where they are built. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices