Comments on Advance Indiana™: Attorneys React Negatively To Ballard's Plan To Build Criminal Justice Project At Airport Next To Hendricks County

btw regarding proximity to hendricks county, i thi...

2014-02-13T07:45:40.605-05:00

btw regarding proximity to hendricks county, i think impd/mcsd are required to live in marion county. also the eastern few miles of southeast hendricks county don't have restaurants, nor much of anything. US 40 from raceway westward is rather desolate til you get close to metropolis.

to anonymous at 9:51, don't be juvenile. putti...

2014-02-13T07:41:53.488-05:00

to anonymous at 9:51, don't be juvenile. putting the facility that far from the courts is an idiotic waste of time for everyone involved. that ballard would choose that site, and be secretive about it, is further evidence that he is mentally ill.

besides, it's too far from the city's new cricket field.

but seriously, wtf is maggie lewis doing? do the dems realize they control the city?

What are you talking about? Attorneys aren't t...

2014-02-12T22:57:59.266-05:00

What are you talking about? Attorneys aren't the only people complaining; read the comments in the IBJ articles. The site is not actually at the old airport terminal. It's essentially in Hendricks County and it is not currently accessible by bus transit. Besides, even it is was, do you realize how long it would take to get on a bus from anywhere in the city to get to the proposed site?

The proposed site on the far west side makes no sense long term or short term. It really speaks to the lack of a cohesive vision by Mayor Ballard's office. At one point, Ryan Vaughn states that the city needs to attract more middle and high income people to live in Indianapolis. Then, literally days later, they announce moving the courts that employ the very people they are trying to attract to Indianapolis to an area right next door to the rapidly expanding suburbs. If you work for the MCSD and are not required to live in Marion County, why the would you stay in the city after the justice center moves? You think that anyone who goes to this proposed justice center will patronize any businesses or restaurants within city limits? Of course not! Almost all the development on far west side is in Hendricks County! I apologize for the lack of cohesiveness in this comment but it's difficult to be composed when you are trying to comprehend another one of Ballard's mind boggling proposals.

So this really comes down to attorneys being incon...

2014-02-12T21:51:16.178-05:00

So this really comes down to attorneys being inconvenienced? No sympathy here. The proposed airport site is just 10 miles from the CCB, or about 20 minutes drive time. I guarantee there will be plenty of FREE parking at that site. Plus, I'm pretty sure the busses run west on Washington St from downtown. No NIMBYism here because there IS no neighborhood to complain. Only proposed site that doesn't have that issue. These arguments against the airport site are fatally flawed.

"Will there be a Walking Bridge to My Office&...

2014-02-12T19:59:39.268-05:00

"Will there be a Walking Bridge to My Office" Dept.?

It's going to be fun to watch witnesses, victi...

2014-02-12T17:53:01.055-05:00

It's going to be fun to watch witnesses, victims, and criminals all riding the same bus out to the court building.
Hope they plan on putting armed officers on the buses.

The Democrats have been mighty silent on this pote...

2014-02-12T12:53:28.336-05:00

The Democrats have been mighty silent on this potential slick trick.