tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1069844466090061273..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-23681533230609641692014-06-18T18:01:04.462-05:002014-06-18T18:01:04.462-05:00At least Frank &quot;Bling&quot; Anderson isn&#39;t around to <a href="http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/02/police-report-altered-to-remove.html" rel="nofollow">order the police report remove references to corrupt Democrat politicians</a> appearing at illegal gambling locations....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-23068009422622861802014-06-16T10:02:22.192-05:002014-06-16T10:02:22.192-05:00A few years back we had a bad hail storm pass through Indianapolis and it hit the Irvington neighborhood pretty hard. Several of my neighbors had their siding damaged and called their insurers and their contractors. But as old damaged siding and roofs were being torn off so they could be repaired and replaced, Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission was writing stop work orders and forcibly halted all work. Beautiful homes were left exposed to the weather because the Historic Preservation dept felt slighted that nobody had sought their approval before having their homes repaired. It forever damaged the relationship between that agency and its former supporters in the Irvington neighborhood. Now longterm residents are moving out in huge numbers. Every house currently for sale in the Irvington neighborhood represents a long term homeowner unwilling to put up with the bullying tactics of Indy Historic Preservation, which won’t let you change out an old door or roof a garage or rebuild a bad set of steps without an infuriating application process that requires notification to literally a hundred people by mail, hearings, sketches and estimates, just to name a few. So its oddly disconcerting to know that actual criminals are openly gambling and prostituting and illegally selling and consuming alcohol in some neighborhoods with a hands off approach by police, while outstanding homeowners who only want to maintain their homes are being treated extremely heavy handedly by Indy Preservation. I know a dozen homeowners and rental property owners, all fine, conscientious owners, who have had enough and put their property on the market just this month alone. Its extremely sad. With all the slum properties literally falling down in Indianapolis, its the good homeowners who only want to keep their properties up that are being bullied by the City. I voted for Mayor Ballard, but I don’t think he’s been a good mayor, and I don’t think he cares about Indianapolis homeowners being slammed by these kind of regulations and these huge increases in our water and sewer bills. And I’m getting tired of seeing neighbors move out and hearing them blame Indianapolis Historic Preservation for making them fed up. Talk about the destruction of a neighborhood. The city is driving people away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-91845552554595648982014-06-16T09:28:03.943-05:002014-06-16T09:28:03.943-05:00&quot;According to Sgt. Carter, police found liquor being sold at Big Fella&#39;s without a license, women in G-strings circulating among the patrons, private rooms with stripper poles and rooms with illegal gambling devices.&quot;<br /><br />I&#39;ll bet what you or any reader of this story was doing at that time was way less fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-72194331292251177432014-06-16T07:28:30.209-05:002014-06-16T07:28:30.209-05:00I think that IMPD needs a replacement of the person in charge of the North side! The guy is obviously not aware of what is going on and able to stop the problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com