tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post115500769836947420..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1155042658126035052006-08-08T08:10:00.000-05:002006-08-08T08:10:00.000-05:00You can bet that 11% increase won't translate into 11% more cops on the street.<BR/><BR/>Darth Peterson is bending over backwards with developers to get folks to move downtown, get more conventions and big-ticket sporting events, etc. With literally 1000s of Hoosiers moving downtown, he hasn't made one concrete move to insure their safety, give them amenities, more parks, or better schools.<BR/>Indy residents will get taxed-to-death with a failing IPS, the Library Folly, and a new stadium that only a fraction of the population will use, to show for it.<BR/><BR/>Seriously Darth Peterson, what's the use of all the glitz if you're just going to be mugged or killed trying to live and work downtown?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1155042092624608732006-08-08T08:01:00.000-05:002006-08-08T08:01:00.000-05:00But he is cutting the Prosecutor's budget by 5%!<BR/><BR/>How much longer will he keep cutting the MCPO budget, this ties their hands in fighting crime. Just so he can get his puppet kennedy elected.<BR/><BR/>He doesn't care for the people of this city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1155009084594185142006-08-07T22:51:00.000-05:002006-08-07T22:51:00.000-05:00The police are telling their story here:<BR/><BR/>www.indyundercover.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1155008605350357032006-08-07T22:43:00.000-05:002006-08-07T22:43:00.000-05:00Can wait to see the tax increase coming. Bart and Frank have ignored this problem for a long time. They lost the confidence of the former Director, code enforcement has fallen off, and they do away with community policing initiatives to move officers to the street.<BR/><BR/>Six officers at the BP, should be the least of our worries. The mayor has treated IPD like a stepchild for the past 4 years, I guess it really makes you want to go out and work hard for him! <BR/><BR/>The best part...they merge to save money, then he recants and states it won't save money, but it will mean better service. RIGHT! Better for who, the republicans were right on this one, study it, place the plan on paper, let the mayor retain control of a chief (instead of the overpaid sheriff running it), and put the plan in motion over a period of time. NOPE, lets bargin for votes, have no real plan, lie to the public, and hope for the best.<BR/><BR/>Results, high crime for many more years to come. What everyone seems to forget, come Jan 1, Bart does not control IPD. Hope him and Frank don't have a falling out, but of course the merger was meant to take politics out of the police/sheriff departments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com