Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indy, We Have A Problem

You're just wrong, AI. They had not yet finished ...

2006-08-27T17:42:00.000-05:00

You're just wrong, AI. They had not yet finished negotiating the ongoing maintenance/operations agreements, when the state rushed in and took over. The Mayor, to his credit, backed away, thinking it was more important that the stadium get built, than for him to claim credit for it. One of the more valiant moves of his terms. I'd have told Murphy and Hinkle to shove it, but, of course, that would have bene wrong.

It doesn't really matter...because the real story here is the fact that the state has no experience with facilities like this. The CIB has plenty, under Dem and Republican mayors, and they've had nary a problem with ongoing budgets.

And away we go...

I would suspect that both of you are correct on th...

2006-08-27T11:33:00.000-05:00

I would suspect that both of you are correct on this!

Anon, the Mayor and the CIB knew the state's posit...

2006-08-27T09:13:00.000-05:00

Anon, the Mayor and the CIB knew the state's position on that before they broke ground on the new stadium; they chose to build now and worry later rather than renegotiate with Irsay.

Read closer, AI. The state screwed Indianapolis w...

2006-08-27T08:52:00.000-05:00

Read closer, AI. The state screwed Indianapolis when it took over the deal by not allowing the taxes raised to be used for operating costs. Reading between the lines: Republican state legislators screw Democrat Bart Peterson for politics. They'll probably find some way to blame Bart when they run over the budget, remember they were state was supposed to run the project "more efficiently." Ha!