tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post116589913506365599..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166179552081766342006-12-15T05:45:00.000-05:002006-12-15T05:45:00.000-05:00Oh, I'm sure he got paid...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166174439450096902006-12-15T04:20:00.000-05:002006-12-15T04:20:00.000-05:00MF Resident:<BR/><BR/>I just happen to drive past the small park located at 29th and Talbott today. It has been renamed for Al Polin already. This area had been a vacant lot until the city put playground equipment on it, has a basketball court, no grass, and several picnic tables. I can't believe Al Polin sold out Mapleton Fall Creek Neighborhood Association to have his name placed on a small patch of land with no grass, after they closed the one at 300 Fall Creek. If this was the deal, some deal, pitiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166126336804967782006-12-14T14:58:00.000-05:002006-12-14T14:58:00.000-05:00Looks like Al Polin and Clara Warner or planning to steal the election tonight. <BR/><BR/>UPDATE<BR/> <BR/>Hey guys, 300 East supporters, Al Polin and Clara Warner, have arranged for the Mapleton Fall Creek Neighborhood Assn meeting to be held at the Julia Carson Center/300 East tonight at 6:30 instead of St. Phillips Church. They have not notified those in the neighborhood. They are supposed to elect new board members, there are currently only 3, who obviously work for Bill Mays, Carl Drummer and Sweat Pea. We need everyone to show up...I'm sure they try something illegal like assault someone. We need witnesses. <BR/> <BR/>Also, tell everyone you know who lives in the area to show up and vote. They need not be a member, only live in the area. We need everyone's support because they switched locations and people don't know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166036429438532262006-12-13T14:07:00.000-05:002006-12-13T14:07:00.000-05:00<I>At Miss Carson's announcement for 2006 re-election, to the puzzlement of many in attendance, she rambled on for minutes about the campaign's top issue: identity theft ... was she merely looking for the little girl as she hallucinated?</I><BR/><BR/><B>*SPLORF*</B><BR/><BR/>Soft Drink -> Nose -> Keyboard and Monitor<BR/><BR/>Seems every event I saw with Julia in attendance she was going on about health care, the war, and energy. Oh and her car she said she bought from Eric (she didn't - came from Ogle-Tucker) that she had to keep taking in constantly for repair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166022916006141722006-12-13T10:15:00.000-05:002006-12-13T10:15:00.000-05:00The partisan silliness in the comments on this blog would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>Wilson et. al. thinks the Republicans are a bunch of inept crooks, mired in cronyism and corruption.<BR/><BR/>Hailstone et. al. thinks the Democrats are a bunch of inept crooks, mired in cronyism and corruption.<BR/><BR/>When are y'all gonna figure out you're both right?Jeff Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442791690252112600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166022321449041742006-12-13T10:05:00.000-05:002006-12-13T10:05:00.000-05:00Just had a flashback. Speaking of campaign issues, Mr. Wilson...and your strong desire to make 300 East a campaign issue this fall...<BR/><BR/>At Miss Carson's announcement for 2006 re-election, to the puzzlement of many in attendance, she rambled on for minutes about the campaign's top issue: identity theft.<BR/><BR/>Eyebrows everywhere went up. Identify theft? Was she KIDDING? No, it was just Julia ad-libbing. Ooops...back to the script...<BR/><BR/>Using your standard of Eric D.'s campaign bus and 300 East, can we assume that Miss Carson raised a foul flag, as well? <BR/><BR/>Or was she merely looking for the little girl as she hallucinated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166018989519812022006-12-13T09:09:00.000-05:002006-12-13T09:09:00.000-05:00No he doesn't. He never has "gotten it".<BR/><BR/>You don't have to be <B>IN</B> the park. Just within 1000 (or maybe 500) feet of the park to have an enhanced sentence.<BR/><BR/>Same as schools.<BR/><BR/>The forthcoming appeals will be interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166018243046168702006-12-13T08:57:00.000-05:002006-12-13T08:57:00.000-05:00He just doens't get it, AI. Not even close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166009953712053382006-12-13T06:39:00.000-05:002006-12-13T06:39:00.000-05:00Center Township has had all Democratic elected officials since at least 1968. Those must be some mighty ancient DOGS by now!<BR/><BR/>As for the "enhanced sentences" some desperate losing politicos are hoping for from the "park" - considering it was very small (100 by 100 feet) and very much out in the open surrounded by busy city traffic with no bushes or trees with TV security cameras scouring the entire area, it's highly doubtful if any "perps" were ever arrested there for anything. That "park" was in existence for 2 years at the most ... sorry to dash your hopes for massive arrests for many years in a secluded sprawling forest !Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166009733982305762006-12-13T06:35:00.000-05:002006-12-13T06:35:00.000-05:00Response to Wilson 3:58 pm comment<BR/><BR/>Abuse of power, property owned publicly with tax payers' revenue is no small deal. The Julia Carson Government Center was purchased with public funds by Carson and is not the personal property of Julia Carson, Carl Drummer or any other Democrat officeholder. As for the prosecutor, only the near future will reveal if any wrongdoing will be exposed and prosecuted. Criminal intent has to be proven. This whole operation will be watched very, very, closely.<BR/>Carl Drummer will naturally claim ignorance to the law or just another oversight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166008199633649002006-12-13T06:09:00.000-05:002006-12-13T06:09:00.000-05:00Center Townnship has gone to the DOGS under Democrat leadership! Hungry dogs at that. Make a fast haul while they can, the election in 2007 will replace some of these blinded city-county council members. IT WILL BE ACCOUNTABILITY TIME!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1166005510270128762006-12-13T05:25:00.000-05:002006-12-13T05:25:00.000-05:00Can I opt out of Anon 11:42's world?<BR/><BR/>It's pretty cynical, except the Cuban sandwich thing.<BR/><BR/>It's also not very real.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, 300 East got a license. They did so by pulling all kinds of political strings they shouldn't have.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, the strip clubs on the northwest side....in your version of reality, exactly where were they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165984951451214362006-12-12T23:42:00.001-05:002006-12-12T23:42:00.001-05:00I'd be interested to know all the "enhanced sentences" inmates are serving due to this "non-park".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165984935088570552006-12-12T23:42:00.000-05:002006-12-12T23:42:00.000-05:00you republicans sure have odd ideas of what is scandalous. Back when the GOP controlled the counsel, sheriff, and mayor's office, the inner city here was a sea of liquor stores with dice games running constantly in the back. On 21st and central, there was a store that would have literally 20 to 50 people standing around and playing dice.<BR/><BR/>The north west and north east sides of town were seas of strip clubs, and adult book stores. Since the democrats have taken control, not a single new strip bar has opened, and several have closed. The adult book store peep shows have been eliminated. and there isn't the sort of open outdoor gambling like used to occur under the republicans.<BR/><BR/>SO 300 east has a license. Big deal. It is in a lousy business location for a restaurant. that neighborhood close to the carson center is simply not affluent enough to support a nightclub, and people are not going to walk north across fall creek to get to the building -- especially since there are no sidewalks on the south side. It will just slowly lose money and go under.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I own property in the area. I am too far north to walk to it for lunch, and if i am driving somewhere for lunch it would be for a cuban sandwich on 54th and college.<BR/><BR/><BR/>and they aren't the democrat party any more than you guys are the republic party. Its an adjective, pal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165984205094574392006-12-12T23:30:00.000-05:002006-12-12T23:30:00.000-05:00I doubt it, but it's not really my area.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165983873911193852006-12-12T23:24:00.000-05:002006-12-12T23:24:00.000-05:00Gary,<BR/><BR/>As a lawyer...since DMD now states it was not a park at all, although named as one under Indy Parks...what about drug convictions in PC's that IPD may have used. Sell or get caught near a park and the charge is enhanced. Hope PCR is not in order if such convictions were entered on that pretense.<BR/><BR/>Any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165983674384532922006-12-12T23:21:00.000-05:002006-12-12T23:21:00.000-05:0010:24 Come on we're smarter than that. We know it's Wilson's sock puppet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165974968347525852006-12-12T20:56:00.000-05:002006-12-12T20:56:00.000-05:00Anonymous 6:10 writes:<BR/><BR/><I>I've been involved in the Comp Plan process for over 20 years. Never saw you there at the committe meetings. Are you the least bit familiar with it?</I><BR/><BR/>Sorry, you can't post this anonymously and expect it to be credible. Put your name on it and it means something. Otherwise it's just noise.Jeff Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442791690252112600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165965054785953612006-12-12T18:10:00.000-05:002006-12-12T18:10:00.000-05:00The name on the building was coincidental, at best. Any name on the building doe not change the impropriety of this action.<BR/><BR/>And it was NOT a campaign issue Wilson. Can you get over that already? You're the only one who says it was.<BR/><BR/>Try to listen to one of the other voices in your mind for awhile.<BR/><BR/>It might give the rest of us a break when your fingers dance across the keyboard, spewing forth the same broken record time after time. Ponderous.<BR/><BR/>3oo East was about process, not Julia.<BR/><BR/>I've been involved in the Comp Plan process for over 20 years. Never saw you there at the committe meetings. Are you the least bit familiar with it?<BR/><BR/>Got it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165957146562622612006-12-12T15:59:00.000-05:002006-12-12T15:59:00.000-05:00Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Did not know that, thanks for clarifying. My memory is hazy, happened a while ago, but I recall the builder presenting a receipt that had a "signature" scribbled on the back by someone who didn't work at the city anymore as the evidence of approval. Anyway, the larger point is the same, and I agree, the permit system is not very good. And, yet, it can also be quite cumbersome and rigid in terms of legitimate variance requests (TCU signage per ex.). Another zoning board superstar episode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165957114655104452006-12-12T15:58:00.000-05:002006-12-12T15:58:00.000-05:00As Dan Parker wisely observed on "Indiana Week in Review", if the name on the building at 300 East had been anybody other than "Julia Carson", this whole kerfuffle would not be an issue. As an Anonymous also observed, the election was over on Nov.7th. It's way past time to put this failed campaign issue to rest!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165957012009732332006-12-12T15:56:00.000-05:002006-12-12T15:56:00.000-05:00Wilson, don't wish for what I know you don't want to happen. Are you so certain the prosecutor's office isn't investigating 300 East?Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165956321331368992006-12-12T15:45:00.000-05:002006-12-12T15:45:00.000-05:00Wilson, honey, it's time for General Hospital.<BR/><BR/>Erin, the permit process, with which I've worked for many years, is broken in this county. It's bene broken since the Goldsmith days, when a variance was granted for the marsh center at 82nd/Allisonville. After the planners were "told" by the 25th floor to conclude that there would be "no adverse traffic impact" from the new center. Hilarious.<BR/><BR/>But the Malibu case you cite is one wiht which I'm familiar. The city issued the permits, in error, and the developer followed the rule to the T. <BR/><BR/>That was a case of clerical oversight. <BR/><BR/>30 East is a case of gross political favor pandering.<BR/><BR/>If the gentleman noted earlier was indeed Mr. Cummings, he needs to take naps before the meeting.s his questions were nonsensical and ireelevant. <BR/><BR/>Respected or not, he was the norm, rather than the exception, on that day.<BR/><BR/>AI: the existence of a lease is but one question on the petitioner's application form. No proof of the document is required, just an affirmative answer, under the penalty of perjury.<BR/><BR/>And for the record, can this be the last mention of Eric Dickerson and his desire to make 300 East a campaign issue? It's over, Wilson. Your lady won. 300 East wasn't an issue after 6:10 a.m. Nov. 7, when the Democratic township ticket had already won.<BR/><BR/>Get over it already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165955210424452242006-12-12T15:26:00.000-05:002006-12-12T15:26:00.000-05:00Republican Prosecutor Carl Brizzi knows where all the peashake houses are - why doesnt he prosecute them? What a scandal! Horrors!!! Abdul, RiShawn Biddle and AdvanceIndiana will soon be thundering repeatedly about the coverup by the crooked prosecutor. Is the GOP in the pay of gambling czars? Mitch Daniels is shamefully silent - is Cheri a baglady getting his payoffs? Why the inaction? Is Carl Brizzi hopelessly corrupt and incompetent? Inquiring and cynical minds want to know!<BR/><BR/>[Whew! It sure is fun doing rightwing rants.]Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1165954761230281222006-12-12T15:19:00.000-05:002006-12-12T15:19:00.000-05:00AI- <BR/><BR/>2 things, first is minor, second is serious.<BR/><BR/>1. People building things without the proper permits and then trying to get a variance is a widespread problem. To digress a bit for an example, it reminds me of the Maryland on Malibu deal where they put in a permanant enclosed pation that took over the whole sidewalk. People were walking in the street. They didn't get the variance, but I think they thought they would (best board of zoning appeals ever hilarity wise as they tried to finagle that one).<BR/><BR/>2. Presenting both sides' arguments AND the counterarguments raised to those points? Addressing each issue raised with background analysis and commentary? Reporting the views of the supporters and remonstrators? And all in one comprehensive article? WHY CAN'T I READ THIS IN THE STAR??? Arrrgh... AI- do you have any spare time to lead a journalism tutorial?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com