tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1388210809236036819..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76646093389318904352010-05-28T20:32:06.674-05:002010-05-28T20:32:06.674-05:00The swimming pool issue is truly sad. I&#39;m sure when the pools were built and opened for the first time, there was celebration in neighborhoods which saw welcome amenities and services for youth and adults alike. In the long hot summers, a swimming pool can be the thing that makes the weather bearable, and makes constructive memories for young folks and brings relief for their parents that there is a safe zone for their children. To take pools away or diminish them, while using the $$$ to provide extra entertainment for the idle rich or idle rich wannabees, is so frustrating to those of us who remember when &quot;neighborhood&quot; was a basic entity and meant we belonged to a real community.interestedpartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135377256153538514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54845439234052818682010-05-28T08:15:35.273-05:002010-05-28T08:15:35.273-05:00Mike, I&#39;m not decrying funding IndyGo or raising the rates. I&#39;m decrying the priorities of this administration and the budget gimmicks he is using to make you think he has a balanced budget when he doesn&#39;t. It&#39;s more credit card financing just like we had under the Peterson administration. This mayor raised taxes, borrowed money and increased spending to fund the sports stadiums while making the biggest cuts in the parks department in modern history.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5467965963938377172010-05-28T07:46:19.043-05:002010-05-28T07:46:19.043-05:00WOW, I have a solution for the Mayor... How about selling INDYGO to Citizens Energy and then hiding the true costs of INDYGO in higher water and Sewer Rates.<br /><br />Does this Mayor not realize that most of us who pay FEDERAL INCOME TAXES would rather pay higher taxes COIT,Property Taxes (which we get a Fedaral Tax Duduction for and saves anywhere from 15% to 28% vs water and sewer which we do not get anything for?Brizzonatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449591193647151410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-86749510595191802762010-05-28T07:37:24.735-05:002010-05-28T07:37:24.735-05:00Well, you can&#39;t have it both ways. You can&#39;t decry funding IndyGo and then have an update on closing pools and say Ballard&#39;s got it in for the little guy or is only serving the millionaires in sports. Doubt many of the latter are riding the bus.<br /><br />Not to say that IndyGo shell games shouldn&#39;t be opposed. They should. Raising the fares to cover more of the operating costs was a good idea, and the right solution to the funding problem.Mike Kolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573721231319244630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39203276409002402832010-05-28T05:04:32.660-05:002010-05-28T05:04:32.660-05:00Glad you have got Ballard&#39;s number, AI. It is way beyond time for a website named BallardLies.com, or maybe, BallardCheats.com.Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.com