Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indiana Lawyer: Ballard Offered Up To $50 Million In Projects To Five Councilors In Exchange For Support Of Criminal Justice Center Project

Where is the Justice Dept's Public Integrity T...

2015-04-17T18:00:51.056-05:00

Where is the Justice Dept's Public Integrity Task Force? -Are they investigating?

We know Terry Curry won't.

This Rosenberg kid lives in Greenwood. Why is he g...

2015-04-17T15:39:30.908-05:00

This Rosenberg kid lives in Greenwood. Why is he given a high-level job deciding how are taxpayer dollars are spent?

Why does this sound like bribery to me?? Maybe th...

2015-04-17T15:20:24.328-05:00

Why does this sound like bribery to me?? Maybe the first "Customers" in the New Criminal Justice Center Jail should be some politicians.

There seems to be no deal that is covered in the most toxic waste that is beyond our local political system. The arrogance of the rigged game is paraded about, knowing there will be no legal ramifications.

Larry Vaughn would be a considerable improvement o...

2015-04-17T13:58:47.533-05:00

Larry Vaughn would be a considerable improvement over a lot of the members of the current council. The information he had came from someone who worked on the other side who was fed up with what was happening.

I know folk whom fought off Dcs/FSSA after becomin...

2015-04-17T13:57:17.691-05:00

I know folk whom fought off Dcs/FSSA after becoming whistle blowers. Others who had kids hospitalized with a rare illness, whom were also whistle blowers. Gas leaks, car crashes, job losses, threats, followed, etc. And on and on it goes. Scales has courage as does my group of wb's.

Dear God, you're using Larry Vaughn as a relia...

2015-04-17T13:04:13.819-05:00

Dear God, you're using Larry Vaughn as a reliable source...

I call on Greg Ballard to immediately resign and t...

2015-04-17T09:26:21.244-05:00

I call on Greg Ballard to immediately resign and turn himself in to federal authorities for an orange jumpsuit fitting and a prison cell assignment.

That ex-soldier and soon-to-be ex-mayor Greg Balla...

2015-04-17T09:20:11.832-05:00

That ex-soldier and soon-to-be ex-mayor Greg Ballard pathologically lies through his teeth anytime and every time his lips are moving is again underlined by this report.

And look at these Democrat Councilor P'sOS who are so easily bought and paid for just like Republican political male prostitutes Bosma and Clark et al.

Other than the exemplary Christine Scales, we have a group of on-the-take politicians more interested in their own well-being than that of the taxpayers who support the pork.

I want to know what deal was offered to Ben Hunter...

2015-04-17T09:18:38.411-05:00

I want to know what deal was offered to Ben Hunter for his district, which is also my district, in exchange for his support. I understand that he chose not to support the new justice center. And I think that is the wisest decision. I do, because I don’t trust the mayor or the proponents. I think the amounts are just enormous. I worry about our future obligations. I’m not sure I support these toll roads and infrastructure projects being built and owned by private companies and leased to us. But I also believe in full disclosure. If we were offered a $10 million dollar project out here on German Church Road I’d like to know what it was. And if that offer is still open, I’d like to know if there is anything in writing, and whether we, as taxpayers and constituents, get to weigh in on it. It might change my mind. I don’t know if its a bribe or not. I suppose that’s one for the lawyers. But we don’t get offered a lot of $10 million dollar projects out here on the far east side. No roundabouts. No new anything. I live a couple of blocks south of Ben Hunter, so he knows we have basically lost the local mall. The Simons owe us, for sure, the bastards. But we rarely see Congressman Carson, or Senator Pat Miller, or any infrastructure projects out here. So how about some full disclosure on this $10 million for our district. And side note to Mr. Bill Oesterle. Before you leave Angies List you could make a deal to locate their headquarters out here, maybe on the Simon’s old mall property. I’d vote for you for Governor for sure if you’d bring home a little bacon for the far east side. How come downtown and Carmel get all the cool development? We pay taxes too. If you’re going to bribe us with development, at least tell us. We might take that bribe.

That tells you just how much excess and graft the ...

2015-04-17T09:17:57.097-05:00

That tells you just how much excess and graft the developers have built into the shady criminal justice center that they can lay out this much street money and still make a profit on it.

Ballard's fault was in being clumsy in making the offers. Now, the excess in the project can't be ignored, and everyone now knows the project is being undertaken, not for the City's benefit, but solely to make the developers rich on the backs of Indy taxpayers.

The criminal justice center project needs to be buried and forgotten. It's just the last chance the developers have to use Ballard to shovel more public money into private pockets.