tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1597317780601807292..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75147190838904043442013-08-30T10:49:57.219-05:002013-08-30T10:49:57.219-05:00Tax and spend Republican politicians are ruining Marion County. Only one or two of them are willing to reign in Ballard. Huge thanks to them and those Democrats who are putting people first. Don&#39;t let county government RUIN Marion County.<br />Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-10741872032746616062013-08-29T22:45:14.988-05:002013-08-29T22:45:14.988-05:00Um also - McHenry and Cain voted like current day republicans. A snippet of their comments will, at least, be illuminating. The coffee is burning.Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89286138438769384442013-08-29T22:41:31.563-05:002013-08-29T22:41:31.563-05:00I know I don&#39;t count - but I caught the expiration date of the bonds. You are totally on point.<br /><br />Thanks for covering this. I just caught channel 13&#39;s pretend coverage - a total regurgitation of the mayor&#39;s press release. Not exactly why I tune into nightly news to get. I call bullshit on their report and the mayor&#39;s (likely in the can ready to roll) press release.<br /><br />DPW lined up CDCs with a pie-in-the-sky $500-$600 million list of to-do projects - knowing full well they could deliver on maybe half that in funds - and hoped to wrangle another tiny pittance tonight. They have a three year plan, which already has funding for over $215 million - ALREADY FUNDED BY THE COUNCIL AND TAXPAYERS. With the $27 million the Council saved taxpayers tonight, DPW still has hundreds of millions to spend on streets and sidewalks over the next 3 years.<br /><br />The committee rejected a 30 year bond - to be repaid at $9 million per year - leaving a &#39;paltry&#39; sum of $242 million for projects. If the mayor and DPW had their way, this would be a big payday for bond salesmen and bankers; a bad day for the next generation of taxpayers.<br /><br />With the very sane, sensible, vote of the committee, the mayor &quot;only&quot; has $242 +/- million for 3 years - and the next generation or two gets another $250 million to spend, not on bankers and bond salesmen, but on actual streets and sidewalks.<br /><br />I am totally disgusted with the branding, Madison avenue, untruth being sent out by Mayor Vaughn. This City deserves more than this administration is capable of delivering.Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.com