Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ketzenberger Doing The ICVA's Bidding; What Else Is New

Nah, Gary, the history is longer and deeper than t...

2009-02-10T19:15:00.000-05:00

Nah, Gary, the history is longer and deeper than that. I did just see the quote from a column of his about the development though. He was completely wrong about that. That there is no doubt about. I was just referring to the fact I think he's generally fair. Hey, it's the Star. Low espectations.

Paul, No offense intended, but I think your judgme...

2009-02-10T19:11:00.000-05:00

Paul, No offense intended, but I think your judgment on Ketz is clouded by the nice column he wrote about you. Otherwise, I can make no sense of your conclusion, just like when you defended Cherish Pryor for introducing that terrible legislation to give two new board seats on the CIB to the hotel and convention industry. It made no sense.

Gary, I think you're a little rough on John. I'm ...

2009-02-10T19:00:00.000-05:00

Gary, I think you're a little rough on John. I'm a friend of John's, and I think we might have had lunch a time or two discussing a possible story. But we didn't do Palomino. It was a Chinese restaurant and Working Man's Friend. I used to play baseball with John and know him fairly well. When I think of John K., I sure don't think of the sophisication of the Palomino...far from it. He's a burger and beer guy.

Wasn't the point of his article that IF you are going to invest so much money money on the convention center, don't neglect to invest the money needed to promote it so the place is filled?

It is sort of like spending $700 million on a retractable roof stadium and then not spending $500,000 on drainage so the roof can be left open most days. While I was against the stadium, once the decision was made, I would have been all for spending the $500,000 to have drainage. Now we have a retracable roof stadium that has to be closed 90% of the time.

I always thought John K. was pretty much a straight shooter. I think he's by far one of the most insightful members of the Indiana Week in Review. Then again, I don't care too much for those who just spit out the party line on the show...so that only leaves the three media types.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uBXk5dcc1s HERE'S...

2009-02-10T12:57:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uBXk5dcc1s HERE'S THE VIDEO.

Check out this little gem of a video that a local ...

2009-02-10T12:57:00.000-05:00

Check out this little gem of a video that a local citizen made. Coincidently he draws the same conclusion you do about Ketzenberger. He also exposes the CIB's handlers as nothing more than a way to enrich the elites at the expense of the taxpayers.

John's wife was my sister Mindy's college roommate...

2009-02-10T11:03:00.000-05:00

John's wife was my sister Mindy's college roommate. I'd be happy to volunteer to be a taxpayer lunchmate to John.

Excellent post. The CIB is a misguided board and ...

2009-02-10T10:50:00.000-05:00

Excellent post. The CIB is a misguided board and similar to the City Council, is ethically and business challenged. Sports is a non essential just as the Arts. There is a place for those in our society and should be expressed and publicly supported through private individuals and groups; not by forced taxpayer dollars. We don't need any more Ann Dancing signs or tire retread sculptures when people are loosing their jobs and their homes and the CIB makes atrocious business deals by amateurs getting into the corporate business world for the city instead of taking care of the city's taxpayers. The entire board needs dissolved, and it's about time someone asks the Star for a reality check. 2 thumbs up!