Comments on Advance Indiana™: Taxpayer-Funded Parking Garage Will Not Eliminate Parking Problem In Broad Ripple

The lease protects ACS from revenue losses attribu...

2012-07-08T12:16:33.159-05:00

The lease protects ACS from revenue losses attributable to parking meters put out of commission during construction but not the affected business owners. Several went out of business near Fountain Square while work slowly progressed on the Cultural Trail.

Maine, good point. I think if someone had time to...

2012-07-08T11:56:20.950-05:00

Maine, good point. I think if someone had time to investigate the matter, we'd all be shocked how much money we are paying ACS for idled spots.

The construction of the culteral trail along Washi...

2012-07-08T06:46:41.598-05:00

The construction of the culteral trail along Washington Street in front of the Capitol and Government Center has taken numerous parking spots out of commission. Was the removal of these parking spots taken into account as part of the parking meter contract with ACS or are the taxpayers paying the contractor even though the spaces no longer exist?

Gary, I agree...the people responsible for the Bro...

2012-07-07T22:05:17.775-05:00

Gary, I agree...the people responsible for the Broad Ripple Parking Garage belong in federal prison. It is the worst and most blatant theft of public assets I've ever seen.

The dumb Ballard and his corrupt staff need to spe...

2012-07-07T18:55:59.969-05:00

The dumb Ballard and his corrupt staff need to spend many years as Terre Haute neighbors to their purer Chicago counterparts.

This deal is so filthy that the mob could never have conjured it.

I should add that the residential parking permit p...

2012-07-07T15:48:53.575-05:00

I should add that the residential parking permit program in Lockerbie does not prevent people from parking in the neighborhood. The residents obtain visitor parking placards for their friends to use when they want to park in the area, and many others park illegally. You can probably get by parking illegally about 90% of the time. When it gets real bad, someone calls the police and the ticket patrol arrives to ticket every one without a permit or a visitor's placard. People have still not figured out that you have to pay to park downtown at night and on Saturdays under the new parking meter deal. I watched a "parking ambassador" ticket four cars in a row on Mass Avenue last Saturday. It just all means more money for the company that now controls the parking meter assets.

A parking meter lease that transferred control, al...

2012-07-07T15:22:38.446-05:00

A parking meter lease that transferred control, along with the lion's share of revenues, to another politically-connected company, which has funneled large campaign contributions to the politicians. It will cost taxpayers dearly for the next 50 years. We gave up one-third of the upfront payment from the parking meter lease deal to build this useless parking garage for the sole benefit of Ersal Ozdemir, who is not required to share one dime of the money he makes off of it with taxpayers. It is a theft of public assets, nothing more and nothing less. The people responsible for it belong in a federal prison.

This was part of the parking meter contract. If th...

2012-07-07T13:22:53.280-05:00

This was part of the parking meter contract. If the city build a parking garage in Broad Ripple, it is required to implement a residents-only parking policy on streets surrounding Broad Ripple.