tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1830441185552729904..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40899096755895951222015-01-21T14:09:47.202-05:002015-01-21T14:09:47.202-05:00If this city truly cared about air pollution from car emissions why isn&#39;t there mandatory emissions testing for the cars already on the road? Why isn&#39;t there rapid transit so people would not have to drive their cars? To fund an electric car sharing program when these are not already in place is missing the point entirely. Electric car sharing program---for the tourists and paid for by IPL customers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49018284898237236592014-04-21T09:39:03.205-05:002014-04-21T09:39:03.205-05:00Great article. <br /><br />Paul Craig Roberts, was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during the Reagan Administration and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate.<br /><br />Roberts had this to say about Privatization: &quot; However, in practice privatization is usually very different in result than libertarian ideology postulates. Almost always, privatization becomes a way for well-connected private interests to loot both the public purse and the general welfare.&quot; &quot;America the corrupted. That is what we have become.&quot; <br /><br />Here in Indy we not only have Privatization forces, but also Crony-Capitalism. <br /><br />The Local Democrats who should use the schemes of Ballard and Shogun Vaughn as rallying points are silent. Crony-Capitalism is something both Parties Agree on. Floggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383015097067413086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66946278300980472312014-04-21T05:40:28.115-05:002014-04-21T05:40:28.115-05:00Disgusting and dumb. We taxpayers should challenge these contracts (EVs, parking, cricket field, etc) in court as unconscionable - they are wholly disadvantageous to us and we did not willingly agree to the terms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11224675509959347732014-04-20T22:56:45.162-05:002014-04-20T22:56:45.162-05:00bon vivant<br /><br />Contents<br /><br /> 1 English<br /> 1.1 Etymology<br /> 1.2 Noun<br /> 1.2.1 Translations<br /> 1.2.2 Related terms<br /> 1.2.3 See also<br /><br />English<br />Etymology<br /><br />Borrowing from French bon vivant (literally “one who lives well, good ‘liver’ (living person)”), from bon (“good”) + vivant (“person who is living”), agent noun of vivre (“to live”).<br />Noun<br /><br />bon vivant (plural bons vivants)<br /><br /> a person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town<br /><br />Translations<br />[show ▼]person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink<br />Related terms<br /><br /> joie de vivre<br /><br />See also<br /><br /> boulevardier<br /> dandy<br /> man about town<br />Does not this have to pass City or State legislation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41231052071330869072014-04-20T19:45:35.920-05:002014-04-20T19:45:35.920-05:00Asinine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7327354126723929792014-04-20T14:04:03.417-05:002014-04-20T14:04:03.417-05:00Ah, I guess we Hoosiers aren&#39;t bon-vivant enough and need to get with it. By the way , I believe I read awhile back that the European bike share had its share of problems due to theft and was discontinued. I suppose this ties in with the continued renewed efforts to wrest the local homestead exemption from us. The &quot;small amount&quot; they say a mere $30. or less a year is fib in disguise as truth. <br />They still haven&#39;t pushed us into bicycles as I continue to see rarely frequented bike lane riders. I don&#39;t remember being asked about paying for electric car sharing.Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750037627108586911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-6189184883186364352014-04-20T09:31:15.464-05:002014-04-20T09:31:15.464-05:00Sooner or later, there will be nothing left to steal in this city. That is when the &quot;favored zone&quot; known as Downtown starts circling the drain taking the whole of Marion County down with it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-17926872278470385872014-04-20T08:51:33.542-05:002014-04-20T08:51:33.542-05:00Thank you Gary for another excellently cogent analysis. As with your 4/18/2014 post &quot;History Has A Way Of Repeating Itself&quot;, you shed the light of day on a political crony system gone mad. As I read your well-researched posts regarding City administration I wonder if any qualified person considering a run against this current administration sees the viable, successful campaign platform on the computer screen before them as do I.Chas. M. Navarranoreply@blogger.com