tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1864970750211775885..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75830806427737097722008-02-20T23:29:00.000-05:002008-02-20T23:29:00.000-05:0010-20 fold return on investment -What a crock! There is no evidence that any Super Bowl has any long-term or, many times, any short-term economic impact. Jacksonville spent $12 million dollars of city money on the Super Bowl four times more than they anticipated. A significant amount of that underestimation related to security costs. If anyone thinks that the city is not going to have to piss a lot of money down the sewer, they are in for a big surprise. <BR/><BR/>Futhermore, any economic impact, whatever that might be, would represent a miniscule amount of the economic acitivity in the City of Indianapolis. People throught around numbers about the millions of dollars of impact, without constrasting that with the millions of dollars spent on facilities and the extra costs associated with holding the events that the city has to spend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3887883533042435942008-02-20T10:56:00.000-05:002008-02-20T10:56:00.000-05:00You're absolutely right, 9:30. <BR/><BR/>That being said, damn it, I must admit, Wilson is right. Words are powerful, and candidate Ballard firmly, in writing and in person, poo-poohed the Super Bowl bid. It was a common campaign line.<BR/><BR/>His support now is hypocritical. I happen to think the Super Bowl bid is awesome for the city, but make no mistake: Ballard got plenty of mileage dumping on it last fall.<BR/><BR/>He evidently heard the altar call and caved in to business interests. Nothing wrong with that.<BR/><BR/>In fact, a good Marine Mayor would step forward and say just that: "I was wrong last year, and now I see the light."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66737658917225169912008-02-20T09:30:00.000-05:002008-02-20T09:30:00.000-05:00What dufus would schedule something<BR/>like this at the same time as<BR/>an IU-Purdue basketball game?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75813767916200731422008-02-20T06:57:00.000-05:002008-02-20T06:57:00.000-05:00Greg Ballard sitting at the table with the very people who campaigned "against him".Now that is funny! Sellout!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-80447553074839117692008-02-20T06:53:00.000-05:002008-02-20T06:53:00.000-05:00Just to show you how ignorant Greg Ballard is, he has retained most of Bart Peterson's corrupt administration including Steve Talley! This is the man that was happily used by Peterson and Frank Anderson to force the police merger down the throats of real police officers. Now Ballard has hired Steve Talley and many other corrupt Peterson flunkies; but we have a "new mayor with a "new plan" Right? Greg Ballard is just Bart Peterson dressed in a fat suit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22233925623985491102008-02-19T22:16:00.000-05:002008-02-19T22:16:00.000-05:00Neither Nytes nor Carson were there. I don't know if the councilors normally attend these or not. I would if it was my council district. Former council president Steve Talley was there. I guess he's now in charge of animal control (no pun intended).Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-31835824676126014782008-02-19T22:12:00.000-05:002008-02-19T22:12:00.000-05:00Were any city council members there tonight?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13053372216065048172008-02-19T20:42:00.000-05:002008-02-19T20:42:00.000-05:00True Wilson. But most of that is solved now that he has accomplished his other goal of having us placed under him. <BR/><BR/><BR/> And Gary, as for the Sheriff unifying the two departments, you owe me a computer keyboard for spitting my drink all over laughing. <BR/><BR/> He and his administration did more to hinder this merge then help. We will come through just fine now that he is gone and professional policing can take place again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-45211754841753187652008-02-19T20:41:00.000-05:002008-02-19T20:41:00.000-05:00I wonder how many police friends Ballard lost when he decided to prioritize the Superbowl?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19112618835306971942008-02-19T20:33:00.000-05:002008-02-19T20:33:00.000-05:00In a campaign release titled <B>"No Bowl Bid Until We Solve Police Shortage"</B>, Mr. Ballard said <I>"Everyone likes the Super Bowl, but it makes no sense for the mayor to spend money, time, energy or political resources on a do-over on a failed Super Bowl bid when we have a serious police shortage and rising violent crime."</I>Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.com