<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2227308606017537812..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Holding Off On Making Public His Decision Not To Seek Re-Election--Until After His 10th Overseas Junket To Berlin</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2227308606017537812/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/11/ballard-holding-off-on-making-public.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-6359550696466714096</id><published>2014-11-04T09:42:45.465-05:00</published><updated>2014-11-04T09:42:45.465-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who cares about a primary system? Dump the primari...</title><content type='html'>Who cares about a primary system? Dump the primaries. Let ballot access be free and open and without preference for either of the two stupid parties. Scratch party names from ballots, altogether. Let three Republican-minded folks run, if they wish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, enact a single transferable vote system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With fair elections for the first time in my life, we can finally have an election I might care about voting in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have no interest in participating in today&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Democrat-Republican Day&amp;quot; farce.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2227308606017537812/comments/default/6359550696466714096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2227308606017537812/comments/default/6359550696466714096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/11/ballard-holding-off-on-making-public.html?showComment=1415112165465#c6359550696466714096' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/11/ballard-holding-off-on-making-public.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2227308606017537812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/2227308606017537812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="9:42 AM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4302612904609861072</id><published>2014-11-04T07:36:58.911-05:00</published><updated>2014-11-04T07:36:58.911-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So... it is Kyle Walker who &amp;quot;has several pote...</title><content type='html'>So... it is Kyle Walker who &amp;quot;has several potential candidates waiting in the wings..&amp;quot;?!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That statement tells you most everything you need to know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Ballard is not going to run.&lt;br /&gt;2. Walker admits to a fatal MCRCC flaw: &amp;quot;They&amp;quot; produce the candidates not the people through an honest primary system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Counting upon Mr. Walker&amp;#39;s consistent failure rate in almost every Marion County election as we look to the future is small relief that we&amp;#39;ll probably not see another tool of the GOP mafia in City offices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as McCain and Romney gave us Barak Obama, Ballard and Walker provide the way for Indy to be dominated by Democrats for who knows how long to come.  And the Detroitization of Indy will grow unabated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s just that simple.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2227308606017537812/comments/default/4302612904609861072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2227308606017537812/comments/default/4302612904609861072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/11/ballard-holding-off-on-making-public.html?showComment=1415104618911#c4302612904609861072' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/11/ballard-holding-off-on-making-public.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2227308606017537812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/2227308606017537812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="7:36 AM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3450480043044949683</id><published>2014-11-04T07:05:10.224-05:00</published><updated>2014-11-04T07:05:10.224-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That my high school alma mater may hire this petul...</title><content type='html'>That my high school alma mater may hire this petulant, thin-skinned, shallow, low intellect, failure of a mayor for any position associated with its educational mission is beyond  reason.  Cathedral High School should immediately wipe my name off their fundraiser mailing database; CHS will never see another penny from me.  Just what our young minds need in their search to become high functioning adults- an anti-science, anti-critical thinking, anti-inclusive, jingoistic egomaniac who proved time and time again he’s been wrong in every decision he’s made for this City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No surprise that this “accomplished” world traveler would wait until after the election to announce that he is going to deny Indianapolis voters the opportunity to depose him in a humiliating landslide.  All the rats are being cleared from the decks as the sinking Marion County GOP barge under the Ballard banner continues its swift and sure beeline to the bottom.&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2227308606017537812/comments/default/3450480043044949683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2227308606017537812/comments/default/3450480043044949683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/11/ballard-holding-off-on-making-public.html?showComment=1415102710224#c3450480043044949683' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/11/ballard-holding-off-on-making-public.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2227308606017537812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/2227308606017537812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="7:05 AM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>