tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2422399593054721544..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25473043024608558262009-05-10T03:16:00.000-05:002009-05-10T03:16:00.000-05:00Paul,<br />The spin will be allowed to go on in the Ballard Administration as he is simply to cover the tracks of the incest that has floundered for years in Indiana. If everyone hires each other form the different agencies, firms and political barns then everyone has something on each other and the vicious circle of kiting checks on the taxpayers backs just keeps going around and around and around<br /><br />The argument is not for the CIB but to not let anyone peek in and see how many people are really in the mix that have been joined together for years on a free ride. If you get in in Indiana you can stay in the food line as long as you keep your mouth shut and wait your turn in the pecking order for power and money!I knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837535454387104930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8964254351540619002009-05-08T20:59:00.000-05:002009-05-08T20:59:00.000-05:00DI,<br /><br />You hit the nail on the head. The revenue on a building like Conseco Fieldhouse and LOS should pay for its operations and maintenance.<br /><br />Unigov,<br /><br />There is some language in the Colts contract about a discrimantory ticket tax. There would have to be a ticket tax on every event utilizing CIB buildings and it probably would have to be the same tax.<br /><br />As far as the Libertarian Party opposing the smoking ban, more power to them. If I own a business, I should be deciding whether or not to allow smoking in the facility, not the government.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-23238858834533853812009-05-07T20:42:00.000-05:002009-05-07T20:42:00.000-05:00No, I have no problem at all with a ticket tax but I can't help but wonder why a small piece of the hundreds of millions the place generates wasn't earmarked to pay for AT LEAST the operation of the CIB. It's total insanity. It is beyond my comprehension to grasp how the CIB could negotiate away their basic operating needs. That piece of it should never have been put on the table for Irsay to grab.<br /><br />Total insanity. And THAT needs to be fixed or the problem will never go away.Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-35646221765569132562009-05-07T19:46:00.000-05:002009-05-07T19:46:00.000-05:00I don't know why I feel compelled to post this, but this mess with the CIB should have been an opportunity for the Libertarian party to take a stand and get some good press. Now that I search I see the Libs do have a plan:<br /><br />http://www.indylp.org/CIBplan<br /><br />A ticket tax. Who'd a thunk.<br /><br />I associate the LPIN with one thing - the right for bar owners to allow smoking. LP has allowed itself to be hijacked for this one silly, anti-worker issue.<br /><br />They could also get off the couch and point out that Indiana and Iowa's state constitutions are both mum on the topic of marriage, therefore Indiana's Supreme Court - all Democrats - is way behind the time. Gay marriage is the defining civil rights issue of the 21st century (in the US).Unigovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532072215831286109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-24613207106196917402009-05-07T19:14:00.000-05:002009-05-07T19:14:00.000-05:00Downtown - my point is, whatever money is needed to run these ludicrous sports ventures, should come from the sports fans. Why should half a % of a restaurant tab in Lebanon go to running Lucas ? If things get worse, raise the tax again. I don't ask my neighbor to pay for gas for my car. I pay for what I use.<br /><br />The argument against this will be, "but that tax would be enormous". Right. You Blue Crew types should have thought of that. What city spends $900 per citizen on an NFL stadium ?Unigovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532072215831286109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-77298184822776158302009-05-07T19:02:00.000-05:002009-05-07T19:02:00.000-05:00Oh there it is. AI's link was chopped off.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/DMD/Neighborhood_Services/Pages/Mayor%27sNightOut.aspx" REL="nofollow">Watch Video</A>Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49316547537966541902009-05-07T18:57:00.000-05:002009-05-07T18:57:00.000-05:00that must have been one hot-potato video. It's gone already.Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-64238627527953546382009-05-07T16:31:00.000-05:002009-05-07T16:31:00.000-05:00If the 'easy out' of a ticket tax gets rushed through, we'll do this all again in a year or two.<br /><br />The CIB is like one of those folks with 20 credit cards - they keep racking up the bills and getting deeper in debt.<br /><br />Better to wipe the slate and start over.Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-82279388314136642372009-05-07T15:47:00.000-05:002009-05-07T15:47:00.000-05:00Ballard lies!!!artfugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364503656694166926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-62742958618736424772009-05-07T13:21:00.000-05:002009-05-07T13:21:00.000-05:00Two words would fix all of this:<br /><br />"Ticket Tax"<br /><br />And I know I'm repeating myself but I am stunned what a goofball Ballard turned out to be. It's like having Bob Grand as the mayor.Unigovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532072215831286109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19545736012155304912009-05-07T13:12:00.000-05:002009-05-07T13:12:00.000-05:00The spin that this is not about the sports teams, but rather about the convention business is not working. People know it's a lie. Why does he keep repeating it?Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.com