Comments on Advance Indiana™: High-Flying Clark Sticks It To Indy Taxpayers

Although. You can rent cars like that. Fairly comm...

2010-09-06T20:02:38.364-05:00

Although. You can rent cars like that. Fairly common in parts of California, Florida, New York.

He was in a Porche 911 when he got pulled over. I ...

2010-09-06T19:49:04.483-05:00

He was in a Porche 911 when he got pulled over. I doubt it was a rental car.

I think you missed the point, Sean. I'm guess...

2010-09-06T18:14:08.156-05:00

I think you missed the point, Sean. I'm guessing he was using a rental car that we taxpayers paid for. If I got into a rental car my employer paid for and went up over 130 mph and got caught, I'm sure my private employer would've at least disciplined me in some way.

But Clark's boss, elected Mayor Ballard (representing the people), doesn't even know it happened!

Oh, come on, who hasn't cranked a car up over ...

2010-09-06T12:01:52.406-05:00

Oh, come on, who hasn't cranked a car up over 130 MPH at least once? I'll give him a pass on that one (presuming it was on an open highway with no other traffic nearby - except the police officer [fail]).

How about his speeding ticket in FL last year? 13...

2010-09-05T21:14:43.737-05:00

How about his speeding ticket in FL last year? 135mph?

@PO The increasing fees on things like Taxis and ...

2010-09-04T23:25:26.897-05:00

@PO

The increasing fees on things like Taxis and other businesses really struck a raw nerve with me. We should be getting rid of a lot of that kind of garbage not increasing the barriers to competition.

SS, Not only that, Ballard has supported tax incr...

2010-09-04T10:48:05.720-05:00

SS,

Not only that, Ballard has supported tax increases. He supports the rental car tax increase, the hotel tax increase and supported a prpoposal to raise the food and beverage tax and the alchohol tax...all part of the CIB bailout. And think of all the fees the Mayor has supported increasing. During his campaign he counted fee increases as tax increases. Wonder what he will do now?

@Paul. I think sometimes people like yourself and ...

2010-09-03T21:26:43.433-05:00

@Paul. I think sometimes people like yourself and Gary get discounted because they just chalk it up to being "anti-administration" or sour grapes for not being one of the insiders. Yet, here are two good examples were it was just factual and on the right track not anti-anything.

It could just be hubris where the people in power and controlling the big money really think they know-it-all and that the local activists and bloggers don't have something to offer.

I'm still wondering how Ballard is going to pull off getting Peterson's 65% local income tax increase completely revoked per his campaign promise. ;-) He's got 3% off of it so far I think. 62 and counting?? Hard to do when you're continuing to hand out payoffs to local community organizations, the arts and socialized sports. So much for Republicans being against bail-outs. ;-)

Cudos to WTHR for ferreting out Clark's little...

2010-09-03T18:39:28.228-05:00

Cudos to WTHR for ferreting out Clark's little 135MPH Porche escapade last February.

Funny how it was all kept secret for so many months.

This guy is really a piece of work, isn't he?

SS, There were and are red flags on Straub and Cl...

2010-09-03T18:01:39.697-05:00

SS,

There were and are red flags on Straub and Clark. People just chose to ignore it.

I don't get it. Gary Welsh reported on some behind the scenes stuff about Straub. Nobody questioned the truth of the facts presented which revealed huge character flaws. They just chose to ignore them.

It's the same with Clark. How could you look at what he did in Jacksonville and not see red flags and ask questions? Indy didn't do that though.

I seem to recall some local activists or bloggers ...

2010-09-03T00:28:05.115-05:00

I seem to recall some local activists or bloggers being really unhappy with Clark's selection. In fact, here at Advance Indiana in early 2009 (link: http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2009/03/ballards-airport-authority-selects.html ) his "high flying" ways were reported.

I also seem to recall a great many folks not being real pleased with Frank Straub as a potential selection to head up public safety in Indy.

For all of the flack some of the local bloggers (especially Gary here at AI), Republican outcasts, Libertarians and some of our more rational friends on the left get they very often are very good at seeing if appointees pass the "smell test".

And while I don't really have enough direct information or facts to have an opinion on Straub other than the original concerns that were brought to light by some local political activists and bloggers, and while I may not always agree with everything posted here at AI, the fact that local news was on the Clark story today should serve as some level of affirmation that good information can come from independent media and reporting.

Gary was on it (Clark and travel spending) over a year ago. Kudos.

Maybe Ballard is an agent of the NWO, and wants to...

2010-09-02T22:50:08.245-05:00

Maybe Ballard is an agent of the NWO, and wants to destroy the middle class and bankrupt the city, so that we can be more indebted and easily enslaved. Seriously, although Mary Milz did a great job, but AI was the forum that first clued me in as to what a derelict CEO, Clark was, and would be.