tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post349409195039694564..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75708361274445648702007-02-04T11:20:00.000-05:002007-02-04T11:20:00.000-05:00We will have differences come Sunday but we share the same argument. My family has been loooong time Chicago Bears season ticket holders. We did not get picked in '85 and once again got snubbed this year. Can you believe the bears do use seniority in their lottery? They say it cause of a fire in the '60's the destroyed their records. Sounds like bull. I can feel for you, legislators should not be involved. I think more should be done for use life long fans!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-812605885717311472007-01-29T14:47:00.000-05:002007-01-29T14:47:00.000-05:00No, they owe their new stadium to the taxpayers of Indiana. A 700M, publicly funded stadium? Wow, that sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-63346299133674126292007-01-29T07:37:00.000-05:002007-01-29T07:37:00.000-05:00"Wow, so as a season-ticket holder, I was told I couldn't get tickets because I didnt win the lottery to get them."<br /><br />So what? You got your new stadium thanks to these hacks. The least you owe them is your superbowl tickets. BwahahahahahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75893055707297625522007-01-28T12:02:00.000-05:002007-01-28T12:02:00.000-05:00Did I say I was proud, Wilson? Far from it. The antics of some of these public officials is embarrassing to me as a lifelong resident of this city.<br /><br />Anonymity, for some of us, is required.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-582961638405296762007-01-28T09:20:00.000-05:002007-01-28T09:20:00.000-05:00Go away, anonymous loudmouth - if you are so proud of what you have to say, why do you hide your face? Ashamed?<br /><br />Do you think John Hancock signed as "Anonymous" with a flourish?Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-47522896031097754672007-01-28T07:40:00.000-05:002007-01-28T07:40:00.000-05:00City Council members probably won't see any conflict or ethics problems because their own leader is an ethics-challenged goofball. And a sorry one at that.<br /><br />Catch p-1 of today's Star for an excellent article by Brendan O'Shaughnessy if you have any doubt.<br /><br />I'll give Mr. President this: at least he was trying to earn some private sector money for a change. by forming his own concrete company to do public-sector work. It's not a full-throttle private sector attempt, but it's a sputtering start.<br /><br />Monroe Gray claims that almost a half-million in pension/wage judgments against his concrete company, are because a bookeeper used the wrong wage charts to calculate deductions. Riiiiiight.<br /><br />He uses improper grammar in one quote, and mis-spelled Councillor on his official ethics form.<br /><br />This guy is am embarrassment to my party and the city, and he's leading the council. So, why would any council member see anything wrong with accepting these Super Bowl tickets?<br /><br />And, just to dodge the inevitable: go away Wilson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-72522887140346117552007-01-28T00:17:00.000-05:002007-01-28T00:17:00.000-05:00While this whole thing angers me (it really isn't fair treatment of long-time Colts season-ticket holders), I did see something else today that is nice: Colts owner Jim Irsay is taking all of the employees and a spouse/SO to the Super Bowl: two game tix, airfare and 4 nights in a hotel in Miami. I think that is pretty classy, because you know there are plenty of people who work there who couldn't afford to pay their own way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19115794800570021982007-01-27T22:36:00.000-05:002007-01-27T22:36:00.000-05:00The tickets won't be reported because they will be bought at face value directly by the legislator. According to the rules, only gifts over $100 have to be reported. Since the tickets are purchased and not a gift, nothing has to be reported.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-48339386477365708692007-01-27T21:55:00.000-05:002007-01-27T21:55:00.000-05:00Even under Indiana's ridiculous lobbying and gift reporting rules, these tickets will have to be reported.<br /><br />So we'll see who got them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18288305491064091372007-01-27T20:32:00.000-05:002007-01-27T20:32:00.000-05:00Hopefully there will be a list of those legislators taking advantage of this quid pro quo (buy my stadium, give us tax breaks and a 2nd practice field and we'll give you something at a huge discount). Perhaps this is a gift that by law is required to be reported. Anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2885608773396341132007-01-27T16:49:00.000-05:002007-01-27T16:49:00.000-05:00I already have one thank you. And it doesn't come with the atmosphere of a Super Bowl. My living room, albeit toasty with the fire going, isnt quite the same as what 3100 buys me for a few days in South Beach in the dead of Indiana WinterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43061406238440110292007-01-27T14:11:00.000-05:002007-01-27T14:11:00.000-05:00angryseasontixguy...<br /><br />For $3100 you can buy a giant screen TV. <br /><br />:-)Aspergers.lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621931936307980825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-81558556355578997972007-01-27T13:42:00.000-05:002007-01-27T13:42:00.000-05:00Wow, so as a season-ticket holder, I was told I couldn't get tickets because I didnt win the lottery to get them. Let's see 24 years times about $3100 a year, I guess the legislators who don't even live in Indpls are more important than I am and can get tickets to the Super Bowl. Once again, it's who you know and who you blow to get things in the world of politics. I know one thing for sure, if any legislator in my district takes these tickets, they lose my vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com