<?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.post3699922513293852981..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: CIB Approves $160 Million Gift To Billionaire Herb Simon&#39;s Pacers The Same Day It Formally Presents Proposal</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/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.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>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-317019614761149816</id><published>2014-04-15T16:33:14.445-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-15T16:33:14.445-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fables, of course Flogger is right.  It is indeed ...</title><content type='html'>Fables, of course Flogger is right.  It is indeed a fable that the city would lose money if the Pacers left town.  Absent the Pacers presence we could use BLF and the city would retain the monies earned.  Why we might even pay off the bonds on one of those imperial palaces.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/317019614761149816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/317019614761149816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html?showComment=1397597594445#c317019614761149816' 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/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3699922513293852981' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/3699922513293852981' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="4:33 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9130584884967186844</id><published>2014-04-15T16:31:33.318-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-15T16:31:33.318-05:00</updated><title type='text'>and another public safety tax looms</title><content type='html'>and another public safety tax looms</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/9130584884967186844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/9130584884967186844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html?showComment=1397597493318#c9130584884967186844' 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/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3699922513293852981' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/3699922513293852981' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="4:31 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1318886642509244856</id><published>2014-04-15T12:24:28.768-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-15T12:24:28.768-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You stated - &amp;quot;unless we are to assume that bo...</title><content type='html'>You stated - &amp;quot;unless we are to assume that board members required only a brief few minutes to review and vote on the critical, costly agreement.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have always thought the CIB Board Members were selected for their genetic Crony-Capitalism DNA. Thus, no thought is required. The Board votes with the interests of the Billionaires upper most in their minds. If any time at all is spent it is on crafting the fable of how much the City would lose if the Pacers left town.   </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/1318886642509244856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/1318886642509244856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html?showComment=1397582668768#c1318886642509244856' title=''/><author><name>Flogger</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10383015097067413086</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><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3699922513293852981' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/3699922513293852981' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-239220855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="12:24 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1177184731201560563</id><published>2014-04-14T23:16:49.567-05:00</published><updated>2014-04-14T23:16:49.567-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Torah states though shall not promote their na...</title><content type='html'>The Torah states though shall not promote their name and agenda...In lights and stars and more...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/1177184731201560563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/3699922513293852981/comments/default/1177184731201560563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html?showComment=1397535409567#c1177184731201560563' 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/2014/04/cib-approves-160-million-gift-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3699922513293852981' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/3699922513293852981' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="11:16 PM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>