Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Travels To India To Announce City Will Spend $6 Million On New Sports Facility To Host Cricketing Events

You are absolutely right! The money IS coming fro...

2014-02-11T22:21:48.022-05:00

You are absolutely right! The money IS coming from a few individuals in town behind the curtain, pulling the strings. Wondering if the mayor spent any money on any other countries sports? Or, just cricket for the terrorists? $6 million on this trash? How about jobs for Hoosiers, that would be too much to ask!

You fools re-elected the clown. Live with it.

2013-04-17T16:02:56.016-05:00

You fools re-elected the clown.

Live with it.

This man is a complete embarrassment to those of u...

2013-04-17T00:10:33.701-05:00

This man is a complete embarrassment to those of us who were fooled by his 'Aww shucks/Mr. Smith' persona of 2007.

And the 'Marine Card' that the local GOP and that groups' acolytes love to wave is a complete disgrace to the USMC, particularly where leadership comes into play. Integrity, Loyalty, Competency and even Courage have been conspiciously absent during Ballard's terms as Mayor (See: Frank Straub and the degradation under him of public safety that continues to this day)All of these qualities of a Leader having been replaced by a few hands up his backside from various individuals here in town. He reminds me of Sir Topham Hatt of 'Thomas the Tank Engine'...dressed up and marginally skilled for a few moments of useless ceremony here and there, but nothing to substantially drive the city forward.
You will never see the local media or quasi-media such as Abdul call him on his bullshit either; they are in too deep to this charade and would look like fools themselves if they ever honestly showed this guy for what he is: incompetant.

Indianapolis can not afford more police for the st...

2013-04-16T18:40:19.703-05:00

Indianapolis can not afford more police for the street, yet is building another sports venue that will require homeland security to protect Hoosiers from the terrorists. Misplaced priorities!

There is a Supreme Court case out there (involving...

2013-04-16T17:55:56.889-05:00

There is a Supreme Court case out there (involving the ICVA) which says that if you receive tax dollars you are subject to the open records law.

Sarah Taylor, who happens to be a spokesperson for...

2013-04-16T17:17:29.251-05:00

Sarah Taylor, who happens to be a spokesperson for the mayor, has traveled with the Mayor on at least one occasion while her husband (a Constable for Marion County) and children accompanied. Oh by the way her husband was billing the city to the tune of thousands of dollars to act as the Mayor's "bodyguard". Maybe questions should be directed to her as to the rationale behind the mayor's safety expenditures.

...and he turned his back on Public Safety. How m...

2013-04-16T14:23:05.402-05:00

...and he turned his back on Public Safety. How many police officers could he hire for $6 Million dollars? Crime is more violent and Ballard stopped hiring police officers, causing them to be the smallest staffing in modern history.