Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard And City Council Members Think You Should Pay Higher Taxes To Cover Cost Of Providing Police Protection For Special Events

The crooks rule Indy. Boycott these Special Event...

2014-05-07T14:02:27.496-05:00

The crooks rule Indy. Boycott these Special Events, sending the message that you are not their slave.

The Truth About Black Expo Violence

2014-05-05T18:26:17.731-05:00

It is absolutely time for those who use those city...

2014-05-05T18:23:17.624-05:00

It is absolutely time for those who use those city services in an extraordinary way, pay for the extraordinary services they receive. Of course, far be it for me to ask the Mayor to grow a pair, act like an Officer, and do what the Mayor of Atlanta did:

"ATLANTA -- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed made it clear Wednesday that he would not tolerate a repeat of the 1990s version of Freaknik.

"I will tell you I will sue them," said Reed at a
City Hall news conference. "I will sue them. I'm not going to be fancy about this. I'm not going to tolereate having this city's resources utilized by people who don't respect our laws and ordinances."

The Freaknik that left Atlanta after several disruptive years an event that left a permanent mark on the city. Freaknik weekends were filled with gridlock, grinding, and groping. The city's police force was overwhelmed.

Mayor Reed sent a cease and desist letter to the promoter of Freaknic Atlanta 2010. The Mayor points out that the event failed to obtain any city permits. Mayor Reed warned the promoter that he could be charged 100's of thousands of dollars for taxing city services."

Black Expo has Violent History

One poster on a blog said it very well: "Another Black Expo, another round of shootings, more kids with guns. Unfortunately, these shootings are almost becoming an expectation.

Much is being said about how to stop the shootings, from curfews to shutting down the event on the second Saturday night.

But those would be Band-Aids. What about the larger questions of why children even show up at an event like Black Expo with guns, and why they join gangs? For those with long memories, it hasn’t always been this way. And, as hopeless as it sometimes seems, it doesn’t have to stay this way.

Where did the social fabric tear?"

There are no plans to add additional police office...

2014-05-05T11:21:14.686-05:00

There are no plans to add additional police officers. It's another bait-and-switch promoted by these criminals to get their grubby hands on more of our tax dollars. How do I know this? Because they have lied about the purpose of every tax increase they've enacted over the past two decades. It's all about getting more money in the pot to redistribute to members of the downtown mafia.

obviously all new hires ought to be restricted to ...

2014-05-05T10:04:10.550-05:00

obviously all new hires ought to be restricted to only preventing certain specified crimes

Pat, That escorting service used to be done entire...

2014-05-05T08:16:52.399-05:00

Pat, That escorting service used to be done entirely for the benefit of the sheriff's re-election committee. You essentially made a campaign contribution to the sheriff's campaign committee to get escorted to the track. Not sure how it works today.

I would have thought that the paper would have ask...

2014-05-05T08:09:19.761-05:00

I would have thought that the paper would have asked the Sheriff a)how much money he already collects from the escorts into the track on race days, and b) how that money is spent.

Charge the event, and have the event either swallo...

2014-05-05T07:37:35.394-05:00

Charge the event, and have the event either swallow to cost or add it to the ticket price.

As I do not attend silly sports events, I should not have to pay for the sports structure, the players of the sport or the security for the sporting event.