Comments on Advance Indiana™: Bombshell E-Mails Reveal IURC's Current Chairman As Cozy With Duke As His Predecessor

As part of the Citizens Gas expropriation of the W...

2011-08-14T10:32:56.622-05:00

As part of the Citizens Gas expropriation of the Water Company:

* The City transferred owbership of the Sewer Dept to a new chimera acting as holding company and political entity. State law does not permit this, the law is very specific.

* Morgan Stanley, which put together this deal and the Parking Meter Mess, used the ruse that the Water Company assets were Surplus Property in order to get around the legal requirement for open bidding on assets. Thus, Geist Reservoir itself was rendered 'surplus' under a law set up to facilitates the sale of mundane items like old computers and orange barrels among small towns.

Politicians are grifters, no matter which politica...

2011-08-11T20:13:22.752-05:00

Politicians are grifters, no matter which political party.....

Timb, I don't know why you say we have a one ...

2011-08-11T18:27:49.673-05:00

Timb,

I don't know why you say we have a one party state. That is demonstrably false. The Democrats her are weak, but they definitely offer competition and often elect U.S. Senators, U.S. reps and state wide elected officials.They also until recent had control of the Indiana House. Indiana is definitely not a one party state.

Although I agree about the IURC being a bi-partisa...

2011-08-11T14:34:57.839-05:00

Although I agree about the IURC being a bi-partisanship racket, I think Indiana's corruption, like Illinois next door, is because it's a one-party state. The Republican Party owns the State institutions (here, I'm looking at some good ol' boy like Jim Shella) and for years owned the typical watchdog (the Star under the Pulliams).

The solution to these problems is obvious here and elsewhere, don't let a party machine run your state or city. Corruption follows.

Oh, and utilities are always corrupt, no matter what

PS Let's hope you are wrong about Mr. Hogsett, but I doubt you are

Why, MB, that sounds just like Herr DOK-TOR Strau...

2011-08-11T13:30:52.694-05:00

Why, MB, that sounds just like Herr DOK-TOR Straub. He's a DOK-TOR, you know. And forces people to address him as such.
He's from New York, you know.

It has been two years since Jim Kouri published hi...

2011-08-11T11:54:31.938-05:00

It has been two years since Jim Kouri published his analysis of personality traits common to two professions, done while he served as a vice-president of the Natl. Assn. of Chiefs of Police, and based on law enforcement experience and data drawn from the FBI's behavioral analysis unit.

These traits are: superficial charm, an exaggerated sense of self-worth, glibness, lying, lack of remorse, and manipulation of others.

Yes, he found that they are common to psychopathic serial killers and to American politicians. Please Indiana, stop voting for psychopaths.

Who says I'm shocked?

2011-08-11T08:00:55.001-05:00

Who says I'm shocked?

This is how Indiana runs. When will you stop bein...

2011-08-11T07:58:35.535-05:00

This is how Indiana runs.

When will you stop being shocked by this?