Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Plans To Testify In Support Of CIB Bailout Tomorrow

We must stand against Greg Ballard and is corrupti...

2009-04-02T08:14:00.000-05:00

We must stand against Greg Ballard and is corruption with all effort and energies. This man is the absolute worst thing to ever happen to our city. Now I understand why he did not want any honest people in his administration. Protest, protest, protest, boycott Pacers Games, Colts Games and Convention Center Events. Boycott Downtown Restaurants, especially Harry and Izzy's, owned by our Lap Dancing prosecutor Carl Brizzi.

DI,I think Mayor Ballard is so naive and he's so i...

2009-04-02T06:11:00.000-05:00

DI,

I think Mayor Ballard is so naive and he's so isolated, that he has no idea that what he is doing is going to end his political career and drag down the Republicans with him. I don't think his advisors, e.g. What is disgusting is that the D's are no better on this issue than the R's and in many ways is worse. The biggest critics of the CIB out there are Republican bloggers. Democrats, except for IPOPA, are silent.

I think if one of his political advisors dared to tell Mayor this is not a good idea, that person wouldn't have a job very long. Grand and Loftus would have that person booted. I've been in Republican politics long enough to know the mentality that is out there.

Paul, I just can't figure his being so willing to ...

2009-04-01T22:13:00.000-05:00

Paul, I just can't figure his being so willing to take a fall, with not ONE word of opposition. It doesn't make sense, and is beyond writing off to inexperience.

If it were me in the 25th floor doing this, I'd be ashamed to be show my face in public. Could $400K in salary for the time in office really be worth taking a dive and humiliating oneself this way? Maybe there's some bigger payoff after leaving office - one of those 'consultant' deals - and all he has to do is just play along until then.

DI,The explantation is that we have a politically ...

2009-04-01T21:32:00.000-05:00

DI,

The explantation is that we have a politically inexperienced mayor who hasn't a clue that what he's about to do will seal his fate and that of the council Republicans the next election. Ballard is so naive and inexperienced, he's getting used by people like Bob Grand who couldn't care less if Ballard wins re-election

Whoa!

2009-04-01T20:27:00.000-05:00

Whoa!

I'll spare you the long-winded diatribe and offer ...

2009-04-01T17:16:00.000-05:00

I'll spare you the long-winded diatribe and offer up a link to it instead:

We were wrong and we're being wronged'

If Ballard does this, his political career is over...

2009-04-01T16:30:00.000-05:00

If Ballard does this, his political career is over. He may not even get out of the Republican primary.

I wonder if one day there will be some kind of exp...

2009-04-01T16:28:00.000-05:00

I wonder if one day there will be some kind of explanation dug up for this case of political suicide? It defies comprehension.