Comments on Advance Indiana™: Georgia Street Set To Become The Next City Market

I don't see how they can justify pulling money...

2011-12-06T11:37:24.978-05:00

I don't see how they can justify pulling money from the TIF funds to reimburse the city for money that came out of the feds' pocket and not the city's.

Paul, don't forget that the City is asking the...

2011-12-06T10:22:03.820-05:00

Paul, don't forget that the City is asking the MDC to 'reimburse' $40 million of street improvements downtown, including the money contributed by the feds, so we can balance the 2012 budget.

The idea that IDI is qualified to handle any city property can be disabused by just looking at how much more it costs us taxpayers when they act as the middle man. Start with those $200,000 salaries and how everyone is a Vice President except one person, who is President of IDI.

This is all a ruse to infuse more public money into a bad organization that should be funded by local businesses, if at all, not to do any good for Georgia Street or the taxpayers.

You give the feds too much credit, Paul. Have you ...

2011-12-06T08:27:31.094-05:00

You give the feds too much credit, Paul. Have you seen the long list of bogus projects upon which federal stimulus dollars have been spent? This one is peanuts by comparison.

I think the feds would be very interested in this ...

2011-12-06T08:25:03.051-05:00

I think the feds would be very interested in this development. A lot of the money to redo the street came from the federal government and now they're giving it away? It might violate the promises the city made to get that federal money.