tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post4966471685842763626..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-81399473952603646112007-07-23T09:07:00.000-05:002007-07-23T09:07:00.000-05:00I say, "Just follow the money!" That will lead us to the people who are behind this, the people who benefited from it. I think they are not likely to be members of the Democratic Party, because it is the Republican Party that has a history of robbing from the poor to give to the rich. My bet is on the favorite, the GOP...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-61051092608651539192007-07-22T23:05:00.000-05:002007-07-22T23:05:00.000-05:00Don't forget the impact of Tax increment financing (TIF) districts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-59318710412094243972007-07-22T20:46:00.000-05:002007-07-22T20:46:00.000-05:00Wilson, if the Democrats REALLY were about helping the poor people of this city, I would probably be one. But seeing that their only goal is to line thier own pockets, promise the poor that they will make it better and keep them poor, I have no desire to be part of that. <BR/><BR/>So go ahead, continue to be the petty little person who will judge people by the way they look rather than the beauties they possess. <BR/><BR/>I am sure you will call me names, but that is ok, I will continue to fight for a better life for those who want it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-68496217058652814992007-07-22T20:10:00.000-05:002007-07-22T20:10:00.000-05:00The piss-poor booth of the local GOP simply demonstrated eloquently to the tens of thousands of Black Expo visitors the lack of respect Republicans have for the 24% of Indianapolis that's Black. The GOP chintzy display made no significant effort to reach out to voters - that half-assed table was a waste of the meager budget of the local Republicans. Needless to say, I'm rather pleased to see them fritter away opportunities...<BR/><BR/>The GOP has the <I>reputation</I> of being the Very White Party so that by not having African-Americans working the booth at a major African-American event just reinforces such stereotypes.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-85096193107191168352007-07-22T19:30:00.000-05:002007-07-22T19:30:00.000-05:00Don't expect a vast swing to the GOP in Indianapolis this year by the African-American community. I spent yesterday afternoon at Black Expo - I was amused at the Indianapolis GOP booth staffed by only white folk with a single Ballard yardsign and a small pile of Ballard bumperstickers. No literature. No decorations. No photos. No buttons. <BR/><BR/>Feeble! <BR/>_______________________________<BR/><BR/>Wilson, I don't get your point. Are you saying that the Afro-American community isn't interested in the ongoing financial mismanagement of their city by Peterson, Monroe et al? <BR/><BR/>And, what does the race of the volunteers at the Indianapolis GOP booth have to do with anything anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44195177552086970612007-07-22T15:37:00.000-05:002007-07-22T15:37:00.000-05:00Yes, don't expect the mass exodus because the Dems will PROMISE the world, which they will buy in to, and continue to keep them poor. Bart, the CCC and the democratic party has no plans on making a better life for the poor of this city, only protecting their cronies. <BR/><BR/>It is sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18383296695961212312007-07-22T15:09:00.000-05:002007-07-22T15:09:00.000-05:00RAlly info.<BR/><BR/>http://hoosiersforfairtaxation.blogspot.com/2007/07/indiana-tea-party-please-link-this.html<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2pme5m<BR/><BR/>July 19, 2007<BR/>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<BR/><BR/>Indiana Tea Party, 11am, July 28, 2007 at the Broad Ripple Canal:<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>The graphic on the page says they will just DUNK symbolically tea bags filled with the tax bills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-63923993043291184672007-07-22T13:25:00.000-05:002007-07-22T13:25:00.000-05:00Hehehe... Wilson said "Ballard." <BR/><BR/>As for the Canal rally, I think there's also a danger the ducks might choke on the string. Take 'em, just don't leave anything lying around for the ducks to eat (or else Bart might slap a consumption tax on them). Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-65353389002257412172007-07-22T12:44:00.000-05:002007-07-22T12:44:00.000-05:00Just so you don't get to ocarried away...<BR/><BR/>Teabags have a level of acidity in them, in large quantities, which could be harmful to the geese, ducks and aquatic life. Find another symbol of your outrage.<BR/><BR/>Like your vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-72454854648986402722007-07-22T11:38:00.000-05:002007-07-22T11:38:00.000-05:00I read in here the other day, about a Boston Tea Party demonstration to be held on the canal in Broadripple on Central Ave 11:00am July 28. Is that still on? I haven't heard any more about it anywhere. No publicity means no turn out. My wife and I plan to attend, along with our signs, "bart lies" t-shirts, and plenty of enthusiasm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41816650619252770772007-07-22T09:51:00.000-05:002007-07-22T09:51:00.000-05:009:31 Very well put! If the voters do not reject the Evil Empire that is the 'tax & spend' Democrat Machine (Julia Carson, Bart Peterson, Carl Drummer, Tony Duncan, Lacy Johnson, Monroe Gray, Vern Brown, Kenneth Ackles, et al) then this city is doomed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13617341667771100752007-07-22T09:44:00.000-05:002007-07-22T09:44:00.000-05:00Neither of the above posters got the point. Each retreated to all-too-familiar steroetypical responses. Sad.<BR/><BR/>I thought the Star piece was the single-best piece of journalism yet on this crisis. The 9-pt. reasons for tax increases was exactly right. All nine combiend to piss on the public.<BR/><BR/>The accompanying article was long, but informative. I was pleasantly surprised by the paper's depth of coverage. I dind't think they had it in them.<BR/><BR/>Tully's BS column, however, was just that. I give up on his lazy ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43520645470723303502007-07-22T09:31:00.000-05:002007-07-22T09:31:00.000-05:00Yo, Wilson, this feed is about Democrats' TAX & SPEND, not some anonymous, riotous thugfest downtown. If you want to go there, who got shot last night? How many arrested? <BR/><BR/>We need a Boston Tea Party type of voter turn out at the polls to reverse the TAX & SPEND action & philosophy of the Democrats. Let's tell the Democrats that they just don't get it. We work for our money & do not want them taking it from us to spend on their rich croneys, or give patronage jobs away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-64083808471670447842007-07-22T09:07:00.000-05:002007-07-22T09:07:00.000-05:00Don't expect a vast swing to the GOP in Indianapolis this year by the African-American community. I spent yesterday afternoon at Black Expo - I was amused at the Indianapolis GOP booth staffed by only white folk with a single Ballard yardsign and a small pile of Ballard bumperstickers. No literature. No decorations. No photos. No buttons. <BR/><BR/><B>Feeble!</B>Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.com