Comments on Advance Indiana™: Star Reports Meaninglessly On Professional Fees For Utilities Deal

Also, re AI's comment about Americans not know...

2010-06-14T14:14:17.340-05:00

Also, re AI's comment about Americans not knowing about the amount of control foreign countries have on Obama, also now on line, you can watch, "Rothschild's Choice" and "Americans are Not Stupid, with Subtitles" and be chagrined. We all need to wise-up, quick.

The deceitful STAR does not deserve to have the na...

2010-06-14T13:32:35.241-05:00

The deceitful STAR does not deserve to have the name INDIANAPOLIS before it. Which reminds me, you can now watch THE OBAMA DECEPTION on line.

Paul, You are right. I see no chance that Ryan w...

2010-06-14T12:42:57.384-05:00

Paul, You are right. I see no chance that Ryan will change his tune and work in our best interests before the best interests of his new employer, B&T.

However, I'm going to talk with the man. I'm not going to let my judgments keep me from having an open ear...especially because he reached out.

At the very least it would rude to not meet when he asked.

Please don't compare my actions with what Obama does. I'm not for sale and I don't compromise my principles.

guy, The last water company deal cost about $13 mi...

2010-06-14T12:24:38.301-05:00

guy, The last water company deal cost about $13 million in professional fees from a summary I saw that was given to Bradford when he was still on the council. Giving bad advice has its reward in this town. You get paid millions more to give more bad advice.

Melyssa, I remember when people criticized Obama,...

2010-06-14T12:16:52.598-05:00

Melyssa,

I remember when people criticized Obama, rightly, for his saying we just need to sit down and talk with terrorists - as if every dispute is just a matter of people not understanding each other which can be resolved if two people meet and talk in person.

I haven't seen any indication that Ryan Vaughn is remotely open-minded or willing to change. Do you think he'll stop voting on issues where he has a conflict because we had a talk? You think he's going to stop supportunit reckless spending and tax/fee increases? Vaughn isn't going to change.

The only possible reason to even meet is to take away his phony claim that he wanted to resolve differences but the other side wasn't willing to meet. Of course it's a bogus claim (since he's not open-minded), but the argument works with some people.

Where is the rest of the 50 million for due dilige...

2010-06-14T11:41:44.797-05:00

Where is the rest of the 50 million for due diligence going? I have to agree the professional fees are way over inflated. I would really like to see a break down of these fees paid out and to who. A hourly breakdown would be wonderful! Of course I am not naive it will not happen. When the city bought the water company the first time around the council asked for a break down of fees and the law firms involved blacked out all of the dollar amounts stating that there was a law suit against the city buying it that prompted them to do it. They did find one contractor billing the city for 24 hours on the phone for one day. I wonder how much over billing goes on in these cases.

No, Melyssa, you contacted me several months ago a...

2010-06-14T10:18:35.725-05:00

No, Melyssa, you contacted me several months ago and asked me to attend a meeting with Vaughn with you and others that you had supposedly arranged so he could explain his position on the utilities transfer and why he didn't have a conflict of interest. When I asked you for the specifics of the meeting, you couldn't provide any. You said you were still working on it. I never told you I wouldn't meet with him. There is no point in it now. It's a done deal. Are you that clueless?

Michael, I saw the article where the former Hawaii...

2010-06-14T10:14:03.462-05:00

Michael, I saw the article where the former Hawaii elections official said he would swear in court that no birth record for Obama exists at either of the two hospitals at which Obama has claimed he was born at various times. I also saw the article where Egypt's president said Obama assured him earlier this year he is a Muslim. He is an imposter as I've always maintained. Why else would he spend millions of dollars on attorneys fees to prevent access to his vital records? The American people have no idea that their government was hijacked by foreign powers. It's pathetic.

Hey Gary... check this out.... http://www.wnd.com...

2010-06-14T09:57:03.087-05:00

Hey Gary... check this out....

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=165981

Gary, I said Vaughn and I first started emailing...

2010-06-14T09:53:26.602-05:00

Gary,

I said Vaughn and I first started emailing about it a couple months ago. Finally we got it scheduled. ANd we plan to make it a regular meeting.

I don't think we're going to get anything accomplished by simply criticizing all the time and not meeting in person so that we can better understand where each other is coming from.

I know you don't want to meet with him and that's fine. But it's only fair to let him state his position on matters and why. Besides, it gives our criticism more credibility. If we don't meet, when he extended the invite, it makes us look flaky.

I will update the blog later today with the info on the meeting and leave it open for others to join us...that includes you if you want to show up and give the man a chance to explain himself.

Afterall, that's only fair.

The contract that was given to Hirons was a NO BID...

2010-06-14T09:51:22.185-05:00

The contract that was given to Hirons was a NO BID contract. NO RFP went out to other firms. Hirons was chosen simply because of Gregg Ballard. End of Story.

$300K for what? I estimate that is 2,113 hours of PR time.Please explain to me how that can happen. That is 40 hours a week for 53 weeks. Hirons is screwing us through his employees father.

"In fairness to her, perhaps she tried to do ...

2010-06-14T09:17:27.334-05:00

"In fairness to her, perhaps she tried to do a tougher story and Ryerson nixed it."

I'd bet my meager paycheck on it.

Melyssa, You've been telling that same thing t...

2010-06-14T08:59:44.920-05:00

Melyssa, You've been telling that same thing to me for months that you were having a meeting with Vaughn. I'm getting sick of hearing about it.

That's being paid by Citizens Energy and not t...

2010-06-14T08:57:59.010-05:00

That's being paid by Citizens Energy and not the City. BTW, Matt Klein, who is running the waterworks department, worked for Bose immediately prior to joining the Ballard administration. His violation of the discovery rules in a case he worked on there cost the firm several million dollars in sanctions ordered by Judge McKinney. He basically withheld evidence that proved the environmental liability of his client which evidence had been generated by the very unit of IDEM which he used to run in the Daniels administration. Like I said, unless you're a person who wants to fleece the taxpayers, you aren't eligible for a job in the Ballard administration. It's the most dishonest administration in the City's modern history. We will be paying for Ballard's and his cronies' corruption for decades to come.

don't forget the bone to Ed Treacy thru Bose

2010-06-14T08:49:45.284-05:00

don't forget the bone to Ed Treacy thru Bose

Ryan Vaughn and I have the first of our weekly cof...

2010-06-14T08:49:45.285-05:00

Ryan Vaughn and I have the first of our weekly coffee meetings scheduled for this Wednesday morning at 9:30 am at Henry's coffee shop downtown. ----

I'm going to print this. I think it is the perfect thing to discuss at our first meeting.