tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5292255178526284649..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2895305671955550562009-05-10T14:44:00.000-05:002009-05-10T14:44:00.000-05:00"It has everything to do with helping the same self-centered, self-absorbed and self-indulgent city leaders who cannot separate their personal gains from the public good." The state leaders and Prosecutors Office should also be included in the quote!<br /><br />AMEN, AMEN AMEN and one more AMEN!<br /><br />A flurry of mission statements were being reported a few days ago on blogs of the ISP and IMPD about their missions.<br /><br />The above comment made by AI should be made the Mission Statement of the State of Indiana, the City of Indianapolis and the Marion County Prosecutor's Office.<br /><br />I had a young lad from the Governor's Office tell me one time that he did not have time to waste on listening to trivial matters of bad contracts, filing bad information to obtain contracts and who was I to question "Old" Money in Indiana and the "New" Money in Indiana that the Indy Start now today again reports to be money lost by speculation. <br /><br />Boy I wonder if the young lad would look into the mirror today and remember his scolding of people who today can say, "I told you so!"<br /><br />The FAT CAT and GOOD OLD BOY hand outs, not subsidies, need to as Barney Fife always says "nip it in the bud" and need to go away.<br /><br />At least Andy, Opie and Barney knew the difference between right and wrong. Even Gomer, Jim Nabors who knows where Indianapolis is from "Back Home Again in Indiana", had enough common sense in running a gas station to put the mess in Indiana to shame.<br /><br />Somebody call Ron Howard. He would love to make a movie about all of this and he could use the Indiana movie incentive program!I knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837535454387104930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25544050884795890182009-05-10T11:19:00.000-05:002009-05-10T11:19:00.000-05:00Well I don't know how I managed to post this in the water co. thread unstead of here, a few minutes ago...<br /><br /><br />Oh but the closing paragraph is so memorable:<br /><br />"Suddenly, the city's vaunted sports strategy was face-to-face with a new reality. The Colts represent the National Football League, one of corporate America's most powerful combines. Proximity to this corporate power is why we've wanted an NFL presence here. But this is also a power that dwarfs our resources and, when necessary, is prepared to bluntly remind us how lucky (and small) we really are."Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-56614841858395434652009-05-10T10:48:00.000-05:002009-05-10T10:48:00.000-05:00Okay,I just read Hoppe's full column. I want to totally distance myself from his comments regarding Jim Irsay being a "grownup" and his supposed "honesty." Neither are remotely true. Hoppe's criticism of the CIB is on the mark, but I certainly wouldn't let the Colts off the hook.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25542748822841978072009-05-10T10:40:00.000-05:002009-05-10T10:40:00.000-05:00Let me just repeat what I said several times in Mass this morning. Amen. Amen. Amen.<br /><br />It's good to see NUVO finally hop on the public opinion train. NUVO is a natural publication to take up the cause against the CIB bailout and more corporate fat cat subsidies.<br /><br />What a lot of people is missing is that this issue is driving a lot of conservatives and liberals into the same camp. When NUVO's David Hoppe and I agree on politics, the stars have truly aligned. Yet this very conservative-liberal alliance v. corporate elitism is happening all over this city, even the state.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.com