Comments on Advance Indiana™: Star Lies To Readers About Why Indianapolis' Potholes Aren't Being Repaired

In Jan., a couple of days after being forced to dr...

2014-06-17T13:37:49.687-05:00

In Jan., a couple of days after being forced to drive over potholes on Sherman Dr. between Washington and Michigan Streets. we called the Mayor's Action (haha) Center to report them, and the 'lady' who took the call sounded very indifferent to learning same, only saying that they had received many reports about these very potholes and would be getting to them. Of course, in the meantime people were driving over them.

In the past, the employee always gave a report number to me, but not so this time. That is when I learned about the plans of Mayor Ballard to do little about repairing potholes.

There is no reason to read the Star for any 'n...

2014-06-16T19:32:18.947-05:00

There is no reason to read the Star for any 'news'. Do they even have an investigative reporter on the staff at this point? I disagree with many of Mr. Welsh's conclusions, but at least his blog attempts to provide some background and context to many local issues. Perhaps the Star, WISH and WTHR should take note (don't bother with FOX)?

I agree with Anon 1132 AM except I am not a Democr...

2014-06-16T17:57:33.864-05:00

I agree with Anon 1132 AM except I am not a Democrat.

Not being from Indy I can tell you I know what a good newspaper is, and the Star isn't one. Every time I walk in the store and they try to whore the Star to me I say "no, thank you". Thankfully no one can read my mind.

To be honest, I stopped going to the Star for real...

2014-06-16T11:32:49.874-05:00

To be honest, I stopped going to the Star for real news a long time ago. Sadly, the IBJ is headed in the direction of the Star with hit pieces like the trash the published about Christine Scales. If I want real news about what is going on in this city, I come to your blog along with a few others. And I am saying that as a Democrat.

Actually, the Pulliam-owned Star didn't cut Go...

2014-06-16T11:31:01.627-05:00

Actually, the Pulliam-owned Star didn't cut Goldsmith much slack, even though he married into the family. They did story after story questioning his privatization deals, the role campaign contributions played in getting city work performed, stories about ghost employment and mismanagement of the police department, etc. Their coverage drove up his negatives so badly that he got blown out in his governor's race against O'Bannon in Marion County, contributing to his statewide election defeat. The newspaper did the same thing to Lugar when he was mayor, contributing to his 1974 defeat in his first bid for the Senate against Birch Bayh.

Journalism at The Star has long been "Press R...

2014-06-16T11:21:46.865-05:00

Journalism at The Star has long been "Press Release Journalism." During the Gold$mith Administration, Gold$mith's claims or press releases were packaged up as News. Advertorials they are now called. Advertisements in this case Political ones masquerading as News for a politician.

I suspect the "fight" between the Republicans and Democrats is more about who gets the goodies to spread around.

I live in a residential neighborhood with potholes and crumbling streets and the same procedure is used on main streets for street repair. Fill the hole with some Brand X filler that has little cohesive or binding strength. The underlying problem of poor drainage or a crumbling base is just layered over by the Brand X fill.

The bigger issue is how to fund a proper repair of streets and maintenance. The repairs and/or repaving is not going to last 10 plus years.

The important point for The Star and the Local Mega-McMedia is to present us the fable of Good Honest Government.