tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5611331214034499701..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1347839911431523572007-04-08T12:36:00.000-05:002007-04-08T12:36:00.000-05:00All of this is related - riverboats, hotels, gaming....follow the tracks - leads to one man and his group. Look to the president of the airport authority.<BR/><BR/>Rumor has it that he wrote HB 1566 for Crawford. This would allow non-profits to get certified as a minority business. That would allow so many things to fall into place to make their control and dollars continue to flow.<BR/><BR/>All those minority and women owned businesses that they supposedly want to help. That is a smoke screen for them to protect their own. <BR/><BR/>Look at the Ice Miller website on gaming...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-82141521581726503352007-03-14T09:21:00.000-05:002007-03-14T09:21:00.000-05:00AI, any excess operating revenues from the airport authority cannot, by statute, go back to taxpayers. Which is sad.<BR/><BR/>If they make money from airlines, theory has it, they could collect less from Indy taxpayers for their general operating budget.<BR/><BR/>Last year, the amount collected from Indy taxpayers was $4.55 mil.<BR/><BR/>That's not chump change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-47189105249306029862007-03-13T19:15:00.000-05:002007-03-13T19:15:00.000-05:00Odle is not CEO of Clarain Health Partners, Inc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2211383787442685352007-03-13T17:23:00.000-05:002007-03-13T17:23:00.000-05:00anon 5:06, the airport authority is a municipal corporation with taxing authority. All the money it receives, regardless of its source, belongs to the taxpayers. Yes, it collects fees from the airlines, which are generally passed on to their customers, but it also receives tax revenues also for its operating budget.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25238319912618437472007-03-13T17:06:00.000-05:002007-03-13T17:06:00.000-05:00The Airport Authority board would have oversight, I believe. <BR/><BR/>And any subsidies would technically come from internal airline and fee revenue, not the taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-53313498029727778592007-03-13T10:49:00.000-05:002007-03-13T10:49:00.000-05:00So the big question now is: Just how much taxpayer money will get kicked in to subsidize this smelly arrangement? The number of $10 million has been thrown around. It's worthy to note that in his article, Swiatek asked about subsidies and did not get an answer.<BR/>I've got a feeling that this hotel, when finished, is going to make the Super 8 on Shadeland look like a 5 star.<BR/>Where's the oversight on these deals anyway? What are the names of the people that awarded this deal to Mansur?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38383299413819414812007-03-13T09:07:00.000-05:002007-03-13T09:07:00.000-05:00If any person of color gets implicated in anything remotely unpopular, one thing is certain: Wilson will run to their defense. Often without full fact,s but hey, who cares, right?<BR/><BR/>Here's the difference, Wilson: Brizzi paid $80K for his stake, which seems reasonable for 10% of a new enterprise such as this. That would make him (hang with me here, it's the private sector, and I know it's Greek to you) a limited partner. Subject to taxation on profits or distributions of income.<BR/><BR/>And subject to a cash call if they need more money.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a perfectly good investment possibillity to me: he invested his money with a solid, tried-and-true bar and restaurant operator. Not a bunch of political hacks ganged togther to open a private club-turned-public-only-under-pressure. Re-read those old 300 East articles. The investors wanted this to be their exclusive domain.<BR/><BR/>Brizzi wisely backed out. Maybe he should've never invested that kind of money. <BR/><BR/>But he behaved honorably. He didn't bully neighbors to accept something they don't want. He didn't push through construction permits before they should've been. He didn't cry discrimination when things got public and uncomfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-33360884290283690672007-03-13T08:18:00.000-05:002007-03-13T08:18:00.000-05:00When well-connected downtown businessmen try to cut in the County Prosecutor in a business deal, one should ask why the generous offer was made. Altruism? Brizzi reluctantly backed out only after it was made very clear it was illegal.<BR/><BR/>Are you implying anything illegal is going on with Odle's participation? Or are you just kicking up mud for general principles?Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44231629933820707412007-03-13T07:43:00.000-05:002007-03-13T07:43:00.000-05:00Nice try, Wilson, but the two situations are hardly analagous. Ogle's deal involves a public-private partnership between the developers and the airport authority, which is owned by the taxpayers. Brizzi's deal was 100% private. And as Dave notes, he divested his interest in the enterprise.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-65010560887802698512007-03-13T07:38:00.000-05:002007-03-13T07:38:00.000-05:00At least Brizzi stood up and did the right thing by withdrawing his interest....NO WAY in hell a crony of Johnson's would do the same thing. Once again, Wilson tries to change the subject when members of the corrupt administration and their buddies do wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69416939987256187592007-03-13T07:31:00.000-05:002007-03-13T07:31:00.000-05:00Kinda like the Republican owners of St. Elmo's cutting in their buddy Prosecutor Carl Brizzi with a 10% share of a Prohibition-era themed saloon out of the goodness of their hearts? Did Brizzi want to be a law-enforcement officer or a bartender?Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/06987859307032067229noreply@blogger.com