Comments on Advance Indiana™: What's Wrong With Peterson's Negative Attack Ads?

"I bet the Peterson campaign has an even tougher, ...

2007-11-02T07:31:00.000-05:00

"I bet the Peterson campaign has an even tougher, over the top ad ready to go."

I wouldn't put it past Peterson do use stuff like John Murtha, Dingy Harry Reid saying "we've lost the war" and Jon Carry saying "Terrorizing women and children in the dark of night" to insult Greg's military service.

At least that'll shore up the Broad Ripple Anti-War Hippie vote.

Voters and taxpayers seem to forget that they own ...

2007-11-02T07:13:00.000-05:00

Voters and taxpayers seem to forget that they own the Market Square site NOT the Mayor.

Quite frankly, I don't want anymore damn subsidized condos. I DO want the 16,000 criminals that are out running the streets on LOW bond to get thru the courts and locked away.
Inceased court fees would not only build the needed court space but more jail space as well.
Ballard is not off base with wanting a new center built on the MSA site becaue it WILL pay for itself at no cost to me, a taxpayer.

One of the more famous political quotes was when H...

2007-11-02T06:59:00.000-05:00

One of the more famous political quotes was when Harry Truman made the following statement regarding false statements mad by Richard Nixon. Truman stated:

"NIXON IS A SHIFTY-EYED GODDAM LIAR AND THE PEOPLE KNOW IT."

I think that's the general reaction of Johnny and Janie Lunchbucket about Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson's attack ads against Ballard.
Politicos always try to read a lot into these ads that Peterson is running. The average voter, especially in municipal elections, don't generally buy the garbage that's spewed out.
Peterson has proved himself to be a very consistent liar. Maybe "liar" is too strong a word but how else can Peterson be described. He is what he is........" a shifty-eyed goddam liar and the people know it".

Johnny and Janie Lunchbucket will decide on election day. The smart money's on Ballard.

The Peterson ad isn't about new buildings, raising...

2007-11-02T06:31:00.000-05:00

The Peterson ad isn't about new buildings, raising taxes or cutting 911--it's about being behind in the polls. Most years it would work but thanks to high tax bills and smaller paychecks, voters are paying close attention and this ad won't work. The Peterson campaign has given up trying to convince people to vote for the mayor. There only hope is to use hard negative ads to keep a rallied public from voting for Ballard. I bet the Peterson campaign has an even tougher, over the top ad ready to go.

Either 10:52 or Vernon Brown is lying.It really do...

2007-11-02T05:27:00.000-05:00

Either 10:52 or Vernon Brown is lying.

It really doesn't make any difference which one is, but trust me--one of them is not telling the truth.

The Mayor has no tacit deal with Brown to put a criminal justice building on that site.l As proof, he has taken substantial hits for continually directing his DMD to build residential/commercial mix on that site.

And if you think he needs a partner on the council to build a cirminal justice building, AND if you think that partner would be Vernon Brown, you really haven't been paying attention. Brown is one of the biggest airheads on the council, and everyone knows it, including the Mayor.

The plan Anonymous is touting, is actually a plan the judges have bene circulating. And remember, under Indiana law, they can issue
a judicial mandate for a new building, and it cannot be fought.

They're angry that the city/county govt. has put this plan on the bakc burner for years.

If we want more efficient and stern courts, we need more space. It's that simple. This need has been dominant for over 20 years, and, like other expensive problems, prior Republican mayors ignored it.

It will not go away.

Here's one fix the judges have bene mulling: a Court Building construction bond, financed solely by increased fees to use the courts. And, the former City Hall, which until recently hosued the temporary Main Library, is now vacant...with some remodeling, it could ease (but not solve) the problem.

Local news media -- critical analysis?HA-HA-HAHHHH...

2007-11-02T05:24:00.000-05:00

Local news media -- critical analysis?

HA-HA-HAHHHH! Those are two mutually exclusive concepts in this town.

And GRAY is suppling the concrete????? Maybe he co...

2007-11-02T04:49:00.000-05:00

And GRAY is suppling the concrete????? Maybe he could also get some free smoke detectors also???

City Councilman Vernon Brown told me that Peterson...

2007-11-01T22:52:00.000-05:00

City Councilman Vernon Brown told me that Peterson already has plans for a new city government building at the MSA site. The condo plan is dead and Brown has plans to propose the Gov building plans for Peterson as soon as funds are available.
Courts, and city office space is needed and the CCB is in bad shape.
Where do you think they plan to get the Cash? MORE TAXES that's where.
A new government building has been hashed around for years.
Brown told me last summer that he, Peterson and Gray are planning the building right now. All that is needed is funding and selling the idea to the citizens.

As you know Paul, we've outgrown the city-county b...

2007-11-01T22:51:00.000-05:00

As you know Paul, we've outgrown the city-county building. We're leasing space all over town at a pretty heft cost. I think the point Ballard was trying to make is the use of the vacant land on the site adjacent to the city-county building. It makes more sense to consolidate the leased spaces for the prosecutor, public defenders, coroner, forensic services, courts, etc. in a single justice center. The building could be built by a private developer on a build-to-suit basis under a long-term lease with the option to purchase. The plan is still in its infancy. Ballard never said he plans to build a $100 million building. Hell, Bart gave away more than $50 million to the Simons and Paris Hilton's family to building their high-rise buildings downtown. I think Ballard would have been better off saying nothing about it until it had been better thought out. I'm aware of who put the idea in his head, and although the guy is a Republican, there is little doubt in my mind he actually is supporting Peterson. On the issue of taxes, Peterson clearly tries to leave voters with the impression Ballard wants to raise taxes on the whole. He knows better. It's particularly hypocritical since Peterson himself has raised taxes 19 times. It's a damn shame that Tom John and the Marion County GOP have failed to run a single ad making the point that Peterson raised taxes 19 times and expanded the city budget by 40% in 8 years and gave awsy tens of millions of public dollars to some of the nation's wealthiest people.

This Polis is complete garbage. Ballrd proposes a...

2007-11-01T22:19:00.000-05:00

This Polis is complete garbage. Ballrd proposes a new justice center for the Market Square site. Obviously a government building that will cost plenty. Polis cries foul because Ballard didn't give a figure.
Ballard proposes raising income and sales tax - which is what the add reflects. Polis cries foul because that's not the whole plan. This is an awfully Clintonesque argument. Ballrad need to take responsibility for his public stands, not hide behind this kind of very transparent hyperbole.

Polis Politics also talked about this. http://www...

2007-11-01T21:24:00.000-05:00

Polis Politics also talked about this.
http://www.polispolitics.com/blog/2007/11/fact-check-pete.html