Comments on Advance Indiana™: It's Still The Same Bad Parking Meter Lease Deal With ACS

Xerox profit doubles, but company to cut 2,500 job...

2010-10-24T02:53:00.666-05:00

Xerox profit doubles, but company to cut 2,500 jobs
Published Thursday October 21st, 2010

Also, the new "out" for the city is real...

2010-10-22T06:27:23.055-05:00

Also, the new "out" for the city is really just giving back the up front money. But the big problem there is, after the first 10 years.. long after the 20M has been spent by this administration, another administration will have to find the 19.8M to pay ACS to get out of a bad deal.

It tells me he has some downtown deals he badly wa...

2010-10-21T08:58:00.566-05:00

It tells me he has some downtown deals he badly wants to pump money into before next year's election and the 2012 Super Bowl, as if there hasn't already been a huge investment of public dollars into that effort.

What is with this deal? Why is the Mayor so eager ...

2010-10-21T07:53:31.387-05:00

What is with this deal? Why is the Mayor so eager to sell off the parking meters? What's being personally offered to Ballard that isn't making it into the contract pages?

Having to pay ACS $20M is not much of an 'out&...

2010-10-21T07:20:55.823-05:00

Having to pay ACS $20M is not much of an 'out' for us after 10 years.

I agree that we should just do the upgrades and collect ALL the revenue. The way the mayor can magically conjur up millions on demand for the Cause du Jour means he ought to be able to do the same for a paltry $7M for new meters.

I think they could retain the existing meter hours, raise the rates (gradually, I hope) and make out far better than any deal involving ACS.

More Crap - - - Ind. agency paying law firm $5.25...

2010-10-20T23:10:25.702-05:00

More Crap - - -
Ind. agency paying law firm $5.25M to sue IBM
"Three pages of the 9 1/2-page contract detail Barnes & Thornburg's conflicts of interest from having represented ACS Human Services, a division of Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services Inc.; Arbor Education and Training; and other subcontractors involved in the IBM deal. Arbor and ACS have new eight-year contracts with the state totaling $853.2 million."
Read entire article
http://www.wibc.com/news/article.aspx?id=2559683

City-County Council, Ballard, Daniels, Hubard, Roo...

2010-10-20T22:03:03.453-05:00

City-County Council, Ballard, Daniels, Hubard, Roob, Vaughn, Barnes & Thornburg, and the other 20 or so I didn't mention need to READ Title 18, Chapter 11, Section 211 of the United States Code.
Memorize the definition of RECUSE is "Those with a conflict of interest are expected to recuse themselves from (i.e., abstain from) decisions where such a conflict exists."
REMEMBER Sworn in for the People, Elected by the People, to Serve the People. Oath? What Oath? 'I think the Real Housewives of Orange County was on during my swearing in ceremony.'
Obama promised to “tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda are over.” Someone needs to tell Obama that ACS buys up companies, chops them up in little pieces, lays off a bunch of people, and sells off the body parts for profit. How's that for being "over?"

Isn't it still the same bad deal; and isn'...

2010-10-20T19:56:18.837-05:00

Isn't it still the same bad deal; and isn't the STAR still not locally owned.