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Gary, While that's true, I find it highly unl...

2011-12-21T11:39:25.805-05:00

Gary,

While that's true, I find it highly unlikely Plowman, a Republican, would have voted for a smoking ban. Most Republicans are conservative philosophically and do not support the smoking ban. I doubt Plowman had to be given an incentive to vote against something he was, as a conservative, against anyway.

No leap of logic at all, Paul. If you heard the ma...

2011-12-20T17:19:11.050-05:00

No leap of logic at all, Paul. If you heard the manager of PT's try to explain at his trial what Plowman was doing to earn $1,000 a month for consulting advice, you wouldn't question that leap of logic. Advertising was also being bought on Abdul's radio show in consideration for him pushing the anti-smoking ban agenda on his radio show and blog.

PP, You don't think Plowman always intended t...

2011-12-20T17:10:40.094-05:00

PP,

You don't think Plowman always intended to vote against the smoking ban? Most Republicans are against such nanny state intrusions and most R's didn't support the ban.

Plowman has a lot of issues, but the notion that his smoking ban opposition was bought off is an enormous leap of logic.

Since The Star brought in its left coast Editor, t...

2011-12-20T13:18:35.676-05:00

Since The Star brought in its left coast Editor, there have been significant problems. The biggest is the newspaper has lost touch with Central Indiana values.

Another problem is they bring in out-of-town reporters who just make flippant statements.

Simons built OUR fieldhouse???? Really? That palace was built by the taxPAYERS via our Capital Improvements Board.

It is a shame they can't write stories accurat...

2011-12-20T12:39:28.902-05:00

It is a shame they can't write stories accurately (what little there are). We're now the 11 largest city in the nation and have a dime thin paper full of wire stories and the fodder that is fed to them by locals that few of them verify. Even the metro section is about 4 pages and half of which are obituaries.
How could the CIB have run a 10 year deficit and the Star not investigate? Or that Councilor Plowman conspired with others about 2 years ago to defeat the smoking ban while he worked at a strip bar at the same time and we just found out about it in a sting operation on other criminal chgs.? The city is a money eating and spending machine and tax payers are kept in the dark with no thanks to the Star who claims to be our 'watchdog' for the citizens. What a joke!

Indy sports, the gift that keeps on giving. In th...

2011-12-20T10:05:30.009-05:00

Indy sports, the gift that keeps on giving. In this week's IBJ we see the new NFL contract will provide 218.8 million per year per team while the Colts pay a paltry 250k per year in rent.