Comments on Advance Indiana™: Council Committee Approves $23 Million Gift To Big Campaign Contributor To Build Luxury High-Rise Apartment Building

About 12-15 years ago, there was a video produced,...

2014-03-05T13:44:39.265-05:00

About 12-15 years ago, there was a video produced, I believe by the Marion County Bar Assoc. that showed how they could build the new building across the street and pay for it with "user fees" on filings, fines, etc.
I wonder what ever happened to that plan?

Ballard's first public safety director, Scott ...

2014-03-04T17:20:24.087-05:00

Ballard's first public safety director, Scott Newman, actually proposed using the site for that very purpose. Yes, that's where the criminal justice system should be built. People don't want to waste valuable land downtown for a jail, but there is no reason the jail can't be located in sublevels of a criminal justice complex where inmates aren't able to find ways to break out through windows and can be easily transported by elevator for court appearances without ever leaving the building.

Wouldn't the former Market Square location be ...

2014-03-04T16:58:28.036-05:00

Wouldn't the former Market Square location be the perfect site for a new criminal justice center?

There could even be a skywalk to the jail and CCB.

It's clear as day what they want at that inter...

2014-03-04T13:09:52.292-05:00

It's clear as day what they want at that intersection. They want their own version of the Boston Fanueil Hall Market Place, and they don't want the rabble from the courts driving off frail liberal urban shoppers and soft downtown condo dwellers.

They're trying to remake Indy's downtown into a soft, liberal, tolerant, bike-friendly, locally sourced congregation of wimps and nutjobs where weak millennials will feel comfortable shopping.

This clears the fog away about why the Mayor an...

2014-03-04T11:52:34.086-05:00

This clears the fog away about why the Mayor and the 1% Elite, want the Courts, etc., moved out of downtown.
There is a lot in the News lately about Ukrainian and Russian Oligarchs, but we have our own Oligarchs here in Indiana who equally immune from laws.

The US Attorneys office in Indianapolis is a joke ...

2014-03-04T11:44:14.164-05:00

The US Attorneys office in Indianapolis is a joke why they have refused to do anything about FSSA, DWD, and IURC is beyond inept! Hogsett should be fired now!

Federal prosecutors tied up resources of the feder...

2014-03-04T10:10:17.388-05:00

Federal prosecutors tied up resources of the federal government to put away a former executive at Simon Property Group who received token-sized kickbacks on multi-million dollar construction projects the company bid out, but they won't allow any resources to be used to prosecute the large-scale theft of public funds in Indianapolis. That proves to whom they really answer, which of course is not the people who pay their salary to enforce our laws.

When you hand public money to a private company fo...

2014-03-04T09:40:45.354-05:00

When you hand public money to a private company for a private benefit, that's theft.

When you give $500 of public money to the plumber to fix the broker park fountain, that's not theft.

In Indy, they're clearing out the public's coffers and handing public money to private persons.

Did anyone ever consent to a government that would be used as a front company?

You have to be able to clearly tie a specific exch...

2014-03-04T08:25:56.114-05:00

You have to be able to clearly tie a specific exchange of money to the end result.

In Lake County corruption cases, they are able to do that.

In Marion County?