Comments on Advance Indiana™: Did Anyone Think To Ask Indy's Hospitality Businesses To Pay For ICVA?

Downtown Indy and dcrutch are both correct, at eve...

2009-09-07T22:10:55.640-05:00

Downtown Indy and dcrutch are both correct, at every turn we are subjected to some sob story about why we haven't done enough for our poor CIB or ICVA. It doesn't matter how much money is extorted from the hotels, restaurants and taxpayers it will never be enough to support these enterprises. The CIB waited three days after the increase in hotel taxes were announced before they cried it's a stop gap we need more.

Continued CIB vested-interest versus taxpayer repr...

2009-09-07T18:04:59.491-05:00

Continued CIB vested-interest versus taxpayer representation, a recent hike in hospitality taxes, and now continued front page news of funding shortfalls.
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What does it take to get concessions before we have to turn out the lights and board 'em up?

At every turn, these projects that are supposed to...

2009-09-07T09:08:38.276-05:00

At every turn, these projects that are supposed to be great financial boosts to the city always come down to lots of handwringing and sob stories about where to get the money to pay for them.

I see a pattern here: They are NOT the financial boosts their proponents claim they are.

This latest tearjerker serves to underscore the utter boneheadedness of giving away the farm on LOS. The reason we get no money from these deals is the deals always require us (the rubes) to give away all or most of the revenue to 'them' (the slickers).

They do this knowing full well it will be a relatively easy task to burden the taxpayer with another 'small' tax increase down the road.

It won't be long before the 'X is cheaper in Indianapolis than other comparable cities' argument ceases to be valid. THEN what will they do?