Comments on Advance Indiana™: Star Editorial Lies To Marion County Voters About Wishard Referendum

Our message should be clear: Vote 'No' on...

2009-10-02T07:34:35.447-05:00

Our message should be clear:

Vote 'No' on the Wishard Referendum:

1. Matthew Gutwein has stated unquivocally that the hospital will pay for its project using its nursing home revenue stream.

2. Wishard only needs the referendum to pass so that property tax dollars could be used to secure the debt.

3. Since Matthew Gutwein doesn't need property tax dollars, he doesn't need the referendum to pass.

Taxpayers must protect themselves from cap-exceeding property tax rate increases by voting 'NO.'

iPOPA - the trouble isn't that the right quest...

2009-09-28T10:52:42.897-05:00

iPOPA - the trouble isn't that the right questions haven't been asked - the trouble is the incomplete and misleading answers that have been given.

Apparently, Sean and I are having the same problem...

2009-09-28T08:59:03.102-05:00

Apparently, Sean and I are having the same problems because I posted this on something different.

Didn't know if you knew that the Health Finance Commission is meeting per the announcement below, and "Wishard Hospital Project Update" by Matt Gutwein is on the agenda.

Meeting Date: September 29, 2009
Meeting Time: 10:00 A.M.
Meeting Place: State House, 200 W. Washington St.,
Room 431
Meeting City: Indianapolis, Indiana
Meeting Number: 3

I believe if you attend this meeting, you will see that Matt can answer the questions posed by the General Assembly, unless you are writing them all off as dupes of the elite class as well.

That last comment had nothing to do with this and ...

2009-09-27T16:48:33.252-05:00

That last comment had nothing to do with this and was the result of a failed cut (and paste) operation. I kept getting errors trying to post my comment - I think ultimately restarting my browser helped clear the problem and the van Notten bit was from older activity - still some good wisdom in there thought. ;-)

van Notten explains that a perfectly orderly and p...

2009-09-27T13:14:14.481-05:00

van Notten explains that a perfectly orderly and peaceful country can exist when people respect property rights and honor their contracts. While natural laws denote peace, liberty, and friendly relations, statutory laws represent commands. Statutory laws reflect the preferences of legislators, who impose "morality" on those they govern and regulate their ability to voluntarily enter into contracts.

Papers also often fail to report how much taxes mi...

2009-09-27T13:12:02.776-05:00

Papers also often fail to report how much taxes might DECREASE if certain projects aren't undertaken and those funds are used to pay down existing debt or are returned to taxpayers.

It's always "taxes will not go up" (leaving out the "again") but never "taxes may or may not go up but they could drop if the funds allocated for project X were used to pay off other debt obligations (sports stadiums, water company, etc...) or were just refunded to taxpayers.

Apparently the Star has now adopted the policy of ...

2009-09-26T17:21:29.900-05:00

Apparently the Star has now adopted the policy of don't confuse me with the facts. CK is exactly correct in the Star's behavior; prior to whatever new project they are endorsing the Star can't say enough positive things about the project, phase two after the project is built is all about how we weren't given the facts and finally phase three, is the denial phase. You know, now that it is built you must support the project with an ever increasing outpouring of tax dollars.

I think you meant 5 billion not million. Of cours...

2009-09-26T12:10:03.064-05:00

I think you meant 5 billion not million.

Of course, all the Star will do is repeat the lies, then after the referendum is approved, they will have someone write a big front page story about how we were deceived about the hospital project and then they will write an editorial explaining why we should support the higher taxes.