Comments on Advance Indiana™: Brizzi's Tangled Web Of Conflicts

"Having the courts in the same place as the o...

2009-12-12T18:58:17.002-05:00

"Having the courts in the same place as the other city/county offices creates a potentialy dangerous situation."

This probably isn't news to you, either, but talk about a dangerous situation...

When I was on jury duty - attempted murder, a drug case with two gangs involved - we jurors had to walk right past the families/friends of both the defendant and the "victim" to get in and out of our assigned room, and when we adjourned for lunch, all three sides found ourselves in lines at the City Market. It was not comfortable in the least.

The move was already in place under Newman-he spea...

2009-12-12T15:09:59.356-05:00

The move was already in place under Newman-he spearheaded it. Brizzi did work for Newman, but had been away from the office a few years at the time of election (at some small firm near McNiven's maybe?)

The story was that the money Brizzi earned in private practice led to his real estate purchases, which led to increased wealth. Now that story seems dubious.

Without questioning the merits of government agencies renting office space-nearly all of them do. Even the PD's are no longer in the CCB, they are now in the Gold Building. I guess we have to line the pockets of the developers somehow.

In response to the Southsider's comment about ...

2009-12-12T13:23:29.875-05:00

In response to the Southsider's comment about the rent for 251 East Ohio.....it is a good fact know that all of the government offices pay rent...if they have office space in the city-county building then they pay (very expensive) rent to Marion County Building Authority...the future income of all of these leases was probably one of the things Building Authority used as security for the loans they just took out in order to support the Wishard Hospital scheme. Can you imagine how much better government services could be if they could spend their money on providing government services instead of paying rent!

Southsider, Actually I've always thought the g...

2009-12-12T13:17:43.333-05:00

Southsider, Actually I've always thought the gravel lot next to the CC Building would be a good place for a Judicial Center should there be the money to build one. Having the courts in the same place as the other city/county offices creates a potentialy dangerous situation.

We do not want to Prosecutor and the Courts under ...

2009-12-12T12:58:54.494-05:00

We do not want to Prosecutor and the Courts under one roof. It's already a kangaroo court. We don't need judges and prosecutors seeing each other 20 times a day in the parking garage, the bathroom, the lunch room, etc.

Stick the Prosecutor's Office in a warehouse by the Airport, and make them drive to court, the same as the defense attorneys.

Speaking of "office leased at 251 E. Ohio Str...

2009-12-12T11:07:09.592-05:00

Speaking of "office leased at 251 E. Ohio Street" How long have we the taxpayers been making rent payments and how much? Seems to me our money would be better spent by building a Courthouse or Justice Center on one of the Market Square gravel lots and moving the Pros Office and Courts under one roof.

I hope Carl rats out some of his Grand Old Party b...

2009-12-12T11:01:37.336-05:00

I hope Carl rats out some of his Grand Old Party buddies who have been at the same trough of glut with blessing themselves with local and state contracts. He knows well of the State Contracts given to friends of high ranking officials that have defaulted on hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds and still keep their contracts while they beg the legislature for tax breaks while the concrete gang that went to prison for price fixing does their time.

It really appears the grand old party has left the building and has pushed Carl out in the open all alone.

One can only hope the other friends and family with insider information, unethical and possibly illegal contracts for government services gets mentioned by Carl. He knows full well who they are and so do some of us commoners who couldn't get him to do anything about it.

Now you are on the scent.....

2009-12-12T10:57:43.658-05:00

Now you are on the scent.....

Brizzi worked for the prosecutor's office duri...

2009-12-11T22:56:51.911-05:00

Brizzi worked for the prosecutor's office during his predecessor's tenure. Newman worked for Brizzi's election and handed it all off to him. It also doesn't explain why Brizzi doesn't disclose Venture Funds on his financial statements.

I am not one of those "Political Disciples&qu...

2009-12-11T22:13:29.369-05:00

I am not one of those "Political Disciples" out there commenting on the indystar web-site and blogs like this to make a person look good....but I feel the need to say something here....I think that this article is a little misguided. Carl took office in Jan. 03 and the office made the big move in May 03. The plans for the move were well in place before he ever took office. I know this because I was there...I worked at the MCPO at the time. I think a little more digging into this story might be needed.