Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Grasps To Stay On Top Of Crime Wave

Bring back cops walking beats in the worst neighbo...

2008-07-10T14:58:00.000-05:00

Bring back cops walking beats in the worst neighborhoods! THAT is how we put peace in the streets!

If the concerned clergy were doing anything helpful with that money they shake us down for, we'd see results.

For my tax dollars, I'd like to see special forces type cops who walk the streets and hang out where the thugs hang out ...day and night!
--Melyssa

Just how many "PEACE IN THE STREETS" signs can you...

2008-07-10T08:20:00.000-05:00

Just how many "PEACE IN THE STREETS" signs can you buy with five millions dollars? How can Olgen Williams, his children and a group of self-interested Black Ministers stop crime in Indianapolis by spending five million dollars of taxpayer money on themselves? Just how does a "Peace in the Streets" sign stop a murder? Sounds like a lot of political B.S. to me! Is this Greg Ballard's Public Safety Plan? What a joke!

I heard Mayor Ballard quoted on channel 13 saying ...

2008-07-09T22:29:00.000-05:00

I heard Mayor Ballard quoted on channel 13 saying that he wanted to stop the crime wave. He said he's got peace in the streets yard signs ready to go. Yard signs...great plan Greg.

In the interest of full disclosure, I know Aaron Williams. He is a bright, talented young man. I won't say anything bad about him.

I do believe many of your observations are true here...especially about the way that the new Mayor and his Administration are handling the gay community.

Mayor Ballard was elected while owing virtually no...

2008-07-09T21:48:00.000-05:00

Mayor Ballard was elected while owing virtually no one. It was an ideal situation for him to take the initiative and LEAD this city. Instead his administration was almost immediately taken over by the old guard types who have run things for years in this city.

If Ballard is going to succeed, he need to take a new path, to take chances, to tell the Old Guard to pack up and move out. I haven't seen any indication that Ballard has the wherewithall to do that. It's really sad. He has no chance to win re-election as things currently stand.

This, of course, is nothing new, regarding the May...

2008-07-09T21:29:00.000-05:00

This, of course, is nothing new, regarding the Mayors' ignoring those who actually did get him elected. Whether such separation is by design on his part or a true accident is immaterial; its sad. If he continues down this course and runs for re-election, it will be interesting to see where his support comes from at that time.

I must say I find it amusing that Ballard was give...

2008-07-09T20:51:00.000-05:00

I must say I find it amusing that Ballard was given credit for securing the Super Bowl after a couple months in office, but after almost 7 months the state of the police department and the current crime wave are both Bart Peterson's fault. Something doesn't line up.

And the gays who supported Ballard should not be shocked about his anti-gay administration. As a generic Republican, he's naturally anti-gay.

I didn't vote for him.

2008-07-09T20:39:00.000-05:00

I didn't vote for him.