Comments on Advance Indiana™: Mayor Ballard's $400 Super Bowl Ring

Who says he wasn't? The investigation is still...

2013-06-03T20:29:12.087-05:00

Who says he wasn't? The investigation is still ongoing. There could still be more indictments.

He should have been on this Land Bank scandal - ht...

2013-06-03T18:33:46.668-05:00

He should have been on this Land Bank scandal - http://www.kubepharm.com/indylandbank/IndyLandBank.html

History is not going to look kindly on the ethics ...

2013-05-23T14:41:18.317-05:00

History is not going to look kindly on the ethics of the Ballard administration.

Pat, Did you catch that the footnote on the mayor&...

2013-05-23T06:17:04.038-05:00

Pat, Did you catch that the footnote on the mayor's statement for the Pacers tickets from IPL saying that he had not disclosed that gift on the statements he filed in 2011 and 2012 because he did not know the value of the tickets? Apparently he's become so used to getting free tickets to events he doesn't even notice the price written on the face of them.

Some of us enjoy watching Pawn Stars. We have a sl...

2013-05-22T21:00:13.271-05:00

Some of us enjoy watching Pawn Stars. We have a slight clue how to value such things. Somebody probably told him he would have to fill out a gift tax return if he put the actual value of the ring down. This guy pockets more in freebies a year than he receives in salary from the taxpayers.

Thanks Gary. I actually looked at the may-yah'...

2013-05-22T20:45:24.895-05:00

Thanks Gary. I actually looked at the may-yah's disclosure today. I had no idea that $400 was 'an error'. Thanks also for putting a dollar value on the massive list of other gifts.

I did notice that the free travel and attendent food, drink, and entertainment, was not mentioned. I have to question whether the Mayor's implementation of so-called high ethical standards is also 'an error'.