tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7748417613347436785..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-27320489787658095702015-02-12T20:14:47.705-05:002015-02-12T20:14:47.705-05:00All P3&#39;s and private-public &quot;partnerships&quot; are by definition handouts and/or subsidies.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-71460092982484800032015-02-12T19:13:48.596-05:002015-02-12T19:13:48.596-05:00FINALLY someone votes in our favor!!! I didn&#39;t this was even POSSIBLE anymore. <br /><br />Virginia, there is a Santa ClauseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43672341826555423842015-02-12T09:01:12.371-05:002015-02-12T09:01:12.371-05:00&quot;Government-Business Partnerships&quot;, so called P3 [Public Private Partnerships], and deals arranged with the rationale that they are &quot;too big&quot; for the private market to effect are avenues for the corruption that is endemic to politics.<br /><br />When the power brokers convinced the taxpayers that it was in the taxpayers&#39; interest to pay for schemes never intended to be the proper purview of &quot;government&quot;, pay-to-play cronyism was born.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39744130836056127922015-02-12T07:10:08.463-05:002015-02-12T07:10:08.463-05:00I&#39;ve always supported the city having a business partnership(not handout or subsidy) with Zipcar. Zipcar could have established a business relationship with the parking garages to have a couple cars in each one and advertised their location and availability with the public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-30256910701262582892015-02-11T21:38:06.443-05:002015-02-11T21:38:06.443-05:00They never even had a crash test in the USA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5518969409862894922015-02-11T20:22:08.397-05:002015-02-11T20:22:08.397-05:00Question: Are those cars even available for public use? I&#39;m with Anon 6:29 in that I&#39;ve never seen any of them driving; come to think of it, I&#39;ve never seen any of the spaces where they park downtown empty. The cars are always in them.<br /><br />Don&#39;t get me wrong, I think that a decent car sharing service is a fantastic idea. However, if the rate payers are forced to subsidize something, it is worthy of a genuine and vigorous inquiry as to whether it serves the common good. I have not seen one iota of evidence that this scheme is anything but corporate welfare.<br /><br />What&#39;s so wrong with Zip car? I&#39;m not entirely sure, but I don&#39;t think that Chicago subsidizes them anything beyond perhaps helping them procure parking spaces around town.<br />TableTopJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06925568250396952191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-6137938456796848312015-02-11T19:02:12.837-05:002015-02-11T19:02:12.837-05:00That is a surprise coming from the IURC: Indiana Utility Rape CommissionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-73399302655157574922015-02-11T18:29:09.690-05:002015-02-11T18:29:09.690-05:00Great ruling for the taxPAYERS!<br /><br />That said: I have seen ZERO of those goofy electric cars actually being used. It appears that the people of Indianapolis REJECT those silly things. So, Mayor, GIVE US THOSE PRIME PARKING SPACES DOWNTOWN and stop blocking them with those silly electric cars!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-47069148326669275312015-02-11T18:14:04.970-05:002015-02-11T18:14:04.970-05:00Frickin&#39; Awesome!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com