Comments on Advance Indiana™: Again, When Saying Nothing Is Better

...and, another thing: evidently Ballard wasn't ta...

2009-04-07T18:51:00.000-05:00

...and, another thing: evidently Ballard wasn't targeted by the pickpockets because he was mayor of Indianapolis.

So...the security guard didn't really need to travel to Detroit to "protect" his honor after the attack.

Unless, EVERY visitor to Detroit needs a security guard...but that's another story entirely!

Something tells me that there are more chapters of...

2009-04-07T16:59:00.000-05:00

Something tells me that there are more chapters of this story still to come......something doesn't pass the smell test?

Progress is being made. Indydowntown admits now that Wilson and Art are not the same person.

Downtown,I'll admit that my story is fictional whe...

2009-04-07T13:21:00.000-05:00

Downtown,

I'll admit that my story is fictional when Mayor Ballard admits that his campaign platform was fictional. Fair is fair, right?

FYI - I was mugged once by four guys - two confronted me with knives, then two snuck up behind me and attacked with large wrenches. I was their 7th victim that night. When I finished their attack, two of them were taken to the hospital (one was unconscious and one needed some level of surgery) and two were taken to jail. I got lucky b/c I very easily could have been killed if the police hadn't been one block away.

So I know and understand how a mugging can be traumatic. I also know that it can be easy for a good-natured person to become a victim in todays society. In the mayors case, since there was no physical harm involved I figured I'd have a little bit of fun.

Yeah, it was probably overboard and undeserved, but I'm willing to take it back - immediately after the mayor retracts his campaign platform.

The story only gets "better" with each retelling.I...

2009-04-07T10:09:00.000-05:00

The story only gets "better" with each retelling.

In today's Star, the mayor's wife is with him, and the city sends up a bodyguard after the mugging.

By the pricking of my thumbs...there's gonna be yet another chapter in this saga!

Funny? This is what we can expect next year and t...

2009-04-06T21:53:00.000-05:00

Funny? This is what we can expect next year and the year after will probably be much worse when the superbowl comes.

As long as people are speculating, perhaps we can speculate Wilson, Shorebreak and Art set it all up as an unwinnable situation: Get your pocket picked and get laughed at or do nothing and get slammed for ignoring an 'ill' person.

I'm astonished he was allowed to travel to Detroit...

2009-04-06T18:30:00.000-05:00

I'm astonished he was allowed to travel to Detroit of all places without a security detail. Did anyone do an advance of the sites he would be visiting? How about threat/vulnerability/risk assessments? Amazing.

Maybe he was traveling with Randall Tobias!!

2009-04-06T13:41:00.000-05:00

Maybe he was traveling with Randall Tobias!!

This is too funny. Has anyone tried calling Ballar...

2009-04-06T13:35:00.000-05:00

This is too funny. Has anyone tried calling Ballards number? Maybe "Savannah" or "Starr" might answer? Or worse - "Chad" or "Owen".(gulp!)
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The moral of this story:
Sticks and stones
may break Greg's bones,
but when Starr is workin
keep your eyes on your phone.
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And I think I know how all this rolled out:
"I have scratches, honey? What scratches? Oh yeah, those. Ummmm... didn't I tell you? I got mugged in Detroit by a gang who came out of nowhere. ....and one of them was a parapalegic. That's right - he couldn't walk and he had a whole posse that jumped me when I tried to be a good samaritan. That's exactly how it happened - I swear to God. The bastards risked jail to get my phone. I'm gonna file a police report and issue a press release to prove it."

He took his bodyguard to China, but not to Detroit...

2009-04-06T12:38:00.000-05:00

He took his bodyguard to China, but not to Detroit?

Nobody visits Wayne County, MI, murder capital of ...

2009-04-06T10:34:00.000-05:00

Nobody visits Wayne County, MI, murder capital of the world unarmed. Where were his bodyguards?

-It's worse than Gary, IN!

Must have been a heck of a cell phone. Cell phone...

2009-04-06T10:11:00.000-05:00

Must have been a heck of a cell phone. Cell phones are so cheap anymore, thiefs are generally not interested in them.

There's more to this story: why would an organized...

2009-04-06T10:10:00.000-05:00

There's more to this story: why would an organized bunch of thugs be snatching cellphones? How much would a hot cellphone fetch on the street? Maybe enough for one small rock of crack? Mighty slim pickings! So what else of value was stolen? Wallet? Watch?

Publicist Robert Vane is no dummy -- he's smart enough to know there's no news in the stated story. So why did he issue this peculiar release? What really happened and why are they covering it up?