Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Stealing Parking Meter Revenues To Pay For Electric Car Sharing Program

I know I'm a bit late to this thread, but I...

2015-05-01T13:24:13.465-05:00

I know I'm a bit late to this thread, but I'd like to respond to the long, rambling post made by one Anonymous at 12:14 pm.

Sometimes one doesn't need "inside information" to see that something is amiss. And as for whether politicians can really be so bold as to be crooked, one only needs to read a reliable newspaper (NOT the Star) to see that, every day, our country's politicians (and their minions) make Boss Tweed look like an absolute amateur.

The Ballard administration, especially in the last few years, has given our district's federal law enforcement officers and our local rag of a newspaper (the Star) more than enough cause to investigate his shady business deals. The fact that nobody does so doesn't mean he's clean. He's just damn lucky.

As for your observations about Paris, well, this isn't Paris and it never will be. If our mayor wants to think he can remake Indy in the spirit of Paris, then he's got a lot more work to do. Buying chintzy little electric cars from some French company and parking them on Washington Street does nothing to make Indianapolis a "greener" city. What a joke!

But if you want to buy into this nonsense, you go right ahead. To paraphrase a once-famous man, "A sucker is born every minute". Schemes like those hatched by our mayor are the bread and circuses that keep Indy residents oblivious as to how their tax dollars are really being spent.

I find it amazing that people who are totally unin...

2015-04-30T12:14:20.917-05:00

I find it amazing that people who are totally uninformed have the inside information to be able to make such judgments. I did not realize that so many were intimate with the details of business done in the City chambers. Do you really think any politician can be so bold today as to be crooked, making money off such schemes and not be investigated? Ridiculous! Change is difficult. People in general don't do well with it. The world is moving away from energy waste to a better more sustainable model. Electric is one option. Is the only one, the best one, the one to bet on for all our future. The jury is not in. But those who sit and critic rather than act are not going to get us all to a better future. Electric car sharing is a huge benefit to Paris. It attracts business and talent. It keeps pollution down. It provides alternative public transportation at a fraction of the cost of building light rail or subways. What transportation solution do you have that will cost less? That is what I thought!

A question remains whether Ballard is crooked or i...

2015-04-29T11:10:38.756-05:00

A question remains whether Ballard is crooked or inept. My personal leaning is an inept puppet.

I previously noted that Vision Fleet's origina...

2015-04-29T09:03:58.771-05:00

I previously noted that Vision Fleet's original registered business office with the Secretary of State was the offices of the Indy Partnership, raising concerns a publicly-financed NGO was a bit more involved with this private business entity than a typical business.

I am hearing some people in the know formed the le...

2015-04-29T08:54:55.997-05:00

I am hearing some people in the know formed the leasing company that the electric fake police cars deal was done through. 500 cars at $850/mo lease for 7 yrs? and the leasing company gets the $7500/car tax rebate, not the tax payers! The plan never went before the Public Safety Committee or the full Council. $28-$32 Million spent with nobody giving the authority. Since when does the city checkbook lay only in the Mayors top desk drwawer?

This year's municipal election was rigged so y...

2015-04-29T07:45:03.977-05:00

This year's municipal election was rigged so you would have no real choices. It's Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum. It makes no difference which one wins. The same people raping and pillaging the city will still be in charge.

I for one will not be voting for any party machine...

2015-04-29T07:36:13.201-05:00

I for one will not be voting for any party machinery sponsored people in the next few elections. The republican party has been hijacked by corrupt politicians only out for themselves. Unfortunately, the sheeple will all fall into line, either not voting or blindly voting for whom they are told to vote for. Our American democracy is in its death throes.

The city doesn't make $6 M from the meters wha...

2015-04-28T20:27:36.422-05:00

The city doesn't make $6 M from the meters what the other cash flow he's tapping?

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for publishing thi...

2015-04-28T18:39:53.265-05:00

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for publishing this news- which is information we "Party" workers have known for years but have been powerless to stop. TJ, DB and his half-competent wife, BG, BC, KY and JHW.... these people are the barbarians at the gate keeping honest individuals out.

No wonder they now push Chuck Brewer who, without a doubt, is the new Greg Ballard- a useful tool willing to be so for some possible other future gains.

Howdy Doody is the somewhat leaner Democrat version of our dishonest mayor.

I am betting that if there were an investigation, ...

2015-04-28T18:36:42.183-05:00

I am betting that if there were an investigation, it would turn out that Ballard is making $$$ from this.

I say this because the idea is stupid: People do NOT want it! Nobody has rented those stupid electric cars that take up prime downtown parking spaces.

Call in the DOJ!