tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post8423182294230148277..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-73055796613464747652010-01-11T20:07:56.931-05:002010-01-11T20:07:56.931-05:00As I&#39;ve said before, privatization deals and public-private partnerships and their ilk are just ways to permit existing entities or people to steal even more money from the taxpayers and the vital funding of public services. I really hope no one is really surprised by this. The real problem is that a large percentage of the population either believes this nonsense will provide positive benefits to the city or they know that it will provide positive benefits to them individually. The rest of us just get steamrolled and told that we just don&#39;t understand. <br /><br />Cato is right, if this consortium would take over the costs of the stadium, etc. so that we could retire the bonds, I would be all for this. Put, at its best, all privatization does it add a layer of incompetent management between the existing public management and the poorly delivered service.Citizen Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083803017411939029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-86986790964036618242010-01-11T16:52:53.744-05:002010-01-11T16:52:53.744-05:00Are they &#39;outsourcing&#39; or &#39;insourcing&#39;?Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-70777852887244291872010-01-11T09:21:26.971-05:002010-01-11T09:21:26.971-05:00I love the idea. Force the Simons to pay for all construction and operating expenses for Conseco, and force Irsay to do the same for The Luke, and we can have privatization as it&#39;s meant to be and our bonds paid off.Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341628086158209539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-46157564374520569732010-01-11T05:05:35.719-05:002010-01-11T05:05:35.719-05:00MORE tax subsidies for the billionaire Simons? Say no, Mayor.Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38819181367153485052010-01-10T23:00:56.275-05:002010-01-10T23:00:56.275-05:00This is a joke, right?dcrutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856825454020971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76126284359886383372010-01-10T21:05:17.806-05:002010-01-10T21:05:17.806-05:00I don&#39;t understand how PSE and ICVA, both which receive substantial tax dollars can even be bidding. And isn&#39;t PSE doing such a bad job with Conseco that it wants a bailout? Yet they are part of the frontrunners to manage all of the CIB facilities?Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49613933788908377852010-01-10T16:06:21.209-05:002010-01-10T16:06:21.209-05:00As if they haven&#39;t wasted enough of the taxpayer&#39;s money let&#39;s put the fox in the hen house and see how well that works! I&#39;m sure that the Pacers, ICVA et. al. will always work in the best interests of the taxpayers, yeah right.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490253182039581408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-24882794971715041232010-01-10T14:34:39.640-05:002010-01-10T14:34:39.640-05:00Just when you think it can&#39;t get any worse...<br /><br />Any idea if the deal to privatize the enterprise can be inked by Mayor Ballard alone, or if he also needs the okay of the Council?Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.com