<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post8577945118650837619..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Awards City Towing Contract To California Firm</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/8577945118650837619/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/05/ballard-awards-towing-city-towing.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7053273513646109552</id><published>2013-05-24T07:25:20.909-05:00</published><updated>2013-05-24T07:25:20.909-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What are the odds that an out-of-state company wou...</title><content type='html'>What are the odds that an out-of-state company would know enough about Indianapolis&amp;#39;s towing needs that they would outbid several local companies who have been doing the towing for years?&lt;br /&gt;What are the odds that the California firm will find that they way underbid and will have to 1) drastically cut the city&amp;#39;s part of the take; 2) drastically raise the fees charged to the public;&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;3) do such a shoddy job that it will be much worse than it has in the past using local firms.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/8577945118650837619/comments/default/7053273513646109552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/8577945118650837619/comments/default/7053273513646109552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/05/ballard-awards-towing-city-towing.html?showComment=1369398320909#c7053273513646109552' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14063261900488027828</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/05/ballard-awards-towing-city-towing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8577945118650837619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/8577945118650837619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-153995561"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="7:25 AM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-6038914964134911264</id><published>2013-05-23T17:07:53.981-05:00</published><updated>2013-05-23T17:07:53.981-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There is something very wrong about sending a loca...</title><content type='html'>There is something very wrong about sending a local service out-of-state!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Isn&amp;#39;t it interesting that B&amp;amp;T lobbied on behalf of this company and that our Mayor&amp;#39;s Chief of Staff was a staff attorney at B&amp;amp;T...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was this a &amp;quot;no-bid&amp;quot; contract, given to a political crony?  -or was this the best bid for a city contract?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/8577945118650837619/comments/default/6038914964134911264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/8577945118650837619/comments/default/6038914964134911264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/05/ballard-awards-towing-city-towing.html?showComment=1369346873981#c6038914964134911264' title=''/><author><name>CircleCityScribe</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/05/ballard-awards-towing-city-towing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8577945118650837619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/8577945118650837619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1278520698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="5:07 PM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>