Comments on Advance Indiana™: Board Of Public Works Rubber Stamps Approval Of Ballard's Foolish Spending On World Sports Park

Of course there are, CCC. Indianapolis is the easi...

2013-05-10T06:25:56.161-05:00

Of course there are, CCC. Indianapolis is the easiest city in America for corrupt pols to plunder. The media tells us about all these small time thefts by small-time, small town crooks and ignores the biggest corruption racket in the state hiding in plain sight. Plus there is no risk they will be prosecuted by either the federal or state prosecutors for doing it.

This is an affront to the people of Indianapolis!!...

2013-05-09T18:48:52.105-05:00

This is an affront to the people of Indianapolis!!! ...and on it's face it appears to be another TAX AND SPEND plan that we do NOT need or want!

It's bad enough to learn that Ballard lacks common sense when it comes to extravagant spending on sports-related endeavors at the expense of providing basic city services, like Public Safety. How many police could be hired and trained for that amount of money???

This development causes me to ask the question: "Are there pay-offs and kickbacks keeping the wheels turning on what appears to be an apparent "pay-to-play" racket?

And from another common sense standpoint, as the summer swimming season approaches, we have Ballard to blame for closing our existing swimming pools early every day. All of our pools will be closing by 6:00 p.m. That means that those of us who would like to cool off after work must buy a private membership to a swim club and cannot avail ourselves of our TAX-funded swimming pools!

Where are the priorities? We have pools that people want to use, but the Mayor won't allow it...now he wants to build a cricket field that nobody wants.

This reminds me of those people who win millions i...

2013-05-09T06:21:09.847-05:00

This reminds me of those people who win millions in a lottery but wind up flat broke in a couple of years.

Essential services (those related to governmental ...

2013-05-08T21:28:29.875-05:00

Essential services (those related to governmental / constitutional purpose) should be on the lookout for crick-cuts...