Comments on Advance Indiana™: City Hall Is For Sale: Pay To Play Is The Ballard Way

I didn't get squat for the money I gave to him...

2010-01-21T09:47:59.904-05:00

I didn't get squat for the money I gave to him during his campaign.

When The People run negative on Ballard the signs will say:

"Betrayed By Ballard"

Man, is Ballard from Chicago?

2010-01-21T06:43:22.017-05:00

Man, is Ballard from Chicago?

Public financing of campaigns is the only hope for...

2010-01-21T04:50:45.732-05:00

Public financing of campaigns is the only hope for reform, in this day and age of the dominance of expensive television advertising.

Accuracy is the least of Abdul's concerns when...

2010-01-20T18:48:49.546-05:00

Accuracy is the least of Abdul's concerns when it comes to Ballard, Paul. If he isn't on the Ballard campaign payroll, he should be.

Thanks for tipping me off on Abdul's twitter o...

2010-01-20T18:22:35.274-05:00

Thanks for tipping me off on Abdul's twitter on the subject:

"Indy Mayor Greg Ballard raised $1.3 million in 2009. Single largest group of contributions were in the $250 - $500 range"

Wow is that stretching things. First, from looking at the report it doesn't appear true at all, even if you interpret the statement as liberally as you can. Second, you'll notice he didn't say most contributors gave in the $250-$500 range...that's because many contriborrs, i.e. contractors and attorneys, gave multiple donations to Ballard during the year. They might have given $500 on four different occasions.

Abdul's spin on the subject certainly looks like paid political spin. I don't think you would find an objective reporter interpeting the report that way.

Other than the signs around town that say 'Gre...

2010-01-20T16:18:24.630-05:00

Other than the signs around town that say 'Gregory A. Ballard, Mayor' what's, if anything, has changed?

Paul, That's correct. If you check out the occ...

2010-01-20T15:01:27.622-05:00

Paul, That's correct. If you check out the occupation of the individual contributors, you will see that almost all of them are attorneys, engineers or executives of companies doing business with the city.

Gary, I think once you start looking at the indivi...

2010-01-20T14:47:04.409-05:00

Gary, I think once you start looking at the individual contributions you will find that many of those people are employed by or affiliated with those city contractors.