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Fox59 has learned that a youth minister in Indianapolis has been arrested and accused of making sexual advances against at least one woman.Byron Alston started 'Save the Youth Foundation' and on his website he refers to himself as a certified gang consultant and an at-risk youth specialist.According to police reports a woman says she went in for a job interview and he reportedly told her she could have the job if she had sex with him. When she told him no, the woman says Alston tried to unbuckle her pants and then proceeded to masturbate in front of her.Fox59 received the police reports that have been filed by the woman and at least one other person accusing him of similar crimes. Calls are being made to find out exactly what charges he faces and Fox59 will have the latest information as it comes in.
I take exception to this money ($5 million) being doled out to private organizations (plus $1 million for the arts) when just weeks later they then have to vote to raise taxes to collect an extra few million (around $4 million??) in revenue.The perception is that the crime prevention grants are political 'buy offs' to community organizations, local churches and other private entities.It's also worth noting that there is decision point that says you can further reduce Bart Peterson's massive tax increase (.62 of that .65 is still left) by another .03 percent (dropping the Marion County rate from 1.62 to 1.59%) if they stop doling that money out to private entities.
Sean, Sadly, these crime prevention grants are nothing more than payoffs to a group of black ministers who falsely claim they are responsible for the election of Greg Ballard. Their claim is that they encouraged all of their church members to stay home on election day in 2007 and caused Peterson to lose the election. It's a tall tale that was quickly promoted by Abdul on his blog at the time. It's why Ballard named Olgen Williams, who did nothing for his election, as a deputy mayor and it's why he has devoted so much energy to kissing up to this constituency that never voted for him and never will. While passing out jobs, contracts and grants to "Friends of Olgen", Ballard never misses an opportunity to deliver the middle finger to the grassroots people who actually are responsible for his election. Just another reason why Ballard shouldn't even waste time running for re-election.
Setting up a non-profit is one of the easier ways to steal money from taxpayers by people who otherwise are unemployable or not worthy of the salary they pay themselves. It is one of the biggest scams going.
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I take exception to this money ($5 million) being doled out to private organizations (plus $1 million for the arts) when just weeks later they then have to vote to raise taxes to collect an extra few million (around $4 million??) in revenue.
The perception is that the crime prevention grants are political 'buy offs' to community organizations, local churches and other private entities.
It's also worth noting that there is decision point that says you can further reduce Bart Peterson's massive tax increase (.62 of that .65 is still left) by another .03 percent (dropping the Marion County rate from 1.62 to 1.59%) if they stop doling that money out to private entities.
Sean, Sadly, these crime prevention grants are nothing more than payoffs to a group of black ministers who falsely claim they are responsible for the election of Greg Ballard. Their claim is that they encouraged all of their church members to stay home on election day in 2007 and caused Peterson to lose the election. It's a tall tale that was quickly promoted by Abdul on his blog at the time. It's why Ballard named Olgen Williams, who did nothing for his election, as a deputy mayor and it's why he has devoted so much energy to kissing up to this constituency that never voted for him and never will. While passing out jobs, contracts and grants to "Friends of Olgen", Ballard never misses an opportunity to deliver the middle finger to the grassroots people who actually are responsible for his election. Just another reason why Ballard shouldn't even waste time running for re-election.
Setting up a non-profit is one of the easier ways to steal money from taxpayers by people who otherwise are unemployable or not worthy of the salary they pay themselves. It is one of the biggest scams going.
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