tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1901038144545337829..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Star Whitewashes Pacers' Cancun Trip For Indy ElitesGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14292980562422501942009-03-29T16:45:00.000-05:002009-03-29T16:45:00.000-05:00So much for fair and honest reporting. The Star c...So much for fair and honest reporting. The Star continues to push for more tax dollars to prop up sport's billionaires while failing to disclose their own vested interests. Just more of the same old same old, we need (fill in the appropriate sports team) because they prove our worth as a city, they infuse the local economy with 'millions of dollars' etc, etc. They continue to print 'puff' pieces about the worth of amateur and pro sports as being the economic salvation of the our city.<BR/><BR/>The sad reality is that we as a city are saddled with a huge debt for sport arenas and stadiums that we can't afford to maintain nor pay off the bonds. We'd be better off dissolving the CIB via bankruptcy then to continue to throw more tax dollars into a bottomless pit.<BR/><BR/>Wasn't it just a little while ago we were told we only need to add a penny more to the restaurant and add a little to hotel taxes and car rentals to pay for LOS? We are now building the convention center which will cost another 250 million in tax dollars, will it have cost overruns, what it additional maintenance costs as well?<BR/><BR/>How many years has the CIB been in the red and why did we just find out that fact?<BR/><BR/>We can't trust the media, we can't trust the owners and we can't trust the agency that builds the facilities so it makes perfect sense to funnel some more money to the CIB. On wait a minute, none of this makes sense unless you're a beneficiary of this largesse.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490253182039581408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90595284157020114272009-03-29T11:33:00.000-05:002009-03-29T11:33:00.000-05:00That comment in today's Star was even more tone de...That comment in today's <I>Star</I> was even more tone deaf than the car companies' CEOs flying to Washington in their private jets to beg for bailouts.<BR/><BR/>I say, throw the bums out. Who needs the Pacers, or the Colts for that matter? If there aren't sufficient ticket sales, obviously there's insufficient support for the teams.<BR/><BR/>Let's focus on culture and the arts rather than idiotic "games".Hoosier in the Heartlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049824713120857184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44743701597414944502009-03-29T09:18:00.000-05:002009-03-29T09:18:00.000-05:00So the Star establishes it is in favor of rigidly ...So the Star establishes it is in favor of rigidly adhering to contracts. <BR/><BR/>I infer from that they are rigidly in favor of the Pacers continuing to pay their $15M contractual obligation.Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38964756576630931182009-03-29T08:20:00.000-05:002009-03-29T08:20:00.000-05:00The Star again today calls for a bailout.As for th...The Star again today calls for a bailout.<BR/><BR/>As for the posh trip, that would be declarable income to the participants, no ?Unigovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532072215831286109noreply@blogger.com