tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3904125577036937782..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Ballard Off On Another 10-Day Junket To AustraliaGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-63632512912866223942012-09-21T10:42:26.514-05:002012-09-21T10:42:26.514-05:00If a Democratic Mayor were doing what Ballard does...If a Democratic Mayor were doing what Ballard does, Republican Councilors would be screaming at the top of their lungs. Yet we give him a pass because he has a jersey with an "R" on it. At some point parties have to stand for priniciple or they're pointless.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44163855560477074882012-09-21T10:02:59.904-05:002012-09-21T10:02:59.904-05:00Can you imagine how much trouble former Mayor Bart...Can you imagine how much trouble former Mayor Bart Peterson would have been if he'd done as many overseas junkets as Ballard?<br /><br />Remember the Elkhart mayor who was pilloried by the press for visiting his town's Sister City?<br /><br />Now we have Ballard flying in the vapor trails of LA's late Mayor Sam Yorty and amassing both overseas travels and Sister Cities by the dozen.<br /><br />And, to what effect? The population of Australia is just over 22 million (Indy is a million). What sorts of business opportunities can he cadge for Indy in a country so small?Hoosier in the Heartlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049824713120857184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-20645765296729498382012-09-21T05:42:03.152-05:002012-09-21T05:42:03.152-05:00Taking a junket to Australia shows that the Mayor ...Taking a junket to Australia shows that the Mayor is as out-of-touch as his North District Police <i>Commander</i>!<br /><br />We have home invasions here, a crazed NUT shooting at OUR neighborhood policemen in Geist, the smallest police force in modern history, no accounting of the "Straubification" of the Public Safety Budget, our Mayor said he cannot afford to hire more police (so our police force will dwindle away), neighborhoods in <b>fear</b>are hiring off-duty police to patrol what had been a government service (until our Mayor took the police away so he can go on these junkets). <br /><br />OUT OF TOUCH - Mr. Mayor. You and your Police Commander!CircleCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-52923340920474005322012-09-20T20:07:19.517-05:002012-09-20T20:07:19.517-05:00Maybe Ballard gets his ideas from Michelle Obama, ...Maybe Ballard gets his ideas from Michelle Obama, world traveler.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063261900488027828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54546532947843911332012-09-20T19:48:30.070-05:002012-09-20T19:48:30.070-05:00How much do we need to raise taxes so he stays the...How much do we need to raise taxes so he stays there?Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490253182039581408noreply@blogger.com