tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1702396532751610541..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Indy Mayoral Candidates Say It's Time To Shift Focus From Downtown To NeighborhoodsGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-28717191975143511462015-10-14T06:32:59.679-05:002015-10-14T06:32:59.679-05:00Anon. You offer the tired-old, false argument meme...Anon. You offer the tired-old, false argument meme. Anyone opposed to giving massive public subsidies to a handful of political insiders instead of investing in infrastructure and other public improvements that benefit all of the city's residents is against forward progress.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26783301231542307082015-10-14T00:27:02.142-05:002015-10-14T00:27:02.142-05:00Are you all so negative in everything in life? I&#...Are you all so negative in everything in life? I'm sure you all hated every step of development that has gone on downtown from the late 1980s until today. I used to come downtown as a teenager in the 80s.....it was a scary and depressing place. Now it's a hub of activity. <br /><br />You mock the development and investors that are building MF high-density housing. You mock Mass Ave...which has gone from a ghetto to an incredibly high value mixed use area. <br /><br />There is much work to do, and many struggling areas that are plagued by vacant homes that need razed or auctioned off to other investors. But <br /><br />I find this entire site a joke, full of old curmudgeons that have basically opposed every step forward. Indy is a great city, that more and more young people are happy to live, work and actively engage in. I'm sorry for some of of you that hate it. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-6319943614316960582015-10-12T12:57:40.489-05:002015-10-12T12:57:40.489-05:00What this really means is they're going to des...What this really means is they're going to destroy the roads and quality of living in the neighborhoods by tearing up lanes, installing bike paths on streets and creating Agenda 21 in the rest of the city.<br /><br />The Indianapolis metro area is being held back by Indianapolis. There's good progress North, South and West, but Indianapolis is dragging down the metro with narrow streets, dense living and congestion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-91114186094107372482015-10-12T09:17:00.951-05:002015-10-12T09:17:00.951-05:00It falls within that catch-all sports category he ...It falls within that catch-all sports category he favors over everything else. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26960072416571415652015-10-12T08:49:18.643-05:002015-10-12T08:49:18.643-05:00Ballad didn't focus all of his (and his funder...Ballad didn't focus all of his (and his funder's) energy in the downtown area.<br /><br />Let's all remember that 6 million dollar Cricket Field on the far east side that cost much more than 6 million because of slobby budgeting.<br /><br />Had enough???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69490092609655635462015-10-11T15:07:26.712-05:002015-10-11T15:07:26.712-05:00Hey Anon 2:02, I am with you!!! And you are correc...Hey Anon 2:02, I am with you!!! And you are correct. It's coming, it's coming... the alleged need for a new multimillion dollar sports palace built FREE for our billionaire sports team owners because of the ALLEGED draw of millions for the Indy people.<br /><br />BS!!!!!!!!!! But it doesn't matter. BLUE INDY ---> STILL HERE! Vision Fleet --->STILL HERE. Useless bike lanes clogging traffic, ruined Broad Ripple Avenue, 50 years of chains to Xerox owned ACS.... and the Councilors abetted the corrupt Greg Ballard every step of the way I don't give a damn how much they deny it.<br /><br />IT'S STILL HERE COUNCILORS!!! YOU LIE!!!!! I say DISBAND THE COUNCIL. It doesn't do a damn thing but cash its paychecks and support crap like Ballard's ROC etc.<br /><br />Who actually "owned" the SB2012 legal entity? Who benefitted from that 2012 Super Bowl? Wanna bet the most financially favored were corrupt lawyers.. you know the guys and gals sworn to uphold law and keep it clean...<br /><br />Thank you RINO Greg Ballard and tool of corrupt attorneys for allowing the deception that forces our City to circle the drain. oh, And I can here it now.. I am a "NUTJOB"... as if any of our City Councilors has been effective at all in keeping the lawless REPUBLICAN mayor in check.<br /><br />And now comes Lying Joe Hogsett... wow, just wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-51119484016264485022015-10-11T14:02:56.833-05:002015-10-11T14:02:56.833-05:00The population of Center Township was well north o...The population of Center Township was well north of 300,000 as recently as 1960. Today it is estimated at around 145,000. That's up from a low of 142,000 in the 2010 census. Indianapolis is an empty shell and all the fancy buildings downtown have not made a dent in the problem. Where else have I seen this rape the city model? Detroit! That's where. There and St. Louis. Both failed cities. Just like Indianapolis. Can't wait for the pill popper to tell Lyin' Joe that LOS just doesn't cut it, that he needs a new stadium. It's coming. Count on it. And count on Lying Joe to roll over and give it to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-31377010397011675872015-10-11T10:18:36.827-05:002015-10-11T10:18:36.827-05:00Knowledgeable local real estate people have been a...Knowledgeable local real estate people have been asking the question about the current regrowth of the real estate bubble and I've been wondering when that bubble will explode in Indy. It's going to happen and the unsupportable prices downtown could make the area a seller's nightmare.<br /><br />Thank God I delayed buying downtown in Center Township and not for the coming pricing devaluation which will seem like a buyer bonanza; for quite some time downtown Indy exudes a carnival like Mickey Mouse atmosphere in all those cheap-looking housing structures and micro-sized apartments atop [often empty] commercial spaces, and proliferation of booze and bars. So much for the local "elites'" concerns of what New York thinks of them.<br /><br />I am betting the answer is that NY is not thinking of Indy... at all. Not even for a quick minute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-91084143197783177222015-10-11T10:06:24.055-05:002015-10-11T10:06:24.055-05:00Having economically and financially raped Center T...Having economically and financially raped Center Township with every corporatist, crony insider scheme the RINO Republican Greg Ballard could pummel down Indianapolis taxpayers' throats abetted by an acquiescent Democrat-led City County Council, I guess there are few assets to sell, give away, or pillage.<br /><br />Gary, you again completely and neatly nail it.<br /><br />Every corrupt deal the lawless Greg Ballard could push through for his crony millionaire and billionaire masters is still in place. So much for the moans and whimpers of a City County Council in need of political Viagra. IT'S ALL STILL THERE, Councilors no matter what you told us Marion County voters. So, why the hell do we have a City County Council, yet alone pay them? Why the hell do we have laws when only the "little people" paying the taxes are expected to obey them?<br /><br />The little Peyton Place called "Indianapolis" will go on exactly as it has no matter who is mayor. And the mayor will be Lying Joe Hogsett most likely. Just as corporatist and corrupt as Kyle Walker's lawless Greg Ballard. But that's exactly how both sides want it to be. Get out while you can people... Look at where the alleged movers and shakers live... more live out of county than in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40410949313160713352015-10-11T09:53:47.639-05:002015-10-11T09:53:47.639-05:00The only way Indy prospers is by increasing the to...The only way Indy prospers is by increasing the total income of its residents, and the total assessed value of property. (OK, that excludes a shift of LOIT to capturing some of the suburban taxes). To do that, you to bring more high earners here, and create places they're willing to live. That means, probably, expanding the areas those folks already live, and that's not just downtown. You also have to attract folks who are likely to become high earners in the future maybe they can't afford downtown now, but they can afford good chunks of Midtown, Broad Ripple, and Irvington. They can afford the expanding ring of neighborhoods around downtown. Those are the "neighborhoods" that we have to focus on for now. They need to be connected to downtown, and they also need to stand alone as places people can live. Almost all have strong neighborhood groups with a vision and the next administration, and administrations that will come afterwards, need to connect with those groups, and stay connected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com