tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post1824791737912009373..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Ballard Answers Star Readers' Questions, Proves He's Still Stuck On StupidGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-10562073972253149952013-09-08T21:52:59.916-05:002013-09-08T21:52:59.916-05:00I wonder if candidate Greg Ballard would even reco...I wonder if candidate Greg Ballard would even recognize 2nd term mayor Greg Ballard. What an unbelievable ego and lack of accountability. I voted for him the first time he ran. Let a "non-politician" have a chance I thought. Let's see what Mr. Everyman, a veteran, someone I can relate to can do. Either he snowed me from the beginning or the position as corrupted him. I'm sorely disappointed in seeing that what he did what that chance is to engage in "more of the same" that we got with career politicians.<br /><br />Indy Parks closed pools and opened "splash parks" to save money, but now we need $6 million dollars to go to a complex for a sport that almost no one in the US plays? I'm guessing that more children would like to swim, a fun and healthy activity that requires no equipment on the participant's part, than play cricket.<br /><br />Ah, that's "one time money". I took a few economics and accounting courses while at university. I understand one time vs ongoing expenses. I also understand that if I inherit money from Aunt Mildred and I need to pay the light bill, I don't buy a new bass boat because the bass boat is a one time expense but the electric bill just keeps coming. You pay for necessities first, regardless of the source of the funds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-82601415421347601542013-09-08T18:08:58.332-05:002013-09-08T18:08:58.332-05:00Sounds like we elected Obama as our mayor, and not...Sounds like we elected Obama as our mayor, and not just our President...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3926635813579944312013-09-06T16:53:29.143-05:002013-09-06T16:53:29.143-05:00I'm with UNIGOV on this.
The IU Med School (a...I'm with UNIGOV on this.<br /><br />The IU Med School (and others) lobbied strenuously to add Eldoret, Kenya, to the Sister City roster due to our strong ties of long standing to Moi University and others in that East African city.<br /><br />Ballard said "no economic advantage" and deep-sixed the proposal.Indianapolis Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453473078309428170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-28174933091566679172013-09-06T10:11:52.467-05:002013-09-06T10:11:52.467-05:00I think Ballard is always shocked to hear legitima...I think Ballard is always shocked to hear legitimate criticism from reasonable people as he's completely surrounded himself with 'yes' people. Take for example the administrator he chose to head up constituent services. She was clerk of the courts for a number of years and mismanaged the courts as clerk to the point that after she left,the county had to go back and use a debt collection company to collect fees that for some reason went uncollected. The uncollected fees amounted to something like 6 million dollars. Completely reckless and negligent. She was careful, however, to leave the clerk's office with a job lined up with a local company from whom the courts had purchased several hundred thousand dollars worth of voting equipment. A few years back the star did a story about how the Mayor's action center demonstrably ignored requests from poor neighborhoods, all the while giving same day issue resolution to requests from residents in wealthier neighborhoods. Who runs this call center ? This same lady...and she still does today.<br /><br />This woman is charged with being the go between between the public and the mayor, and she is the perfect earpiece for a mayor that couldn't care any less about listening to the people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-35387136466653831102013-09-06T06:57:09.124-05:002013-09-06T06:57:09.124-05:00Unbelievable.
"We have the best sister city ...Unbelievable.<br /><br />"We have the best sister city program in the nation" - iirc, Indy does not have a sister city in Africa, though one-fourth of our residents trace their ancestry there. The sister city program's only purpose is to justify junkets.Unigovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532072215831286109noreply@blogger.com