tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5794385754655256381..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: It's The Affirmative Action Policy, StupidGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89086698260690398872010-01-15T09:00:00.461-05:002010-01-15T09:00:00.461-05:00I'm not one to jump on the pre-judging bandwag...I'm not one to jump on the pre-judging bandwagon, but if Indianapolis gets its own diversity czar for the sake of devising different criteria for selecting token ethnics, then we are simply reinforcing legalized race-cardism. One has to be qualified to obtain a driver's license, a doctor's license to practice medicine, and citizenship to vote. <br />When it came to the panhandling issue and whether select charity groups could solicit on street corners, the Mayor said the law should apply equally to all. <br />So it is with those put in charge of putting out fires or law enforcement. A non-racial standard test. We're not in school any longer, and it is not the city's business to invent a civil scholarship to unqualified candidates.patriot paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08391848064185937498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-61426739661934868592010-01-15T08:57:42.620-05:002010-01-15T08:57:42.620-05:00Okay, CK, I'm not going to blame Winnie for th...Okay, CK, I'm not going to blame Winnie for this policy. From what I hear, she's too busy fetching coffee for the mayor to be accussed of being responsible for a nutty affirmative action policy.<br /><br />Great post, Gary. You said it far better than I couldhave.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-60245562261840566902010-01-15T07:53:49.432-05:002010-01-15T07:53:49.432-05:00How soon we forget. Didn't we just finish deal...How soon we forget. Didn't we just finish dealing with a group of affirmative action hires at IMPD who turned out to be rapists, child seductionists, thieves and drug dealers?Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26501755267234179072010-01-15T07:13:43.480-05:002010-01-15T07:13:43.480-05:00Straub needs to go!!!
He has no idea about our va...Straub needs to go!!!<br /><br />He has no idea about our values system...that hard work and merit are the only reason for advancement.<br /><br />This leftist thinks that quotas and hiring/promotion of incompetents should be forced upon us. <br /><br />Straub is wrong.Indy4U2Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321040357893518968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11050244687406726472010-01-15T04:58:15.799-05:002010-01-15T04:58:15.799-05:00Diversity at any costs will always end up with bad...Diversity at any costs will always end up with bad results. Gary, if I were you, I would quickly evacuate the People's Republic of Indianapolis. Ridiculous taxation is one thing, but the hiring of unqualified people based solely on their skin color, ethnic background, religion, and/or sex organ, and putting those people in positions of power, is extremely disturbing and scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44911093600479252462010-01-14T21:09:56.588-05:002010-01-14T21:09:56.588-05:00Thank you for this alert to the particular so-call...Thank you for this alert to the particular so-called affirmative action plans of the Ballard Administration. The government is not supposed to deliver spoils (thanks, Citizen Kane) and Hoosiers deserve to be served by only the best qualifed, and that had absolutely nothing to do with their racial identification, or their sex.Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38897443420066431202010-01-14T20:05:47.772-05:002010-01-14T20:05:47.772-05:00I am sure you can thank Olgen Williams and Mayor B...I am sure you can thank Olgen Williams and Mayor Ballard's general cluelessness (don't forget who he is married to) for this. Too many people believe that government is supposed to deliver spoils, instead of provide services. <br /><br />"Hey, we deserve some of those good city jobs too!"<br /><br />Nothing these clowns do, surprise me. Watching the Public Works Board talk about MBE/WBE commitments is mind-numbing. Recently, the city rejected bids (which were challenged at a public hearing of the MDC) partly because of their supposed MBE/WBE application short-comings. So, efforts to divvy up the spoils on a diversity basis seem to be accelerating. The intention is clearly to buy more supporters and maintain power. The sad thing is that they actually believe it will work.Citizen Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083803017411939029noreply@blogger.com