tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post9012803582773458826..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Bipartisan Council Members Sponsoring Referendum Question To Hike Income Taxes For Mass TransitGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38751229289729921812016-03-23T11:05:44.039-05:002016-03-23T11:05:44.039-05:00Loophole alert: Individual townships must opt-in t...Loophole alert: Individual townships must opt-in to allow to be taxed for county wide public transportation projects, per IC 8-25-6-12 (http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2014/ic/titles/008/articles/025/chapters/006/pdf) also see: (http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1485#document-93844fc9) page 57.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198387864026034097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-24217994058391483682016-03-22T11:19:23.980-05:002016-03-22T11:19:23.980-05:00The corrupt Red Lie is economic crash transit...The corrupt Red Lie is economic crash transit...Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-53042523279403593432016-03-22T09:02:58.470-05:002016-03-22T09:02:58.470-05:00Anon 7:29. Your argument is simplistic, bordering...Anon 7:29. Your argument is simplistic, bordering on a strawman. One of the attacks was on the airport. Are you suggesting we close ours? As for the transit angle, think about what TIm McVeigh purportedly did with a Uhaul, a little diesel and some fertilizer. Imagine one of those going off in the south split. It would make Greenwood and Franklin suburbs of Louisville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89788710864949329192016-03-22T08:46:14.668-05:002016-03-22T08:46:14.668-05:00Yes, the state has "authorized" proponen...Yes, the state has "authorized" proponent drafting of past referenda; vs. equitable drafting to include opponents. The state's obligated to toss up a jump ball; not advantage one side of the issue with a pass...Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8058364838718671652016-03-22T07:29:02.603-05:002016-03-22T07:29:02.603-05:00If you are watching the Brussels "mass transi...If you are watching the Brussels "mass transit" attacks and discussing the issues involved with these terrorist attacks, consider the unintended consequences. Consider what else your county, city, and state government can do to assist in financial terrorism here in Indiana. Just like Car-Mel the European capital of Indiana!!!!<br /><br />It can't happen here. It can't happen to me. It can not happen to the new mass transit system. That is utter BS.....it can and it will. Wolves go where sheep are located. <br /><br />Anyone who ever went to war and thought those things, returned and told all of you they thought the same. But for too many it did happen to them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-35435406156140567662016-03-22T05:52:55.160-05:002016-03-22T05:52:55.160-05:00Big surprise, Fanning is actually a Dem. Could hav...Big surprise, Fanning is actually a Dem. Could have told you that was going to happen as soon as she took office and was being wined and dined. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-81520959791293477962016-03-22T05:12:39.111-05:002016-03-22T05:12:39.111-05:00Yes, by all means it is absolutely the right thing...Yes, by all means it is absolutely the right thing to let the public vote on it. The public will vote it down. Then we can put this transit silliness to rest. IndyGo is incompetent. We already have one of the most underperforming bus systems of any major city in America. Why in heaven's name would they run shiny new electric BRT any better than they run the uncool buses they have now? Short answer? No reason at all. <br /><br />Transit is a worthwhile public goal, but Indianapolis doesn't want it and this has been shown time after time after time after time. As is usually the case with these things, there's a relatively small vocal minority that screeches about it, but they're badly outnumbered. They confuse volume with numbers. They throw out nonsense statements like "we're the largest city without transit." We're not. San Antonio is. Maybe Kansas City, too but I digress. These folks envision Indy as some sort of urban hipster oasis in a beanfield. Why they don't just move to Detroit is beyond me. Detroit is actually happening again after 40 years. Indy? Not so much. <br /><br />The point is that those pushing this have no plan nor do they have the intestinal fortitude to pull it off. They've managed to rankle a lot of the people whose help they need on this by stubbornly clinging to the College alignment. They're mouthy, calling everyone who disagrees a NIMBY. They want to take one of the two or three thriving neighborhoods in the city and turn it into their personal petri dish when, in fact, there's a lot of wasteland that they could possibly fix with a BRT alignment, but no, urban hipster paradise is what they want and this will get them there because all urban hipster paradises have transit. <br /><br />No worries. This is an easy defeat and then it's back to square one. Indy will not have transit in my lifetime. Of all American cities, we need it less than most. In fact, this is one area where we actually may truly be number one, instead of just pretending we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90539881939932892542016-03-21T22:11:24.351-05:002016-03-21T22:11:24.351-05:00The wording of the referendum is set by the state ...The wording of the referendum is set by the state statute authorizing it. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-74994223088992965472016-03-21T21:34:07.977-05:002016-03-21T21:34:07.977-05:00Can the wording of the referendum question be chal...Can the wording of the referendum question be challenged in court and what is the process to do so when the time comes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43882807593006226222016-03-21T21:10:07.060-05:002016-03-21T21:10:07.060-05:00More empty transit busses driving the streets of I...More empty transit busses driving the streets of IndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90014205465951241132016-03-21T20:54:09.756-05:002016-03-21T20:54:09.756-05:00
The entire Indianapolis City County Council is a ...<br />The entire Indianapolis City County Council is a useless body pretending that voters actually have a say in their government when nothing of the like is true. The Indianapolis City County Council should be abolished. The most active thing they do is cash their own paychecks.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41917903611615612016-03-21T20:49:25.021-05:002016-03-21T20:49:25.021-05:00A well known judge with whom I spoke last week, ag...A well known judge with whom I spoke last week, agrees the referenda process has an equity in drafting problem that runs contrary to the interests of the people & should be challenged as such...Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-83865695174406676632016-03-21T20:44:24.448-05:002016-03-21T20:44:24.448-05:007:25 Yep, it's all about appearing that we are...7:25 Yep, it's all about appearing that we are a world class hipster city when the truth is that we're just another smelly armpit in the Rust Belt. In spite of all the effort it's nothing more than lipstick on pig, except this tube of lipstick has $1 billion price tag coming right out of our pockets. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-13137893271510850292016-03-21T19:25:29.005-05:002016-03-21T19:25:29.005-05:00Gary is this tax hike to pay for annual operations...Gary is this tax hike to pay for annual operations of the red line? Or installation and annual operations of all rapid transit lines? While ithe sales pitch sure Sounds nice I think a lot of folks will realize unless you live and work near one of these lines you will receive far less benefit over what you pay for. If this is really about more busses then lets get more busses out there and see if it makes a difference in people's lives. But moving people around is not what this is about. It's about having shiny new shit, the next big thing, and pretending we're some well known worldly destination we are not and never will be. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66677151692390956432016-03-21T19:00:42.720-05:002016-03-21T19:00:42.720-05:00Why let it go to referendum at all, why not just p...Why let it go to referendum at all, why not just pass the tax hike like the last few times and be done with it? The last 2 big income tax increases supposedly went to hire more cops. Not sure we added any cops doing real on the streets police work either time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com