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TAFT: Education map shows Indy holds its own
March 30, 2013
A recent Ball State University study showed a growing movement of Marion County residents to Hamilton County and triggered
a series of columns pinning a lot of the blame on poor-quality city schools.
MoreTAFT: Indy arrives at new set of crossroads
February 2, 2013
Several recent zoning battles have revealed an opposition to change in many Indy neighborhoods that could sabotage the changes
that are necessary if Indianapolis is to compete with other metro areas and even its own suburbs in coming decades.
MoreTAFT: Restore City Hall to its rightful place
December 15, 2012
Just north of the revived City Market, along the Alabama Street stretch of the Cultural Trail, stands a vacant landmark that
has resisted redevelopment for almost a decade—the old City Hall.
MoreTAFT: Resurrecting Indy's urban housing market
November 17, 2012
The recession affected some older Indianapolis neighborhoods differently than it did the larger metro area housing market,
with areas of Marion County taking particularly hard hits.
MoreTAFT: An excellent adventure in Portlandia
October 13, 2012
I am sitting on a plane with 90 representatives of Indianapolis returning from a leadership exchange to Portland, Ore., trying
to puzzle out what we can learn from a city that is so different from our hometown. Portland is similar in size and has a
blue-collar history like Indianapolis, but it followed a very different path the past 30 years.
MoreTAFT: Why I didn't watch the conventions
September 15, 2012
I admit it. Even though I was a political science minor in college, I did not watch one minute of the Republican or Democratic
national conventions. But I am not alone. In some very informal polling, I have learned that lots of engaged local leaders
also skipped these television events.
MoreTAFT: Invest through TIFs for brighter future
August 18, 2012
The disagreement between Mayor Ballard and City-County Council Democrats over the use of tax increment financing sounds like
a wonky tax policy debate, but behind this conflict are far more fundamental questions of how we use our city’s resources
to prepare for its future.
MoreTAFT: Institutions must invest in neighborhoods
July 14, 2012
Local government should encourage such partnerships.
MoreTAFT: Urban independents' frustration with pols
June 16, 2012
They are increasingly sick of watching the old-school posturing of the two parties.
MoreTAFT: Momentum gathering for urban revitalization
May 19, 2012
We now have proven revitalization strategies and a collaborative spirit.
MoreTAFT: Charters are stable arks amid flood of change
April 14, 2012
The relative autonomy of charter schools will allow them to focus on their internal success in spite of the chaos of system
breakdown around them.
MoreTAFT: A golden chance to mainstream urban living
March 17, 2012
The massive momentum of suburban growth seemed unstoppable until the housing bubble’s spectacular implosion.
MoreTAFT: Now for a Super Bowl just for ourselves
February 18, 2012
Downtown is indeed our city’s living room.
MoreTAFT: Education reform should include real estate
January 21, 2012
IPS has declined to sell or lease these buildings to charter schools.
MoreTAFT: Jobs will bring back worn neighborhoods
December 24, 2011
When these factories left these neighborhoods it curtailed their vitality.
MoreTAFT: Indy needs demolition and renovation
November 26, 2011
No city has ever demolished its way to urban health.
MoreTAFT: The mayor as crucial recruiter-in-chief
October 22, 2011
Indianapolis could become a core of unskilled, low-wage earners in a region of knowledge workers.
MoreTAFT: More leverage needed from Water Co. sale
September 24, 2011
If these funds are completely spent on infrastructure repairs or even enhancing service programs by capitalizing a new endowment,
we will miss an opportunity to attract a far greater investment in transforming our core city.
MoreTAFT: Why mass transit should be a GOP issue
August 20, 2011
History actually shows that Republicans have been the authors of the largest publicly funded transportation projects in U.S.
history because they believed infrastructure investment was an important way government could be a catalyst for economic development.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.