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MORRIS: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help
May 18, 2013
Greg MorrisObama's troubles might save us from his heavy-handed, second-term agenda.
MoreMORRIS: Home-selling process isn’t for sissies
May 4, 2013
Greg MorrisWhen was the last time you sold your home? Was it a smooth and pleasant experience?
MoreBIRGE: Building a state of innovation
April 27, 2013
Jim BirgeAre entrepreneurs born or made? As a corporate finance attorney who spends most of his waking hours with leaders of high-growth
businesses, I’ve observed that entrepreneurs have certain shared traits: ambition, dynamism, curiosity and confidence.
MoreMAURER: Reuben didn’t forget when Rivi turned him away
April 27, 2013
Mickey MaurerMy friend settled an old score with the once-racist swim club, but scars remain more than 50 years later.
MoreMORRIS: Under-the-radar group builds success
April 20, 2013
The Indiana chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth held its annual Corporate Value Awards dinner April 18. Three
companies were recognized for their success: Mainstreet Property Group, Grammer Industries and the Braun Corp.
MoreMAURER: A prostate cancer treatment worth considering
April 13, 2013
Mickey MaurerGet a second opinion, then head to Seattle.
MoreMORRIS: Celebrate city’s philanthropy scene
April 6, 2013
Good things are happening in the philanthropic community.
MoreMAURER: Want money? Have an idea and a plan
March 28, 2013
Mickey MaurerI have a favorite excuse for failure in business: “It takes money to make money.”
MoreMORRIS: Looking back, things never looked so good
March 23, 2013
Greg MorrisI’ve been feeling a bit reflective lately as I just completed 22 years at IBJ a few weeks ago.
MoreMAURER: Prepare for great new Knight book
March 16, 2013
Mickey MaurerWarren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., in his shareholder letter of March 1, 2013, took a page out of Bob Knight’s
new book “The Power of Negative Thinking,” a twist on the best-selling treatise of yore by Norman Vincent Peale.
MoreMORRIS: After long winter, thinking of parks and how we fund them
March 9, 2013
Greg MorrisI know we had snow last week, but spring is almost here. Daylight saving time is just kicking in. We’ve been cooped
up much of this winter, and it feels like it’s way past time to get up, get outside and MOVE! That means we’re
about to see more people outside taking advantage of our parks and greenways, something that far too many of us take for granted.
MoreMAURER: Big Q's lofty mission didn't involve flying
March 2, 2013
Mickey MaurerQuentin Paige Smith died in January at age 94. If you didn’t know the Big Q, you missed a hell of a man—his own
man—unbowed by the evil racism of the pre-Civil Rights era. I wrote his biography for my book “19 Stars of Indiana—Exceptional
Hoosier Men,” and now I can tell you the rest of that story.
MoreMORRIS: Run for your lives—sequestration is upon us
February 23, 2013
Greg MorrisThis is a very scary week. I hope everyone has received that message loud and clear. The great sequester deadline has arrived.
March 1 is only a few days away. Not since last year’s end of the Mayan calendar has there been such focus on a date
that could preclude the end of days.
MoreMAURER: One politician getting a second chance
February 16, 2013
Mickey MaurerThat irrepressible Mel Reynolds is running again. Janie and I were just laughing with Rose and Bill Mays about being duped
when we rallied our respective communities for an “Oreo” fundraiser on Reynolds’ behalf two decades ago.
MoreMORRIS: Post office is cutting back, but IBJ isn’t
February 9, 2013
Greg MorrisYou’ve seen the news coverage. Starting in August, the United States Postal Service will discontinue Saturday mail delivery.
Forget the bills. Forget the junk mail. Who cares if you have to wait until Monday to get those items? In fact, studies have
shown that seven out of 10 Americans are fine with eliminating Saturday mail delivery.
MoreMAURER: Deli delight
February 2, 2013
Mickey MaurerI am proud to relate that Pawel Fludzinski, Ph.D. recently published his first crossword puzzle in The New York Times. Pawel
has worked at Eli Lilly and Co. for more than 28 years with the last 20 years being in executive level leadership positions.
He has a Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry, but never mind that: He shares with me a love for construction of crossword
puzzles.
MoreMORRIS: Finally, a new tax I can support
January 26, 2013
Greg MorrisI wrote a column recently complaining about all the new taxes bestowed on us this new calendar year. It was a lengthy list.
So, I don't want to sound contradictory when I tell you now that I want central Indiana residents to support a modest
tax increase in the future to expand mass transit.
MoreMAURER: New life for classic lines from big screen
January 19, 2013
Mickey MaurerGuys love to quote “The Godfather.” It’s no wonder, with lines like “I’m going to make him an
offer he can’t refuse” and “Leave the gun—take the cannolis.” These and other memorable movie
quips are relevant today, just with new voices.
MoreMORRIS: To trim debt, hike taxes and cut ... ?
January 12, 2013
Greg MorrisAs Brent Musburger said when he spotted Miss Alabama in the crowd at the BCS National Championship game— “Whoa!”
MoreMAURER: A look back at memorable topics
January 5, 2013
Mickey MaurerEach January, I reflect on a few of the prior year’s columns. I am always curious about the topics and people I have
written about over the course of the year. I hope you are, too.
MoreMORRIS: After many positives in 2012, let’s avoid 'cliff'
December 29, 2012
Greg MorrisPut another year in the history books. It’s time for reflection and a look ahead to the new year. I went back and looked
at my column written this time last year—“From politics to hoops, my 2012 wish list”—and I would say
the results were mostly positive, with one big exception.
MoreKENNEDY: In defense of capitalism
December 29, 2012
Sheila Suess KennedyI am a capitalist. I believe in free markets, in what the economists describe as “transactions entered into freely between
buyers and sellers both of whom have the necessary relevant information.” I also recognize that markets cannot function
without “umpires” empowered to enforce rules of fair play and protect that level playing field to which we all
pay lip service. The most significant challenge to genuine capitalism, I submit, lies in the ability of some competitors to
bribe or otherwise influence the umpires.
MoreMAURER: My gift to you is a pair of puzzles
December 22, 2012
Mickey MaurerNow that the elections are over, please relax and enjoy this crossword puzzle and the political riddle it poses.
MoreMORRIS: Balancing quality and the bottom line
December 15, 2012
Greg MorrisMy job takes me out of my office into the community on a regular basis. As I’m out talking with folks in the business
community, a common theme surfaces almost without fail on a weekly basis.
MoreMAURER: Think outside the retirement box
December 8, 2012
Mickey MaurerI realized that my original vision of the American Dream was a nightmare. I learned that there is more to business than the
money earned.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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