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Economic Development
These stories might cheer you up
March 16, 2009
Chris KatterjohnThis week I'm going to be
your own, personal Pollyanna and try to cheer you up with some good news.
MoreIndiana's wage gap is growing
March 16, 2009
Morton MarcusIndiana leaders need to focus on the increasing gap between the average wage in Indiana and in the nation.
MoreImproving livability is economic development
March 16, 2009
Mike HicksI am often asked the seemingly simple question, "Just what is economic development?"
MoreFeelings may contradict economic facts
March 9, 2009
Morton MarcusHow we feel individually about the economy is often at odds with how the economy is performing.
MoreA post-stimulus survival guide
March 9, 2009
Mickey MaurerInstead of waiting around for the state to save your business, plan strategically to survive.
MoreAIT Laboratories named 'Small Business of the Year'
March 2, 2009
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has named Indianapolis-based health care research and testing firm AIT Laboratories its 2009
Small Business of the Year.
MoreBroad Ripple natives grow up to be neighborhood entrepreneurs
February 23, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerMany Broad Ripple business owners say the neighborhood is an oasis for eclectic and independent small entrepreneurial ventures.
MoreEconomic illnesses are like viruses
February 23, 2009
Morton MarcusWhat kind of remedy should be applied to the economy? Surely we want something that will work quickly. But we also want something
that will help provide income in the future. That's called investment.
MoreLeaders driven to finish road linking Interstates 74, 70
February 16, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinRecently elected as a Hendricks County commissioner, Eric Wathen says his top priority is to complete the long-promised Ronald
Reagan Parkway, which would open a congestion-free path through the suburbs of Brownsburg, Avon and Plainfield.
MoreIndiana Economic Development Corp. hires executive VP
February 16, 2009
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has a new second-in-command—attorney and land developer Chad Pittman.
MoreCorporate shareholders should demand more
February 9, 2009
Ken SkarbeckFree marketers cringe at the thought of government interference, but the fact is that the taxpayer is now a significant shareholder
in a number of financial businesses.
MoreStudy American financial history
February 9, 2009
Morton MarcusSociety must learn about the history of global markets in order to prevent further financial calamities.
MoreRedevelopment plans threaten Gasoline Alley
February 2, 2009
Anthony SchoettleBusiness owners along the fabled Gasoline Alley north of Rockville Road think a proposal to close a north-south road linking
them to the front door of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will have devastating effects.
MoreState needs more unemployment analysis, stats
February 2, 2009
Morton MarcusHow are the economic development professionals in each Indiana county supposed to do their jobs when they don't get quality
statistics like those provided to professional sports managers and coaches?
MoreLatest jobs numbers may change state's priorities
February 2, 2009
Ed FeigenbaumJobs themselves may become "Job One" for our elected officials.
MoreProposed fiscal stimulus package has high costs
February 2, 2009
Mike HicksExpeditious and clever spending on roads, infrastructure and, in the half-dozen states where it is possible,
a tax cut will determine the success of the stimulus plan.
MoreLet's strive to keep companies here
February 2, 2009
Don't lose sight of viable businesses in your own backyard.
MoreAs Indiana's commerce chief, Roob aims to 'hit on all cylinders'
January 12, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIBJ talked to new Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob about Indiana's challenges in 2009, including a recessionary economy, rising
unemployment
and work-force training gaps.
MoreBiotech venture fund in works
January 5, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerBioCrossroads is setting the stage to create Indiana Future Fund II, an effort that would raise tens of millions of dollars
for speculation on promising Hoosier life science companies.
MoreBig Three woes leave big void in Indianapolis
January 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinAutomakers' Indianapolis manufacturing plants once employed 11,000, but closings and cutbacks zap good jobs, tax base.
MorePlan calls for creating a downtown feel at IUPUI campus
December 22, 2008
J.K. WallIn 20 years, IUPUI leaders want their campus to feel more like the rest of downtown — taller buildings, more parks,
more people hanging out — and they want to connect it to the city's core.
MoreBusinesses on MLK give revitalization another shot
December 22, 2008
Whitney LeeThe newly organized MLK Business Revitalization Association aims to bring new life to the neighborhood west of downtown by
uniting area business owners behind a common goal -- cleaning up the community to attract other entrepreneurs.
MoreFeltman to pursue law, business in Indianapolis
December 22, 2008
Norm HeikensOutgoing state Commerce Secretary Nate Feltman said that he likely will return to practicing law and become involved in business
after leaving the post at the end of the month.
MoreHow can we lure high-paying jobs?
December 15, 2008
Morton MarcusIndustries want to be where they get high output per dollar spent on compensation for workers — wages, salaries and benefits.
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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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