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Editorial
EDITORIAL: OK smoking ban before year end
December 10, 2011
IBJ StaffA plea to City-County Council Democrats: Keep your eye on the prize and vote this month for smoke-free workplaces.
MoreEDITORIAL: State can't afford to lose online sales tax
December 3, 2011
The risk is that requiring online retailers to remit the sales tax will chase them away. We think the potential payoffs are
worth taking the chance.
MoreEDITORIAL: Right-to-work issue will cause legislative gridlock
November 26, 2011
IBJ StaffWith Indiana Republican leaders targeting right-to-work legislation as their top priority in 2012, we worry about the fate
of other issues that should have long ago risen to the top of the heap.
MoreEDITORIAL: Gregg, Pence should think big
November 19, 2011
So far, the efforts of government haven’t been enough to reverse the relative slide in wages and incomes. Too few firms
are using the playground Indiana has created.
MoreEDITORIAL: Political gridlock unwelcome here
November 12, 2011
IBJ StaffNow that roughly 30 percent of the city’s registered voters have determined who will lead the city the next four years,
we have some advice for Mayor Greg Ballard and the newly elected City-County Council: Keep your victory in perspective.
MoreEDITORIAL: Learn right lessons from Litebox gaffe
November 5, 2011
IBJ StaffGov. Mitch Daniels has been derided in recent days for standing next to California businessman Bob Yanagihara and declaring,
“We like visionaries, we love inventors, we love entrepreneurs. You are all those things.”
MoreEDITORIAL: Circles program is peace plan for class warfare
October 29, 2011
Dr. James Lemons, a local neonatologist, deserves recognition—and support—for his quest to bridge the widening
gap between the country’s haves and have-nots.
MoreEDITORIAL: Politics as usual isn't good enough
October 22, 2011
IBJ StaffRight now, it’s hard to avoid the mud being slung by the two major-party candidates for Indianapolis mayor.
MoreEDITORIAL: Charter grants beckon big education ideas
October 15, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Mind Trust is laying plans to hand out up to five $1 million grants next June to teams of educational entrepreneurs who
would use the money to develop and launch innovative charter schools in Indianapolis.
MoreEDITORIAL: Seek tolerance in the workplace
October 8, 2011
Balancing the rights of employees and entrepreneurs is tricky.
MoreEDITORIAL: Software Artistry a success story all can celebrate
October 1, 2011
The help-desk software maker spawned at least 15 tech startups here ... and unleashed a torrent of investment capital and
talent that continues to fuel a critical sector of the local economy.
MoreEDITORIAL: 'Green' funding is losing glow
September 24, 2011
IBJ StaffFinancial backers need a greater appreciation for the inherent risks in emerging industries.
MoreEDITORIAL: Unhealthy living a built-in problem
September 17, 2011
IBJ StaffSimply cheerleading for healthier lifestyles isn’t enough to get America to shape up.
MoreEDITORIAL: City should plan for what comes after demolition
September 10, 2011
The city of Indianapolis is launching a $20 million war on abandoned houses without a plan for dealing with the properties
after the wrecking-ball dust has settled.
MoreEDITORIAL: NBA lockout fuels old debate
September 3, 2011
The billions of dollars in public money spent subsidizing franchises across the country don’t buy mayors or governors
a seat at the bargaining table when players and team owners wage war.
MoreEDITORIAL: Invest in the underemployed
August 27, 2011
IBJ StaffArmies of people find themselves lingering on the sidelines.
MoreEDITORIAL: Angie's List has earned city support
August 20, 2011
IBJ StaffAngie’s List is close to downtown’s core, but the neighborhood the company has supported couldn’t be more
different.
MoreEDITORIAL: Economy is weak, but this is no 2008
August 13, 2011
IBJ StaffWhen the stock market plummeted on Aug. 8 and did so again two days later, many of us found ourselves having flashbacks to
2008, when every bleak day in the market seemed to be followed by another and then another.
MoreEDITORIAL: Let locals call tax shots
August 6, 2011
IBJ StaffCutting taxes is a worthy goal. So is giving locals as much say as possible in how much they pay and how that money is spent.
MoreEDITORIAL: Athletes could make charity last by giving instead of creating
July 30, 2011
It shouldn’t be any surprise that professional athletes are flexing their philanthropic muscles with increasing frequency,
leveraging their wealth and fame to start tax-exempt entities of their own.
MoreEDITORIAL: Sports venues catch a break
July 23, 2011
It’s been a good month for the city’s old sports venues—some of which, in a relatively short time, went
from being the darlings of the city’s amateur sports movement to easy targets for the wrecking ball.
MoreEDITORIAL: Courts should repel school voucher suit
July 16, 2011
The lawsuit filed this month to block the state’s new school voucher law should be turned back on a lobby that has fought
education reform at every turn and rarely offered solutions to underperforming schools other than demanding more money and
time.
MoreEDITORIAL: City should share more details on garage deal
July 9, 2011
The city’s decision to entice a developer to build a parking garage in Broad Ripple is entirely appropriate—we
just wish there were more transparency about the deal that will involve more than $6 million of city money.
MoreEDITORIAL: Lessons to draw from Republic-Frontier deal
July 2, 2011
Despite some post-acquisition stumbles, the moral of the story should not be that Hoosier executives need to proceed with
greater caution.
MoreEDITORIAL: Star newsroom layoffs shortsighted
June 25, 2011
IBJ StaffThere was no rejoicing when word of The Indianapolis Star’s most recent round of layoffs reached the
IBJ newsroom, no celebratory toasts to the continued erosion of our once-mighty daily competitor.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.