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EDITORIAL: Time for mayor to clear the air, back smoking ban
January 22, 2011
IBJ StaffAnother year, another parade of editorials, opinion pieces and studies that call for Indiana to join its neighbors in banning
smoking in all workplaces.
MoreEDITORIAL: Daniels on target on township reform
January 15, 2011
IBJ StaffGovernment reform is an important topic, especially at a time tax caps have forced many units of local government to cut back
on essential services.
MoreEDITORIAL: City's IT sector finding a groove
January 8, 2011
Indianapolis has spent more than a decade craving a robust information technology sector. Now there are signs that craving
is being satisfied.
MoreEDITORIAL: Praise for Don Welsh
January 8, 2011
Don Welsh, the departing leader of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association, is the embodiment of the risk and
reward associated with bringing in outside talent to do important work on the city’s behalf.
MoreEDITORIAL: Consider tapping bank fund to ease budget woes
January 1, 2011
IBJ StaffAs reported in a front-page story in last week’s IBJ, the $250 million public deposit insurance fund has not
been tapped in nearly 20 years.
MoreEDITORIAL: Our wish list for next year
December 25, 2010
IBJ StaffWe don’t expect all our holiday wishes for the New Year to come true. We’re not that naïve. But in this season
of hope, we’d like to offer these familiar refrains—and end with some proof that dreams do, sometimes, come true.
MoreEDITORIAL: Have faith in fantasy despite real-life woes
December 18, 2010
IBJ StaffSome days, it’s hard to believe in Santa Claus. It’s altogether too easy to be “affected by the skepticism
of a skeptical age,” as the New York Sun’s Francis Pharcellus Church wrote in his famous response to
an 8-year-old girl’s inquiry about the existence of the Jolly Old Elf.
MoreEDITORIAL: Airport victory just a warm-up
December 11, 2010
Not all success stories are flashy. Witness the quiet resurrection of the former United Airlines maintenance facility at Indianapolis
International Airport.
MoreEDITORIAL: Online retailers should pay sales tax
December 4, 2010
Retailers and shopping center owners are right in crusading for a level playing field in taxation. It isn’t fair that
most online retailers don’t charge sales taxes, while traditional retailers in Indiana must tack on 7 percent.
MoreEDITORIAL: Statewide smoking ban is overdue
November 27, 2010
IBJ StaffThe scientific evidence has been there for years. The financial argument is easy to make. Yet the idea of protecting the public
from the potentially deadly effects of secondhand smoke hasn’t caught fire in the halls of power—at least that’s
been the case in Indiana.
MoreEDITORIAL: A call to stop the debt spiral
November 20, 2010
IBJ StaffPresident Obama’s fiscal commission is doing its job by recommending tough taxing and expense-slashing measures meant
to attack our nation’s debt crisis. Indiana’s congressional delegation should keep the momentum going.
MoreEDITORIAL: Legislators should let public decide on transit plan
November 13, 2010
A more robust public transportation system might be just what the region needs to connect people with jobs, spark development
near transit stops, elevate the city’s stature, and reduce the need to regularly pour millions into widening our roads.
Or it might be a big, unnecessary waste of money.
MoreEDITORIAL: Building safety requires oversight
November 6, 2010
IBJ StaffThe saga of the Di Rimini apartments is a cautionary tale, and one Indianapolis officials would do well to heed.
MoreEDITORIAL: A last chance for City Market
October 30, 2010
IBJ StaffWe like the changes afoot at City Market. But if the latest attempt to reposition it doesn’t work, the city should consider
mothballing the beloved old building until its surroundings become a benefit rather than a liability.
MoreEDITORIAL: State can't afford to keep townships
October 23, 2010
IBJ StaffIndiana lawmakers are gearing up for another legislative session, and township government reform will return to the agenda.
We hope proponents can finally hit a home run.
MoreEDITORIAL: Judge North of South project on its merits
October 16, 2010
The city’s plan to provide an $86 million loan for the mixed-use North of South real estate development adjacent to
the Eli Lilly and Co. campus has drawn criticism from those who think the city should focus first on other needs, such as
IndyGo and public libraries.
MoreEDITORIAL: Time to change utility regulation
October 9, 2010
Conflicts of interest shouldn’t happen, but one that made news this month should inspire legislation to slow the revolving
door between the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and the utilities it is supposed to watch.
MoreEDITORIAL: East 10th Street project can be repeated
October 2, 2010
When people see what’s happening on and near East 10th Street—and they will, thanks to the Super Bowl connection—they’ll
see what’s possible and, we hope, join similar efforts.
MoreEDITORIAL: Tough economy exacerbates charities' needs
September 25, 2010
IBJ StaffRecent economic times have been tough on many Americans. But those who already were suffering most often have taken the hardest
blows.
MoreEDITORIAL: City's parking plan needs work
September 18, 2010
IBJ StaffMayor Greg Ballard strikes us as someone who puts pragmatism over politics. That’s why we’re hopeful he’ll
reconsider details of the controversial plan to turn over the city’s metered parking to a private vendor.
MoreEDITORIAL: Revive 21st Century Fund, boost entrepreneurship
September 11, 2010
IBJ StaffOne damper on Indiana's entrepreneurial growth has been the shrinking of the 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, which
has lost half its support because of state budget woes. As soon as state revenue permits, the state should bring this key
program back to its funding level of $37 million a year, or boost it even higher.
MoreEDITORIAL: University research funding is on right path
September 4, 2010
IBJ StaffIndiana’s public universities aren’t garnering enough research funding, and the research they’re conducting
isn’t churning out high-paying jobs in quantities everyone would like, but Hoosiers shouldn’t be wringing their
hands in despair.
MoreEDITORIAL: State education chief's agenda gets good grades
August 28, 2010
IBJ StaffTony Bennett, the state’s superintendent of public instruction for nearly two years, deserves accolades for shoving
education reform toward the top of Indiana’s agenda.
MoreEDITORIAL: GM dispute deserves vote
August 21, 2010
It’s puzzling to us that leaders of the United
Auto Workers Local 23 are against members even casting a vote on the proposed takeover of GM's Indianapolis metal-stamping
plant by Illinois-based J.D.
Norman Industries.
MoreEDITORIAL: Raising parking fees is wise step
August 14, 2010
It isn’t difficult to grasp the reasoning behind Mayor Greg Ballard’s proposal to privatize the city’s
parking operations.
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These higher rates Co. e about only because physicians are now hospital employees. otherwise physicians couldn't charge these rates and share the windfall with the hospital. Community/rural hospitals probably not buying physicians practices and thus weren't getting the windfall anyway.
The incentive for poor people to get themselves off public assistance and "no longer be poor" is even with help...they're STILL POOR! Being poor, even with some assistance, isn't all that pleasant. (I speak from experience) It's a stubborn myth that poor people, who are on public assistance, are sitting in the lap of luxury. You should try living on just those "freebies" that you mentioned and see how meager they actually are. By the way, I didn't mean you had to buy/own a puppy...just pet one. :)
As near as I can tell the minority has ZERO constitutional obligation to offer a quorum to the majority. A requirement for quorum was inserted into the constitution so that tyrannical majorities could not simply shove through odious and objectionable legislation (which is exactly what they did.) By allowing a tyrannical majority to charge fines against the minority for exercising their constitutional prerogative to deny quorum the court as made a mockery of constitutional governance in the state of Indiana.
The voters elected the Reps to make a vote not walk out on the vote. They had to the right to exercise their opinion and vote "no" to the bill. Let me ask you this if you walked out of your job for 5 straight weeks would you get paid? Would you even have a job to go back to? If any elected official walks out on the people they should be arrested for stealing tax dollars from the public. They were elected to do a job and not leave when the job gets stuff.
I have been to several of their locations in Pennsylvania and always go in for 1 item and leave with a basket full of things. I'm very happy they decided on Indiana, now if only they would put the other store in eastside.