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WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: 'Bus stigma' detailing mass transit
January 5, 2013
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow / Special to IBJI moved to Indianapolis in the summer of 2005. Since then, I have learned to count on three things to occur each summer—a
substantial number of die-hard Indianapolis Colts fans will still suffer from acute post-season withdrawal; mosquitoes the
size of hummingbirds will nip at my ankles during my evening walk; and a massive, five-month road construction project (or
two) will spring up somewhere on Interstate 465.
MoreMASSON: Allow cursive writing to fade away
January 5, 2013
Doug Masson / Special to IBJAs I recall the story, the guys in my dad’s fraternity used to haze the pledges by cracking eggs, emptying them down
the stairwell and making the new guys catch them in their mouths down at the bottom.
MoreSOUDER: The real education message sent by voters
January 5, 2013
Mark Souder / Special to IBJLiberals, at least those aligned with the Indiana teachers’ union, have been creatively interpreting the victory of
Glenda Ritz as a rejection of innovative education and a call to return to the old systems of exclusive trust in the educational
establishment.
MoreMARCUS: A proposal to put young people to work
January 5, 2013
Morton MarcusThe Rockefeller Foundation has called for ideas that address the nation’s youth unemployment situation. Here are mine:
MoreLEIGHTY: The Daniels era was truly impressive
January 5, 2013
Mitch Daniels has been the best thing to happen to the Hoosier state since Bobby Knight.
MoreSHELLA: Watching the parade from the front row
January 5, 2013
Jim Shella / Special to IBJ"Is there any chance we can be there when you get the call?” I asked Dan Quayle on the morning he was chosen to
be George Bush’s running mate.
MoreGARRISON: Man up for the sake of the children
January 5, 2013
Greg Garrison / Special to IBJWalk any street in Jerusalem or other Israeli city and you will immediately note the presence of lots of school-age kids.
They’re dressed for school, often holding hands as they wind their way through busy streets to various field-trip-type
excursions.
MoreEARLY: Majoring in the minors can be rewarding
January 5, 2013
Rex Early / Special to IBJFifty years ago, the Marion County delegation to the Indiana House consisted of 12 men. Among them were Charles Bosma, Brian
Bosma’s father; Jim Clark, Murray Clark’s father; and me.
MoreGEIB: Daniels led powerfully from weak office
December 15, 2012
George Geib / Special to IBJMitch Daniels had 48 former governors as role models when he took his oath of office. Now we can decide how he stands among
them.
MoreLONGWORTH: To a fault, Daniels focused on costs
December 15, 2012
Mitch Daniels will leave the governor’s mansion to a chorus of hurrahs from budget-balancers, conservative pundits and
the Republican Party, which wishes—now even more than before—that he had run for president. But what can other
Midwestern states learn from the Daniels era?
MoreWAGNER: Pence could learn from Daniels' style
December 15, 2012
Jennifer Wagner / Special to IBJHere are six words I never imagined stringing together: I’m going to miss Mitch Daniels.
MoreTORR: Existing laws are sufficient to weed out fraudulent claims
December 15, 2012
Jerry Torr / Special to IBJAnytime a government program makes tax dollars available to certain individuals, unfortunately, a few will look to game the
system.
MoreNIEZGODSKI: Hoosiers would be nuts to game this paltry system
December 15, 2012
David Niezgodski / Special to IBJConsider for a moment what it’s like to be on unemployment in Indiana.
MoreSTYRING: Forecasting the next General Assembly
December 15, 2012
Bill Styring / Special to IBJBattle lines for the next General Assembly are evident already.
MoreMAHERN: Ballard turning competition on its head
December 15, 2012
Louis Mahern / Special to IBJWhile the Republican brand in some quarters may be a bit tarnished these days, there is no doubting what it represents—the
idea that we should have smaller government at all levels, and that government should stay out of our personal lives at least
so far as taxation and guns are concerned.
MoreVANE: Ballard quietly restored City Market
December 15, 2012
Robert Vane / Special to IBJLegacy can be a tricky word. Most leaders are interested in the legacy they will leave when their term ends or they step down
from running an organization or entity; others, you could say, probably border on obsessed. Politicians, my reading of history
has educated me, fall mostly into the obsessed category.
MoreTAFT: Restore City Hall to its rightful place
December 15, 2012
Bill Taft / Special to IBJJust 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.
MoreKRULL: The war against marijuana isn't working
December 15, 2012
John Krull / Special to IBJIndiana seems to be experiencing a fresh outbreak of reefer madness.
MoreFARGO: Mildly agnostic about finishing I-69
December 15, 2012
Anthony L. Fargo / Special to IBJWhen Interstate 64 came to my hometown, I was too young to appreciate what an amazing engineering feat it was. To me, the
construction zone was a wonderland of big trucks and other exotic-looking equipment.
MoreMYERS: Children need moms and dads at home
December 15, 2012
Woodrow Myers / Special to IBJSingle-parent families are at a significant economic disadvantage, and more black children in Indiana (42 percent) are living
in poverty than are nationally (36 percent).
MoreBECK: The biggest and worst of the elections
December 15, 2012
Lara Beck / Special to IBJFor the political among us, 2012 was solely focused on the election. From the early days in January with the Iowa caucuses
to the ongoing transitions at the state and federal levels, the year was packed with action.
MoreBONIFIELD: Protect Ritz's heartening voter mandate
December 15, 2012
Jake Bonifield / Special to IBJBy all accounts, Glenda Ritz has a daunting challenge as the next superintendent of public instruction. Across a state that
has been at the forefront of the so-called education reform movement, recent legislation has incensed and motivated teachers
in profound ways.
MoreHOWEY: Unchastened Chocola soldiers on
December 15, 2012
Brian A. Howey / Special to IBJOne thing is clear in the troubling weeks following the loss of a Republican U.S. Senate seat in Indiana: Chris Chocola will
not give up easily in his quest for ideological purity.
MoreMUTZ: Arcane rules will haunt the new Congress
December 15, 2012
John Mutz / Special to IBJThe priority for Congress as it convenes in a lame-duck session is to reach an agreement that averts a fiscal crisis. To accomplish
that goal, it may also be necessary to agree on major changes to three arcane procedures that govern the House and Senate.
MoreSHELLA: Political lessons learned, and relearned
December 1, 2012
Jim Shella / Special to IBJTen takeaways from a memorable November election in Indiana:
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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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