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Woman sets sights on freedom: Disability isn't keeping shop owner from goal
August 28, 2006
Candace BeatyTwo doors opened for Pam Evans on Aug. 5-one to her own clothing store and the other to her independence. The Cherry Shop
represents both to Evans, who lost most of her sight over the course of a weekend in 1998 to a genetic eye disease called
angioid streaks. Left with only her peripheral vision, she also lost her career in real estate and corporate sales. After
a period of depression, Evans decided she wouldn't lose it all. "I felt...
MoreCharter schools leader tackles new role: Mayor chooses Harris to launch broader public education program
August 28, 2006
Scott OlsonThe Indiana General Assembly's decision in 2001 to hand Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson the keys to the city's new charter
schools initiative marked the first time in the nation that a municipal leader had been given the authority to grant charters.
The unusual approach to improve educational opportunities here has earned the city several accolades, including last month's
prestigious Harvard University Innovations in American Government Award. Now the mayor wants to expand upon the program's
success and launch a not-for-profit...
MoreEYE ON THE PIE: If you make a mistake, then 'fess up to it
August 28, 2006
Morton MarcusI spoke at a meeting last week on the prospective impact of Honda in Greensburg on the Columbus economy. Several speakers
had preceded me and I did not know what they had said, since I arrived an hour late. Naturally, I apologized for my tardiness.
Punctuality is a virtue in societies, like ours, that value efficiency above comfort. Then I proceeded, unwittingly, to make
a fool of myself. I proclaimed, in my best stentorian manner, that the key factor for...
MoreECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Simplistic ideas get in way of efforts to increase wages
August 21, 2006
Patrick BarkeyTo the small cadre of economists who have worked their entire professional lives trying to understand the complexities of
how and why the labor market rewards some skills, occupations and people more than others, the popularity of the idea of a
government-mandated minimum wage must be depressing. But it shouldn't be surprising. The notion that complex market outcomes
can be explained by simplistic notions like greed or discrimination-solvable by the stroke of a lawmaker's pen-will probably
always have a superficial...
MoreEYE ON THE PIE: Yes, Virginia, there is an 'Indiana economy'
August 21, 2006
Morton Marcus"Is there really such a thing as the 'Indiana economy'?" The question came from Ed Doric, a pillar of our community. We were
at one of the many fests that provide camaraderie and calories during our humid Hoosier summers. The crowd moved us apart
so I could not answer his inquiry. Let the following be accepted as my response. Yes, Ed, there is an Indiana economy. As
certainly as there is a U.S. economy, as surely as you or I...
MoreTOM HARTON Commentary: Still trying to get it right
August 14, 2006
We're about to pave a small neighborhood park so that patrons of a bar in a government building will have a place to stash
their cars while they drink. What better time than now to revisit a couple of previous columns about urban design? (More on
the playground later.) Back in May, I wrote about local entrepreneur Tom Battista's work to restore commercial life to the
800 block of Massachusetts Avenue and what's left of the 900 block. The 900...
MoreECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Politics sometimes fuels destructive public policy
August 14, 2006
Patrick BarkeyIf you called someone a royalist these days, you'd probably just get a blank stare. But 200 years ago, you would have started
a heated discussion and perhaps even a deadly duel. The accusation was often leveled toward those who managed the economy
in those days, perhaps for good reason. Then, as now, bankers, financiers and the other moguls trusted with responsibility
for national money matters were not always a democratic lot. While politically incorrect then as well as now,...
MoreVOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Low-impact development likely to make a big impact
August 14, 2006
Brian MannEvery time Indiana experiences one of its summer cloudbursts, the rainfall sets into motion one of a real estate development's
most expensive and least appreciated systems. As rain hits the ground, it quickly collects into wellengineered courses to
swales and gutters, through pipes and culverts and into detention ponds. Flowing around, over and through the land that once
absorbed it, the water is efficiently collected and conveyed off the site. In other words, gather it up and drain it off....
MoreNOTIONS: A taste of political cynicism served at minimum wage
August 7, 2006
Bruce HetrickI eat out a lot. Heck, I eat out more than I eat in. So I'm something of a restaurant whiz. From locals to chains, fast food
to fancy fare, I can tell you who serves what, how well and for how much. But until my friend Cheri read a book called "Nickel
and Dimed," in which author Barbara Ehrenreich recounts a first-person social experiment working low-wage jobs, I never asked
a waiter or waitress about the going rate for...
MoreCreate-a-job program serving disabled threatened: Federal funding cuts could mean early end for options available through
customized employment initiative
August 7, 2006
Andrea MuirraguiBryan Ballard and Cody Feldman never dreamed they'd end up here, soaking up the sun along Indianapolis' downtown canal, peddling
frozen treats from their very own ice cream cart. They certainly never planned to become business partners when they met as
adolescents playing Special Olympics basketball. But it happened anyway, thanks to a federally funded program intended to
help significantly disabled individuals find work that fits their interests and skills. What makes the so-called customizedemployment
effort unusual is its emphasis...
MoreEYE ON THE PIE: Your eye-dentity is the key to our future
August 7, 2006
Morton MarcusBy my calculations, the U.S. population will reach 300 million on or about Oct. 15. There is no need to specify the hour and
minute. The population clock at the U.S. Bureau of the Census indicates that we are adding to our numbers at a rate of nearly
one person each 10 seconds. Even though our population growth rate has been declining, the absolute growth numbers, and their
implications, remain staggering. For example, if we average two persons per housing...
MoreECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Impact from small biz smaller than we think?
July 31, 2006
Patrick BarkeyThe images are out there, reinforced almost every day. Big business is bad, led by overpaid executives who are out of touch
and hire lobbyists to get laws changed in their favor. Or, worse yet, they drive smaller companies out of business. Small
business, in contrast, is noble, led by energetic people following their dream, facing special challenges and deserving of
our support. Nobody, it seems, is rooting for Wal-Mart to get bigger, and no one ever made a movie...
MoreSMALL BUSINESS PROFILE: JP PARKER CO.: Business blooming for specialty florist Flower farm, retail shop feed green thumb's
growth
July 31, 2006
Jo EllenSMALL BUSINESS PROFILE JP PARKER CO. Business blooming for specialty florist Flower farm, retail shop feed green thumb's growth
More than 300,000 sunflowers are in various stages of growth on Needham, Ind., farmland, where a third generation carries
on the family tradition with a modern twist. These tall summer annuals follow a spring where 1,000 blooming peony plants yielded
at least 11,000 stems for a Chicago broker. Smaller plots of delphiniums, larkspur, zinnias, coneflowers, mints, herbs and
other greenery also...
MoreEYE ON THE PIE: Too much manufacturing is not Indiana's problem
July 24, 2006
Morton MarcusWe know that, relative to the United States, Indiana is neither a rich state nor one growing with vigor. Two weeks ago in
this space, I discussed our more recent employment experiences. A friend read the column and asked, "How much of our lack
of job growth is due to the slump or collapse in manufacturing jobs?" Nationally, only three states (Nevada, and the Dakotas)
had any gain in manufacturing jobs between May 2001 and May 2006. Alaska and Wyoming...
MoreNew fiscal year, no cuts for IU School of Medicine: But concern remains about funds for future growth
July 24, 2006
Tom MurphyNo layoffs. No seven-figure budget cut to sweat through. IU School of Medicine Dean Dr. Craig Brater had many reasons to raise
a toast this month, when a new fiscal year began and the school left behind an old one marked by the worst budget cuts in
decades. Indeed, Brater said he is breathing a little easier as the school starts fiscal 2006-2007 with a budget of more than
$815 million. An increase in clinical revenue and grant money helped...
MoreECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Will telecom reform bring cell service to remote areas?
July 17, 2006
Patrick BarkeyThose of us who spend a lot of time in airports get an effective education in the economics of competition by observing-and
paying-the fares charged by airlines. It's really quite simple. Fly a route served by several airlines, especially if one
of them is a low-cost, no-frills carrier such as Southwest, and fares will be reasonably low. But if you are unlucky enough
to fly to or from a smaller city, or even a large one where a single carrier...
MoreNOTIONS: How fear and loathing make the world go 'round
July 17, 2006
Bruce HetrickIn her social work class, my friend Cheri was assigned a paper on hate groups. The professor sent her master's degree students
to the Southern Poverty Law Center's Web site. There, they were to find the map of active hate groups in America, read about
those operating in Indiana and discuss their reactions to what they learned. Cheri was left wondering why so many people are
so afraid of those they perceive as "different," and why "different" so often equates...
MoreEYE ON THE PIE: Who needs economists, anyway?
July 17, 2006
Morton MarcusEconomists are not stupid people. They are timid and tend to hide their timidity behind a wall of overbearing self-confidence.
But they are not stupid. In fact, often they are too smart to talk about what they do and do not know. As they wiggle over
the rocks of uncertainty, they appear to others as either sneaky or formless. Let's take interest rates as an example. Economists
like to talk about how, if the Fed raises interest rates, home mortgage...
MoreVIEWPOINT: Consumers should take charge of health
July 17, 2006
David LeeIn an environment where we're all being asked to pay a larger share of our own health care costs, it's interesting to see
how little time we spend thinking about major decisions that have an impact on our health. Like selecting a primary care physician
or any medical specialist, for example. According to a recent Managed Care Weekly Digest survey, 67 percent of U.S. adults
ages 18-64 said they spent eight hours or more researching an automobile purchase, yet only...
MoreTHERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW: I'm just lounging by the side of the jury pool
July 10, 2006
Ron GiffordI got something in the mail recently. Now, from my friends' overwrought reactions, you'd have thought it was an invitation
to go hunting with Dick Cheney. But no, to my colleagues, this was even more frightening. "This" was my summons for jury duty.
As for me, I thought it was kind of cool. OK, so it's not the prize patrol delivering my earlyretirement check. But the constitutional
romantic in me was moved by the fact that I'd been summoned to...
MoreVOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: New law requires disclosure of business security breaches
July 10, 2006
Amie PeeleA new law that's designed to protect Indiana consumers changes the way businesses interact with their customers living in
Indiana. Public Law 125, passed in the last session of the Indiana General Assembly and effective as of July 1, requires businesses
to notify customers that reside in Indiana if there's been a security breach in which personal data has been stolen. The law
defines "personal information" as a Social Security number that is not encrypted or redacted, or a person's...
MoreRETURN ON TECHNOLOGY: We need more Googles to take on government
July 10, 2006
Tim AltomAs I write this, two of the biggest titans on the planet have just fought each other to a standstill. In one corner is the
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In the other corner, the search engine company Google. In 2005, the DOJ wanted to revive
the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which had already been swatted down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. The
law didn't address child pornography, as has often been assumed in the case, but only...
MoreNOTIONS: Hailing the hare in the land of the tepid tortoise
July 10, 2006
Bruce HetrickI was going to play smart aleck this week. I was going to write in hick dialect. I was going to lambaste us Hoosiers over
our stubborn adherence to the status quo, our penchant to take things slow, our preference for partisanship, our pooh-poohing
of progress and our bull-headed gumption to go it alone in a global economy. Then news broke that Indiana has the highest
high school dropout rate in America. So I figured that for two reasons, I'd...
MoreWestview soldiers on amid health care explosion: Hospital fares well against larger, newer competition
July 10, 2006
Tom MurphyA touch-screen directory, a grove of potted trees and a muffin-bearing kiosk greet visitors entering the six-story atrium
at the new Clarian North Medical Center in Carmel. A much milder scene awaits people walking into Westview Hospital a few
miles away, on the west side of Indianapolis. There, a lonely player piano spills soft tunes into a one-story lobby filled
with clusters of chairs and pamphlets on volunteering. "Quiet! Healing in Progress" reads a nearby sign. Indiana's lone osteopathic
hospital...
MoreECONOMIC ANALYSIS: State's 'circuit breaker' law worsens flawed tax system
July 10, 2006
Patrick BarkeyFifty years ago, economist Charles Tiebout expressed a vision of how freeing local governments to pursue their own unique
strategies for setting taxes and providing services could produce an efficient outcome much like the private marketplace.
He called it "voting with your feet." The idea was simple-by moving, people could sort themselves out and live in communities
that came closest to providing the tax and expenditure combinations they valued most. Reality is quite a bit more complicated.
When people move...
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I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.
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While I understand the severity of their actions as well as everyones eagerness to hold them responsible for thier lost funds, these gentlemen did know how to make money. Dispite thier poor decisions over the ownership of Fair they had made several wise investments which paid them greatly. This proves they do have the potential to rebuild so they can repay. I do not feel they should live the life of luxuary but given an opportunity could they find ways of repaying the debts? They are doing nothing now but being a burden on tax payers. Just a thought!!!!!
You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.