May 25, 2009
Morton MarcusPut some progressivity into Indiana tax rates when passing the Indiana state budget.
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May 25, 2009
On May 15, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Gov. Mitch Daniels laying out his sharp opposition
to the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act, which would set limits on carbon emissions to combat global warming.
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May 25, 2009
I am truly disgusted after reading the latest in the perennial saga of the CIB.
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May 18, 2009
If a city really wants to attract people to its city (to live and visit), it has to become a better city, but to become a
better city it has to know what it is and what it wants to be and what it can be.
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May 18, 2009
The Indiana Recycling Coalition scored big in the just-concluded session of the Indiana General Assembly with the passage
of House Bill 1589, which requires that electronics manufacturers help pay for recycling of their old televisions and computer
monitors.
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May 18, 2009
Morton MarcusWhich group should make the spending decisions? Consumers or elected officials?
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May 18, 2009
Cory SchoutenBarney Levengood, executive director of the financially-struggling Capital Improvement Board, is one of the state's highest-paid
public employees, and some wonder if his pay should be cut.
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May 18, 2009
Mike HicksIf Indiana is to be marketed as a region, government will be the one to do it.
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May 18, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe Hoosier Lottery has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eight black former employees who claim racial
discrimination motivated their firing four years ago.
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May 18, 2009
Mickey MaurerInd. Gov. Mitch Daniels will call the Legislature into special session to pass an acceptable budget, but some legislators
think a budget that would satisfy the governor cannot be crafted by the contentious partisans in this developing fiasco.
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May 18, 2009
Jesse KharbandaNo doubt the transition to a low-carbon economy will bring great challenges for Hoosier businesses, given how carbon-intensive
our society is. However, if we take proactive steps, Indiana can emerge as a standout success story.
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May 18, 2009
While the Marian College cycling team has been off this month hunting national championships in Colorado, a plan by school
officials to manage the Major Taylor Velodrome has not yet won support from Indy Parks.
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May 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Central Indiana Land Trust anticipates bringing nearly 800 acres valuable to conservation under its protection this year,
thanks to a generous tax incentive for property owners.
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May 18, 2009
Indianapolis still looks like a city with momentum, despite the dismal economy. But appearances can be deceiving.
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May 18, 2009
Well-intentioned or not, competent or not, the so-called "leaders" [sports columnist Bill Benner] referenced in your [May
4] column failed miserably in representing the best interests of taxpayers and instead presided over an unconscionable transfer
of wealth from "We the people" to a small number of professional sports owners and players.
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May 11, 2009
An AmeriCorps leadership program influenced by Michelle Obama's work in Chicago is headed for Indianapolis. The program, called
Public Allies, would allow not-for-profit organizations to hire local young people, ages 18 to 30, for
full-time apprenticeships.
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May 11, 2009
Ed FeigenbaumAssigning responsibility for what stuck us with a special session is a political post-session must, but playing the blame
game usually isn't a productive exercise.
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May 11, 2009
Tavern owners in Franklin will mothball their ashtrays next month following the passage of a smoking ban May 4. City councilors
voted 6-1 to make the ban one of the most restrictive in the state.
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May 11, 2009
J.K. WallSpecialist physicians, who have traditionally been fiercely independent, are more and more coming on as employees of hospitals.
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May 11, 2009
Chris O'MalleyCustomer groups say an 18-percent rate hike sought by the Indianapolis Department of Waterworks is excessive even for a utility
drowning in variable-rate bond debt that's swelled since financial markets collapsed.
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May 11, 2009
Brian WilliamsA vibrant Indianapolis powers a dynamic Indiana and the governor, the mayor and the members of the General Assembly should
all recognize that.
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May 4, 2009
Ed FeigenbaumYou wouldn't have expected it going into the final week of the Indiana General Assembly, but we're headed for a special legislative
session.
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May 4, 2009
Lawmakers sometimes do their best work right after an election, when they have a fresh victory in hand and can think beyond
their political self-interest. Not this time.
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May 4, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerCritics say the Legislature's plan to shore up the insolvent Indiana Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund places the bulk of
the financial
burden on already ailing businesses with the least ability to pay.
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April 27, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThere's a smorgasbord available for small businesses in the federal stimulus package. The trick is figuring out how to get
a plate. Plenty of local experts are serving up access to the buffet. And some entrepreneurs are digging in. But others consider
the
stimulus warmed-over leftovers.
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On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.
Greenwood was scammed. Somebody didn't do due diligence in checking out the claims of this company. The manufacturing of insulin can't be done on the cheap. If it could be done, some big generic company would already have it on the market. The founder was either a scammer or a wild-eyed dreamer who made people believe that his Lilly experience was what they needed to make millions of dollars. Greenwood fell for a get-rich-quick scheme but smarter investors didn't make the same mistake.
DV, your list is not reasonable. For example, mass transit in Chicago does not benefit the poor Illinois farmer living on the Iowa border. So, there is no need for mass transit in Indy to benefit the retired widow living in Jasper, Indiana. Your comments, therefore, cannot be taken seriously yet it does reveal the narrow viewpoints that are robust here in Indiana. Mass transit works, even if not everyone in the city or state uses it.
To Me Tim McGraw's Tight Muscles are Truly Magical