February 9, 2013
Chris O'MalleyAs legislators brace for a $250 million annual transportation spending gap down the road, the Indiana Department of Transportation
has designated more than one-third of its entire federal highway aid this year toward building 27 miles of Interstate 69 between
Crane and Bloomington.
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December 10, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Toll Road lease may have paid off in the short term, but a new study concludes it'll be a bad deal for taxpayers
in the long run. Indiana officials say the report is flawed.
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June 2, 2012
Chris O'MalleyNearly all of the $3.8 billion the state received from leasing its toll road is spent or committed, and Conexus Indiana says
roads and bridges are crumbling again. How does the group, which focuses on manufacturing and logistics, recommend paying
for infrastructure improvements? In effect, by raising taxes.
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December 19, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana lawmakers are preparing to punt on 2009's must-solve business issue in the hope of a federal bailout. However, it's
anybody's
guess how Washington will respond.
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August 17, 2009
I cannot help but agree with the author’s assessment:
the state of Indiana got a pretty good deal on the lease-sales agreement.
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August 3, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerGov. Mitch Daniels expected his unprecedented $3.8 billion Indiana Toll Road lease to last 75 years. It may be tested after
just three.
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
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.