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Pike Township audit focuses on misused gas card
May 25, 2013
IBJ StaffA former secretary in the Pike Township trustee’s office could face criminal charges after an internal investigation
and state audit found that she used a township credit card to fill up her own gas tank.
MoreCity fires indicted DMD employees, hires special attorney
May 24, 2013
IBJ StaffThe city terminated two employees indicted this week on fraud charges stemming from a bribery scheme involving the Indianapolis
Land Bank. It also hired a veteran attorney to review city policies and handle communications about the scheme.
MoreCity panel tables approval of new towing contract
May 24, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Board of Code Enforcement put off voting on a new citywide towing-management contract Thursday after members
said they wanted more information about the bids from San Francisco-based AutoReturn and its local competitors.
MoreCity expected to award towing contract to California firm
May 23, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis will choose a San Francisco-based company to oversee city-ordered towing under a contract expected to be authorized
Thursday afternoon.
MoreMayor suspends land bank after indictments
May 22, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard on Wednesday sidelined a city program that sells vacant and tax-delinquent properties, one
day after federal prosecutors indicted two of its top officials for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks.
MoreFeds used wire tap, undercover agent in Land Bank probe
May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenA federal public-corruption task force used a wire tap and an undercover FBI agent to unravel a fraud scheme authorities say
was orchestrated by two city employees and three co-conspirators.
MoreFeds charge 5 in Indy Land Bank kickback scheme
May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenFederal prosecutors have charged two city employees in the Department of Metropolitan Development and three others in a scheme
involving cash kickbacks on the sale of properties in the Indy Land Bank.
MoreFBI searches City-County Building, makes multiple arrests in Land Bank probe
May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenFBI agents on Tuesday morning conducted a warrant search at the Department of Metropolitan Development in the City-County
Building, shortly after agents arrested multiple people, including city employees.
MoreEx-councilor Bateman sentenced to 27 months in prison
May 20, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressPaul C. Bateman Jr. had pleaded guilty in January to his part in defrauding an Indianapolis physician of $1.7 million.
MoreCounties worry about cost of sentencing overhaul
May 18, 2013
Associated PressIndiana counties could be forced to pay some of the costs of a change in the state's criminal code that is designed to keep
low-level offenders out of prison while ensuring the worst serve more of their sentences.
MoreGreenwood, Whiteland try to spur, shape growth
May 18, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinTwo Johnson County communities are determined to capture—and control—the next wave of suburban growth.
MoreKessler Mansion neighbors balk at business uses
May 15, 2013
Dan HumanAn Indianapolis City-County Councilor is looking into the possibility of zoning violations at the massive north-side property.
The mansion will host a camp for entrepreneurs in June.
MoreBroad Ripple flooding in 2012 becoming costly for city
May 13, 2013
Associated PressThe city of Indianapolis faces possibly paying several hundred thousand dollars for a restaurant badly damaged by flooding
that swamped a neighborhood during a downpour a year ago.
MoreUPDATE: Brizzi lieutenant agrees to guilty plea in bribery case
May 13, 2013
Cory SchoutenDavid Wyser, the top deputy under former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, was charged with bribery for his role in the
early release of a woman convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme.
MorePence signs measure overhauling Marion County government
May 11, 2013
IBJ StaffIndiana Gov. Mike Pence on Saturday signed a bill into law that reshapes Marion County government through the elimination
of four at-large City-County Council seats and other changes.
MoreDevelopment may spawn TIF tug of war
May 11, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe developer of a $17 million mixed-use project proposed for Broad Ripple is expected to seek a city subsidy—support
that at least one City-County councilor believes should be reserved for neighborhoods starved for investment farther south.
MoreAirport drops case to fend off private parking operator
May 10, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe airport's decision comes as a bipartisan group of City-County Councilors backed a resolution asking airport authority
to drop its case against Midwest Logistics Partners, owner of the Ameriplex business park south of the airport.
MoreIndy Parks, county assessor poised for budget cuts
May 10, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinTwo ordinances that would reduce the Indianapolis budget by $1.6 million will be introduced to the City-County Council on
Monday. The largest cuts will come from the Marion County Assessor's office, the parks department and mayor's office.
MoreCity code enforcement rethinks rental housing strategy
May 9, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis is reconsidering plans for cracking down on negligent landlords through a rental-housing registry after the Legislature
enacted a one-year moratorium on new fees.
MorePence readies 1st vetoes as Indiana governor
May 8, 2013
Associated PressPence has expressed concern with a measure shifting power from the Indianapolis City-County Council to Mayor Greg Ballard
and with a plan for a $100 million loan to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
MoreDeveloper shelves plan to buy city land, build Meijer
May 6, 2013
Scott OlsonOpus Development Corp.'s proposal for the project north of downtown included buying and bulldozing dozens of historic homes
in the Flanner House neighborhood.
MoreYoung aggravates colleagues, puts stamp on Marion County
May 4, 2013
State Senator from Speedway plays outsized role in shaping policy for Indianapolis.
MoreBallard taps government veteran as controller
May 2, 2013
IBJ StaffJason Dudich is already familiar with the financial workings of the city. He was Ballard's budget director and deputy
controller from February 2008 to August 2010.
MoreIndianapolis to boost businesses owned by disabled
May 2, 2013
IBJ StaffThe companies could get a greater share of business from city and county contracts under a proposal signed into law Thursday
by Mayor Greg Ballard.
MoreResidents decry Fortville's big annexation plans as land grab
April 29, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisProperty owners southeast of Geist Reservoir are vowing to fight involuntary annexation of a 9-square-mile area by the town
of Fortville, which would add $53.5 million to its property tax base.
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these guys only skill was to steal from other's hard earned savings.
I voted for him last time and it WAS the LAST time. He needed to to quit running around the world on useless trips, and giving our $$ away to sports teams. I'll vote for anyone but Ballard next time. BTW...we gave $40M to the Pacers and cannot even watch the games on TV.
For the people concerned about traffic, you should know that mixed-use projects (like the one being proposed), actually allows for and encourages more people to walk and bike, thereby mitigating additional automobile traffic. If we continue to design and build suburban-type projects in the City (i.e. automobile-oriented projects), we are not offering anything different from what the suburbs offer, which means we will continue to lose jobs/people to the suburbs. The reason Broad Ripple is somewhat successful today is that people want to live in a place that offers the convenience of being able to walk/bike to restaurants, retail, nightlife, the Monon, etc. Why would you not want to support a project that is complimentary to what already makes the area desirable? The real argument with this project should be its lack-luster design and layout, not the density.
It is unfortunate that there is a perception that celebrities validate an event. The Indy 500 stands on its own, especially for those coming in from out of town. It was always so disturbing to read the gushing descriptions of Ashley Judd threaded throughout the local coverage. Very happy that era is at an end.
Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.