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Danica Patrick is third-highest-paid female athlete
August 6, 2011
IBJ StaffThe IndyCar driver's income is estimated at $12 million, according to Forbes.com.
MoreUtility locator U.S. Infrastructure Corp. buys Nebraska company
August 6, 2011
IBJ StaffCompany that recently moved from Carmel to Indianapolis extends its market to 29 states.
MoreTimmy Foundation changes name to reflect global reach
July 30, 2011
IBJ StaffThe organization that organizes medical teams to serve overseas is now called Timmy Global Health.
MoreStudy says Butler scored valuable media exposure in tourneys
July 30, 2011
IBJ StaffA study says the school earned $512 million worth of media exposure thanks to the back-to-back runs to the men’s basketball
NCAA Championship game.
MoreTech startup Tinderbox picks up more funding, industry veteran
July 30, 2011
IBJ StaffA former executive vice president at Indianapolis-based e-mail marketing firm Exact Target will lead the firm’s effort
to sell to bigger companies.
MoreState pays attorneys' fees in federal lawsuit
July 23, 2011
IBJ StaffMidwest Title Loans prevailed in its lawsuit against the state, will collect $440,000.
MoreIndianapolis printer receives national honor for arts support
July 23, 2011
IBJ StaffPrinting Partners is one of the top 10 corporate arts supporters in the nation, according to Americans for the Arts in Washington,
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MoreA few restaurants close as other eateries, retailers plan growth
July 23, 2011
IBJ StaffAmong the casualties is the downtown restaurant Hue and Carmel's The Glass Chimney. El Rodeo, Eggshell Bistro and Hotcakes
Emporium are among those opening locations in the area.
MoreWord getting out nationally about city's measured-marketing technology niche
July 23, 2011
IBJ StaffThe publication Online Media Marketing & Advertising noted that Indianapolis is home to about 70 companies in the sector.
MoreJohn P. Craine House for women offenders moving to larger digs
July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffThe not-for-profit that offers alternative sentencing to women with young children will quadruple its capacity with move to
former assisted-living facility on Michigan Road.
MoreStarfish Initiative names founder president
July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffMichael J. Feeney, former owner of Feeney Hornak Mortuaries, will lead group that mentors high-achieving, low-income high
school students.
MoreKilroy's blazes trail into the heart of Broad Ripple
July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffPlan to take over former Cardinal Fitness facility is likely to be opposed by Broad Ripple Village Association.
MoreSmall Business Administration announces top state lender
July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corp. has been recognized as the most robust lender through the SBA's 504 loan
program.
MoreHorizon League scores five-year deal with IMG
July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffIMG College, a division of New York-based IMG Worldwide, will be the locally based college sports league's exclusive multimedia
partner.
MoreBaggage wrapping service lands contract at Indianapolis airport
July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffFor as little as $9, a traveler can wrap a bag in blue-colored, tamper-proof recyclable plastic film.
More2012 Super Bowl merchandise unveiled
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffItems ranging from T-shirts and sweat shirts to mugs and pennants are available exclusively through ColtsProShop.com, at the
Colts ProShop in Lucas Oil Stadium and at Circle Centre mall.
MoreBasiles back IndyFringe's building acquisition
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffGift kicks of $600,000 campaign to renovate, expand theater building.
MoreBanker appointed chairman of Indiana higher education commission
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffThe commission has drawn national attention for its performance-based funding plans.
MoreCity taps downtown TIF funds for bridge repairs
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffThe city is bidding work to repair concrete and add a green roof to the Meridian Street Bridge adjacent to downtown Union
Station.
MoreMiles & Brinson nabs Crossroads Industrial account
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffThe agency will handle marketing, public communications and media relations for the division of Easter Seals Crossroads.
MoreJapanese industrialists tapped for Energy Systems Network board
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffThe president and CEO of Toshiba Corp. is among those joining the board of the Indianapolis-based clean tech/energy initiative.
MorePurdue Research Park nears capacity
July 9, 2011
IBJ StaffPurdue just added a large tenant to the Indianapolis research park, bringing the total to 14.
MoreChatham Arch neighborhood builds community park
July 2, 2011
IBJ StaffChatham Commons, at the northeast corner of East and St. Clair streets, includes walking paths, a pergola, brick benches,
plantings and a Tom Otterness sculpture that was part of a public art exhibit here in 2005.
MoreIRS purges more than 6,000 Indiana charities from database
July 2, 2011
IBJ StaffThe list includes 1,272 organizations in Indianapolis, everything from sports boosters to fraternities to little-known causes.
MoreM&I Plaza revamping entry, lands King David and Main Street Deli as tenants
July 2, 2011
IBJ StaffThe main entrance is getting a $1 million makeover as the 28-story building prepares to welcome two new restaurant tenants.
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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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