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Customer-service jobs likely casualty in utility merger
October 4, 2010
Chris O'MalleyConsultant finds 23 or so customer-service jobs may be unneeded after Citizens Energy acquires city water and sewer utilities.
Administrative jobs may also be on bubble, though most savings are from capital-related expenses.
MoreHealth reform forces providers, insurers to lay aside rivalries
October 2, 2010
Scott OlsonIn this new age of health care, ushered in by President Obama’s signing in March of a sweeping health care reform law,
health care players are encouraged to remove the gloves if they want to reap the benefits of reform.
MoreFirms with jobs ask for the moon; governments here show restraint
October 2, 2010
Norm HeikensBusinesses have always held the upper hand in negotiating for incentives with local government, but the past couple of years
have given rise to the most intensely competitive economic development environment since the early 1980s.
MoreHeightened competition puts mayors on hot seat
October 2, 2010
Norm HeikensElected officials are struggling to know how to respond to the weak economy and constituent demands for jobs.
MoreCity halts apartment developer
October 2, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe Near North Development Corp. asked the city in a Sept. 2 e-mail to compare the renderings for the Di Rimini apartment
project at 733 N. Capital Ave. with what was actually taking shape. A week later, the Department of Code Enforcement issued
a stop-work order for the project.
MoreFishers forming sister-city relationship with suburb of Chinese city
October 2, 2010
IBJ StaffThe area southwest of Shanghai is known as a tourist destination, as well as for its high-tech industrial development zones.
MoreFurniture distributor plans Gas City operations
October 1, 2010
New Jersey-based Munire Furniture says it will locate its U.S. manufacturing headquarters in Gas City, with plans to create
as many as 100 jobs by the end of the year and as many as 350 by 2013.
MoreHudnut joins D.C. office of local lobbying firm
October 1, 2010
Hudnut will represent clients in federal government matters for Bose Public Affairs Group LLC, an Indianapolis-based lobbying
firm. The former four-term Indianapolis mayor served the city from 1976 to 1992.
MoreDrugmakers’ ‘doughnut hole’ deal to shave sales
October 1, 2010
Bloomberg NewsDrugmakers including Pfizer Inc., AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Eli Lilly and Co. may provide more than $2 billion
in drug discounts to senior citizens next year under a deal pharmaceutical companies made with the White House.
MoreDowntown tax district reaps unexpected windfall
September 29, 2010
Francesca JaroszThe city has accumulated a $12 million surplus of funds from the downtown TIF district, raising questions from critics who
wonder how the windfall came about.
MoreCritics of parking proposal question $500,000 penalty
September 28, 2010
Scott OlsonCity leaders argue the termination fee would be paid only if the city breaks the 50-year agreement after the City-County Council
signs off on the deal, not if the contract doesn't win approval.
MoreDolce hotel, YMCA part of city-funded 'North of South' development
September 27, 2010
Scott OlsonThe city plans to issue bonds and use tax-increment financing to fund the $150M project, which also will include 320 high-end
apartments and 40,000 square feet of retail space. Construction should begin this year.
MoreRaytheon's local plant lands $42M Navy order
September 27, 2010
IBJ StaffRaytheon Technical Services Co. in Indianapolis has scored a $42 million contract to make forward-looking infrared sensors
for the U.S. Air Force’s HH-60G helicopter, the Department of Defense said late last week.
MoreINDOT lays off 30 employees in budget move
September 26, 2010
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels said the layoffs were "one of the very, very few involuntary reductions" that Indiana government has had
to make to cut spending.
MoreIndiana Convention Center might need yet another expansion
September 25, 2010
Katie MaurerThe current expansion has absorbed the last of the adjoining space, leaving the convention center landlocked.
MoreIndiana slow to accept federal stimulus help
September 25, 2010
Mary DieterUnder political pressure, Gov. Mitch Daniels' administration has come late to the federal stimulus funds game. At best, the
state will recover $24 million in reimbursements for money spent by not-for-profit agencies on services to the poor.
MoreTax caps spread relief around
September 25, 2010
Francesca JaroszProperty tax caps—promoted as a way to relieve homeowners from skyrocketing property tax bills—have provided much
more relief to a different group of taxpayers. Owners of rental properties and second homes got the lion’s share of
assistance from the caps.
MoreCity meets deadline to get federal money for housing projects
September 25, 2010
IBJ StaffThe $29 million will be used to acquire and demolish or rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned homes.
MoreIndiana child care agencies protest cost of new rules
September 24, 2010
Associated PressAn effort to shift some foster care costs to the federal government would throw up more red tape and make it harder for caretakers
and providers to get services for troubled children, a coalition of child care agencies said Friday.
MoreIndiana lawmakers push for Internet taxes
September 23, 2010
Mary DieterA bipartisan duo of state lawmakers wants Congress to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, a move they
say could bring hundreds of millions of dollars to cash-strapped Indiana.
MoreDemocrats charge conflict in parking meter deal
September 22, 2010
Scott OlsonA city lobbyist who also is registered to lobby for Affiliated Computer Services Inc., which was chosen to receive a 50-year
lease deal to manage meter operations, says he was not involved in the deal.
MoreProposed city parking deal would bring 200 jobs
September 21, 2010
Francesca JaroszA proposal to lease the city’s parking meters for 50 years would require the vendor to bring 200 jobs to Indianapolis
for at least seven years. The salaries and benefits would range from $16,000 to $95,000 a year.
MoreTechPoint unveiling ‘measured marketing’ campaign
September 21, 2010
Scott OlsonThe initiative will promote the advantages of doing business in Indiana to attract more "measured marketers." They are companies
such as ExactTarget and Aprimo Inc. that provide a platform for marketing via e-mail, social media and other technologies.
MoreIndiana’s unemployment rate remains flat
September 21, 2010
The state's jobless rate in August remained unchanged from the previous month's figure of 10.2 percent. The loss of seasonal
government and manufacturing jobs offset the addition of 3,000 private-sector jobs.
MoreHoosier Lottery moving to Meridian Street building
September 21, 2010
Tom HartonThe lottery will move in January to the Buick, a 60,000-square-foot building at 13th and Meridian streets owned by principals
of Shiel Sexton Construction.
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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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