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Editorial
EDITORIAL: Partisan games plague council
August 17, 2009
The City-County Council wisely averted disaster for the Capital Improvement Board Aug. 10 by voting to raise the city’s
hotel tax from 9 percent to 10 percent, but the razor-thin vote was another disappointing case of elected officials making
decisions based on partisanship rather than good judgment.
MoreEDITORIAL: An economic silver lining
August 17, 2009
The local eateries are suffering along with everyone else, but those that have
the wherewithal are taking a chance by expanding into bargain-priced locations.
MoreEDITORIAL: Restore Winona to city tax rolls
August 10, 2009
IBJ StaffIf Denver-based Ecolonomic Realty Group decides it wants to pursue a $25 million redevelopment of the old Winona Memorial
Hospital site and presents a solid proposal, the city is in no position to turn down the tax revenue
it would generate.
MoreEDITORIAL: Susan Bayh's tangled web puts cloud over senator husband
August 3, 2009
IBJ StaffCorporate boards need more women, but not people such as Susan Bayh, wife of Sen. Evan Bayh. It’s not
that she isn’t up to the task. The former attorney at Eli Lilly and Co. and visiting professor at Butler University
is by all accounts capable. So we’re not surprised she regularly receives invitations to serve on boards. But
we are surprised she accepts.
MoreEDITORIAL: Wishard's smart planning shields taxpayers
July 27, 2009
IBJ StaffA referendum this fall on Wishard Health Services’ plans to build a $754 million hospital will tell a lot about the
mood—and savvy—of Marion County voters. In this economy, and with government at all levels strapped
for cash, the knee-jerk reaction might be to reject such a proposal.
MoreEDITORIAL: City's fiscal creativity deserves support
July 20, 2009
IBJ StaffIn trying times, people and businesses often have to get creative to make ends meet. The same should hold true for local
government. That’s why we commend city leaders for thinking outside the box in considering two initiatives
to cut costs and generate public revenue.
MoreEDITORIAL: School funding has fatal flaws
July 13, 2009
IBJ StaffA state budget was passed June 30, but it’s balanced on the backs of poor children. Legislators
deserve praise for at least slightly increasing overall education funding, but because of a flawed funding
formula, urban districts such as Indianapolis Public Schools actually will lose money in the next two
years.
MoreEDITORIAL: Leadership void stymied special legislative session
July 6, 2009
IBJ StaffThe legislative session that concluded June 30 with passage of a two-year budget left a bad taste in our mouths. For starters,
legislators lacked the courage to tackle local government reform—even though cash-strapped units of government
desperately need the millions of dollars in savings they would generate. In short, they put political cronyism ahead of the
interests of the state.
MoreEDITORIAL: Health reform's time has come
June 29, 2009
IBJ StaffLawmakers must take action but also ensure that any plan incorporates four basic principles.
MoreEDITORIAL: Project near MSA may be worth the risk
June 22, 2009
The city has unveiled a dramatic plan for new housing and retail development to revitalize the old Market Square Arena site.
Despite some shortcomings, the project deserves a chance to give the stagnant area a boost.
MoreEDITORIAL: Daniels budget should be OK'd
June 8, 2009
IBJ StaffOvertures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget.
Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears.
MoreTransit can be economic engine
June 1, 2009
We applaud the efforts of those who are laying the groundwork for viable mass transit in the Indianapolis area.
MorePay for diplomas is smart incentive
May 25, 2009
Incentives have long been used as an effective tool in business to improve employee performance. But can a concept that helps
companies motivate workers also work in public education?
MoreVisible progress in the city hides other troubles
May 18, 2009
Indianapolis still looks like a city with momentum, despite the dismal economy. But appearances can be deceiving.
MoreEmbracing risk key to economic revival
May 11, 2009
A strong economy requires risk-takers, and it is the bold and brash who will seize opportunities as the economy rebounds.
MoreSystem meltdown at the Statehouse
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.
MoreCIB's deficit is a state problem, not a local one
April 20, 2009
Casting the CIB's deficit as an Indianapolis problem is simplistic and inaccurate because it overlooks the millions of dollars
in state tax revenue generated by those venues and an endless list of vendors that do business with them.
MoreDoctors should adapt to ratings
April 13, 2009
Rating doctors via online services helps consumers make better health care decisions.
MoreProgress on the Prairie
April 6, 2009
It's good to see Conner Prairie thriving after the rocky years it endured earlier in the decade.
MoreGambling habit puts state at risk
April 6, 2009
The state's overreliance on gambling, what once seemed like easy money, is becoming a major concern to taxpayers.
MoreJobless-fund plan a good solution
March 30, 2009
Indiana lawmakers are stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place when it comes to fixing the state's bankrupt unemployment
insurance fund.
MorePension merger raises questions
March 9, 2009
We're generally supportive of a plan to merge the state's two largest public pensions in an effort to save money, but it's
hard to know exactly what to think considering the lack of detailed information available about the performance of the funds.
MoreTownship offices have to go
March 2, 2009
Leaders on both sides of the aisle have called for streamlining township government, and it's time to demand that our legislators
make those changes.
MoreCIB can't count on mall funders
February 23, 2009
If the Capital Improvement Board comes, hat in hand, looking for help, we trust the investing companies will carefully weigh
the benefits they've derived from the city and its thriving downtown before delivering an answer.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.