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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Recent Blog Posts
Private attention to mass transit
January 29, 2009
Comment(1)For another example of why Indianapolis works better than a lot of other places, read IBJ reporter Chris
Oâ??Malleyâ??s story about yet another look at mass transit in central Indiana.
Mass transit has been studied to death even as...
MoreCan anyone drive in this stuff?
January 28, 2009
Comments(15)Thereâ??s nothing like a good snow storm to bring out the spectrum of driver skills.
In the past couple of days and now today, youâ??ve probably seen it all, too. Creepers. Speeders. Lane-straddlers.
Rubberneckers who nearly cause their own spin-offs.
Should more...
MoreIndiana's Miss America
January 26, 2009
Comments(11)For the first time in the 88 years of the Miss America pageant, the winner is from Indiana. Katie Stam,
a University of Indianapolis communications major, hails from Seymour.
Stam, 22, plans to emphasize community service as a goodwill ambassador for...
MoreWorking longer in 'retirement'
January 22, 2009
Comments(2)Before the most recent recession began in late 2007 and wiped out many a savings account, other factors
already were forcing more Americans to delay their retirement dreams.
Mainly, weâ??re living longer, which means retiring at the traditional age...
MoreHoosier lessons for Obama
January 20, 2009
Comments(9)Some people went ballistic when $40 million was spent on George W. Bushâ??s inauguration in 2001, and now
$120 million is going toward Barack Obamaâ??s inauguration festivities today â?? much of it donated, of course.
Few people would argue against celebrating...
MoreThe future for diesel cars
January 19, 2009
Comments(3)A number of car companies have introduced, or plan to introduce, clean-diesel engines to cater to buyers
wanting better fuel efficiency.
Diesels from Volkswagen and other manufacturers boost mileage by about a third, but much of that advantage
in the past...
MoreWellPoint brass and rank-and-file
January 16, 2009
Comments(8)WellPoint unwittingly made an interesting point this morning when it announced it expects to save $24 million
by laying off 600 workers.
Those 600 workers in affect are being valued at about half the $47.5 million in total compensation...
MoreThoughts on Schrenker
January 15, 2009
Comments(11)One of the themes emerging from the developing story about Marcus Schrenker is that he was driven to personal
destruction at least partly by greed.
The Fishers investment manager had a history of living well beyond his means, and...
MoreDungy, Bayh and Obama
January 14, 2009
Comments(8)Evan Bayh is pitching Tony Dungy to Barack Obama as a czar to promote â??responsible fatherhoodâ?? and Obama
likes the idea, Bayh says.
Dungy, who is retiring as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has made fatherhood a centerpiece...
MoreDaniels' budget axing priorities?
January 7, 2009
Comments(14)Gov. Mitch Daniels said yesterday he wants to spare schools and public safety from the scalpel as he looks
to prepare an honestly balanced budget during a time of declining tax revenue.
But Democrats accuse the Republican of crimping...
MoreA remarkable comment
January 5, 2009
Comment(1)Indiana has never been known as a hotbed of venture capital deals. That recognition has long gone to California
and Massachusetts, and the numbers fall off quickly in other states.
So a statement in this weekendâ??s IBJ was noteworthy...
MoreBacksliding on environment?
December 30, 2008
Comments(6)One of the most curious developments underway in state government is the moves by the Department of Environmental
Management to back peddle on its mandate to keep an eye on polluters.
Environmental groups are aghast at IDEMâ??s plan to slap penalties...
MoreTough budget choices for state
December 29, 2008
Comments(3)Gov. Mitch Daniels has ordered a string of budget cuts as the recession hammers tax revenue, and the upcoming
General Assembly promises to generate squabbles over what little money is left to spend.
If you were governor, what would...
MoreKatz Sapper's embarrassment
December 17, 2008
Comments(9)Yesterdayâ??s disclosure by KSM Capital Advisors that its clients might be out $15 million from the alleged
Madoff scandal probably wonâ??t be the last local fallout. At minimum, it has been a stressful and embarrassing
time for a...
MoreNearly free money on the way?
December 15, 2008
Comments(6)The Federal Reserve this week is expected to drop the rate at which banks loan money to each other below
1 percent. That means interest rates on loans for just about everything, from cars to housing, eventually
would fall further.
The...
MoreUtility of WARN notices
December 11, 2008
Comments(2)In times like these, what do you think of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, commonly
called the WARN Act or WARN notices?
The federal law was passed in 1988 to give employees 60 daysâ?? notice of an impending layoff,...
MorePondering corruption
December 10, 2008
Comments(3)Yet another Illinois governor is going down in legal flames, as Rod Blagojevich struggles to extricate himself
from federal accusations that he brazenly tried to peddle Barack Obamaâ??s Senate seat to the highest bidder.
So, weâ??re reminded again that power corrupts....
MoreQuestions about Detroit's bench
December 8, 2008
Comments(7)Politicians are about to step in for directors and force sweeping changes on the Detroit car companies, judging
from the direction of talks in Congress.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd yesterday called for the firing of General Motors...
MoreThe (your name here) bat
December 4, 2008
Comments(3)Purdue University is jumping on a trend toward offering naming rights for newly discovered species.
The university plans to announce Monday that a bat discovered by one of its researchers can be named for
a company, a person â??...
MoreGall about the jobs bank
December 4, 2008
Comments(6)The jobs bank has come to symbolize whatever the general public thinks is wrong with the United Auto Workers
and Detroit car companies.
For many years, the UAW contract has stipulated that laid-off workers be paid nearly their entire compensation.
Now,...
MoreThe plethora of car dealers
December 3, 2008
Comments(6)Open a local phone book or punch in a Google search on car dealers, and itâ??s immediately apparent Detroit
companies have many, many more dealers than their foreign competitors.
Chevrolet and Ford, for instance, each have more than a dozen dealers...
MoreLegal news keeps coming
December 2, 2008
Comments(0)Law firm mergers keep making news. IBJ Scott Olson reported this morning that Ice Miller is about to join
with Greenebaum Doll & McDonald in Louisville. In May, Sommer Barnard was absorbed by Taft Stettinius
&...
MoreHospital end-game: get big
December 1, 2008
Comments(2)Hardly a month goes by without more news about hospital consolidations and partnerships.
Clarian Health, St. Vincent Health and Community Hospitals â?? all behemoths by Indiana standards, and all
with
head offices in Indianapolis â?? are scooping up local institutions in...
MoreIndiana-made vehicles unsafe?
November 25, 2008
Comment(1)More than half the cars, vans, pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles assembled in Indiana failed to make
the Insurance Institute for Highway Safetyâ??s latest list of safest vehicles.
Making the list are the Subaru Legacy and Tribeca, assembled in...
MoreSaving our way deeper into a hole
November 20, 2008
Comments(2)A recent article in The Economist predicts a deep recession next year if we Americans abandon our spendthrift
ways and swing back to a savings lifestyle. What other nation, the magazine wonders, would buy enough things
to keep...
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First, let me say that I love the idea of communities being self-sufficient and people in the community not needing cars, living, working and shopping all in their neighborhood. To sum it up; I love good urban planning and hate urban sprawl. However, there are two reasons that I am against this development. First, this building doesn't fit. Density can occur in Ripple by building up top the street and better use of land. The scale of this project should be downtown. Secondly, I would be willing to bet that if a whole foods in Ripple is built, the Nora store would be closed. Here's my reasoning. The Nora Whole Foods expansion plans have been put on hold. I'm guessing they are waiting to see what happens with the Ripple proposal. Communities next to each other should work together to end sprawl and not work against each other and take other neighbors assets. Develop something both communities can be proud of and will attract more development and density. There's my soap box for the day.
My apologies, Lou - it was the Indy Star that printed cost for entertaining "celebrities" during Indy 500. Sorry for confusing the always timely IBJ with Indy's Gannett reprint news source.
That's fine if you want a grocery store that has festivals and live music. I guess with the prices they charge, they can afford to host such activities. As for me, I choose to spend my money more wisely and if I want to go to a festival or a concert, I will pay for that separately - not through my grocery bill.
TIF is not just to attract development but to attract a higher use for that development. Carmel wisely is using TIF for numerous public parking garages. Asphalt seas of parking pay little taxes and bring even less value to a commercial area. Also density is what is going to save Indy and Broad Ripple. The days of trying to compete with burbs are long gone.
The Prestige was an awesome movie.