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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Recent Blog Posts
Covering the least of these
January 21, 2008
Comments(2)It isnâ??t often these days that we see deep, serious reporting on poverty that helps explain the problem
and makes us think.
In a recent interview, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne argued that the subject has been edged out of
news...
MoreHas housing hit bottom?
January 17, 2008
Comments(3)F.C. Tucker Co. put out a release today saying the Indianapolis-area housing market stabilized last year.
Somehow, a 9.9-percent decline in sales and 2.1-percent drop in selling price doesnâ??t sound so stable.
Tucker President Jim Litten points out that the region still...
MoreBud Wolf Chevrolet a goner
January 16, 2008
Comments(11)The Wolf family has thrown in the towel on its Chevrolet dealership at 5350 N. Keystone Ave.
One of the owners, Andy Wolf, says the closing was forced because property tax increases shocked customers
into pulling back from spending. Another reason...
MoreHome team vs. the Internet
January 15, 2008
Comments(0)Itâ??s been a tough couple of years in Bloomington for Roberts Distributors, the well-known Indianapolis supply
house for cameras and other photography equipment. So tough that the Bloomington store is closing.
Bruce Pallman, the second generation running Roberts, said the location...
MoreDoes loss damage Colts brand?
January 14, 2008
Comments(2)Yesterdayâ??s frustrating loss by the Indianapolis Colts to San Diego was hard to take for fans whoâ??d pulled
for the team through an otherwise remarkable season.
Now Tony Dungy might finally follow through on years of ruminations about putting a bookend...
MoreToyota's quality problems
January 11, 2008
Comments(2)The luster on Toyotaâ??s reputation for putting out highly reliable vehicles is beginning to tarnish.
The Japanese carmaker is taking it on the chin for a series of quality issues, and the Tundra full-size
pickup truck made near Evansville is causing...
MoreMortgages are getting cheap
January 10, 2008
Comments(3)Mortgage rates are falling. This week, rates on 30-year mortgages slipped below 6 percent for the first time
in more than two years.
Are the cheaper rates putting you in a mood to refinance or step up to that house youâ??ve...
MoreSupremes appear to back voter law
January 9, 2008
Comments(2)Questions posed by U.S. Supreme Court justices today suggest they might be reluctant to overturn Indianaâ??s
voter ID law.
Reports from the proceedings quote Justice Anthony Kennedy, often a swing vote on the court, as asking why
the court should be...
MoreInsurer rejects church over stance
January 8, 2008
Comments(6)An insurance company headquartered in Fort Wayne has refused to offer a property policy to a Michigan church
that belongs to a denomination that backs gay rights.
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co., says the risk of insuring West Adrian United Church of...
MoreTaxing lawyers, docs, Realtors
January 7, 2008
Comments(5)Your lawyer probably isnâ??t complaining. Neither would your doctor, Realtor or accountant.
In all the talk about reforming property taxes, hardly a word has been said about shifting some of the
property tax burden to services.
That means some of the most...
MoreWill oil really hit $200?
January 7, 2008
Comments(2)Bloomberg carried a story today saying some of the hottest oil investments are options on the New York Mercantile
Exchange to buy oil for $200 a barrel. Presumably at least some investors think oil prices are going to
double.
Weâ??ve already...
MoreFeeling left out of the process?
January 4, 2008
Comments(3)The Iowa caucuses are over and the New Hampshire primary isnâ??t far away. Indianaâ??s primary arrives May
6,
long after a string of states could easily make ours all but irrelevant.
How do you feel about having little, if any voice...
MoreChecking for illegal immigrants
January 3, 2008
Comments(48)The clash over illegal immigration under way in other states may well show up in the General Assembly this
year.
State chamber lobbyist George Raymond expects at least one bill to materialize, and he thinks the chances
of passage are pretty...
MoreGet ready for radio shock
December 27, 2007
Comments(4)If you've memorized the local radio dial, you can forget a lot of it beginning next month.
As IBJ reporter Anthony Schoettle wrote in this weekend's paper, several stations are starting new formats.
We'll hear plenty of promos as they try...
MoreCan state catch up with Indy?
December 21, 2007
Comments(3)Decades ago, when Indianapolis was an industrial center, the economies of the city and the state tended to
march in unison. When manufacturing cut back, pretty much everyone felt it.
But the Indianapolis area and the state have been growing apart...
MoreNon news is good news for Lilly
December 18, 2007
Comments(0)Eli Lilly and Co.â??s announcement this morning that President and Chief Operating Officer John Lechleiter
would
succeed CEO Sidney Taurel in April was a picture of smooth succession planning.
Lechleiterâ??s ascension had been expected for so long that the news was...
MoreCount 'em: two IPOs
December 17, 2007
Comment(1)Itâ??s been awhile since the Indianapolis area has had two initial public offerings in the works at the
same
time, but thatâ??s exactly what we have. And theyâ??re software firms to boot â?? businesses Indianapolis
and other
Midwestern cities have...
MoreShould city embrace hotel union?
December 14, 2007
Comments(11)Just when you thought plans for a new downtown convention hotel were set to go forward, four City-County
Council members want the full council to essentially force the new hotel to employ union workers after it
opens.
The City-County Council, which...
MoreAmendment for houses of worship
December 13, 2007
Comments(4)State Sen. Pat Miller says sheâ??s looking to the future by proposing a constitutional amendment that would
protect churches and other houses of worship from someday being taxed.
Itâ??s not a â??crisis today,â?? but could become a problem in the future...
MoreWould a county CEO be a king?
December 12, 2007
Comments(7)A centerpiece of the sweeping proposal rolled out yesterday by the Commission on Local Government Reform involves
consolidating many county offices under one elected official.
A county chief executive would appoint the assessor, auditor, coroner, recorder, surveyor, treasurer and even
the...
MoreKernan, Shepard break china
December 11, 2007
Comments(4)Folks who think itâ??s time to bring local government from horse-and-buggy days into the modern era have
to
be smiling about the report that the Commission on Local Government Reform released this morning.
The report, written by former Gov. Joe Kernan...
MoreAnother Pacers dust up
December 10, 2007
Comment(1)Jamaal Tinsley is back in the news, and not for helping the Indiana Pacers win games.
Early Sunday morning, someone with an assault rifle followed Tinsley and his friends from a nightclub near
Lafayette Square Mall to the Conrad Hotel downtown...
MoreRevving for another Super Bowl bid
December 7, 2007
Comments(3)After weeks of talking, Mayor-elect Greg Ballard and the Indiana Convention & Visitors Association have
decided to shoot to host the 2012 Super Bowl.
It wasnâ??t so long ago â?? in May â?? that the NFL owners voted 17-15 to give...
MoreStopping the tax buck
December 7, 2007
Comments(3)We Hoosiers are getting value from the libraries, schools and other public services we fund with our taxes,
but not enough valueâ??at least according to Mike Hicks, who moved from Ohio this year to take over the
Bureau
of Business...
MoreMini Marathon gets competition
December 6, 2007
Comments(7)The venerable Mini Marathon has a challenger.
As IBJ reporter Anthony Schoettle reports today, two sponsors have signed on to a half-marathon scheduled
just two weeks after the Mini, which is sold out.Race...
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.