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Frankly, it is time more of these organizations start suing the Trump administration.
Once a grant is made with lawfully appropriated funds it either becomes a binding contract or a legal obligation under promissory estoppel. These organizations relied on these funds and made plans or even expenditure to their detriment, and the Trump administration cannot just change the rules after the funds were allocated.
I hope this administration gets tied up in endless litigation from now until it is termed out.
So, the liberal mayor allows radical left to burn the city down. It has never fully recovered. But it’s Trumps fault the city is still reeling. Libs have learned nothing.
Donald, Clearly you don’t know what Keep Indianapolis Beautiful does. Which is sad. And to be clear, it IS Trump’s fault that the legal obligation made to KIB, is not being honored. But then, for those of us who know Trump….he isn’t too keen on legal anything.
The city does not “own” KIB. They are a charitable organization separate from the Indianapolis government. These funds were already approved and appropriated for KIB but the conservatives in charge have decided that rules and laws do not apply to them. Remember this when the pendulum inevitably swings in the other direction in a few years. Also, it’s a big tell that you have not been in the city in years – billions in redevelopment currently and in the pipeline – it was never burned down. Touch some grass and go outside of your echo chambers for news.
Shane; perhaps you weren’t here when the businesses downtown were looted and an IU star player was shot and killed? Or maybe it’s you that lives in an echo chamber. We can send you some video.
When?
What in the world are you even talking about? You sound like a parody account on “X.”
There is nothing “liberal” or “conservative” about planting trees in parts of the city lacking tree coverage to provide shade, cleaner air, soil protection, etc. My parents and grandparents who were all quite conservative would find the notion of labeling basic civic improvements as “liberal” or “conservative” to be a foreign concept. It is just something that cities do to provide a better community for all residents.
30.8 million for office of sustainability. someone please tell me what they do? anyone. i will wait.
potholes? because i noticed they aren’t getting filled…
You could just go to their website and/or look at their publicly-published budget. It’s incredibly easy to do.
How many Hoosier jobs will be lost as a result of these cuts? Kokomo is benefiting from billion-dollar investments in battery manufacturing for EV’s and Jeffersonville is receiving an $800 million dollar investment for solar manufacturing. Do we really want to pull the rug out from under those job creators by undermining EV’s and solar? It seems that is the path the Trump administration is on.
Wrong question: How many billions, even trillions, will taxpayers save? Sure, some cuts will personally affect some people but the alternative is to continue hurdling toward national bankruptcy which will be far more painful to everyone.
The answer is none, David. We won’t “save” anything for the American taxpayer. Economic output will decline, we’ll lose global market share for American-made products, unemployment will increase, and inflation will increase. The idea that these will “save money” is downright laughable and is honestly only believed by people who don’t know how the economy works.
A.R. +1
David C, From what I can all of the “savings’” seemed primarily geared to perpetuating or even expanding tax cuts for the rich and large corporations. The little guy is just going to get the “trickle down”. Ask any plumber what really trickles down.
Sorry Mr. Kranowitz but “Tree Equity” does not refer to a nice mixture of trees within a given area. It is just another made-up term in the growing pile of word salads that libs use to sound like they are making important contributions to society. In this case, I doubt the grant writer even knows what they intended to convey by using this vacuous term. I don’t have a Black Walnut in my yard, am I now an oppressed person and where do I go to demand my fair share of tree equity?
I love that making the city nicer and repairing ecological damage is a liberal ploy.
Comments like this prove we need to better fund public schools
Drive trough a low income neighborhood and then a high income neighborhood. The first most notable difference is usually street trees. If you want some place to look “ghetto”, then cut down all of the trees, or let them die because nobody could afford to replace them.
In places like Carmel or Fishers the developer planted the trees or I suspect the city even has a budget to plant street trees. Those costs are reflected in home prices and property taxes. In Indy, the organization that has been planting street trees is KIB.
“Tree equity” is making sure poor neighborhoods get street trees just like the rich neighborhoods. Tree equity has real meaning and makes a real difference in peoples lives and home values.
Again, why are you being intentionally obtuse and celebrating ignorance? There are various parts of the city, usually working-class and poorer parts that have very little tree coverage. The grant is to fund planting trees in the city where they are needed. This would not have been controversial in either the time of my parents, grand-parents, or great-grandparents. Hoosiers have always had strong civic values, including a commitment to building up communities.
This isn’t “X,” and acting bombastic and ludicrous does not fly with everyday Hoosiers. There is nothing controversial about planting trees in the city where they are needed. And, hopefully, the grant will be restored, either through litigation, or even better, common sense.
I’d be for that grant if picked up the trash in those neighborhoods. The low income areas seem to be loaded with litter. I suppose the neighbors just don’t care.
Let’s not forget the $6.35 million dollars the city blew on a parking garage in Broad ripple that is never used. Shouldn’t we the city be fiscally smart before pointing fingers?
What does a parking garage built partially with city funding 20 years ago by a *private* developer (aren’t we always told the private market knows best?) have to do with a federal grant to a nonprofit organization to plant trees?
Answer: Nothing.
I love that you all speak with such confidence yet are so consistently wrong. Like, every time. It’s absolutely amazing. You’ll never learn.
This is the first slow whistle of a sucking noice as the economy starts to shrink. This is ignoring the fact of climate change as the planet gets increasingly warmer. This is the slap in the face of low income neighborhoods as a dedicated non-governmental agency found a creative way to make peoples lives better in small meaningful ways.