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Report tallies local government debt loads

A new reporting requirement on local governments gives taxpayers unprecedented access to debt information, but the data is also likely to raise many questions.

Environment

Recycling advocates and beverage container manufacturers want the next governor to fully reinstate Indiana’s Recycling Fund. Gov. Mitch Daniels suspended the recycling fund in 2009, redirecting the 50-cent-per-ton “tipping fee” to the state’s general coffers. The Indiana General Assembly established the recycling fund in 1990 to help pay for household recycling and hazardous waste programs. […]

LOU’S VIEWS: Art + theater made for memorable road trip

George Seurat’s painting “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884” provided the inspiration for the musical “Sunday in the Park with George.” For an Oct. 20 visit to both the painting and the musical, I was in the company of 35 participants in the first IBJ A&E Road Trip, an exercise in arts connectivity.

GM, Chrysler didn’t need rescue

The automobile industry did not need rescue. It did not need the government takeover. Only two badly run corporations were in trouble.

Vote to restore balance

Three things have modulated the excesses of unfettered American capitalism since the rise of the Progressive Era in the early 20th century: labor unions, government regulations, and the progressive income tax system. It’s no coincidence that the rise of the American middle class followed.

How’s Obama workin’ for ya?

I have avoided writing about any of left-wing author Sheila Kennedy’s opinion pieces because she’s such an easy target. However her [Oct. 22] “Elections have consequence” piece calling Republicans extremist demands a response.

Hetrick spins, too

Bruce Hetrick’s Oct. 22 column “Spouting off about the all-too-common art of spin” begins by offering the reader his view on how characters in the Broadway play “The Book of Mormon” are adept at spinning falsehoods in the guise of “helping people.” Hetrick provides spinning of his own, personally reviewing the highly irreverent play as hilarious, pant-wetting entertainment.

Drop Rusthoven

Peter Rusthoven’s columns are horrible. There is no business information in them, just conservative Republican dribble.

Math illiteracy rampant

Please don’t blame the state’s emphasis on tests for the lack of life skills in mathematics [Meredith column, Oct. 1].

Drum up more flights

I could not agree more—connections to and from Indianapolis [Oct. 22] are totally inadequate.

AHLRICHS: Turn up the heat on innovation

Indiana is showing the first signs that innovation is becoming part of its brand. On Oct. 26 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 500 of Indianapolis’ most impassioned TEDx fans heard ground-breaking thought leaders discuss the challenges, innovations and future of design learning.