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Indiana leads charge on electric cars

In Indianapolis, it looks like the electric car is much closer to rounding the corner, with Energy Systems Network’s recent announcement that the partnership is launching a pilot project that will, it seems, make electric commutes a reality here and eventually across the United States.

Praise for Maurer columns

I am enjoying [Mickey Maurer’s] articles in IBJ about the essential principles of entrepreneurship. They are very worthwhile and well-written.

Maurer ‘walks the talk’

Re: Mickey Maurer’s Sept. 6 article, “Kindness is a measure of success,” my experiences with him show he “walks the talk.”

Biglari Holdings not worth covering

I find the continued press coverage about Steak-n-Shake and Biglari Holdings to be irrelevant to our community and a waste of IBJ’s valuable resources.

Meter deal is a bad idea

I read with interest [Cory Schouten’s] article in the Aug. 30 IBJ, “City vendor may get $1.2B,” detailing aspects of the city’s proposed deal to privatize the city’s parking meters.

GARNER: Multifamily housing is not the enemy

It would be easy to blame the economy for our blighted urban neighborhoods. True, these tough economic times have led to more vacant and foreclosed houses than we can count. But the key to revitalizing a neighborhood stretches far beyond boarded-up houses.

MAURER: Get and keep control

To create a disciplined investment philosophy, I evolved from my experience, “The Ten Essential Principles of Entrepreneurship You Didn’t Learn in School”. Over the course of 10 columns, I will feature each of these essential principles. This is the sixth installment.

EDITORIAL: City’s parking plan needs work

Mayor Greg Ballard strikes us as someone who puts pragmatism over politics. That’s why we’re hopeful he’ll reconsider details of the controversial plan to turn over the city’s metered parking to a private vendor.

Details scarce in north-side shooting

Investigators are interviewing witnesses to find out more about a Wednesday night shooting death on the near-northeast side of Indianapolis. About 11 p.m., officers found 38-year-old Leon Finisson mortally wounded inside a home in the 3000 block of Euclid Avenue, near New York Street. He was pronounced dead at Wishard Memorial Hospital.

Police seek suspect in beating, robbery

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police detectives are trying to track down a robber who beat two men with a baseball bat and robbed them at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Investigators say the victims were attacked in the Spanish Oaks Apartments near 38th Street and Mitthoeffer Road. Neither had life-threatening injuries.

Mother, toddler killed in suspicious fire

Indianapolis Fire Department arson teams are investigating a Wednesday night fire that killed a women and her 2-year-old son. One firefighter and two residents also were injured in the blaze at Nottingham Village Apartments on the city’s east side. Fire crews were dispatched to the 2100 block of Sussex Lane at 9:15 p.m. after multiple calls reporting that residents were trapped inside an apartment and on third-floor balconies. Three people, including a pregnant woman, jumped from a balcony and another four were rescued by firefighters using a ladder truck. A crew searching the building found the mother and child unconscious in their water-filled bathtub. They died on the way to the hospital. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

Former councilman indicted in strip club case

Federal officials on Thursday charged a former City-County Council member in an extortion scheme to use his official position to grease the wheels for opening a strip club, taking $6,000 in exchange for the help.

Failed bid to take Emmis private costing millions

Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan's JS Acquisition LLC has racked up takeover expenses of $10.2 million, a figure that's sure to escalate now that JS Acquisition is suing its one-time financier for backing out of the deal.

Tower manager proposes 4th Artsgarden skywalk

Reit Management & Research LLC made a presentation Wednesday to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission for its plans to build a pedestrian walkway between Circle Centre mall and PNC Center.

U.S. homes lost to foreclosure up 25 percent this year

August makes the ninth month in a row that the pace of homes lost to foreclosure has increased on an annual basis. Banks have been stepping up repossessions to clear out their backlog of bad loans.