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EYE ON THE PIE: Good ideas merit communication

February 13, 2006

Finally, the Daniels administration is getting around to explaining the tollroad-leasing proposal. On Feb. 3, it released Volume 1, Issue 1, of “Major Moves Help Desk,” a newsletter to tell its side of the complicated toll-roadleasing story. Perhaps a newsletter is pretentious, but it is a move in the right direction. The idea of leasing the toll road is an attractive one, but I have felt in the dark about why this lease and its many details are best for…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Broad support but long odds for property tax reform

February 13, 2006

The rubber is starting to meet the road in the Indiana General Assembly as the calendar turns past the midway point, and House bills move to the Senate (and vice versa, although that half of the equation is decidedly less intriguing). Some senators are not happy with the House’s sending them at least one key measure, House Bill 1001, that is less a work in progress than a utopian statement of sorts about future tax policy. While lawmakers last year…

Irvington confronts development dilemma: District’s new historic guidelines receive first test

February 20, 2006

A proposed development that would bring a Starbucks and a Union Federal Bank branch to the east side of Irvington presents a conundrum for folks there thirsting to revitalize the historic but neglected neighborhood. Local developer Tharp Investments Inc. wants to demolish a NAPA auto-parts store and a vacant building on adjoining properties it owns on East Washington Street to make way for the coffee shop and bank. Residents welcome the investment as a first step in a broader plan…

NOTIONS: Of battles, musicals: Let kids think for themselves

February 20, 2006

My son Zach was in town two weeks ago. He came to take photographs for a school newspaper story written by his twin brother, Austin. My sons’ words and images, published Feb. 10, told the tale of two recent graduates of their high school (Fort Wayne Homestead) who were entering the Marine Corps via a military processing center in Indianapolis. After finishing their story, Austin and Zach talked a lot about their close-up view of the USMC’s front gate: How…

Conflict avoided, but not revealed: Director didn’t participate in hiring Sallie Mae unit for $15M state project

February 20, 2006

Records filed with the Indiana Ethics Commission show that Goode last July removed himself from involvement in vetting the contract his department later OK’d between the Indiana Department of Revenue and General Revenue Corp., a Cincinnatibased subsidiary of the student-loan giant. General Revenue, which pursues overdue payments for Sallie Mae, was hired in August to help the state collect $255 million in back taxes through a tax amnesty program last fall. But the Department of Revenue never sought competing bids…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Slow-moving lawmakers have an economic upside

February 20, 2006

Is the wall finally crumbling? After years-or decades-of assiduously avoiding certain issues because they were so fraught with controversy, lawmakers now seem to be tackling them … and, at least in some cases, are finding their actions are met with a collective public yawn. Last year, spurred by Gov. Mitch Daniels, legislators confronted the controversial matter of daylight saving time, long considered the last “third-rail” issue of Hoosier politics and policy. The issue had not even been debated in recent…

Industrial park land sends towns into annexation battle: Avon, Plainfield both want 882-acre distribution site

February 20, 2006

A valuable piece of Hendricks County property slated for a mammoth warehouse and industrial park is pitting the neighboring towns of Avon and Plainfield against each other. The two municipalities once were cooperating to annex the 882 acres together and share the tax dollars generated by the $700 million investment that could attract 6,000 jobs. They stopped negotiating last fall and now are employing separate tactics to claim the unincorporated land. Locally based Browning Investments Inc. wants to build CentraLogistics…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Senate doesn’t hesitate to check House, governor

February 27, 2006

Why do we have a bicameral legislature, with four-year terms for senators and two-year terms for House members? Because, as George Washington reputedly told Thomas Jefferson, the framers created the Senate to “cool” House legislation, just as a saucer was used to cool hot tea. We’ve just seen evidence of this, and also of another important phenomenon, one that reminds us of just how separate our branches of government truly are. We recently mentioned how the “adults” in the Senate…

Banning ‘McLawsuits’: State bill outlawing fast-food litigation nears passage

February 27, 2006

A bill nearing the governor’s desk would make it illegal to sue Indiana restaurants-including the state’s ubiquitous fast-food joints-for those extra notches in the belt. Commonly referred to as the “cheeseburger bill,” the measure is part of a national effort by restaurants and small-business owners to protect themselves from enormous class-action lawsuits that have been filed against some national chains. House Bill 1113 passed out of the Senate Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters on Feb. 14 by a…

Ethanol’s secret: Highly touted alternative fuel needs tax subsidies to survive

February 27, 2006

State and local leaders have been crowing about how ethanol plants will bring more jobs to Indiana and put more dollars in the pockets of corn farmers. If that prospect isn’t enough to make votecoveting politicians and corn farmers giddy, General Motors Corp. started singing ethanol’s praises this month in TV ads. Joyous motorists frolic under blue skies-all thanks to ethanol’s promise of cleaner air and energy independence from oil. But there’s another economic reality for motorists who use E85,…

VIEWPOINT: Why don’t Republicans like Indy Works?

February 27, 2006

As you remember from the legend, Rip Van Winkle wandered off one day into the Catskill Mountains and ended up sleeping under a tree for 20 years. When he wandered back into his village, unaware that he’d slept so long, Van Winkle found things back home had changed in dramatic ways. You might have forgotten this detail from the story: Rip reappeared in his New England town on Election Day, shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War. When he…

Livable cities? Carmel ‘gets it’: Gramercy, other projects will keep city on a roll

February 27, 2006

Carmel housewife jokes went out of style years ago, but Indy’s wealthy neighbor to the north still takes plenty of heat for being uptight and plain vanilla. Too bad, because Carmel’s recent past demonstrates it’s no soulless suburb. Buckingham Properties’ proposed Gramercy development is the latest sign that Carmel’s leadership knows a thing or two about creating a livable city-even if some of its residents don’t. The Gramercy project, profiled in last week’s IBJ, drew more opposition than support at…

NOTIONS: As fumes meet fare, my restaurant boycott begins

March 6, 2006

Recently, I testified before the Greenwood Common Council. I spoke in favor of that community’s proposed ban on workplace smoking. The stuff killed my wife, Pam, a 49-year-old nonsmoker, so I encourage practitioners of good government to spare others the same fate. When all the witnesses had filled the allotted 30 minutes, Greenwood’s council members spoke up-most in favor. But an opponent, Councilman Ron Deer, said smokers ought to have choices. No, he said, people should not be able to…

Federal farm lending could shrivel under latest budget: Banking associations oppose proposed fee increases

March 13, 2006

Brent Kerns likes to compare the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s lending program to that of the Small Business Administration’s. In short, the USDA helps farmers the way the SBA assists small-business owners. But if a proposal to cut the budget of the farm loan program is approved, it could become as expensive to use as the SBA’s offering. Supporters fear a hike in user fees would hurt those who need the money the most. “That cost goes straight to the…

Federal patent legislation could mean major changes: Proposed reform act could cut down on ‘trolling’ and litigation by switching approvals to a first-to-file system

March 20, 2006

Pending federal legislation could bring sweeping changes to a patent system critics say is broken and in need of repair. The Patent Reform Act-before Congress since last year-presents the most substantial overhaul in decades. Significant changes include creating a process to challenge patents after they are granted and awarding a patent to the first person to submit paperwork. Patents currently are granted to the first person who hatched the invention, regardless of when documents were filed. Time frames, though, can…

Mooresville hospital plans next expansion: $33 million project would add emergency department, boost other service areas

March 20, 2006

St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville might finally land the emergency department town leaders want, thanks to a proposed $33 million expansion and renovation. Plans for an emergency department surfaced in bond paperwork the hospital filed recently with the Indiana Health and Educational Facility Financing Authority. The filing said the hospital also plans to add private rooms and renovate its surgery, joint and colorectal care facilities. Adding an emergency department also was mentioned in a lawsuit St. Francis officials filed last year against…

Steel Dynamics seeks part of former Olin site: Metal recycling operation would serve expanding Hendricks County mill

March 27, 2006

The site of the former Olin Brass factory on the near-west side might soon roar to life again if a plan to erect a metal recycling operation there comes through. A joint venture between Fort Waynebased Steel Dynamics Inc., Chicagobased Metal Management Inc. and local hauler Ray’s Trash is seeking city approval to install a metal shredder and recycling operation on about 40 acres at Holt Road and Airport Expressway. The venture, called Metal Dynamics LLC, would accept scrap metal…

States demand One Call answers: Carmel telephone firm ‘out of control’

March 27, 2006

A Carmel long-distance and operator service company has a lot to answer for these days. After crossing wires with Indiana regulators and with the Federal Communications Commission last year, One Call Communications now is being accused by Iowa and Missouri regulators of putting bogus charges on phone bills and then harassing people to pay. Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon this month filed a lawsuit alleging the privately held company violated state and federal consumer protection laws. Nixon said the company…

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Mediocre planning efforts don’t invite people to stay

March 27, 2006

Analysts say the housing market is slowing in Indianapolis and across the nation. Perhaps that’s why three significant, real estate developments have attracted so much local media coverage recently. In one story, the City-County Council approved the development of 28 condos in Broad Ripple, despite strong resistance from the neighborhood association. Meanwhile, local planning councils easily approved two new developments-a subdivision on the far northeast side of town that will feature almost 2,000 homes and a large condominium complex in…

Colossal hotel pitched: $250M project features water park, 1,350 rooms

April 3, 2006

A development team this week plans to submit a proposal to the city to build a $250 million, 1,350-room hotel complex downtown on a site where a 235-room Courtyard by Marriott now stands. The project, just south of the entrance to White River State Park, would include a convention hotel with ballrooms; three smaller, more limited-service hotels; an indoor water park; and a 1,200-space underground parking garage. At 800 rooms, the convention hotel by itself would rank as the city’s…

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EYE ON THE PIE: Good ideas merit communication

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Broad support but long odds for property tax reform

Irvington confronts development dilemma: District’s new historic guidelines receive first test

NOTIONS: Of battles, musicals: Let kids think for themselves

Conflict avoided, but not revealed: Director didn’t participate in hiring Sallie Mae unit for $15M state project

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Slow-moving lawmakers have an economic upside

Industrial park land sends towns into annexation battle: Avon, Plainfield both want 882-acre distribution site

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Senate doesn’t hesitate to check House, governor

Banning ‘McLawsuits’: State bill outlawing fast-food litigation nears passage

Ethanol’s secret: Highly touted alternative fuel needs tax subsidies to survive

VIEWPOINT: Why don’t Republicans like Indy Works?

Livable cities? Carmel ‘gets it’: Gramercy, other projects will keep city on a roll

NOTIONS: As fumes meet fare, my restaurant boycott begins

Federal farm lending could shrivel under latest budget: Banking associations oppose proposed fee increases

Federal patent legislation could mean major changes: Proposed reform act could cut down on ‘trolling’ and litigation by switching approvals to a first-to-file system

Mooresville hospital plans next expansion: $33 million project would add emergency department, boost other service areas

Steel Dynamics seeks part of former Olin site: Metal recycling operation would serve expanding Hendricks County mill

States demand One Call answers: Carmel telephone firm ‘out of control’

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Mediocre planning efforts don’t invite people to stay

Colossal hotel pitched: $250M project features water park, 1,350 rooms