EDITORIAL: New mayor must draw residents
The shiny new apartment buildings rising in the Mile Square belie the reality that suburbanization is continuing to take a heavy toll on Marion County.
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EDITORIAL: Governor must back full LGBT rights
Had Pence never pushed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, it’s likely he could have won support for some kind of law like one passed in Utah.
EDITORIAL: Circle Centre needs bolder vision
Every little bit helps, but a larger-scale investment is needed to redevelop parts of the mall and reposition the overall property for long-term success.
EDITORIAL: Big-box tax appeals take heavy toll
As national retail giants seek to dramatically shrink the local property taxes they pay, they put at risk the budgets of schools, libraries and other local units of government that already struggle to make ends meet.
EDITORIAL: Let BlueIndy prove itself
That won’t be a panacea. Users must have a driver’s license and a credit card—two things often absent in low-income homes—to access the program. But BlueIndy creates one more option in a city with too few.
EDITORIAL: Activists are mixed blessing
Even small-fry public companies like Ameriana Bancorp and Noble Roman's Inc. have caught the attention of investment firms that specialize in stirring the pot in hopes of scoring a quick profit.
EDITORIAL: Mass Ave site needs big thinking
Developers need a vision that is anchored in terms like: Local. Independent. High-quality products. Interesting. Supportive. Small. Dense. Creative.
Key role for Schellinger
Democrat Jim Schellinger’s appointment to head the state’s job-creating agency creates a bipartisan opportunity for a renewed and necessary push for higher quality jobs, not just a higher quantity of jobs.
EDITORIAL: May Anthem’s tribe increase
Headquarters house a company’s best and brightest, including executives with authority to make final decisions. The corner office is more likely than an outpost to back a risky or expensive project to improve a city.
EDITORIAL: Everyone wins in hotel venture
What could benefit human-services agencies and their clients more than to bring those clients into the goods-and-services-producing, wage-paying work force?
EDITORIAL: Anthem must keep city in focus
The executive suite and boardroom of today’s Anthem do not have the deep Hoosier roots that were present in Frick’s day. But we hope they respect that legacy and are equally reticent to bargain away a headquarters.
EDITORIAL: Design is key for Pulliam Square
In the case of Pulliam Square, Indianapolis must be extraordinarily vigilant. The city’s own design guidelines call for special scrutiny of buildings that face the five-block stretch of parks and memorials.
EDITORIAL: Big Car’s plan for Garfield Park is inspiring
The organization's bold plan would turn several vacant homes into artist residences and transform two commercial buildings into exhibition spaces, a radio station and an artist-curated record store.
EDITORIAL: Innovation happens in diverse places
The city has a chance to once again become known for innovation. But only if it can avoid serious missteps like the one we saw earlier this year with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
EDITORIAL: No incentives for Indianapolis Power & Light project
That’s the message city officials seem to be sending of late, and it’s a troubling trend for a county tax base that struggles to fund basic services.
EDITORIAL: Politicians shouldn’t misread huge victories
It would be easy for some of the leading politicians in the wealthy northern suburbs to interpret their handy wins in the May 5 primary elections as resounding mandates to take on more debt in the interest of spurring additional private development.
EDITORIAL: Let citizens opine on TIF spending
The city of Indianapolis needs to craft a thoughtful strategy for how to spend millions of dollars in anticipated surplus downtown TIF funds over the next three years, and that strategy should include input from stakeholders outside the mayor’s circle.
EDITORIAL: Justice center critics must follow through
Opponents of the controversial justice complex proposal pushed by Mayor Greg Ballard might have killed the project when the City-County Council’s Rules and Public Policy Committee voted against it April 14, but that victory shouldn’t be confused with solving the problem. The city is still burdened with inefficient, unsafe jails and courtrooms.
EDITORIAL: Time to consider taxing services
Lawmakers should pass legislation to tax services ranging from legal fees to hair cuts in addition to the cars, shoes and other items the state has taxed for decades.
EDITORIAL: Echo chamber hurts Hoosiers
Let’s hope Indiana’s Republican leadership has learned a valuable lesson about hubris from the imbroglio they created over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.