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EDITORIAL: Find a long-term fix
Mayor Ballard’s support for the $6 million World Sports Park on the far-east side has become a rallying point for critics of his spending priorities. They say the money would be better spent chipping away at the city’s huge infrastructure needs. We think they’re missing the point on a couple of fronts.
EDITORIAL: Time for an upgrade
Though far from shabby, Circle Centre is looking a little long in the tooth two years shy of its 20th birthday.
EDITORIAL: Root out rogue attorneys
They’ve been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Yet next to the names Paul J. Page and David Wyser in the Indiana Roll of Attorneys appear the words: “Active in good standing.”
EDITORIAL: Don’t let politics thwart tax debate
Hoosiers love our low taxes. But there are times when that reality—which politicians play to the hilt—gets in the way of good public policy.
EDITORIAL: Better transit for better achievement
A landmark Harvard University study on income mobility released late last month brought uncomfortable news for those who have come to view Indianapolis as a diamond in the Rustbelt rough. Unigov, downtown revitalization, amateur and professional sports, a stable economy—none of it apparently has done enough to help the poor.
EDITORIAL: Marian’s bold act is inspirational
About a decade ago, when Marian University came up with the outlandish idea of starting a medical school, few imagined it would really happen.
EDITORIAL: Apartment deal is solid decision
There is much to praise in the proposal to redevelop the north half of the former Market Square Arena site, which was officially unveiled July 16.
EDITORIAL: Delegating mayor must lead on crime
Simply setting a vision won’t work on crime.
EDITORIAL: IPS’ new chief can’t dilly-dally
Ferebee must be bold, decisive in effort to reverse district’s decline.
Congress should fix harrassment court ruling
At issue was whether a white catering specialist at Ball State University who was accused of harassing a black banquet worker was the banquet worker’s supervisor.
EDITORIAL: Carmel quarrel: Too many incentives?
With its Arts & Design District, City Center and Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel has shed its suburban skin and morphed into a walkable, attractive city in its own right. But in the process, it has acquired some city-sized habits, including a penchant for handing out financial incentives to developers to get them to build exactly the kind of city Carmel leaders envision.
EDITORIAL: Fishers, Noblesville make the right call
We’ve heard the lament for years: Center Township is home to Indianapolis’ greatest concentration of institutions that pay no property taxes.
EDITORIAL: ExactTarget deal will send tech ripple
A toast is in order: The $2.5 billion sale of ExactTarget Inc. to San Francisco-based Salesforce.com is the most lucrative exit yet for an Indianapolis technology company.
EDITORIAL: Learn right lessons from scandal
Predictably, just days after U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett’s May 21 announcement that five people had been indicted in an alleged kickback scheme involving Indy Land Bank, the General Assembly announced it would make land-bank regulation the topic of a summer study committee.
EDITORIAL: Open the Market Square Arena process
Mayor Greg Ballard should reverse his decision to keep the redevelopment proposals for the former Market Square Arena site under wraps.
EDITORIAL: CEOs should buy their own perks
It’s no secret that CEOs of public companies make a lot of money.<br><br>And in general, they earn it: It takes talent, hard work and vision to oversee thousands of employees, answer to impatient shareholders, guard against competitive threats, and keep the trains running on time, particularly at behemoths like Eli Lilly and Co., WellPoint Inc., Cummins Inc. and Simon Property Group Inc.
EDITORIAL: Where next for mass transit in Indianapolis?
Frustration on the part of mass transit proponents was palpable last month when the Indiana Senate shunted the matter to a summer study committee after the House had approved a bill with strong bipartisan support.
EDITORIAL: A 7.5-mile bold stroke
Indianapolis is a master of not making waves. Chalk it up to being the capital of a notoriously risk-averse state.
EDITORIAL: Cricket flap exposes flaw
Mayor Greg Ballard’s fascination with the cultures of other countries is one of his endearing qualities.