Letter: Beholder owner shuns neighborhood
Mr. Brooks’ attitude and actions have not endeared him to the community. He has not reached out to other businesses, takes no interest in neighborhood issues or community associations.
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Letter: Sharing road reduces mobility
Evidence is growing that IndyGo’s Red Line may additionally impair public safety.
Editorial: IBJ, Indy Chamber to host Hogsett, Merritt conversation
IBJ is seeking instead to host a true discussion with the major-party candidates about the significant issues facing the city and the current and next administrations. So there will be no traditional time limits. No podiums. No props.
Dana Black: Leaders must look for fixes to problems we agree on
If we don’t get serious about the concerns preventing Indiana from moving forward, we will continue to sit at the bottom and be unattractive to anyone looking to relocate their families or businesses.
Tariq Al-Nasir: Time to focus on early childhood education in STEM
Through STEM, we have the opportunity to address a problem that disproportionately plagues underserved minority children. Let’s do the math: If the average salary of a STEM job in Indiana is $60,000, and the average salary in the state is $31,000, which job offers a quicker path to the middle class for a student born into poverty? I’ll take STEM for $60,000.
Doug Kouns: Modern weapons require modern rules, responsibility
The “right to bear arms” in the Constitution was written well over 200 years ago. Guns then were big, inaccurate and fired about three to four rounds per minute. Our Founding Fathers couldn’t have fathomed or condoned what has become of us.
Letter: Recovery centers not created equal
Many of these new providers are for-profit startups attracted primarily by the increased demand in recovery services. I am proud to serve an organization such as Fairbanks who has a trusted history of care, with 75 years of serving the recovery community here in Indiana.
Editorial: Circle Centre’s office-space plan doesn’t address core challenges
It’s time for a big-picture, public discussion about re-envisioning the 791,000-square-foot property—rather than continuing the status quo of having mall officials do the best they can to plug vacancies in the property as it’s currently configured.
Letter: 5G installation by surprise
Imagine returning from work one day to find a 5G tower pole has been erected in the right-of-way at the front (not the corner) of your property. That is what happened to me in Fountain Square.
Liz Malatestinic: Employee turnover is costlier than you think
Perhaps the question isn’t whether you can afford to increase the salary of a current employee, but whether you can afford to replace that individual.
Mitch Daniels: Political cartooning becoming a lost art
If and when the political cartoonist’s genre goes extinct, we’ll have lost more than an occasional chuckle.
GREG MORRIS: Newspapers struggle, but IBJ on solid ground
Local ownership, unique content have helped us overcome the headwinds that have damaged the daily newspaper industry.
Abbey Chambers: Inclusive growth in Indianapolis … will we mess it up?
I hear residents in places like the near-east side and near-northwest side express worry that money and power will take their neighborhoods away from them through the facade of urban revitalization “for the common good” that is actually composed of—whether intentionally or not—top-down structures and processes that exclude more than they include.
Tom Miller: Don’t ignore tech component of talent attraction
Emerging technology has potential to sift millions of people in order to attract those ideally suited for a specific job. Also, economic development leaders can focus their efforts on demand-driven talent needs that make sense for their communities.
Letter: The challenge of vacant groceries
While we understand Kroger’s decision to consolidate the number of its stores, we nonetheless are extremely concerned with what might end up at the intersection of 86th Street and Ditch Road.
Letter: Eva Kor’s blessing
What a great article and example of how God used Eva Kor to define true forgiveness.
EDITORIAL: New economic incentives strategy is product of collaborative effort
We’re behind the effort, but can’t overemphasize the need for follow-up.
Sheila Kennedy: As Kansas learned, faith has no place in economic policy
As a number of credible economists predicted, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s policies failed to deliver the promised prosperity; instead, they devastated the state’s economy.
Samantha Julka: Want real answers? Talk to people
I’m a formally trained researcher specializing in qualitative research. What that means, and how the job is different from other types of researchers, fills many a book. In the following few hundred words, I’m not going to bother talking about the nuances of researchers because, well, boring. Instead, I’m going to talk about an approach […]
Letter: Eliminate gun-free zones
Gun-free zones are considered to be “soft targets.” Deranged shooters are attracted to them because they will be able to get their 15 minutes of fame before they are stopped.