MAURER: Daniels could have rested on laurels
The governor did not need to take on right-to-work to leave a legacy of success.
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EDITORIAL: Pass the proposed city smoking ban and be done with it
A flawed but ultimately acceptable ordinance that would strengthen Indianapolis’ workplace smoking ban is now headed to the City-County Council. The council should pass the ordinance and Mayor Ballard should sign it.
KIM: Investors should discard herd mentality and go for it
Don’t let conventional decision-making reduce your chances of winning the investment “game.”
HICKS: Measuring intangibles part of economist’s job
A frequently heard criticism of economic analysis is that it focuses only on those things that can be easily measured. This is an astonishing and vacuous censure championed largely by the innumerate among us.
WALLACE: Rewarding performance would improve competitiveness
In 2012, the question of union versus merit pay is more relevant in light of the right-to-work debate.
PENCE: Employees need flexibility to innovate, save state money
I want to give state employees more incentives for creativity.
WAGNER: Bringing Venn diagrams to bear on politics
Feats of Strength are optional, but an Airing of Grievances is mandatory.
TAFT: Education reform should include real estate
IPS has declined to sell or lease these buildings to charter schools.
SWAYZE: The high costs of excessive tolerance
Don’t tell me that not having a job is an excuse for hitting someone.
STYRING: Beware of mass transit boondoggles
Getting people out of their cars to use something more time-consuming and less convenient is a tall order.
VANE: Will Democrats ever work with Ballard?
Council Democrats decided to act as through the mayor has no say in what becomes law.
RIVERA: A fiscal reality check is upon Indianapolis
Now is not the time to talk about Republicans or Democrats.
MYERS: Peyton, quit before you really hurt yourself
We are all selfish for wanting him to stay on the field and entertain us.
MAHERN: Insecurity on parade along Georgia Street
Why not recognize real local contribution rather than celebrity?
LADWIG: When government answers look good …
It completed the tunnels but didn’t have the money for the trains.
FARGO: Long-overdue teeth for public access laws
Telling the average person that she’s welcome to sue is like telling her to go to Mars and back.
BONIFIELD: What are our politicians so afraid of?
Observers should have the right to record what goes on in open debates.
MUTZ: Referendums reveal faint political courage
The mass transit proposal now being supported by business and community groups is similar in complexity to Unigov.
HOWEY: In the twilight of the Daniels governorship
Daniels is coming off of seismic education reforms.
KRULL: Right-to-work and days of division
The protestors in the building shouted that the governor was a liar.