Parking meter deal is boon for city
The proposed parking transaction with ACS is another example of the mayor streamlining government, maximizing the value of existing assets, and securing millions of dollars for infrastructure improvements.
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FAENZI: We’re more connected, but less engaged
I am appalled at the number of businesspeople who have their heads down, texting and checking their messages or the latest stock quotes while in meetings, attending a lecture, making a call on a customer, or interviewing a potential employee.
DINING: The Bar at the Ambassador goes beyond ‘Nawlins
What’s now called the Bar at the Ambassador at Pennsylvania and Ninth streets may have swapped a familiar name for a generic one, but there are still plenty of reasons to stop in.
MARCUS: Does economy depend on manufacturing?
Bloomington, in 2009, had the state’s strongest private-sector earnings growth. But that was only a pathetic 0.1 percent.
LOU’S VIEWS: Lost & found at state museum’s ‘Titanic’ exhibit
What is it about the “Titanic” that continues to attract us—through books, films, a stage musical and, in the case of the touring show at the Indiana State Museum, an exhibition of artifacts?
MORRIS: Don’t fear diversity; embrace it
We cannot allow this failure of our government to tear apart the benefits of diversity that helped make this country great.
HETRICK: If only we could enroll the pols in leadership camp
We learned that if anyone in the group moved too slowly or too quickly—or stopped altogether—the ball would fall.
BENNER: Issue of women in locker room crops up … again
If I could add the wasted time I spent waiting outside locker rooms with the wasted time encountered once inside, I might be able to get three or four years of my life back.
ALTOM: Think before selling your old software
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has made it official: You don’t own your software if the software maker says you don’t own it.
EDITORIAL: Tough economy exacerbates charities’ needs
Recent economic times have been tough on many Americans. But those who already were suffering most often have taken the hardest blows.
HICKS: The end of a recession doesn’t feel like one
It is good to look back on the recession and think about where we’ve been and how this recession stacked up against others.
STYLE: Fashion students don’t want to be part of brain drain
While guest-speaking at a fashion history class at the Art Institute of Indianapolis, I became curious what the roomful of students planned to do with their education.<
LOU’S VIEWS: City Ballet benefit rises to the occasion again
Ballet’s “An Evening with the Stars” fundraising event featured stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and much more.
DINING: Square Rootz Deli shapes sandwiches with style
It’s easy to miss this new Fountain Square eatery, but it’s worth finding.
SKARBECK: Expect more battles over public pensions
This year, 15 states have enacted legislation to reduce future public pension obligations.
Indiana leads charge on electric cars
In Indianapolis, it looks like the electric car is much closer to rounding the corner, with Energy Systems Network’s recent announcement that the partnership is launching a pilot project that will, it seems, make electric commutes a reality here and eventually across the United States.
Praise for Maurer columns
I am enjoying [Mickey Maurer’s] articles in IBJ about the essential principles of entrepreneurship. They are very worthwhile and well-written.
Maurer ‘walks the talk’
Re: Mickey Maurer’s Sept. 6 article, “Kindness is a measure of success,” my experiences with him show he “walks the talk.”
Biglari Holdings not worth covering
I find the continued press coverage about Steak-n-Shake and Biglari Holdings to be irrelevant to our community and a waste of IBJ’s valuable resources.
Meter deal is a bad idea
I read with interest [Cory Schouten’s] article in the Aug. 30 IBJ, “City vendor may get $1.2B,” detailing aspects of the city’s proposed deal to privatize the city’s parking meters.