tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679367111526265280.post5701109030264945311..comments2023-10-17T08:48:44.310-07:00Comments on Hoosiers For Fair Taxation: Open Letter to Indianapolis city councilors and Mayor Greg BallardM Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01892309818226431745noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679367111526265280.post-35862428544989988552008-08-27T19:20:00.000-07:002008-08-27T19:20:00.000-07:00Here is the dirty little secret about the art's fu...Here is the dirty little secret about the art's funding from the city of Indianapolis and the State.<BR/><BR/>INDYPARKS (CITY) GIVES 1,500,000.00<BR/>CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD (CITY) GIVES 1,000,000.00<BR/><BR/>STATE OF INDIANA GIVES $500,000.00<BR/><BR/>I am so tired of them crying about getting cut. They need to work it out on their own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679367111526265280.post-45347585130419931902008-08-24T12:25:00.000-07:002008-08-24T12:25:00.000-07:00The Arts Council is but one of many special intere...The Arts Council is but one of many special interest groups that are or will be complaining they aren't getting THEIR cut of the pie anymore. They ought to direct their anger towards the folks who arranged for all the pies to go to Jim Irsay, JW Marriott and the Fraternal Order of CIB. <BR/><BR/>They simply must understand that they won't be getting all-you-can eat buffet service anymore. Not for a long, long time. They can only stand at the back door, begging for a few leftovers at the end of the day. <BR/><BR/>"Beggars can't be choosers" - it's not just a quaint saying, it's reality. The people that arranged for the "Monster that Ate Indianapolis" to be built made us all that much poorer while THEY get all that more wealthy.Bart Lieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294734264133374462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679367111526265280.post-25082950554168706622008-08-23T00:41:00.000-07:002008-08-23T00:41:00.000-07:00Pick them off one by one, Melyssa. Hope you take o...Pick them off one by one, Melyssa. Hope you take on Indianapolis Downtown, Inc., next. The IDI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679367111526265280.post-74893712441284930752008-08-22T23:48:00.000-07:002008-08-22T23:48:00.000-07:00Thanks Dave...your prayers are needed. And we nee...Thanks Dave...your prayers are needed. And we need you present on Monday Sept 8 at the city council budget hearing.<BR/><BR/>We need your voice and those you know to give our city councilors and our mayor courage, conviction, and empowerment from The People, to cut funding of all non-essential services. <BR/><BR/>We also need everyone to see I.O.U.S.A and help spread the word. Our situation is so grave that the former comptroller of the country has given over his life to traveling the states giving warning to Americans that we have to change how we handle money now. <BR/><BR/>The U.S. has zero. Russia and China have plenty of cold hard cash. What are we going to do about that?<BR/><BR/>Some (not all) of our politicians want to act, however, they cannot unless they see the political will of the people in person to do so.<BR/><BR/>We all need to make sacrifice and we need to start thinking in terms of giving (not taking) from our city, state, and country. <BR/><BR/>Please mark your calendar for 9/8/2008 and join with us once again with the city council to make change like we did last year.<BR/><BR/>We have new leaders. It is now our job to empower them with the courage to do our will. <BR/><BR/>--MelyssaM Theoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01892309818226431745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679367111526265280.post-78571061418786099912008-08-22T19:37:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:37:00.000-07:00If it's reality that we can only take care of so m...If it's reality that we can only take care of so many at our dinner table, why is this economically unfathomable at the government level? Please. Stop spending money we don't have. Thank you and we include your efforts in our prayers, Melyssa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679367111526265280.post-71062604394143444212008-08-22T09:19:00.000-07:002008-08-22T09:19:00.000-07:00Good parents take control when their children cry ...Good parents take control when their children cry because they can't have ice cream before dinner. Bad parents give them the ice cream. You tell them, Melyssa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com