Boosterish Indy Media Let Readers Down on Sports Financing
For release noon April 7 and thereafter (733 words)The Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board (CIB) realized a few months ago that operation of its new Colts football field would run an estimated additional $10 million annually. Now we hear another shoe drop — an extra $10 million for the field itself. Considering this and other CIB Read the full article…
Lawmakers to Higher Ed: ‘Just Say No’
For release April 1 and thereafter (680 words)Enough already. That’s the message lawmakers need to send Indiana’s public universities that have come to the legislature yet again seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in new capital projects. Enough of the multi-million dollar remodeling jobs that commit citizens to paying debt service for decades. Enough of Read the full article…
‘Stimulus’ Is Anything but Manna From Heaven
For release March 25 and thereafter (685 words) Media reports on the Obama stimulus package have been euphoric, to say the least. Sometimes I think I’m reading and hearing about an economic miracle of epic proportions — you know, something akin to the manna that God provided the Israelites during their 40-year journey to the Read the full article…
Indiana Lags in Government Transparency Efforts
For release March 18 and thereafter (670 words)You can find almost anything on the Internet these days, but in Indiana you won’t find on government websites such useful information as political campaign contributions, disciplinary actions against doctors and lawyers, environmental citations or a thorough accounting of state agency expenditures. Yet all those records are available Read the full article…
Capped and Gowned CEOs Escape Salary Scrutiny
For release March 11 and thereafter (579 words)American college and universities feed big time at the public trough. That means billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars end up in their coffers. So why aren’t the high-paid heads of these institutions receiving the same scrutiny as bank presidents?The public colleges and universities receive direct legislative appropriations Read the full article…
Voters Deserve Final Say on Pricey Construction Projects
For release March 4 and thereafter (750 words/108-word trim) From a citizen’s perspective, one of the best bills passed by the 2008 legislature was the one giving us a bigger say on multi-million-dollar public construction projects. The House Democrats’ desire to gut the law this session suggests they are either out of touch or oblivious Read the full article…
