Penticuff: TIF Seekers Are Getting Shameless
By David Penticuff Our “Haves” are again turning to our “Have Nots” for monetary help through tax increment financing. Central Indiana Ethanol (CIE) is asking my city to expand its Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district to include the former Omnisource property, which CIE purchased last year, in order to finance a project already underway at Read the full article…
The Outstater
IT IS BEING SAID more often that the great disadvantage of Republican incumbents vis-a-vis Democratic ones is that their political party lacks conviction. Now, that is not meant to say Democrats have admirable convictions, merely that they have some — an adolescent sense of social justice, a willingness to kill the unwanted, wealth redistribution at Read the full article…
Morris: Apologies to Thomas Jefferson
by Leo Morris I hate getting Thomas Jefferson wrong. I don’t like slighting anybody from our past, given how hard they struggled and strained to bring us to the present. But, considering how much he contributed to this country’s founding ideas, I especially hate getting Jefferson wrong. Alas, I did, though. While writing a column Read the full article…
The Outstater
THE PEOPLE GOVERNING my midsized Indiana city have plenty of vision. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have much to do with me or my neighbors. They have “rebranded” us. Hey, you wouldn’t recognize the place from our new and colorful branding website. It features videos about our exciting new life that can be used to entice people Read the full article…
Morris: ‘Popular Interest’ Libraries
by Leo Morris If I were asked to list miracles of human achievement in my lifetime, three would quickly come to mind: Humans set foot on the moon. The Berlin Wall was demolished. J.K. Rowling got 12-year-old boys to read books. The first two were one-and-done heroic acts that deserve to be memorialized and celebrated Read the full article…
Morris: Mayor Pete’s Beginning?
by Leo Morris If you had any doubts about the embrace of socialism by the 2020 Democratic presidential field, they should be gone by now. One of Indiana’s own potential contenders – South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg – has jumped into the collectivist basket with both feet. Although acknowledging that America has a market-based economy Read the full article…
