Backgrounder: Stopping Chicago-Style Corruption of Indiana Cities
“Weighing Third Term, Emanuel Relies on Campaign Donors Who Get City Hall Benefits” — Sept. 8. Chicago Tribune, Jeff Coen and Bill Ruthhart by Jason Arp Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is receiving attention this week after an investigation by the Chicago Tribune found that over 60 percent of the millions raised for his re-election bid come Read the full article…
McCarthy: NFL Problems Mean Trouble for Indy
by Fred McCarthy We’ve written all too frequently about the outrageous financial agreement the Capital Improvement Board (CIB) has with the local basketball team. The team claims inability to operate in the black, despite favorable circumstances wildly surpassing the dreams of almost any other business owner. Team management comes before the CIB and, as nearly Read the full article…
Backgrounder: What’s Happening with Indiana Corporations?
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Most agree that similar legal entities be treated fairly. Note, however, in Figure 1 below that the number of U.S. corporations is in decline as compared with other firms; this raises a serious concern regarding bias, but, more importantly, about the flourishing of U.S. corporations at home and abroad. The Read the full article…
Half Past the Month: Mayoral Horse Manure
I LIKE TO IMAGINE how my city’s mayor, a proudly average fellow who has pinned his intellectual reputation to the environmental movement, would have governed New York City in 1900. It inspires gratitude that today he can do so little comparative damage. The mayor recently joined other Indiana mayors at the second annual Climate Leadership Summit Read the full article…
A Modern Patriot’s Constitutional Journey
Editors: This essay is offered in advance of Constitution Day, Sept. 17. An earlier version was published in the July 4 Observer of New York. by Ann Votaw When our new president swore on two Bibles he would “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” a revolution stirred in my heart. As Read the full article…
Seminar Topic: Measuring our Sense of Well-Being
Take advantage of $36 ticket prices for the Christmas seminar. Details and registration are HERE. by Craig Ladwig “If I had my druthers, the city government would determine every single plot of land, how development would proceed. And there would be very stringent requirements around income levels and rents.” — Mayor Bill de Blasio of Read the full article…
