tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post4978252694281722795..comments2023-09-02T12:29:45.592-04:00Comments on Had Enough Indy ?: New Tangential Impacts of Proposed Parking Meter DealHad Enough Indy?http://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-48955969171305200242010-11-07T22:27:08.605-05:002010-11-07T22:27:08.605-05:00The stench of this deal is still lingering through...The stench of this deal is still lingering through out the city. The conflicts of interest are apparent and it surfaces the special interests involved.<br />Seriously folks let's get real. Public officials are supposed to be trustees of the commonweal, not political buccaneers seeking their own private gain. But sometimes, in what economists call a principal-agent problem, those trustees forsake that obligation and misuse the power delegated to them in ways that advance their personal interests rather than those of the public.<br />Corruption distorts the allocation of resources toward projects that<br />can generate illicit payoffs. Besides the undesirable efficiency consequences arising<br />from this distortion, the effect is likely to aggravate social inequalities, because the poor and powerless suffer, by definition, a comparative disadvantage in securing special favors.<br />As far as the 200 jobs ACS proposed to bring to the city for seven years that is a manipulation of the people to get this deal passed. Here’s some food for thought about ACS.<br />Salaries of ACS fall below the average. Their wages actually fall with in the poverty level. ACS employee's are also on a salary freeze and have not received a raise in over three years. They have posted management positions for starting wages of $9.50 hourly.<br />ACS has a 2.2 company rating nation wide by their employee’s. This is a strong indicator that ACS is not the kind of company the city of Indianapolis and the people of Indianapolis need. Indianapolis needs good, strong, ethical companies like Google, SAS, Qualcomm, and Genentech. Each of those companies has a program that enables employees to voice their ideas, enhances the innovative culture, and ultimately develops ideas that will benefit the business, communities, and employees. Each company supports innovation. They offer stress free environments and offer their employee's livable wages with exceptional perks. AND their annual earnings and profits are less than that of ACS (Affiliated Computer Services).<br />So, for ACS to "say" they are going to bring 200 jobs with this deal is insulting.<br />Their current employees’s throughout Indiana live off pennies, food stamps, and are regular patrons of local food pantries. Unless you work for ACS, people have no idea what ACS employee’s endure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-78912812638750187752010-11-07T10:14:27.613-05:002010-11-07T10:14:27.613-05:00Paul, Mike Huber stated that he wasn't an atto...Paul, Mike Huber stated that he wasn't an attorney during his comments the other night.<br /><br />Still, one could rely upon common sense.Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-87825284815480028972010-11-06T21:06:58.302-04:002010-11-06T21:06:58.302-04:00The idea of having electric car charging stations ...The idea of having electric car charging stations at the parking meter is not doable now, but it is clearly something that could be doable within the next 50 years. The City could make a fortune off this. We've given that away too?<br /><br />I double checked the revised contract. It contains a provision that there is no outside agreements and the parking contract can't be used as consideration for any other agreement not in the contract. That means that 200 jobs promise in the letter form ACS is not contractually enforceable because there is no consideration for it. Huber, I believe, is an attorney. You can't get out of law school without knowing that consideration is required for a contract. He has to know the jobs promise is not legally enforceable.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-63283967838580004052010-11-05T21:36:46.273-04:002010-11-05T21:36:46.273-04:00The parking meter deal is just another part of the...The parking meter deal is just another part of the ongoing crime spree perpetrated on the public by the "public servants."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-53657249109005467482010-11-05T15:38:53.056-04:002010-11-05T15:38:53.056-04:003:01 P.M. at Bellingham and Thompson a school bus ...3:01 P.M. at Bellingham and Thompson a school bus (#49), 3 police cars, 2 ambulances, the MSD police and T.J. Whitfield.......ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com