Showing posts with label ben hunter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ben hunter. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Vernon Brown Resigns Council Seat

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One of my favorite Councillors is resigning his Council seat, effective August 1.  Vernon Brown has represented parts of Warren Township s...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Council ROC Review Committee Includes District Councillor and Original Lease Proposal Co-Author, Ben Hunter

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The Council has taken on the task of investigating the lease agreement for the Regional Operations Center.  Unfortunately, they include on t...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

There Needs to Be an Independent Investigation of the ROC Deal

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Tracing the tentacles of this deal are madding. I refer to the deal made to lease space in the old Eastgate Mall for a Regional Operations...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013

The Insane Priorities of the Ballard Administration

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The first half of at least $5.8 million from RebuildIndy funds to be used for the insane cricket/Gaelic sports complex in Councillor Ben Hun...
Friday, November 2, 2012

Council Republicans - Its Obvious Now, They'll Never Stand Up To Vaughn

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Mayor Ryan Vaughn has a bullying problem - and his cohorts on the Council have not taken him on, even when it means they cannot fulfill the ...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Big Night At Rules Committee

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The City-County Council Rules Committee will be taking up some big issues tonight, including partner benefits for City/County employees, and...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Good Public Policy Sets Up Tug Of War Over Council Rules Of Procedure

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Councillor Ben Hunter authored Prop 44 , which was introduced at the Council's January 30 meeting. This Proposal was good public polic...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Council To Meet Monday Night

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The City County Council will meet this Monday night.  The big item for consideration is the extension of Indy's smoking ban ( Prop 18 )....
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Friday, December 2, 2011

Fundamental Fridays

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Please bear with me before you start groaning with derision. It seems to me that there are fundamental aspects to good government and good...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Seeds of Hope

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Jon Murray, Indy Star reporter, has another good article in today's paper about the drama over competing expansions of Indy's smokin...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

How To Argue About Something You Agree On

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The morning paper (and last night's Ogden on Politics) has a story about Council President Ryan Vaughn's intention to offer enhancem...
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Monday, September 12, 2011

Sheriff's Budget Discussion - A Fine Example Of Open Government

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I continue to slog through all of the budget numbers, and along with that, I have limited time to post on the blog.  Time constraints aside,...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Plethora of IMPD Fallout Articles

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Today's Indy Star seems to be non-stop pieces on IMPD and how to clean it up. Yes, folks, we are no longer discussing a 'few bad a...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Council Action - Last Week and This

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This week we should have a really interesting meeting of the Rules and Public Policy committee of the City-County Council. I also want to ba...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Notes on the Budget Hearings - August 20

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Just some stuff I thought was interesting and not a list of the important issues discussed. Last night the budget hearing for the Department...