OSILI: Invest in social services and infrastructure
The high costs of social service needs must never lead to initial under-investment or inconsistent long-term maintenance of a community’s infrastructure.
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BONIFIELD: Balanced appeal will resuscitate Democrats
Democrats need to forge a coherent pact with their constituents, detailing how they will reform education without undermining educators; shepherd sensible, pro-taxpayer policies through the General Assembly without becoming distracted by fringe issues; and provide private citizens and municipalities with the tools and revenue they need to evolve Indiana into an economic leader.
MUTZ: Getting economic development right
As an IEDC board member and former lieutenant governor responsible for economic development in the 1980s, I believe IEDC is one of the most successful economic development agencies in the nation.
KRULL: Pence, Delph turn Constitution on its head
The states’ rights argument that Pence and Delph advance is the one Lincoln waged war to defeat.
HOWEY: Retool government into classes of counties
Counties with one or two major cities could have their townships within the urban areas terminated. Townships serving rural areas would continue, but their numbers could be greatly consolidated.
FARGO: Solve transparency problems with oversight
Transparency walks hand in hand with accountability. It is hard to trust what you cannot see.
LADWIG: It’s time to talk about the clocks—again
Most troubling, though, considering the depressed economy, is Gaski’s discrediting of the state chamber, which claimed that the time change would serve the ‘convenience of commerce.’
WAGNER: Here’s to liquor laws that makes sense
What bothers me most about Indiana’s alcohol laws is the lack of rational thinking behind them.”
MAHERN: The unhitching of grades and knowledge
When a child comes home with a grade, is it too much to expect that it reflect how much he or she has learned?
SPIGELMAN: Cities should share joy of continued growth, development
Without adequate funds, [Carmel] has been forced to subsidize the [Center for the Performing Arts] with taxpayer money. This is unsustainable, and we therefore need the assistance of the citizens of Indianapolis to help patronize this center by attending many of the scheduled performances now and in the years ahead.
BRAINARD: Carmel and Indianapolis draw strength from each other
Indianapolis and Carmel should continue working together to recognize and respond to the unique needs of each city and support each other in the formulation of public policy that will maintain strong balance sheets, low taxes and high quality of life.
ACCETTURO: Each city has critical interest in the success of the other
Unlike some elected officials in Carmel, I do not believe our city is an island. No one should want to stop progress in either community.
ALTOM: Are iPods in the workplace music to an employer’s ears?
It’s rare to visit a workplace nowadays without seeing at least a few employees with tiny little earbuds trailing thread-sized wires down to a music player the size of an infant’s thumb.
DINING: At base of new hotel tower, a taste of Italy
Last in our month-long series of reviews of new restaurants downtown. This week: Osteria Pronto at the JW Marriott.
LOU’S VIEWS: Making history at arts venues
Three leading Indiana institutions—the Indiana History Center, the Eiteljorg, and the IRT—look at volatile moments in American history.
HETRICK: Offing the wizard in the wonderful Land of Oz
Foreigners and unions and gays, oh my!
FEIGENBAUM: Freshmen legislators’ green is showing
The “new kids in the bloc” failed to heed their elders, and got a bit greedy too quickly, goading Democrats into the only recourse open to them.
SLAUGHTER: When bosses behave like bullies
Many supervisors seem to have the same demeaning, demoralizing attitudes we encountered as children at recess. What do you do when your boss is a bully?
MARCUS: Debt and taxes are not the devil’s doing
This national debt business is being overplayed. Critics characterize the debt as a giant burden, our most important national issue. Borrowing for the future, however, makes good sense when the debt contributes to economic growth.
MORRIS: Don’t have a job? Work anyway
If recent graduates can’t find a job, they should do something while they continue to search. Take any kind of job you can get. Volunteer at church or at a not-for-profit organization. Take a wait-staff job. Take a part-time job. Do something.