Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ballard Coughs Up $15 Million Stowed Away In Different Funds To Avoid More Tax Increases

Well Steve, for a certainty The Star will never pr...

2013-10-15T21:20:49.399-05:00

Well Steve, for a certainty The Star will never print the Atlantic Article.

I liked in particular, "Public handouts for modern professional football never end and are never repaid. In return, the NFL creates nothing of social value—while setting bad examples, despite its protests to the contrary, regarding concussions, painkiller misuse, weight gain, and cheating, among other issues."

The police won't get the raise until July (goi...

2013-10-15T21:13:03.882-05:00

The police won't get the raise until July (going from memory) so the city skates thru a half of year of no raises.

The fiscal stability fund is an added fund into wh...

2013-10-15T14:58:28.844-05:00

The fiscal stability fund is an added fund into which money is set aside, like the rainy day fund, that purportedly offers assurances to bondholders that the city will have funds to pay debt service on bonds that it issues in the event the dedicated revenue streams earmarked to repayment of those bonds proves inadequate.

Great article Steve! Gary what is the fiscal stabi...

2013-10-15T12:28:36.397-05:00

Great article Steve! Gary what is the fiscal stability fund and why does it have 80 million dollars in it? Does borrowed mean it has to be paid back?
They can use that money to balance the budget every year?

Not quite on target, but not too far off either as...

2013-10-14T21:46:10.579-05:00

Not quite on target, but not too far off either as these things are linked...
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/10/how-the-nfl-fleeces-taxpayers/309448/