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		<title>By: Short Stop</title>
		<link>http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/02/capitol_conversation.html/comment-page-1#comment-7054</link>
		<dc:creator>Short Stop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, the Ballard Administration has put its foot in its mouth already and is being slowly manuevered into the bottoms-up position by the most racists Amos Brown.  

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802160476

This is sooo funny because Ballard really thinks he doesn&#039;t need his &#039;learned street negroes&#039; from his campaign in his life anymore.  He thinks he can deal with Rep. Crawford, the Black Caucus, the Indianapolis Recorder and Radio One with the three blacks he&#039;s selected for his admininstration.        

Unfortunately Ballard doesn&#039;t realize the black community must be dealt with using a flank of &#039;generals&#039;, not tokens and not privates.  Its so sad, we have so many talented black professionals in this community who could have helped him but no, they were to smart and independent thinking, you know?  Too much like assertive &#039;white&quot; people.

So now, the Urban League will force Ballard to give it money to train people on how to be &#039;sensitive&#039;, the racists Indianapolis Recorder will get assistance from the Mayors office in shaking down every corporation in the state for ad money, and ultimately the black community will once again, not have a Mayor, just symbolisms of diversity and inclusion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, the Ballard Administration has put its foot in its mouth already and is being slowly manuevered into the bottoms-up position by the most racists Amos Brown.  </p>
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<p>This is sooo funny because Ballard really thinks he doesn&#8217;t need his &#8216;learned street negroes&#8217; from his campaign in his life anymore.  He thinks he can deal with Rep. Crawford, the Black Caucus, the Indianapolis Recorder and Radio One with the three blacks he&#8217;s selected for his admininstration.        </p>
<p>Unfortunately Ballard doesn&#8217;t realize the black community must be dealt with using a flank of &#8216;generals&#8217;, not tokens and not privates.  Its so sad, we have so many talented black professionals in this community who could have helped him but no, they were to smart and independent thinking, you know?  Too much like assertive &#8216;white&#8221; people.</p>
<p>So now, the Urban League will force Ballard to give it money to train people on how to be &#8217;sensitive&#8217;, the racists Indianapolis Recorder will get assistance from the Mayors office in shaking down every corporation in the state for ad money, and ultimately the black community will once again, not have a Mayor, just symbolisms of diversity and inclusion.</p>
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		<title>By: Short Stop</title>
		<link>http://www.indianabarrister.com/archives/2008/02/capitol_conversation.html/comment-page-1#comment-6930</link>
		<dc:creator>Short Stop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MissouriDemocrat 
February 11th, 2008 at 9:40 pm 

Well unfortunately any man with zero political experience is at the mercy of the wolves of his/her political party. In the Honorable Mayor’s case, the wolves haven’t been fed as well in 8 years since their trainer Goldsmith left them like a mother abandoning a baby. They were just getting Peterson trained to follow commands when suddenly they were stuck with Ballard. Training him has proven to be like Pavlovs Dog. 

*******  I am sure as a former Lt. Col. he had an idea that he would need to learn some ropes, in his case, the rope he needs to find is the one that climbs out of the office and back to the street to find out what his now not so loyal followers think. Insulation for a newby is in his case going to be devastating. *******

Let&#039;s hope Ballard doesn&#039;t wait too long!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MissouriDemocrat<br />
February 11th, 2008 at 9:40 pm </p>
<p>Well unfortunately any man with zero political experience is at the mercy of the wolves of his/her political party. In the Honorable Mayor’s case, the wolves haven’t been fed as well in 8 years since their trainer Goldsmith left them like a mother abandoning a baby. They were just getting Peterson trained to follow commands when suddenly they were stuck with Ballard. Training him has proven to be like Pavlovs Dog. </p>
<p>*******  I am sure as a former Lt. Col. he had an idea that he would need to learn some ropes, in his case, the rope he needs to find is the one that climbs out of the office and back to the street to find out what his now not so loyal followers think. Insulation for a newby is in his case going to be devastating. *******</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope Ballard doesn&#8217;t wait too long!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Proud Indy Resident</title>
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		<dc:creator>Proud Indy Resident</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Greg-  

No more excuses.  The budget is hiding in plain view on the city&#039;s website.  Always has been.  I love how you guys just throw around words like &quot;corruption&quot; with nothing to back it up.  

For you information, Goldsmith did not leave a shred of paper for Peterson. Not one.   

Abdul- you ought to be ashamed of yourself.  No one was hiding anything.  If it was so bad, bring charges.  Oh I guess you don&#039;t have the guts for that.  

No more excuses.  Lead.  Now!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greg-  </p>
<p>No more excuses.  The budget is hiding in plain view on the city&#8217;s website.  Always has been.  I love how you guys just throw around words like &#8220;corruption&#8221; with nothing to back it up.  </p>
<p>For you information, Goldsmith did not leave a shred of paper for Peterson. Not one.   </p>
<p>Abdul- you ought to be ashamed of yourself.  No one was hiding anything.  If it was so bad, bring charges.  Oh I guess you don&#8217;t have the guts for that.  </p>
<p>No more excuses.  Lead.  Now!</p>
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		<title>By: Jon G</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Wilson 46201,

Abdul has already reminded you that Ballard has been in office since January 1, not since November as you keep insisting.  Maybe if Bart and his people would have not left the CCB in a shambles and helped with the transition Greg could focus more energy on the task&#039;s that he should be taking care of and not wasting it on stuff that the old admin. should have done.  I guess that means that Bart and buddies really didn&#039;t care for the citizens, if they did he would have done everything in his power to help the new guy&#039;s.  I guess your real problem is that you do-REMEMBER NOVEMBER- and can&#039;t get over it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Wilson 46201,</p>
<p>Abdul has already reminded you that Ballard has been in office since January 1, not since November as you keep insisting.  Maybe if Bart and his people would have not left the CCB in a shambles and helped with the transition Greg could focus more energy on the task&#8217;s that he should be taking care of and not wasting it on stuff that the old admin. should have done.  I guess that means that Bart and buddies really didn&#8217;t care for the citizens, if they did he would have done everything in his power to help the new guy&#8217;s.  I guess your real problem is that you do-REMEMBER NOVEMBER- and can&#8217;t get over it.</p>
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		<title>By: Greg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It will take several months to untangle the corruption left behind.  They have had 8 years of perfecting the art of &quot;hide the money&quot;.  Any good audit takes months, not weeks.  In the end, it is not politics, it is about honest governance.  Quick hits, like the Wilson&#039;s of the world want, are almost always shallow.  But then, the last 8 years were pretty shallow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It will take several months to untangle the corruption left behind.  They have had 8 years of perfecting the art of &#8220;hide the money&#8221;.  Any good audit takes months, not weeks.  In the end, it is not politics, it is about honest governance.  Quick hits, like the Wilson&#8217;s of the world want, are almost always shallow.  But then, the last 8 years were pretty shallow.</p>
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		<title>By: Wilson46201</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wilson46201</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah: REMEMBER NOVEMBER. Today is FEBRUARY 11 - over 3 months later. No &quot;fluff&quot; at all found in 3 months? Why not?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah: REMEMBER NOVEMBER. Today is FEBRUARY 11 &#8211; over 3 months later. No &#8220;fluff&#8221; at all found in 3 months? Why not?</p>
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		<title>By: Jon G</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wilson and Miss. Dem.
At least Ballard has the guts to get out there and do something.  Sure there are going to be surprises and pitfalls and learning curves.  Who doesn&#039;t face those with a new job?  And if you think he is going to come in and make wholesale changes in month your living in a dream land.  I am a loyal follower and a believer, not a fair weather fan.  We must all hang in there and see how it goes.  I guess the simple fact that he won an almost un-winnable election should be proof that most people (at least a majority) believe in him too.

&quot;We&#039;ll see&quot;   REMEMBER NOVEMBER</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wilson and Miss. Dem.<br />
At least Ballard has the guts to get out there and do something.  Sure there are going to be surprises and pitfalls and learning curves.  Who doesn&#8217;t face those with a new job?  And if you think he is going to come in and make wholesale changes in month your living in a dream land.  I am a loyal follower and a believer, not a fair weather fan.  We must all hang in there and see how it goes.  I guess the simple fact that he won an almost un-winnable election should be proof that most people (at least a majority) believe in him too.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll see&#8221;   REMEMBER NOVEMBER</p>
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		<title>By: Wilson46201</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wilson46201</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the three months since his election, surely Greg Ballard surely should have discovered at least one teeny-tiny shred of &quot;fluff&quot; to hold up proudly in the Legislature? It&#039;s a 400-page online budget: couldn&#039;t Greg find at least one strangely-named item? Just one? If only for public relations?

As it stands now, poor Mayor Greg Ballard was let down bigtime by his handlers. Can&#039;t you help him, Abdul? Find a scrap of &quot;fluff&quot; for the Lt. Colonel?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the three months since his election, surely Greg Ballard surely should have discovered at least one teeny-tiny shred of &#8220;fluff&#8221; to hold up proudly in the Legislature? It&#8217;s a 400-page online budget: couldn&#8217;t Greg find at least one strangely-named item? Just one? If only for public relations?</p>
<p>As it stands now, poor Mayor Greg Ballard was let down bigtime by his handlers. Can&#8217;t you help him, Abdul? Find a scrap of &#8220;fluff&#8221; for the Lt. Colonel?</p>
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		<title>By: Abdul Hakim-Shabazz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Abdul Hakim-Shabazz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wilson,

Greg has only been in office since January 1.  And it&#039;s also hard to know everything when the people who left shredded documents up until the last hour of the last day of the last minute.  What were they hiding?  I wonder.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wilson,</p>
<p>Greg has only been in office since January 1.  And it&#8217;s also hard to know everything when the people who left shredded documents up until the last hour of the last day of the last minute.  What were they hiding?  I wonder.</p>
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		<title>By: MissouriDemocrat</title>
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		<dc:creator>MissouriDemocrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well unfortunately any man with zero political experience is at the mercy of the wolves of his/her political party.  In the Honorable Mayor&#039;s case, the wolves haven&#039;t been fed as well in 8 years since their trainer Goldsmith left them like a mother abandoning a baby.  They were just getting Peterson trained to follow commands when suddenly they were stuck with Ballard.  Training him has proven to be like Pavlovs Dog.  I am sure as a former Lt. Col. he had an idea that he would need to learn some ropes, in his case, the rope he needs to find is the one that climbs out of the office and back to the street to find out what his now not so loyal followers think.  Insulation for a newby is in his case going to be devastating.  He has to have the support of the people if he is going to cut the budget, promise safe streets and shine.  Without us, he is merely a nice looking chair sitter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well unfortunately any man with zero political experience is at the mercy of the wolves of his/her political party.  In the Honorable Mayor&#8217;s case, the wolves haven&#8217;t been fed as well in 8 years since their trainer Goldsmith left them like a mother abandoning a baby.  They were just getting Peterson trained to follow commands when suddenly they were stuck with Ballard.  Training him has proven to be like Pavlovs Dog.  I am sure as a former Lt. Col. he had an idea that he would need to learn some ropes, in his case, the rope he needs to find is the one that climbs out of the office and back to the street to find out what his now not so loyal followers think.  Insulation for a newby is in his case going to be devastating.  He has to have the support of the people if he is going to cut the budget, promise safe streets and shine.  Without us, he is merely a nice looking chair sitter.</p>
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