I finally had some time to work on the Indianapolis Colts’ $100,000,000 “contribution” to Lucas Oil Stadium. The Indianapolis Colts say they contributed $100 million to building Lucas Oil Stadium. It all depends on how you define “contribute”. Let’s just say for sake of argument they did write a check for $100 million. First of […]
I’m doing some legal education classes today and tomorrow to keep my Illinois law license current, however during breaks I check my email. Here’s what I got from the Indianapolis Colts. STATEMENT FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/2/09 The Indianapolis Colts understand and are concerned about the current CIB funding shortfall as well […]
1:30 P.M. update – The CIB bill passed out of committee 10-2, with a lot of lawmakers acknowledging that there will be changes before it is all said and done. ****************** Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian testified today before the Senate Appropriations Committee over the the plan to address the $47 million operating deficit. My […]
Okay, here are the details on the state CIB funding proposals to close the $47 million budget hole which includes $20 million in operation costs for Lucas Oil, $15 million for Conseco, $5 million for the Convention Center and $3 million for marketing the Convention Center as they sit right now. CIB budget cuts – […]
6:00 p.m. UPDATE: I just left the briefing on the CIB, but the information from the briefing is embargoed until midnight. However it is fair to say my sources are pretty darn good. I’ll have the complete interview with Senator Luke Kenley and Mayor Greg Ballard on tomorrow morning’s show, as well as the rest […]
In 14 days, your taxes are due. If you’re like me you got them done early, broke even and called it a day. For some people, April 15 is a day of “Tea Parties” both locally and nationally where citizens will come together and express their grievances with their government. While I’m all for people exercising […]
Expect a comprehensive statewide proposal to be this Thursday regarding the Capital Improvement Board and its $35 million operational deficit. Lawmakers are being tight lipped, but the proposal will be included in HB 1604 which created a similar like Capital Improvement Board in Ft. Wayne. Senator Luke Kenley says the proposal will not only address […]
We are making some changes to Indiana Barrister. You guys have been so great about visiting that we’ve outgrown our current host. Tomorrow we will be transferring to a new server so we can have more bandwidth. This may cause some problems for you trying to read or post to the blog, but they […]
I spent a good chunk of the day trying to get a feel on what Indiana lawmakers will unveil on Thursday with respect to the Capital Improvement Board and its multi-million dollar operations deficit. Here’s what I’ve been able to gather so far. There are a mix of options on the table, however user fees […]
Advance Indiana is demanding I disclose the details of some annoying e-mail I received regarding how I should cover future taxpayer revolts. I took me about a micro-second to figure out how to deal with this. Ignore it. I mean if I’m a such a fraud and charlatan, then why would Advance Indiana spend so […]
