I have an Evil Eye...
Posted on 12/30/2013 8:40:15 PM PST by Ken H
Ballard has moved into electric trucks and city vehicles. This will be coming soon. Of course he did this prior to a bunch of coal plants being shut down by the EPA. Electric bills are going to rise in February and now Ballard has switched to electric garbage. Some of the vehicles will be natural gas powered, but this all will be Ballard’s folly.
How is that going to work out?
It will cost us more; but it’ll be GOOD for the chilun!
Strange; I thought the city council made rules; not the mayor.
From WIKI...
The mayor is the leader in most United States municipalities (such as cities, townships, etc.). In the United States, there are several distinct types of mayors, depending on the system of local government. Under council-manager government, the mayor is a first among equals on the city council, which acts as a legislative body while executive functions are performed by the appointed manager. The mayor may chair the city council, but lacks any special legislative powers. The mayor and city council serve part-time, with day-to-day administration in the hands of a professional city manager. The system is most common among medium sized cities from around 25,000 to several hundred thousand, usually rural and suburban municipalities.
In the second form, known as mayor-council government, the mayoralty and city council are separate offices. Under a strong mayor system, the mayor acts as an elected executive with the city council exercising legislative powers. He or she may select a chief administrative officer to oversee the different departments. This is the system used in most of the United States' large cities, primarily because mayors serve full-time and have a wide range of services that they oversee. In a weak mayor or ceremonial mayor system, the mayor has appointing power for department heads but is subject to checks by the city council, sharing both executive and legislative duties with the council.
“A bumper crop of criminals.”
And no “diversity”. That certainly helps.
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> approximately 10 percent more homicides per capita
And a total of 124, which in Chicago is a slow weekend.
Meme-building BS ping. Thanks Ken H.
LOL
Did you notice the mall riot a few days ago - the one with 600 rioters - and NOT ONE arrest was made...
Wasn't their slogan "Call of the Buzzard"?
I do not recall.
I seem to recall billboards with that on it, but I was a country music listener and not into the ‘popular’ music so much.
These days I couldn’t tell you much about CM for the last two decades either.
Well, maybe that is a fact. Only problem is have is I heard what I heard come right out his mouth.
I don’t ‘hear’ much of anything.
I do READ what others decide to print - (like that’s an improvement??)
If people do not read the paper or listen to the news; they are uninformed.
If people DO read the paper and/or listen to the news; they are Misinformed!
There is much truth in what you say!:)
You’ve got high taxes there?
Good Lord yes. In the wonderful land of communism AKA Maryland, I have a single family home of 2800 square foot which is NOTHING today with 2 acres and the yearly taxes are 7500 a year.
I didn’t ‘say’ it; as I stole it from somewhere!!
THAT’s why folks are moving to Indiana!
I’ve 13 acres - two parcels.
1. 3 acres - classified as farmland (1/2 thick woods 1/2 power transmission line covered. Under them, my neighbor rotates planting corn/beans yearly. I get 1/2 the profit.
2. 10 acres, mostly wooded, that the house (1668 sqft + 720 2/3 finished basement) and barn (HUGE!) sits on.
We pay about $20 for the 3 acres and less than 2K for the dwelling parcel.
There is an ever increasing, highly vocal DEMAND for more services from the “You pay for it” sector in Indy; just as been mentioned in this thread.
When the elite wanted a new (Lucas Oil) stadium, a new 1% tax was added to people eating out - in Marion County.
Since we ‘donut’ counties supposedly BENEFITED from Colts games; we, also, got the thrill of a 1/2% tax as well. (No; I’ve never been to a Colts game.)
Stop thief! LOL
I have an Evil Eye...
Yes you do.
No kidding, the only time I ever went to a Colt’s game was when we got free tickets through work. I was aghast at the $50(ish) ticket price back then. Now I understand it’s upwards of $100 for one ticket. No way!
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