Fishers new 106 Street I-69 Exit????

Indiana DOT wants feedback on a plan to add an interchange at 106 St and I-69 with the claim it will reduce congestion on I-69.

OK – here is why it will not work; the City of Fishers government is its on worst enemy on this project. Look at what they have done at 116th, they are building apartments faster than the cars can exit I-69 or drive through the downtown. Just sit in front of the downtown at 5pm and watch the 116th crawl. If they add an interchange based on what the city is now doing it is a just a matter of a short while before they are going to have a massive jam at the new intersection of 106th. You see as soon as it goes in the vacant land next to the interchange will become a massive construction project and in no time that interchange will be overloaded.

The real problem is no real planning is going on unless it is to the benefit of a few developers, you know the guys who pump money into the election campaigns of the Mayor and some of the City Council members. I have heard Fishers is working on a master plan, to bad it is a top down plan. You see most cities doing a master plan start at the bottom with ordinary citizens and ask them what they want, what they expect. From what I understand the Mayor is going to TELL us the plan. Sorry but Mr. Mayor you work for the people of the community and from what I have seen so far you think the people don’t matter one bit. Of course the Mayor wants us to all believe the site of a parking garage when we exit I-69 is a beautiful site.  Sorry it looks pretty bad. The beautiful lawn in front of City Hall with 100-year-old trees now looks like a big city reject project. Sorry what you call progress I call blight.

Maybe Mr. Mayor and City Council you started acting like elected representatives of the people instead of the developers.Its not INDOT that needs feedback it is the City Government.

Indy Star Let it Out

The Indy Star's let it out is one of the only reasons I still buy this rag. They sure zoom in on the real topics in Indy.

For example this one is the best of the month without any question.

"Fishers does not need a brewery, or another fresh grocery, and especially not another physical therapy place or sandwich shop...Fishers needs some real restaurants."

I guess space limits did not let this author add nail saloons, dry cleaners, strip malls. In the mean time they build the dumb apartments on the City Hall lawn and what opens a pizza shop. So if you want a real Italian meal - better get out of the City of Fishers. Good Mexican - You have to go the Indy, good Chinese you have to go to Carmel.

Oh forgive me Nickel Plate according to everyone you do have the best tenderloin in the region, but than again you are a bar and not a restaurant.

Time to fix the BMV - and rid it of corrpution. An Easy Fix!

BMV – how to solve the problem – the easy way.

Our BMV is full of errors and will continue to be as long as the state continues to allow it to operate the way it does.

Ask anyone to tell you how much license plates for their car costs and almost 100% of the people have no clue. As someone in Ohio how much it costs and the odds are they know because it has been about $35. per passenger vehicle for years and years (actually $34.50). Not the dumb Indiana tax on the perceive value of the car.

Oh no but then the state can’t overcharge for plates. Why do anything the easy way? They want the total confusion so they can continue to play their games. While the citizens continue to be raked over the coals.

So if you want to fix BMV start by getting rid of the things that can lead to abuse. Streamline the fees to something that is set and not forever changing every year.  

New Rumor on a new State Fish

The jellyfish has been around for 650 million years and has no brain. I heard that Governor Pence is think about having the jellyfish declared the state fish as it truly represents him and his party for long lasting. Please no one tell him it has no brain.

Governor Pence Coal was King but no more.

Coal is dying as an electric power generator.

Within the United States in 2015-2016 the amount of electric power generated by coal will drop by a total of 16,581.50 MW. The numbers are even more stark when you look at the actual drop vs. new coal sources. The power industry will retire coal-fired plants by 16,961,50MW and build new plants that fired conventional steam with coal by only 380 MW.  The plants that are shutting down are mainly in four states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia. Notice which state is missing.

At the same time wind power will increase by 17,103.10MW and solar by 8,472.60MW. If you add new natural gas fired plants with a total of 17,867.40MW the total for solar, wind and gas is 85% of new power. 

Even nuclear is making a small comeback with 1,269.90 MW coming on line.

The overall landscape of the power industry is changing and in a few years will look very different from today.

So Governor Pence why do you defend coal so much? Why do you believe the health of Hoosiers is not important and that your coal buddies are more important than the people you serve? 

Mike Pence must feel UN-LOVED

First it was his quest for religious freedom or was it the other way around just using the name freedom. That alone cost him his Presidential aspirations.

 He can’t understand the Supreme Court. Obamacare, marriage for all. After all when in Congress he advocated a constitutional same-sex marriage ban. What is this world coming too? Pregnant women would not have to work as if they were not pregnant, not so said the Court. They should not be treated as if they were not pregnant in the work place.

Then of course was the great raisin case before the court.  While it does not apply to Indiana because we don’t grow too many raisins it will in time apply to other crops under Federal limit programs. And of course the EPA did win a case over the coal companies.  What can he think about that since he appears to want unlimited coal mining and burring coal to power electric power plants?

Then we have other mis-steps such as the state run news outlet, aka propaganda.

But I think we all need to examine the Pence “Roadmap” from the last campaign. Another great Hoosier running in the same year said “Its my way or the highway.” Well it was not his way and he got defeated. Now looking back at Pence’s roadmap it appears that it has vanished.

What Pence says it's simple.

"I think the priority right now for Hoosiers from what I've heard traveling the state," Pence said, "is on getting our economy moving, getting our schools working for our kids. In applying for this job, we're going to offer our very clear vision on those issues."

OK so the economy is moving to lower paid jobs, with anti-union laws set in place to continued the trend to lowered paid jobs. We see more warehouses popping up and more transportation jobs, while some high-tech companies have moved in I have to wonder how many more might have if this state didn’t try and kill off education just because a Democrat won a state wide office. Getting our schools working well he is doing just that with charter schools for the wealthy and religious but forgetting about the local schools and doing all in his power for a long term solution eliminate public schools. So much for real education moving forward. So far his roadmap is full to detours into dead ends.

And don’t forget the famous quote about Indiana Senate Bill 101, Religious Freedom Restoration Act "We are not going to change this law."

Oh well so much for Governor Pence, now that he is running for Governor again I can’t wait to see his new roadmap will be once again be largely devoid of specifics. Will he continue to try and pull the wool over the eyes of the people of the State?

Fishers Boondoggle Sports Complex

The Fishers City Council indicated they were going to proceed with the boondoggle sports complex unless there was opposition.

The Mayor has stated this will not cost the taxpayers anything.

Well two million in tax incentives is a cost Mr. Mayor; please stop trying to make a pig’s ear into a silk purse.

City Council I am opposition to this massive project because if it were such a great deal for the developer they would develop it without your tax incentive.

Both the Mayor and City Council keep telling us what a wonderful place Fishers is, etc. They tell us many businesses would want to move here, how great the city is and then even how much greater. Yet they keep offering incentives to get business here. If we are so great there is no need to offer incentives. If we have people with money who are customers they will come without any incentives.

A few years ago they offered an incentive to a car dealership to build in Fishers. I would be willing to bet they would have built here without the incentive. After all they want to sell cars and Fishers is where the customers are and where other dealerships are.

Now back to the sports boondoggle- if this is such a great deal let the developer built it but without any tax incentives or any other money deals. If he needs two million to make this happen maybe it is not such a great deal after all.

This council and mayor should be called the “tax spenders. “ Of course they are not spending money but rather given gifts out to their friends the developers and thereby not collecting taxes. I wonder which is worst?