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Showing posts with label Tim Hannon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tim Hannon. Show all posts

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Indy Republican appreciates your support on the Carmel Carousel Petition


This past week we have published several blog posts. Covering the efforts by Tim Hannon and several other patriots in Carmel to try and stop RINO Mayor Jim Brainard and the Carmel City Council, from further raiding taxpayers money. We have received an extremely positive response to our posts and also have received many thousands of visitors to our site. A special thanks is due to Eric Morris of Veterans for Peace, Indianapolis for making all of us aware of this situation before the Indianapolis Star reported on it. We are not knocking the Star in this instance. The piece written by Andrew Clark was well written. We are just thrilled that we were able to bring Mr. Hannon's petition to your attention before anyone else did. You can read our posts on the Carmel petition fight here and here.

We would like to end this blog post by directing your attention to the following blogs that we feel are deserving of your support. We do not agree with everything on these blogs. And in some cases we disagree with them much of the time. But all of these blogs provide a valuable service and are worthy of your support and please spread the word about this blog and the following blogs.

Eric Morris's Veterans for Peace, Indianapolis blog: http://veteransforpeaceindianapolis.blogspot.com/?m=1

Paul Ogden's Ogden on Politics: http://www.ogdenonpolitics.com/?m=1




Jon Easter's Indy Democrat: http://indydemocrat.blogspot.com/?m=1

Matt Stone's Indy Student/Matthew Stone dot org: http://indystudent.blogspot.com/?m=1





Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Indianapolis Star covering Carmel residents fight against taxpayer-funding of a Carousel



Last week we had covered the story of a petition by Tim Hannon and other Carmel residents to oppose Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard's scheme to fund a carousel. Indy Republican is thrilled to report that today Andrew Clark over at INDYSTAR is covering Carmel residents fight.

Writing in today's Indianapolis Star Andrew Clark reports

A petition aiming to stop Carmel from buying an antique carousel is gaining steam online.

Tim Hannon, a longtime resident, started the petition Thursday and will send it to the Carmel City Council. It had almost 150 signatures by midday Monday.

Hannon told IndyStar he is concerned about Carmel using taxpayer money to pay for the carousel. He suggested the City Council look for companies or individuals who would want to donate money toward the carousel and perhaps receive a plaque in exchange.

He also opposes the city taking out bonds to pay for luring a luxury hotel. He said if the free market doesn't support a luxury hotel, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard should seek a midrange quality hotel.

"These projects in particular just seem unnecessary, given the readily available alternatives," Hannon said.

The carousel and hotel are part of two bond packages the Carmel City Council will likely vote on in August.

Carmel City Councilor Ron Carter said an agreement for the city to purchase the carousel is in place, contingent upon the council voting to pass the bonds. It would likely be installed in the Arts & Design District, Midtown or City Center.

We have been curious about what Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard thinks of Tim Hannon's petition. Andrew Clark was kind enough to think of that as well. Our good friend Clark writes:

Brainard, who has seen the petition, responded in an email: "It is always good to listen to criticism but still apply judgment based on years of study, planning and experience." Brainard also said 4 percent of Carmel's debt is paid by residential property taxes and that the city's credit ratings are very high.

Carmel City Councilor Ron Carter put in his two cents as well:

Carter said the complaints that have been raised against the carousel remind him of the complaints that were raised when Carmel was building its City Hall in the 1980s.

"As you go through the history of the community, there have been bold moves by not just the mayor, but by the City Council, and the mayor and Council in combination," Carter said. "I look at this as another situation of that nature." 

You can see the petition on change.org

Well Mayor Brainard and Councilor Carter nice to see that you think taking other people's money to finance your personal tastes in buildings is a "bold move"! 

We want to share with all of you, but especially with Jim Brainard and Ron Carter a response to them from the Indy Republican mailbag:

"Mayor Brainard & Carmel City Council are not representing the whole of Carmel in the wasteful spending of the taxpayer's money.
Why not finance this carousel out of your own pocket, Mr. Mayor?

Well? What do you have to say Mayor Brainard? Why don't you finance the carousel out of your own pocket? Our readers would love to hear your response?

Friday, July 28, 2017

Petition to stop Carmel taxpayer funding of a carousel and luxury hotel



A reader has shared a petition by Tim Hannon of Carmel to keep the government of Carmel from wasting taxpayers money. Here is the text of the petition:

Carmel City Council is voting whether to add to our municipal debt by purchasing an antique carousel and building and operating a luxury hotel in the city center.

Although a carousel might be nice, it will cost over $5 million to buy and refurbish, purchase land, build an enclosing structure and operate.  The city council should seek out a donor or donors (individual and corporate) to finance it.

The mayor has also requested funding to build and operate a “4.5 to 5 star” hotel, arguing that a luxury hotel is needed to attract corporations but providing no details on which corporations refuse to move here or threaten to leave without it. He further contends the city needs to provide $15 million for the hotel because the private sector can’t justify the economics, and dismisses the alternative of an upper mid-market business hotel (Marriott, Renaissance) as not “prestigious" enough.  A luxury hotel would not serve business interests as most businesses and all government contracts have caps on allowable hotel rates, nor would it provide an affordable option for leisure travelers wanting to stay downtown. The city council should also decline this proposal.

If anyone wants to sign this petition it can be found at this website address: https://www.change.org/p/carmel-city-council-stop-carmel-taxpayer-funding-of-a-carousel-and-luxury-hotel?recruiter=79494066&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_for_starters_page