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Of Parking Garages, Dense Development and Jim Brainard’s Ponzi Scheme
By Andy Davies
/ January 23, 2020
Ponzi [pon-zee] noun A swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial...
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City Hall being used for private profit at taxpayer expense?
By Andy Davies
/ January 21, 2020
Recent events have demonstrated a new low for the ethically challenged administration of Carmel mayor Jim Brainard and beg the...
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‘Strong Towns’ Author: Local Governments Bear The Weight of Imprudent Growth
By Rick Smith
/ January 14, 2020
The outlook is not good for the nation's cities if current trends continue. (Podcast on site) That's according to Charles...
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Hotel Carmichael Mock ups
By Rick Smith
/ January 13, 2020
Opening May 2020, Hotel Carmichael will emerge as Carmel’s first lifestyle boutique hotel. Follow along as we reveal sneak peeks...
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The Rent is too damn high!
By Rick Smith
/ January 12, 2020
Latest About Events Podcasts Community The Book Join the Movement The Paradox of Persistent Vacancies and High Prices November 27,...
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Lotteries, a tax on people who can’t do math?
By Eric Morris
/ January 11, 2020
I noticed my good friend Carmel Bruce Kimball is touting a potential lottery for the socialistic-private...
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Economic Development as if Citizens and Small Business actually matters!
By Rick Smith
/ January 11, 2020
Things Carmel could have done other than borrowing $1.36B for E.D. and Developer incentives that should be unnecessary in the...
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Dan McFeeley drinking beer and being rude for a $8,000+/month
By Rick Smith
/ January 10, 2020
Dan McFeeley was a writer for the Indy Star who ingratiated himself with Mayor Brainard through repetitive superlatives. He romanced...
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Is Carmel Social Media a City site or not?
By Rick Smith
/ January 9, 2020
The number of Councilors that use the site for both self and business promotion and the banning of accepted members...
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A Former Derivatives Analyst gives the true state of Carmel’s current finances
By Rick Smith
/ January 7, 2020
Derivatives Analyst gives 2020 update on Carmel finances and S&P rating. This chart would represent the impact of the...
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Carmels Delicate Condition.
By Rick Smith
/ January 3, 2020
How much empty space is too much? Of 383 available commercial properties in Carmel (0nly 217 were available in March...
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2020’s First City Council Meeting!
By Rick Smith
/ January 2, 2020
On Monday, 01/06/2020, look for the Mayor to be talking dollars and cents ($200M+?) as he has in the first...
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Sophia Square seems to be in a death spiral.
By Rick Smith
/ December 27, 2019
Sophia Square: is a smooth landing possible? A "death spiral" is a situation that keeps getting worse and that is...
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Maintenance is Carmel’s Achilles Heel. It is an obvious issue at Sophia Square.
By Rick Smith
/ December 26, 2019
With the elimination of the Clerk-Treasurers office Mayor Brainard has closed the door on any oversight. What we think is...
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Sophia Square – The Promotional Plans
By Rick Smith
/ December 26, 2019
So what is the reality today at Sophia Square on Main Street? Next: We will explore this much-ballyhooed project less...
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IBJ Special Report: Former Business Associates Turn On Ozdemir, Accuse Him Of Corrupt Business Practices
By Rick Smith
/ December 24, 2019
Saturday, March 08, 2014 IBJ Special Report: Former Business Associates Turn On Ozdemir, Accuse Him Of Corrupt Business Practices The...
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PART 2: Just how does Carmel keep tax rates low while spending more and more each year?
By Andy Davies
/ October 30, 2019
In Part 1, we described the delicate balance of municipal government finance – revenues, expenses and the tax base. ...
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PART 1: Just how does Carmel keep tax rates low while spending more and more each year?
By Andy Davies
/ October 30, 2019
A major talking point of Carmel mayor Jim Brainard and those councilors aligned within him on the City Council is...
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$60 million courtesy of Clay Township: Carmel’s debt addiction keeps growing
By Andy Davies
/ June 7, 2019
"Where there is no accountability, there will also be no responsibility." ― Sunday Adelaja The Carmel City Council has approved...
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How Carmel’s elected incumbents can claim the lowest tax rate in the county, yet you end up paying more and more to the city each year
By Andy Davies
/ June 7, 2019
“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because...
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Did Jim Brainard fail to report Thousands of dollars in gifts on Statement of Economic Interest?
By Rick Smith
/ May 17, 2019
What happened to Barnes and Thornburg professional fees for Campaign Finance Report refilings in 2018? Brainard was still trying to...
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Rollo Tomasi is alive and well in Carmel, Indiana
By Andy Davies
/ May 16, 2019
Jack (Kevin Spacey): "Why in the world do you want to go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl Killings,...
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The Republican primary ballot: The one tool for change available to each Carmel voter
By Andy Davies
/ May 6, 2019
Tomorrow is Primary Election Day in Carmel. Polls will be open between the hours of 6:00AM – 6:00PM. Please remember...
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Noblesville Levinson Building; Will it ‘create a Frankenstein of design that tries to please everyone’?
By Rick Smith
/ May 4, 2019
How high is it? – On February 12, 2019 Noblesville Common Council quietly passed Ordinance 07-01-19 allowing “The Levinson” to...
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Misleading of Carmel Citizens; statement from Jeanne Book “I support Glynn for Mayor”
By Rick Smith
/ May 3, 2019
To my friends and members of the Carmel and Indianapolis Media: I wanted to comment on a mailer that was...
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A message from Rick Sharp
By Rick Smith
/ May 2, 2019
I and many others, not dependent on the Brainard administration for our livelihood, have experienced the disregard for the truth...
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A message from Fred Glynn
By Rick Smith
/ May 2, 2019
To the Citizens of Carmel: On May 2, 2019, a dishonest and misleading mailer began hitting your mailboxes from Mayor...
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(UPDATE) Has Jim Brainard’s failing campaign thrown in the towel?
By Andy Davies
/ May 2, 2019
In perhaps the final gasp of a failing re-election campaign, Jim Brainard's campaign organization sent out a negative hit-piece focused...
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Your vote: Your right. Your obligation. Your community’s need.
By Andy Davies
/ May 2, 2019
“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn...
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When the Messengers get in the way of the Message
By Andy Davies
/ May 2, 2019
As the campaign of Carmel’s incumbent mayor Jim Brainard begins a last-minute all-out media blitz in an increasingly desperate attempt...
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Is a last-minute media blitz an acknowledgement by the Brainard campaign that they are in deep trouble?
By Andy Davies
/ April 30, 2019
As the final days count down toward the upcoming May 7th municipal primary election, Carmel’s incumbent mayor Jim Brainard and...
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Why does support for incumbents appear so weak outside of Carmel’s central core?
By Andy Davies
/ April 30, 2019
One week from today, those Carmel voters that have not already cast their votes via early or absentee ballot will...
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Mary Sue Rowland comments with application to Noblesville and Carmel
By Rick Smith
/ April 28, 2019
former Mayor of the City of Noblesville and served 3 terms on Noblesville Common Council A word to the voters...
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What are Doug Haney, Mayor Brainard and all the Incumbents hiding?
By Rick Smith
/ April 28, 2019
On April 1, 2019 a records request for the Statement of Economic Interest was acknowledged by Doug Haney. To date...
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Can you believe anything Douglas Haney says?
By Rick Smith
/ April 27, 2019
"Citizen" Doug Haney wrote the following Letter to the Editor: This question is asked because he is making accusations about...
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One City, One Future, Two Visions
By Andy Davies
/ April 26, 2019
The current campaign for Mayor of Carmel offers voters two rather starkly contrasting visions of what the next four years...
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Who is the harasser? Pauley, Brainard or is it all of us?
By Rick Smith
/ April 26, 2019
From: Eric Morris Date: April 26, 2019 at 1:50:43 PM EDT To: Ann Marie Shambaugh <annmarie@youarecurrent.com> Subject: Letter to the...
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Jim Brainard: deflecting (but not denying) claims of inappropriate behavior toward another elected official
By Andy Davies
/ April 26, 2019
In what was already a spirited primary campaign season, recent allegations from Carmel Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley of sexual harassment and...
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Protected: Carmel Stand Together! We must quit standing alone as neighborhood after neighborhood is violated for Mayor Brainard and his crony mandated improvements!
By Rick Smith
/ April 23, 2019
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Will Carmel voters end up with the best representation, or simply the best representation that money can buy?
By Andy Davies
/ April 23, 2019
Pre-primary campaign finance reports were due at 12:00N yesterday (Monday, April 22nd) for all candidates in the upcoming May 7th...
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Jim Brainard: spurned advances lead to harassment
By Andy Davies
/ April 22, 2019
The recent revelation that Carmel's incumbent mayor Jim Brainard attempted to lure Carmel's incumbent Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley to accompany him...
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Mayor Brainard’s Roman Holiday; was it sexual harassment? You decide…
By Rick Smith
/ April 22, 2019
In 2015 Christine Pauley ran on Mayor Brainard's slate of candidates. On his 2015 Campaign Finance Reports he claimed he...
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Brainard’s European jaunt Summer of 2016; Booty Call or Saving the World?
By Rick Smith
/ April 20, 2019
So what happened to Mayor Romeo Brainard after he was kept from roamin' in Rome? He took a 5-day sidetrip...
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Of propaganda, talking-points and those that spin them
By Andy Davies
/ April 18, 2019
With the clock ticking down to the final days of the 2019 municipal primary season, it seems incumbents at Carmel...
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Jim Brainard: deceptionis consilium
By Andy Davies
/ April 17, 2019
Six-term incumbent Carmel mayor Jim Brainard faced off against his primary challenger, Hamilton County Councilor Fred Glynn in a mayoral...
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Looking past the carefully-crafted talking points of incumbents
By Andy Davies
/ April 15, 2019
As the clock counts down the final three weeks until the municipal primary election on Tuesday, May 7th, there is...
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Johnson Addition to meet on a planned but previously withdrawn Variance.
By Rick Smith
/ April 10, 2019
Post from our friends in Johnson Addition! Hi Neighbors, we've heard right after the 2019 election they are going to...
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A Jim Brainard interview worthy of a Philip K. Dick alternative-reality plot
By Andy Davies
/ April 10, 2019
This morning, incumbent Carmel Mayor , Jim Brainard, was interviewed in-studio by WIBC radio host Tony Katz during his...
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The heavy hand of incumbency: arbitrary and uneven enforcement of sign ordinances
By Andy Davies
/ April 9, 2019
As the days count down toward the May 7th municipal primary election, incumbents at Carmel City Hall have issued directives...
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Protected: CCRZ Update…Tuesday, April 16 Carmel Plan Commission Agendas for Zotec, Jackson’s Grant at Williams Creek …Thursday, May 9 PC Agenda for West Bridge PUD Rezone, 106th & Ditch PUD Rezone x
By Rick Smith
/ April 7, 2019
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Mayor Jim Brainard either lied to Ann Marie Shambaugh or he has Carmel Police conducting off the record investigations.
By Rick Smith
/ April 6, 2019
On Friday April 5, I spoke with Ann Marie Shambaugh. She has a copy of the Police report in hand...
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Brainard & The CRC – Master illusionists with an agenda and no oversight.
By Rick Smith
/ April 5, 2019
The purpose of the Carmel Redevelopment Commission is to maximize TIF! By maximizing TIF they create debt instruments to add...
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Shaver asks more questions (third request) about development in Carmel Posted By: The Reporter April 4, 2019
By Rick Smith
/ April 5, 2019
Dear President Worrell and Members of the City Council, First, it is important to note that your most recent response...
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Mayoral Deb(t)ate: your turn to ask the candidates about proper fiscal management and restraint
By Andy Davies
/ April 4, 2019
A very simple thought for the day. Would you ever allow someone to take your checkbook and...
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Carmel City Council President Worrell responds to letter from Mike Shaver
By Rick Smith
/ April 4, 2019
Posted By: The Reporter March 22, 2019 Dear Editor, On March 18, Mr. Shaver addressed the Carmel City Council claiming...
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Shaver: What exactly did Pedcor “guarantee”?
By Rick Smith
/ April 4, 2019
March 27, 2019 Dear Editor: The following is a response from Carmel resident Mike Shaver to the members of the...
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TIF: Tax-Increment Financing or Taxpayer-Indebted Future?
By Andy Davies
/ April 3, 2019
Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) has been a prominent funding tool used by local and regional governments for decades to spur redevelopment...
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Boosters and Haters: when loving your community is not enough
By Andy Davies
/ April 3, 2019
"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man...
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Carmel’s missing buildings and the phantom TIF; Worrell’s response to Mike Shaver’s Second request for documents
By Rick Smith
/ April 3, 2019
Posted By: The Reporter March 28, 2019 Dear Editor: The following is an email response sent from Carmel City Council...
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Mayor Brainard calls a Technical Foul – Removes Campaign Signs & everything but the American Flag
By Rick Smith
/ April 3, 2019
Will he be back for the Stars and Stripes? It would appear Dr. Tim Hannon's flags are also...
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How to build a hotel without financing, public support or proven demand — and create a fiscal crisis at the Carmel Redevelopment Commission
By Andy Davies
/ April 1, 2019
Imagine that you reach a point in your life where you decide you want to build your own house. Not...
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When full transparency is worth more than a cup of coffee
By Andy Davies
/ April 1, 2019
Have you ever noticed? Carmel's mayor and council incumbents are quick to trot out their cut-and-paste proclamations to convince us...
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Why does a six-term incumbent need to find ways to eliminate challenges from within his party anyway?
By Andy Davies
/ April 1, 2019
As Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Joe Weingarten filed a request with the Hamilton County Election Board last...
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Register to vote now — your vote is more important than ever!
By Andy Davies
/ April 1, 2019
"In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of...
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Missing teeth and more New Commercial and Apartment Space is coming fast!
By Rick Smith
/ March 31, 2019
What is Mayor Brainards plan for vacant space? There are 217 Commercial Properties available currently in Carmel! How many thousand...
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How do you help a man in a tavern or a car crash? Pick them up or let them go!?
By Rick Smith
/ March 31, 2019
Old Town Tavern patron describes ‘helping’ Mayor Published: 4 February 2019 I’ve long heard the stories about the Mayors carousing...
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What did the neighborhoods impacted by the Auman Stop Sign think about it?
By Rick Smith
/ March 30, 2019
I am here to speak for the Removal of the Stop Sign on 126th and Auman Dr. February 15, 2015...
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Heard of the $21.8M Energy Center Boondoggle?
By Rick Smith
/ March 30, 2019
The first question to answer is what did we pay for the Energy Center? The following PDF shows we paid...
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Evan Lurie Gallery 12 years after!
By Rick Smith
/ March 29, 2019
Evan Lurie Gallery incites fury, with reason Author Archives November 15, 2007 Filed under PERSPECTIVES By: Jaclyn Chen <jchen@hilite.org> Yet...
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Can Carmel afford 4 more years of Brainard/Mestetsky generating $10.9M each month of new debt?
By Rick Smith
/ March 27, 2019
Since being re-elected to a SIXTH term in 2015 Mayor Brainard has indebted Carmel citizens an average of $10.9 million...
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Who investigates our elected officials? – Not Carmel police.
By Rick Smith
/ March 26, 2019
Are votes for sale in Carmel? Is this Quid pro quo? Councilor says developer who has business in front of...
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How to listen to a Politician & propaganda neutralizers
By Rick Smith
/ March 21, 2019
Any time you hear a Politician speak, you should filter their words through the following: In 1937, Edward Filene helped...
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Carmel-sized Campaign Contributions come to Noblesville with Big Expectations!
By Rick Smith
/ March 21, 2019
Can an average citizen compete against Jensen's $46/vote powergrab with the financial assistance of Noblesville's Mayoral King Makers? Consider the...
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Is the County Election Board serious about corruption?
By Rick Smith
/ March 19, 2019
Or are they a part of a larger problem? Reader calls for changes to County Election Board Posted By: The...
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Buildings that don’t exist can not generate TIF?
By Rick Smith
/ March 18, 2019
Buildings that don't exist can't pay to cover Bond payments. Full document and letter available at bottom of page...
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Categorizing Self-Serving Politicians, Cronies and Political Groupies
By Rick Smith
/ March 2, 2019
It seems a number of those who seek to lead us are afflicted in one of two ways: Self-Aggrandizement -...
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The Palladium, Hotel Carmichael and the Simpson’s?
By Rick Smith
/ March 1, 2019
The only difference between the two projects is beside just some slick outsider (Artec) or (Coury Hospitality)/Pedcor pitching it, it...
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The Bailout; the shock, the truth!
By Rick Smith
/ February 21, 2019
The Bailout; the shock that shook the city of Carmel to its core! To be sure we had numerous small...
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How The Auman Dr. Stop Sign won an election; Brainard’s campaign strategy for 2011 works like a charm in 2015 election.
By Rick Smith
/ February 21, 2019
Jeff Worrell campaigning during Election day A.M. traffic with a sign that states: "This Stop Sign must go" and two...
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Brainard Cares – What are Mayor Brainard’s Commitments worth?
By Rick Smith
/ February 21, 2019
The Mayor's (C)ommitments are equal to his (A)ctual (R)esults plus his (E)xcuses. Or C=(AR+E's) From the very beginning Mayor Brainard...
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Carmel Politics Take on an Indianapolis’ Flavor
By Rick Smith
/ February 20, 2019
The Use of Non-Profit Corporations to Avoid Accountability and Public Scrutiny Sunday, August 9, 2009 | By Paul K. Ogden...
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Mayor Brainard needs a driver! Second crash in two years.
By Rick Smith
/ February 20, 2019
By: Paris Lewbel Newly obtained video shows the latest crash and what happened after that crash occurred. ...
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Mayor Brainard’s tenuous grasp on his campaign finances.
By Rick Smith
/ February 20, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2008 What Is Jim Brainard's Campaign Hiding? A campaign finance report filed by the campaign of Carmel...
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Brookshire Golf Club and Pool
By Rick Smith
/ February 20, 2019
PUBLISHED: NOV 27TH, 2006 - 5:29PM (EST) UPDATED: AUG 26TH, 2016 - 6:34PM (EDT) Chris Proffitt/Eyewitness News Carmel - Soon, the City...
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The Performing Arts Center; Broken Promises
By Rick Smith
/ February 19, 2019
Easily the Crown Jewel of Mayor James C. Brainard's reign the Palladium was a project run amuck from its beginnings...
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Woody Rider begs ‘Mr. Mayor please bring me a plan’
By Rick Smith
/ February 6, 2019
Mayor never rests, he was trying in October of 2016 to borrow for necessities. In 2017 the necessity was a...
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Orderly but Dumb, are we doing it right?
By Rick Smith
/ February 6, 2019
Carlson's Law looks at the balance between autocracy and democracy in an organization: "In a world where so many people...
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Mayor raises taxes 19% and asks for 40% raise the same year.
By Rick Smith
/ February 6, 2019
Mayor Brainard can't handle the truth, or at the very least he has serious issues with honesty. This Facebook post...
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Private Investigators investigated Private Carmel citizens for over a decade.
By Rick Smith
/ February 5, 2019
Mayor Brainard used private investigators to gather information on private citizens? The motivation seems to be to save us from...
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The Balance of Power in Carmel
By Rick Smith
/ February 5, 2019
Chuck Marohn President and Founder of Strong Towns comments on the preferred type of corruption If on the other...
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City Center Parking’s $116,847/space Parking Garage Boondoggle
By Rick Smith
/ February 4, 2019
You didn't read it wrong! Carmel paid $116,847/space for 184 spaces. $21.5M Total How much is the highest median cost...
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Carmel has three times the debt of Fishers… Why?
By Rick Smith
/ February 4, 2019
Fact is all of the cities and towns on this list combined owe less than Carmel. That is right Carmel's...
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Mayor involved in wreck in city-leased vehicle for second time in 2 years
By Rick Smith
/ February 4, 2019
By Ann Marie Shambaugh on December 30, 2018 Carmel Community For the second time in as many years, Carmel Mayor...
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Mayor’s crash – Why skip a test you confirmed you knew you were supposed to take?
By Rick Smith
/ February 4, 2019
The initial news report of the Mayor's accident raises nothing but questions. If an elected official is involved in...
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Of Parking Garages, Dense Development and Jim Brainard’s Ponzi Scheme
City Hall being used for private profit at taxpayer expense?
‘Strong Towns’ Author: Local Governments Bear The Weight of Imprudent Growth
Hotel Carmichael Mock ups
The Rent is too damn high!
Lotteries, a tax on people who can’t do math?
Economic Development as if Citizens and Small Business actually matters!
Dan McFeeley drinking beer and being rude for a $8,000+/month
Is Carmel Social Media a City site or not?
A Former Derivatives Analyst gives the true state of Carmel’s current finances
Carmels Delicate Condition.
2020’s First City Council Meeting!
Sophia Square seems to be in a death spiral.
Maintenance is Carmel’s Achilles Heel. It is an obvious issue at Sophia Square.
Sophia Square – The Promotional Plans
IBJ Special Report: Former Business Associates Turn On Ozdemir, Accuse Him Of Corrupt Business Practices
PART 2: Just how does Carmel keep tax rates low while spending more and more each year?
PART 1: Just how does Carmel keep tax rates low while spending more and more each year?
$60 million courtesy of Clay Township: Carmel’s debt addiction keeps growing
How Carmel’s elected incumbents can claim the lowest tax rate in the county, yet you end up paying more and more to the city each year
Did Jim Brainard fail to report Thousands of dollars in gifts on Statement of Economic Interest?
Rollo Tomasi is alive and well in Carmel, Indiana
The Republican primary ballot: The one tool for change available to each Carmel voter
Noblesville Levinson Building; Will it ‘create a Frankenstein of design that tries to please everyone’?
Misleading of Carmel Citizens; statement from Jeanne Book “I support Glynn for Mayor”
A message from Rick Sharp
A message from Fred Glynn
(UPDATE) Has Jim Brainard’s failing campaign thrown in the towel?
Your vote: Your right. Your obligation. Your community’s need.
When the Messengers get in the way of the Message
Is a last-minute media blitz an acknowledgement by the Brainard campaign that they are in deep trouble?
Why does support for incumbents appear so weak outside of Carmel’s central core?
Mary Sue Rowland comments with application to Noblesville and Carmel
What are Doug Haney, Mayor Brainard and all the Incumbents hiding?
Can you believe anything Douglas Haney says?
One City, One Future, Two Visions
Who is the harasser? Pauley, Brainard or is it all of us?
Jim Brainard: deflecting (but not denying) claims of inappropriate behavior toward another elected official
Protected: Carmel Stand Together! We must quit standing alone as neighborhood after neighborhood is violated for Mayor Brainard and his crony mandated improvements!
Will Carmel voters end up with the best representation, or simply the best representation that money can buy?
Jim Brainard: spurned advances lead to harassment
Mayor Brainard’s Roman Holiday; was it sexual harassment? You decide…
Brainard’s European jaunt Summer of 2016; Booty Call or Saving the World?
Of propaganda, talking-points and those that spin them
Jim Brainard: deceptionis consilium
Looking past the carefully-crafted talking points of incumbents
Johnson Addition to meet on a planned but previously withdrawn Variance.
A Jim Brainard interview worthy of a Philip K. Dick alternative-reality plot
The heavy hand of incumbency: arbitrary and uneven enforcement of sign ordinances
Protected: CCRZ Update…Tuesday, April 16 Carmel Plan Commission Agendas for Zotec, Jackson’s Grant at Williams Creek …Thursday, May 9 PC Agenda for West Bridge PUD Rezone, 106th & Ditch PUD Rezone x
Mayor Jim Brainard either lied to Ann Marie Shambaugh or he has Carmel Police conducting off the record investigations.
Brainard & The CRC – Master illusionists with an agenda and no oversight.
Shaver asks more questions (third request) about development in Carmel Posted By: The Reporter April 4, 2019
Mayoral Deb(t)ate: your turn to ask the candidates about proper fiscal management and restraint
Carmel City Council President Worrell responds to letter from Mike Shaver
Shaver: What exactly did Pedcor “guarantee”?
TIF: Tax-Increment Financing or Taxpayer-Indebted Future?
Boosters and Haters: when loving your community is not enough
Carmel’s missing buildings and the phantom TIF; Worrell’s response to Mike Shaver’s Second request for documents
Mayor Brainard calls a Technical Foul – Removes Campaign Signs & everything but the American Flag
How to build a hotel without financing, public support or proven demand — and create a fiscal crisis at the Carmel Redevelopment Commission
When full transparency is worth more than a cup of coffee
Why does a six-term incumbent need to find ways to eliminate challenges from within his party anyway?
Register to vote now — your vote is more important than ever!
Missing teeth and more New Commercial and Apartment Space is coming fast!
How do you help a man in a tavern or a car crash? Pick them up or let them go!?
What did the neighborhoods impacted by the Auman Stop Sign think about it?
Heard of the $21.8M Energy Center Boondoggle?
Evan Lurie Gallery 12 years after!
Can Carmel afford 4 more years of Brainard/Mestetsky generating $10.9M each month of new debt?
Who investigates our elected officials? – Not Carmel police.
How to listen to a Politician & propaganda neutralizers
Carmel-sized Campaign Contributions come to Noblesville with Big Expectations!
Is the County Election Board serious about corruption?
Buildings that don’t exist can not generate TIF?
Categorizing Self-Serving Politicians, Cronies and Political Groupies
The Palladium, Hotel Carmichael and the Simpson’s?
The Bailout; the shock, the truth!
How The Auman Dr. Stop Sign won an election; Brainard’s campaign strategy for 2011 works like a charm in 2015 election.
Brainard Cares – What are Mayor Brainard’s Commitments worth?
Carmel Politics Take on an Indianapolis’ Flavor
Mayor Brainard needs a driver! Second crash in two years.
Mayor Brainard’s tenuous grasp on his campaign finances.
Brookshire Golf Club and Pool
The Performing Arts Center; Broken Promises
Woody Rider begs ‘Mr. Mayor please bring me a plan’
Orderly but Dumb, are we doing it right?
Mayor raises taxes 19% and asks for 40% raise the same year.
Private Investigators investigated Private Carmel citizens for over a decade.
The Balance of Power in Carmel
City Center Parking’s $116,847/space Parking Garage Boondoggle
Carmel has three times the debt of Fishers… Why?
Mayor involved in wreck in city-leased vehicle for second time in 2 years
Mayor’s crash – Why skip a test you confirmed you knew you were supposed to take?
City of Carmel Contact List:
Plan Commission: Contact Joe Shestak, Administrator, Board of Zoning Appeals | Plan Commission, City of Carmel, Department of Community Services, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032. (317) 571-2419
jshestak@carmel.in.gov (Ask him to please distribute your email to all of the Plan Commissioners OR BZA members, whichever is appropriate.)
Jacob Quinn: Deputy Clerk for City Council jquinn@carmel.in.gov
Carmel City Councilors 2020:
City Council-At Large Timothy Hannon 507-0812 thannonmd@gmail.com
City Council-At Large Kevin “Woody” Rider 503-7095 krider@carmel.in.gov
City Council-At Large Jeff Worrell 471-9836 jworrell@
Central District Bruce Kimball 476-0841 bkimball@carmel.in.gov
Southeast District Adam Aasen
Southwest District Tony Green 605-1811 antgreen@att.net
Northeast District Sue Finkam 614-5835 sfinkam@carmel.in.
Northwest District Laura Campbell 432-9985 lcampbell@
West District
Mike Hollibaugh: Director of Community Services mhollibaugh@carmel.
Mayor Brainard: (317) 571-2401 jbrainard@carmel.in.