March 27, 2019 Dear Editor: The following is a response from Carmel resident Mike Shaver to the members of the Carmel City Council, including Council President Jeff Worrell. Dear Mr. Worrell & Members of the Carmel City Council: Thank you for responding to my inquiry regarding the “Developer Guarantees” for City Center, and for including […]
Category: Jim Brainard
Mayor Brainard calls a Technical Foul – Removes Campaign Signs & everything but the American Flag
Will he be back for the Stars and Stripes? It would appear Dr. Tim Hannon’s flags are also in the easement. This has to be the most unusual easement in Indiana. It extends approximately 13 feet from the edge of the multipurpose trail to the edge of Hannon’s private front yard sidewalk. I […]
How to build a hotel without financing, public support or proven demand — and create a fiscal crisis at the Carmel Redevelopment Commission
Imagine that you reach a point in your life where you decide you want to build your own house. Not a modest single-story reach-style, split-level or neo-Craftsman, mind you. But the largest, fanciest and most noticeable house in town. Your new house is going to be so famous that townsfolk are talking about it even […]
When full transparency is worth more than a cup of coffee
Have you ever noticed? Carmel’s mayor and council incumbents are quick to trot out their cut-and-paste proclamations to convince us how great Carmel is — as if they somehow cannot trust us to believe in our own senses and experiences. “Carmel is ranked at the best place in America to raise a family.” “Carmel has […]
Why does a six-term incumbent need to find ways to eliminate challenges from within his party anyway?
As Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Joe Weingarten filed a request with the Hamilton County Election Board last week to have allegations of bribery in the Carmel mayoral GOP primary campaign investigated, it turned on a bright and shining light in a number of places local GOP insiders would likely rather it didn’t. […]
Missing teeth and more New Commercial and Apartment Space is coming fast!
What is Mayor Brainards plan for vacant space? There are 217 Commercial Properties available currently in Carmel! How many thousand square feet of new space is coming online in the next year? We currently have 41 storefronts between the Monon and Woody’s Library on Main St. Of those 6 small businesses are vacant or a […]
How do you help a man in a tavern or a car crash? Pick them up or let them go!?
Old Town Tavern patron describes ‘helping’ Mayor Published: 4 February 2019 I’ve long heard the stories about the Mayors carousing though this is the most shocking comment I’ve heard on the subject. “I know him. I know his problem…” So the Mayor has been picked from the floor of a local tavern, according to this […]
What did the neighborhoods impacted by the Auman Stop Sign think about it?
I am here to speak for the Removal of the Stop Sign on 126th and Auman Dr. February 15, 2015 I am here to speak for the Removal of the Stop Sign on 126th and Auman. Mr. Mayor, Councilors and ladies and gentlemen my name is Rick Smith and I live in Newark edition. In […]
Heard of the $21.8M Energy Center Boondoggle?
The first question to answer is what did we pay for the Energy Center? The following PDF shows we paid a Total of $21.8M This is really just a complex Loan scheme as explained in this information from the Vendors website. It wasn’t like the Newspapers didn’t keep us abreast of what was occurring […]
Evan Lurie Gallery 12 years after!
Evan Lurie Gallery incites fury, with reason Author Archives November 15, 2007 Filed under PERSPECTIVES By: Jaclyn Chen <jchen@hilite.org> Yet another question surrounding the allocation of Carmel taxpayer dollars has been raised. This time, the case involves the $4.1 million Evan Lurie Gallery of Fine Art located on Main Street. Carmel has invested $1.2 million […]