Easily the Crown Jewel of Mayor James C. Brainard’s reign the Palladium was a project run amuck from its beginnings in the 20th Century. Transparency and rising costs were the issue from 1999 forward. It has produced more noise than music. The noise began in earnest in 2000 when the source of the errors of […]
Category: Issues
Woody Rider begs ‘Mr. Mayor please bring me a plan’
Mayor never rests, he was trying in October of 2016 to borrow for necessities. In 2017 the necessity was a Carousel and a Luxury Hotel. Councilor Rider begs the Mayor for a spending plan. All the Mayor has is a wish list and a need for millions of dollars of new funds. The Mayor’s Big […]
City Center Parking’s $116,847/space Parking Garage Boondoggle
You didn’t read it wrong! Carmel paid $116,847/space for 184 spaces. $21.5M Total How much is the highest median cost / most expensive space in America, next to Carmel, it is $27,526 in NYC. Indy averaged $18,753. Edit note: March 20, 2019 – Received documentation that total paid was the $21.5M shown on attached contract. […]
Carmel has three times the debt of Fishers… Why?
Fact is all of the cities and towns on this list combined owe less than Carmel. That is right Carmel’s debt is greater than the all 5 of these in total. Standards & Poors cites debt in downgrading Carmel’s rating By Adam Aasen on November 15, 2017 Carmel Community Citing “the city’s rapidly increasing debt […]