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		<title>There&#8217;s No &#8220;We&#8221; in Mitch Land&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/theres-no-we-in-mitch-land/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/theres-no-we-in-mitch-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[320 million windfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Goldsmith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Steve Goldsmith was Mayor&#8211;talking incessantly about government&#8217;s &#8220;customers&#8221; while shifting costs from the operating to the capital budget in order to &#8220;reduce&#8221; taxes (i.e., push the costs to the next administration)&#8211;I used to grouse that his vision of the ideal government would be one that eliminated all municipal services so that the City-County Building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Devil You Know&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-devil-you-know/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/11/the-devil-you-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of political truisms&#8211;which I have always accepted as &#8220;givens&#8221;&#8211;went up in smoke last night. The first was that at-large candidates win or lose based upon the performance of their party&#8217;s mayoral candidate. The second was that in close races, victory is largely a matter of getting your vote out. In Indianapolis yesterday, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Not! Did So!</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/did-not-did-so/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/did-not-did-so/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, budget battles. This morning&#8217;s Star detailed the back and forth political arguments about whether the Ballard Administration actually made the budget cuts the mayor promised during his campaign. Their independent analysis amounted to: who knows? That&#8217;s not a criticism of the reporters&#8211;it&#8217;s a reflection of the games public managers play. This actually began back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and Policy: A Cautionary Tale</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/politics-and-policy-a-cautionary-tale/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/politics-and-policy-a-cautionary-tale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics of incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time to reconsider]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sharing my next column for the IBJ, which expands upon my earlier post, and considers the policy issues that the Litebox blunder illuminate. &#160; How did we get from “Enterprise Zones” to Litebox? Back in my Hudnut Administration days, I remember enthusiastic discussions about Enterprise Zones&#8211;a new tool promoted by then-Congressman Jack Kemp to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/questions/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litebox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I get tired of beating the same dead horse, but the Star&#8217;s story this morning about the Litebox episode&#8211;a piece of real reporting that is becoming increasingly rare&#8211;raises additional questions. The story makes vividly clear how slapdash the City&#8217;s vetting process has been, and how politically motivated the decision to announce &#8220;job creation.&#8221; But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WTF?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/wtf/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/wtf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniels Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litebox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excuse the title of this post, but I just read the lead story in the Indianapolis Star about Litebox&#8211;the company that was showered with praise and promises of tax breaks just yesterday by both Mayor Ballard and Governor Daniels. In my post yesterday, I questioned whether the obviously strange owner had been adequately vetted. Today&#8217;s news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job Creation Delusions</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/job-creation-delusions/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/job-creation-delusions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Develop Indy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job creation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Given the state of the economy, it&#8217;s understandable that candidates and incumbents alike would focus on job creation. It&#8217;s also understandable that the mayor and governor would make a big deal out of promises to locate new factories in Indianapolis. But it&#8217;s beginning to look as if the &#8220;vetting&#8221; process could use some vetting of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ballard&#8217;s Brand of Socialism</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/ballards-brand-of-socialism/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/ballards-brand-of-socialism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweetheart deals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, Matt Tully criticized Melina Kennedy&#8217;s campaign for recent, negative ads. Essentially, he said that she had already demonstrated that she was the superior candidate, and that the ads were beneath her&#8211;that Ballard, whatever his deficiencies, is a decent guy and didn&#8217;t deserve the negative characterizations. I agree with Tully about negative ads, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting From Here to There</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/getting-from-here-to-there/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/getting-from-here-to-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike lanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commuting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest column, urbanist Neal Peirce recounts the deteriorating condition of mass transit in the U.S., and details the ways in which that deterioration&#8211;if left unattended&#8211;will further depress the economy and damage the environment. It&#8217;s a gloomy picture, not just because it is clearly accurate, but because our political system is in the thrall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinking into Mediocrity</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/sinking-into-mediocrity/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/sinking-into-mediocrity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mediocre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public amenities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports venues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, those of us who live in Indianapolis only focus on the city&#8211;and what we&#8217;d like to see it become&#8211;every four years, during mayoral elections. If then. Whatever one might think about the &#8220;visions&#8221; displayed by the current candidates, it occurs to me that those of us who call Indianapolis home need to develop some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Economy, Stupid!</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/its-the-economy-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/its-the-economy-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us remember James Carville’s admonition—the one that became the singular focus of the successful Clinton campaign—“it’s the economy, stupid!” That laser-like focus on economic well-being was generally seen as a smart campaign tactic, which it was. But it was also smart policy. Which brings us to the current campaign for Mayor of Indianapolis. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York, New York</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/new-york-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/new-york-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book of Mormon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayoral election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I told a coworker that I was coming to New York for the weekend, he shuddered. He hasn&#8217;t ever been there, he said, but he hates big cities. I LOVE big cities. And therein lies a political challenge for those who would be mayor. We talk about the need for our candidates to demonstrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ballard Strikes Again</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/ballard-strikes-again/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/ballard-strikes-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Pierre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neighborhood consultations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Mayor Ballard trying to give people reasons to vote for Melina Kennedy? The Administration is spending a part of the proceeds from the sale of the water company to demolish unsafe, abandoned houses. Most of us have no problem with that&#8211;but, just as with the &#8220;if it moves, pave it&#8211;but only during rush hour and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parking Meter Delusions</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/parking-meter-delusions/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/parking-meter-delusions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parking meters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to media reports, in last night&#8217;s debate between Melina Kennedy (no relation!) and Greg Ballard, the Mayor strongly defended his record. He cited crime reduction (a claim that can be considered true if you count only certain crimes, and ignore those annoying statistics about aggravated assaults and the like) and the privatization of parking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tortoise and the Hare</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/09/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/09/the-tortoise-and-the-hare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax dollars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay&#8211;this isn&#8217;t a very good analogy, but it&#8217;s the best I can come up with on a rainy Monday morning. Today&#8217;s Star editorial&#8211;with which I strongly agree&#8211;reminded me of Eric Hoffer&#8217;s observation that the true measure of a civilization isn&#8217;t what it builds, but how well it maintains what it builds. Maintenance requires the skills [...]]]></description>
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