Muda69

Baseball Is Being Watched More Than Ever. But Fewer People Are Falling in Love With It.: https://reason.com/2026/07/16/baseball-is-being-watched-more-than-ever-but-fewer-people-are-falling-in-love-with-it/ Meh, gambling will eventually destroy Baseball, and tackle Football is next.

Possibly. That hasn't been revealed yet. So far most of the sentiments I have heard from Frankfort citizens regarding has been less than positive.

Case in point: Yet another reason, along with the increasing cost for a ticket, not to attend.

https://reason.com/2026/07/14/4-takeaways-from-the-supreme-courts-2025-2026-term/ Yep, more kingmaking going on with some of the SCOTUS decisions. A bad move.

Ahh, I get it. Anybody who dares to criticize the current government education hegemony and offers a primarily non-government solution is automatically labeled a "bigot". Kind of like anybody who criticizes the actions and policies of the Israeli government is labeled a anti-semite. The status quo must endure. At any cost.

Indiana might kill property taxes. Young families would pay. https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2026/07/13/indiana-gop-property-tax-repeal-sales-tax-young-families/90877260007/

PKB. No, not an absolutist. I have mentioned in this thread that there may be the need in certain communities for a small, government funded K-12 educational system, combined with private charity, for the truly poor. But such a system should be the exception, not the rule. That you willingly fail to recognize that the current government education system is the status quo is your problem, not mine.

I think you mean "denomination" not "domination".

PKB. Yes. A combination of charity and some sort of government education welfare program for the truly poor would provide the resources for their parents to pay for a private, non-government education. No, just you and your ISTA/NEA "experts". Who have failed the taxpayers at every step. And I contend your "experience" blinds you to real and lasting change. You just want to perpetuate the current system because it provides you with a steady paycheck. How is your summer break going BTW? Bigoted? Now you go too far, chief. Please explain how supporting getting government out of owning and operating K-12 schools makes me a bigot. If anything it is your insistence on maintaining the status quo in government education (aka " WE NEED MORE $$$$$$$!!!!!", "IT'S ALL THE PARENT'S FAULT JOHNNY CAN'T READ PAST A 3RD GRADE LEVEL!!!!!!!!!", etc.) that makes you just as bigoted.

The largest taxpayer boondoggle in NFL history just opened in Buffalo: https://cnycentral.com/news/local/ribbon-cut-on-new-22b-highmark-stadium-taxpayers-helped-fund-850m-of-it So an owner worth $9.3 billion couldn't come up with and extract $850 million. I seriously doubt that. No Mr. Pegula just wanted to suck on that free taxpayer teat for as much as he could.

Nobody is playing the victim here other than you. And I have countered each of your points in turn. You simply don't want to consider a free market approach to education because it threatens you. These "young people at risk" would have opportunity for an education under a new system but because it is not exactly the system you and your ISTA flunkies approve of you both choose to hide under some ragged cloak of altruism. That you and you alone know how to "fix" our education system. Newsflash Irishman: You don't. Here is one recent example of an innovative approach to education. I'm sure you and other union members hate it: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2026/06/25/what-is-a-microschool-find-one-indiana-funding-criticism/90674322007/

Such casual dismissal coming from yourself, Irishman. I know it makes your feel morally superior, but your 100% bias in this matter and willing blindness to solutions is the real problem. Probably because it may threaten your livelihood in some matter.

Another opinion on the elimination of property taxes for senior citizens who own their homes: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/jacob-stewart/2026/06/26/indiana-property-tax-cuts-seniors-downsize-braun/90681257007/

Only because it has never been tried. What is laughable is this continued delusion that just throwing more money at government K-12 education will fix all it's many failures. Not just laughable, but insane. And we the taxpayers are paying for the insanity. No, the heyday of government education is over. More and more taxpayers are wanting to change the system, and ultimately change it for the better. Only organizations like the ISTA/NEA union want to continue the failed status quo. If there is a market for educational services in a community then businesses will open to fill that need. You really need to bone up on your basic economics. There is also home schooling and distance learning as viable options for parents. Or do you support the banning of those as well? And I addressed that, but at a bare minimum amount.

Bets on Boilers, Bulldogs, Hoosiers could end if Indiana adopts NCAA request: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2026/06/26/purdue-iu-butler-back-ncaa-request-to-ban-player-prop-bets-in-indiana/90701562007/ Boo hoo, what will these gamblers do with themselves if they can't place these prop bets using their favorite gambling app? I guess go down the street to the local bookie in the pool hall?