Muda69

Go Kokomo Wildkats.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/24/indiana-township-leaders-and-their-families-profit-from-contracts/88738153007/ Personally I'm ok with consolidation of township government, it could save taxpayers money and make them more efficient.

Agreed. But I believe this > $16 million threshold in order to have a vote is way to high. Should be more like $1 million.

Maybe. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

It is the same bait-and-switch politicians use with property taxes. They say "we won't raise your property tax rate", which is true. But what they don't include is the insane amount of increases the county is making to the assessed valuations of people's homes. My home held pretty much the same assessed value, +/- around $5k, for the first twenty years we lived in it. Over the past 5-7 years the assessed valuation has gone up almost 100 percent, effectively doubling my yearly property taxes. And isn't it interesting these increased valuations occurred at around the same time the school corp was spending $30 million for renovating the high school, the city was spending millions on a new park downtown, a new water park, a new police station, and now a new fire station west of town. And the county was spending millions to build a new annex building on the courthouse square. Yet the city and county politiicans were screaming, "we did all of this without increasing the property tax rate!!!!!" What a scam...................

Ok. I'll say somewhere between $100 and $1,000,000. Happy now? Can you tell me how much you personally have paid to have Lucas Oil Stadium in the State of Indiana? And how much you are willing to personally pay to have a new Bears stadium built in Hammond? But it doesn't cost "nothing" to the taxpayers. They keep paying the same amount, where they could have paid less as a result of refinancing. I have refinanced my mortgage to get a better rate, which allows me to save a bit and pay off my mortgage sooner. I don't use the lower rate to buy more house.

If the refinancing is to obtain a better rate so the bond can be paid off sooner, then sure. If it is so they can spend even more taxpayers dollars on dubious projects under the umbrella of the existing bond, then no. That should be illegal. The existing bond should be 100% PAID OFF first before attempting to issue another. But then again I am not a municipal bond expert. Are you?

Has the specific location for this "premier venue" been released? You look at the "Wolf Lake area" using something Google maps and you see mostly industrial and residential areas. Edit: NM, found it. Kind of: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2026/02/19/wolf-lake-chicago-bears-moving-stadium-hammond-indiana/88759571007/

I like Munster Bears better than the Hammond or NWI Bears:

This is a loophole that allows government school corporations to basically nickel-and-dime it's taxpayer base in perpetuity.

Yes. And I have contacted the elected school board member who represents the district in which I live.

I've heard that Wolf Lake is basically a swamp, and it will take hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to even make such a site ready for the construction of something like a stadium, if it can be made ready at all. Is Wolf Lake one of the last vestiges of the Grand Kankakee Marsh, that was drained for agricultural use over a 150 years ago?: https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/northern-indianas-lost-marsh-grand-kankakee/

No, I don't know personally down to the penny what I have paid because of Lucas Oil. But I have paid it, just not for Colts games. As for other members of my family they have probably had to shell out a significant amount of $ due to the events they have attended. And one doesn't have to "figure it down to the penny" to have disdain for something that should be 100% financed by private enterprise.

Sounds like things are getting real: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/19/chicago-bears-are-willing-to-invest-in-indiana-house-speaker-says/88754568007/ Yay! More taxes! Regions dwellers rejoice! And then there is this: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-hearing-bears-stadium-canceled-hammond-indiana/

I was never presented with a vote opportunity for this current bond proposal put forward by CSF. I guess $16,000,000 is too small to be of concern for poor taxpayers.

Community Schools of Frankfort school boards looks to waste more taxpayer dollars on unneeded athletic upgrades: https://clintoncountydailynews.com/community-schools-of-frankfort-plans-16-million-tax-neutral-bond-for-athletic-upgrades/ First of all this notion of a "tax neutral bond" is just dishonest, marketing, baloney. The school corporation finally paid off an old bond so instead of you know, actually trying to reduce the tax burden of the citizens, it opted for a cycle of basically endless debt because for most of these government bureaucrats it is "free money". Disgusting. I don't know what Mr. Rhoda's concept of "long time" is, but it appears to be no more than yesterday. CSF spent millions within the last 10-15 years athletic facilities, a new auxiliary gymnasium being one of them, along with upgrades to Case Arena. As for these proposed athletic upgrades, they supposedly spent a ton of money on high school pool upgrades not more than 10 years ago, and now they need more? Something smells like nasty chlorine..... And everyone here on the GID know my stance on fake surfaces for football and other athletic fields. A total waste of taxpayers dollars, along with inviting even more injuries to children. It looks like 2026 may be the last year I attend a FHS home football game. Watching a moribund program is torture enough, adding shiny fake grass won't make it any better. And it won't make those 150 students who have fled to Central, Prairie, and Rossville return.

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a70378899/barkley-marathons-results-2026/ Yep, this race has had zero finishers 26 out of the 40 times it has been held. Not for the weak of heart. There is a pretty good documentary about this race from 2014. Recommended: https://barkleymovie.com/

If you are a basketball fan and have Amazon Prime Video I recommend a new documentary series, Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association. Very informative and entertaining. Well done.

Nah, that has been tried before and it doesn't work. Trust me. The green tie however is magic.

Clinton Central Bulldogs. As long as the new head coach wears a green tie on the sideline.

Yes.

Interest on the National Debt Will Cost $16 Trillion Over the Next 10 Years: https://reason.com/2026/02/11/americans-will-pay-16-trillion-in-interest-payments-on-the-national-debt-over-the-next-10-years/ More of the America the Baby Boomers have created for their children and grandchildren. They "got theirs", now their descendants have to suffer for it. They must be so proud.

Hmm. Are you saying you choose not to obey local speed limits? Why are you always in such a hurry?

"Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek dead at 48: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/james-van-der-beek-dawsons-creek-varsity-blues-star-dies-48-rcna233633