tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post770382540808496184..comments2024-01-04T20:23:59.249-05:00Comments on Hoosier Happenings: on Privatizationhoosier rebornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401432969706851303noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-15301376503875115542009-06-18T11:21:32.700-04:002009-06-18T11:21:32.700-04:00Thanks for this posting. The regular people of ri...Thanks for this posting. The regular people of river city are not being well served by this mayor and his manipulators. Privatization of the trash service will only force change onto the citizens of whom few have ever complained about the city trash pickup. Oh! There is one benefit, but only for those who have decided that they know what is best. These are the manipulators for whom political brownie points are the goal. Nothing like being able to tell Mitch (in your dreams) that you have ensured profit for the local corporate trash hauler, even while your making all the elderly, haul their dumpster to the street curb. Let the voter never forget!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-9723996189292919412009-06-18T10:02:39.128-04:002009-06-18T10:02:39.128-04:00Anon,
This is interesting, because based on this ...Anon,<br /><br />This is interesting, because based on this scenario I can't imagine that the Center can compete with me due to their own overhead. This is good to know. In architecture hands on experience comes with paid internships in private firms. That's more the model I understand.<br /><br />Regardless, I love what I do and know that because of my low overhead I can do it at nearly 50% of the cost of other firms...so the client, who is typically a non-profit,gets the best bang for their buck, so to speak. And that at least makes me feel good.hoosier rebornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401432969706851303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-23590458882446216672009-06-18T09:35:21.956-04:002009-06-18T09:35:21.956-04:00As a former student who earned their MS in preserv...As a former student who earned their MS in preservation through the Ball State program and held an assistantship through the Center for Historic Preservation, I would like to say that it provided a valuable opportunity to do some "real" work in the preservation world. My labor was not free, as I was paid a stipend, and I take great pride in the work I did. The two communities with which I worked were very pleased with the end results, which were absolutely up to professional standards. If, as a professional consultant, you are unable to compete with a student's work, then perhaps you should reevaluate the services you are offering. <br /><br />It is also my understanding that the Center receives no financial assistance from Ball State, and that they actually pay the university to keep their doors open. It is the work they generate and the jobs they procure that pay for their student assistantships.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-60496332809747060042009-06-17T22:10:37.304-04:002009-06-17T22:10:37.304-04:00Not knowing what to say exactly, I guess I prefer ...Not knowing what to say exactly, I guess I prefer to let my friends speak on my behalf. Thanks guys.hoosier rebornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401432969706851303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-11951394971490899822009-06-17T17:23:36.682-04:002009-06-17T17:23:36.682-04:00HR,
It seems that you have kicked over a hornet&#...HR,<br /><br />It seems that you have kicked over a hornet's nest with this post. For someone who claims to have no interest in your blog, Mr. Oliver sure is spending quite a bit of time here. <br /><br />As someone who is removed from the "spectacle" (by 3000 miles) back there in Hoosierdom, it appears that your comments have hit pretty close to home for someone. As a former public servant in that community, I can say that it was a poorly kept "secret" how much of what transpired in river city and the county as a whole was directed by a small contingent, dare I say cabal, of individuals whose personal desires may or may not have lined up with the greater good of the public.<br /><br />I find Mr. Oliver's statement that you "lamely seek refuge behind your children", a weak dodge to a reasonable request. There is no way that anyone as prominent and "respected" in the local community is not aware of the many dangers posed to children by a certain group of individuals who use the internet to prey on children.<br /><br />In the nearly 3 decades that I have known HR , I can attest to the fact that he has no issue putting his name to any of his opinions.<br /><br />PNW Hoosier<br /><br />or lest I be considered a "sycophant tool",<br />J. Burkholder, Mt. Vernon, WAPNW Hoosierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128782052409777991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-42669497980542960102009-06-17T13:23:32.590-04:002009-06-17T13:23:32.590-04:00HR...repect is earned, anyone who must demand it t...HR...repect is earned, anyone who must demand it to get it is not getting respect, they essentially are distrusted! Stand your ground don't let Mr.Oliver buffalo you. I don't care where he came from or how much money he has or gambles away on the Vegas strip. I am not impressed that he bought his way in the Indiana baseball Hall of Fame. He can "control" the Pilot Editor,the Radio Station management, the Republican party but he cannot control you and that makes you a much bigger man in a lot of peoples eyes than he can ever hope to be!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-45682511648814825932009-06-17T13:03:29.495-04:002009-06-17T13:03:29.495-04:00Hang in there hoosier reborn. We love your blog fr...Hang in there hoosier reborn. We love your blog from the articles of interesting places in good old Indiana to your comments on what is happening in river city. At least you earn a persons friendship instead of buying it!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-49859601272814848632009-06-17T12:24:11.055-04:002009-06-17T12:24:11.055-04:00I’m not interested in your blog or hanging out wit...I’m not interested in your blog or hanging out with you. My sole purpose is to call you out for your gutless cheap shots. Lest it escapes you I always put my name to whatever I say publicly…unlike you and the sycophant tools who miraculously appeared here.<br /><br />This type of personal animus serves only to deflect from your insecurities. You initiated this and now you lamely seek refuge behind your children. If you have issues with me let’s get together and deal with them.John J Olivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-48693805687108964202009-06-16T23:01:28.686-04:002009-06-16T23:01:28.686-04:00Way to go hoosier reborn!!! It's about time so...Way to go hoosier reborn!!! It's about time someone called out the fake englishman on Western Ave., the puppet mayor and the lush city attorney. They are infact only big fish in a small pond. At least you can look yourself in the mirror and feel good about yourself. Keep up the good work!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-48918732879525466802009-06-16T22:07:52.381-04:002009-06-16T22:07:52.381-04:00OMG! Mr. Potter has found your blog! He is trying ...OMG! Mr. Potter has found your blog! He is trying to run River City and Backwater County and because you aren't buying it you must go Mr. Bailey! It is simply amazing that on every single issue this guy thinks he is right and will gladly tell anyone when they are wrong. Certainly a man of such stature would better serve the public if he ran the whole state! Why oh why does he stay in River City he is so much better than all of us! hehe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-35961554812343086662009-06-16T21:21:35.538-04:002009-06-16T21:21:35.538-04:00Well, this is an interesting development indeed. ...Well, this is an interesting development indeed. Nearly two years of carefully shielding my identity as Hoosier Reborn has been undone! LOL.<br /><br />John, there is a great deal about you that still demands respect. I offer that much I didn't know then I do now which probably has changed my view and I am sadly disappointed...not that that matters. It isn't lost on me that while I thought that you had a sincere interest in me personally, I do feel like a used pawn...I haven't heard from you for nearly a year until you landed on my blog.<br /><br />Well, you're welcome to hang out here...but it will make you see red from time to time and I make no apologies. I do ask that you not use my name...I put pictures of my kids on and ask that you respect that. Obviously anyone from river city who visits the site knows who HR is and I'm all right with that.<br /><br />Cheers!hoosier rebornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401432969706851303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-18798702613426957402009-06-16T21:06:26.928-04:002009-06-16T21:06:26.928-04:00Channeling public personal contempt puzzles me. It...Channeling public personal contempt puzzles me. It certainly contrasts with what you wrote me after your decision not to run for Mayor, around Thanksgiving of 2006<br /><br />“I know at times I seemed unappreciative and would ask that you forgive me for what Ed has probably rightly called naivety on my part. I appreciate John’s seemingly unwavering support in the face of doubt by others and for Ed's patience with my political missteps. I have learned a great deal”.<br /><br /> In a follow-up email you wrote: “I have a great deal of respect for you-that won't change” <br /><br />Equally distressing is your complete intellectual dishonesty in presenting the issue regarding user fees. But the irony is rich indeed!<br /><br />Kurt, more than once you have insisted, over my protest, that you have character flaws. You make it impossible for me to protest further.<br /><br />Just a friendly tip for the future…take the time to learn the difference between a political rant and a gratuitous, ad hominem attack. It won’t make much difference to the target of your vitriol but it may show you as something other than a reborn hypocrite. <br /><br />Deranged Puppet-MasterJohn J Olivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-16816612160333759422009-06-15T10:23:21.334-04:002009-06-15T10:23:21.334-04:00Couldn't help but conjure up the names of Blac...Couldn't help but conjure up the names of Blackwater, KBR and Halliburton reading you article. Post-Iraq names that will likely live in infamy.Ishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480816649589587573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-34643936740293431462009-06-13T08:56:42.620-04:002009-06-13T08:56:42.620-04:00BSU uses its graduate students for these projects....BSU uses its graduate students for these projects....a little cash for them and a little for BSU.<br /><br />Maybe this is a form of state university privatization in order to turn a buck...if that's the case, then they shouldn't receive tax dollars..because I sure don't.hoosier rebornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401432969706851303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881186371752795468.post-61952092660479710022009-06-13T08:37:54.987-04:002009-06-13T08:37:54.987-04:00To furtherthemore, and I may be overreaching, it i...To furtherthemore, and I may be overreaching, it is perhaps the case that the BSU org has lots of "free" labor in the guise of architectural students?<br /><br />(Our community has "been there.")vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.com