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  1. You would have to sell a ton of cinnamon rolls to pay that rent!

  2. This nasty bill is not local governments' fault. Our county and city governments, as well as our schools, stand to lose by this bill, and they're right on the edge now. All this does is make Repub business owners richer at the expense of local government and schools, and that's BAD business. Repubs still can't do math!

  3. The last thing Indianapolis needs at this point in history is light rail. In ten years it would be totally obsolete. Why? Because driverless cars will soon be commercially available. Google and others have been testing them successfully for a couple of years. The state of California is investigating what laws and regulations will be needed in expectation of manufacturers offering such vehicles by 2020. And who will be the first to adopt them? Most likely it will be the wealthier parts of the metro area - Carmel, Fishers, Avon, etc. - the very areas that light rail would be aimed at. Given the relatively good commuting conditions of the Indy area, using mass transit is not likely to save much time versus automobiles after you factor in the time needed to get from your house to the train station or bus stop and the time waiting for the train or bus to come. The biggest benefit of mass transit is that you can do work while traveling. With driverless cars you have that benefit and are not bound to the time table or route of mass transit. I believe we will need buses for at least 10 or 20 years since those who can't afford cars now are not going to be able to afford driverless ones either. However, at some point either transit authorities or private companies will be able to maintain fleets of driverless taxis that, because there is no driver to pay, will be affordable than taxis are today. Moreover, driverless cars will help solve the problem of elderly or incapacitated people being able to get where they need to go. That's why I think spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build light rail would just be money wasted.

  4. Hurry up and pass this bill- light rail or no. We can always pass something else for light rails in the future. I'm tired of driving up to Carmel whenever I visit my mother. I'd rather ride a bus and read on my way up there.

  5. “The IndyCar Series is a good platform for Verizon to showcase its technology,” Brown said. “IndyCar fans are a good consumer base for the company." ______________________ Really? They tend to be white guys from Indiana and generally >50 YO. That's a small base. ------- As for money, rumor has it that the league is coming up short 4million per year from the isod deal. That's some good business they done got going there at hulmancar headquarters. :lol: -------------------Like I said before, this aint gonna amount to jack. Just like isod didn't amount to jack.