Showing posts with label Coyle site development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coyle site development. Show all posts
Sunday, May 20, 2018

A Sunday morning ON THE AVENUES encore: "Upscale residency at down-low prices."

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The ON THE AVENUES column from 2015 reprinted here came to mind as I was reading about grassroots initiatives in Akron. In Akron: ...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

ON THE AVENUES REWOUND: Money is the ultimate bully (2015).

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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND:  Money is the ultimate bully (2015).  A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. I'm on vacation, so this is a reru...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

GOLDEN OLDIES: Mega-$$$ hologram improvement project in New Albany receives Redevelopment bond, as well as Dan's and Adam's approval.

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豆贝尔维 克斯 吾艾 贼德 How much difference does a year make? In the case of Jeff Gahan's expanding cult of personality, not much. However...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

ON THE AVENUES: They're surely not ROLL models.

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ON THE AVENUES: They're surely not ROLL models.  A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. Often I write about walking, so it may come a...
Saturday, December 05, 2015

As the Coyle site is prepped for luxury, city functionaries praise corporate welfare "done right."

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As always, it's all about appearance, and never genuine fundamentals. Construction ready to begin at former Coyle site in New Alba...
Friday, December 04, 2015

Grab all your saws, 'cuz the NAFD is training on the roof.

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The New Albany Fire Department was conducting some rooftop exercises and training this morning at the former Coyle Dodge (And Frisch'...
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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Bored of Works just laughs: ADA compliance? In New Albany?

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Walking on the north side of Spring from 4th to 6th ... how is it again that wheelchair users are supposed to be able to use the sidewalk wh...
Monday, November 09, 2015

The Vintage Fire Museum moved to Jeffersonville so that Gahan might monetize.

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Fire engines aren't everyone's shtick, but it's worth remembering that the impetus for what is now a Vintage Fire Museum as ...
Sunday, October 04, 2015

Yes, Jeff, we know you're The Luxury Mayor: "Working so hard, to keep you from the poverty."

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Jeff Gahan and the local Democratic Party are really excited about subsidizing the construction of luxury apartments just a few blocks aw...
Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Duggins: Indy developer has "vested interest" in our community, and millennials prefer biking alongside Padgett cranes.

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There's something surreal about the conversations taking place as to the preferences of the $60,000 per year millennials who'll b...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Taibbi feels the Bern: "An elected government should occasionally step in and offer an objection or two toward our progress to undisguised oligarchy."

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This one from Matt Taibbi was posted on April 29, 2015, and I've underlined a passage which echoes something we've been saying lo...
Friday, August 07, 2015

In Louisville as well as New Albany, "Municipal and mega-business moguls fornicate first and get acquainted later."

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Even before Greg Fischer's Omni sellout, NAC had been tracking the Louisville mayor's ongoing deterioration. Irv still nutzoid...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

ON THE AVENUES: Money is the ultimate bully.

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ON THE AVENUES: Money is the ultimate bully.  A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor. New Albany is a city of 37,000 residents. Not ev...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Gonder on Coyle sitecapades: "We need new rules, special rules, to guide the use of public/private partnerships."

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Jeff Gahan's governing clique of down-low Reaganites will be working even harder now to unseat a dangerous dissident such as John Gon...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Coyle site luxury giveaway: "The people that they want to attract can't afford to live there."

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Even a Democratic loyalist grasps the obvious. The argument against (the Coyle site residential development ) is right in front of ev...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Coyle sitecapades: In New Albany, Democrats WILL be Republicans ... and Jeff Gahan WILL stay on the down low.

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TH, a first-time council attendee, was in the crowd last night. As the crisply tailored suits from Flaherty and Collins made their case f...
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

A stellar subsidized evening of Reaganite corporate welfare, New Albany Trickle-Down Democrat-style.

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Tonight's city council verdict: In a "free" market economy, risk is a necessary condition for small local businesses, devel...
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City council rubber stamp boilerplate orgy begins at 7:00 p.m. tonight.

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We've all been here before. It's just boilerplate for the city to pay someone to make a profitable investment, right? "B...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

It's just boilerplate to pay someone to make a profitable investment, right?

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Yesterday we were breathlessly told to prepare for yet another apocalyptic weather event that never arrived. Out in search of flashlight ...
Monday, July 13, 2015

Coyle site TIF abuse: "Because subsidizing wealthy, out of town developers is the only thing our economic development director knows how to do with our tax money."

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Hint: Those little white nodules are the unregulated rental properties. I'm going to borrow Randy's introduction to what became...
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