What thing do you think Indy needs the most? (Indianapolis: sale, 2011)

[domergurl]

Originally Posted by grmasterb

I like both the Chicago Chop House and Kinzie Chop House

Finally, common ground!!! Whew ...

[ImGibby]

Apparantly we needed a new Stadium

[ImGibby]

Originally Posted by 1BigBear

You guys might want to move this Chi_Town Sidebar to another thread.!

Indy, like all cities this size and smaller, needs a Mayor with brash and balls.
Simple.~ Get the job done.! or get someone who can.!
Trust me, a city with a Mayor with No moral hardline backbone is doomed.
Just look at Memphis ! and It's crime stats. OMG!! {Thanks slick Willy Herenton !}
Then thank ~'someone'~ you're HERE.

hey- What's Rudy Giuliani dong these days....?

NOOOOO!!!!!! NOT GIULIANI! He'll shut down all the strip clubs, then where will all the Pacers hang out and get into gun fights at?

[ImGibby]

[quote=DC 38;4584109] You have to understand that when you are talking down to us, we are going to get defensive. That is just human nature.[quote]

Word.

[domergurl]

After reading the Star this morning, Indianapolis needs to graduate more than 19% of it's male African American high school seniors ... sigh. Worst in the nation people ...WORST!!! And then I read that Don's Guns was literally driven into and pilfered. Get ready for more killin'.

[grmasterb]

Originally Posted by domergurl

After reading the Star this morning, Indianapolis needs to graduate more than 19% of it's male African American high school seniors ... sigh.

Nice spin. Did you miss this part of the article?

"The rates reflect IPS' concentration of poverty, a key predictor for dropping out. The rankings, compiled by the Schott Foundation for Public Education, include urban districts elsewhere that encompass much larger areas and include more wealthy students.
Only about a quarter of public schoolchildren in Indianapolis attend IPS. And the district -- by big-city standards -- is not especially large, with 35,000 students, and shrinking."

Source: Study: Black males falter in IPS | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

Hope I'm not violating any rules in posting from the IndyStar site. If so, I'm sorry!

[domergurl]

Originally Posted by grmasterb

Nice spin. Did you miss this part of the article?

"The rates reflect IPS' concentration of poverty, a key predictor for dropping out. The rankings, compiled by the Schott Foundation for Public Education, include urban districts elsewhere that encompass much larger areas and include more wealthy students.
Only about a quarter of public schoolchildren in Indianapolis attend IPS. And the district -- by big-city standards -- is not especially large, with 35,000 students, and shrinking."

Source: Study: Black males falter in IPS | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

Hope I'm not violating any rules in posting from the IndyStar site. If so, I'm sorry!

I don't think you are.

So basically, a small majority of Indianapolis public school children attend IPS ... this makes it even worse! The few they have are failing!!!

[grmasterb]

Originally Posted by domergurl

I don't think you are.

So basically, a small majority of Indianapolis public school children attend IPS ... this makes it even worse! The few they have are failing!!!

Read the first sentence that I pasted, and think of the geography that IPS covers -- easily the poorest areas in the city, and nothing else. Middle-class black males attend township schools.

[jrod2828]

We need to drop the Indians and get a professional baseball team.

The cure for the bad schools?.. Privatization.. plain and simple.

[jeff3166]

Originally Posted by ImGibby

Apparantly we needed a new Stadium

With Lucas Oil Stadium, Conseco Fieldhouse, and Victory Field all being among the best facilities in their respective sports/leagues, all being fan-friendly, and all either new or near-new, I don't really see the need for another stadium for a while.