Where Was the Revolution?
I just finished watching the latest meeting of the City-County Council Municipal Corporations Committee. You know what the subject was? Lucas Oil Stadium. The Committee got a presentation from Capitol Improvement Board Executive Director Barney Livengood and CIB President Bob Grand. You can click here to see it for yourself.
You will see the CIB folks do the presentation they have done in past and you will see Councilors ask the questions you would expect them to ask.
What you won’t see are the “revolutionaries” who’ve made Grand and the CIB their rallying cry for change. It was an open meeting and members of the public (IndyGo expansion supporters) were there. Granted the meeting wasn’t at the City-County Building but it was at the CIB offices in the Convention Center. And there was public notice as mandated by law.
I am surprised that the children of the revolution didn’t show. It would have been the perfect opportunity for them to ask questions, because the public was allowed to speak, and to get the transparency that they are always asking for.
This tells me one or two things. Either no one was paying attention and they were asleep at the wheel, which is scary if you’re going to write and make a big deal about these events and not show up. In the alternative, no one cared enough to show up and make their voice heard which is even more scary.
No offense guys, but if say you want a revolution, you have to show up at these things. You can’t just do it when a political party is exercising its rights to take away someone’s committee assignments when they are no longer a member. Revolutions are hard work.
