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Actually John Barth is at-large and represents the City as a whole. That he only appears to care about one part of the city and is willing to do something that hurts the city as a whole is indeed interesting.

It should be noted that the Midtown TIF only captures commercial properties, not homesteads in the area, so only new capital investment will spur revenue to fund other permitted public expenditures like parks, sidewalks, etc. TIF should not be thought of just for blighted areas (those TIFs often underperform and need bailed out) but for areas that may be on the brink of decline and need a bit of a jumpstart for reinvestment.

Rumor has it there were bribes exchanged during work on passage of the Midtown TIF. Let's only hope someone was wearing a wire who was working for the FBI. Barth's motivation, or so he says, was the neighbor who lives behind him choosing to sell his home and move to Boone County. Nothing that TIF can bring about will reverse the trend of why people are moving out of even the nice neighborhoods of the city to move to the suburban areas. Pat and the concerned neighbors in this area worked tirelessly to explain to city council members and the MDC why they were wrong to capture some of the most affluent and booming areas of the northside in this TIF district. They had the stronger argument, but there was no financial reward for supporting their view. Sadly, that's what drives action in this city today by our city officials.

Rumor has it there were bribes exchanged during work on passage of the Midtown TIF. Let's only hope someone was wearing a wire who was working for the FBI. Barth's motivation, or so he says, was the neighbor who lives behind him choosing to sell his home and move to Boone County. Nothing that TIF can bring about will reverse the trend of why people are moving out of even the nice neighborhoods of the city to move to the suburban areas. Pat and the concerned neighbors in this area worked tirelessly to explain to city council members and the MDC why they were wrong to capture some of the most affluent and booming areas of the northside in this TIF district. They had the stronger argument, but there was no financial reward for supporting their view. Sadly, that's what drives action in this city today by our city officials.

Pat Andrews is doing the work and sleuthing the paper and Nuvo should be doing.


Pat Andrews efforts are a godsend to those of us wanting to keep informed on the machinations of local politics.

It is important to note that this meeting is being hosted by the two community development organizations representing the area: Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation and Midtown Indianapolis, Inc. We organized this meeting to help our neighbors understand what TIF is, what it is not and what it could mean to future of our community. All nine neighborhoods touched by the North Midtown Economic Development Area are invited, including the three south of 38th Street (the area that Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation serves).