'Indy Timeline' of Upcoming Events Pulliam: Welcome Back To The Front Porch
Russ Pulliam, Columnist, IndyStar
It was a novel idea when he first became mayor.
Steve Goldsmith wanted churches, synagogues and neighborhood groups to work on the city's social problems, including homelessness and drug abuse. He'd have city government concentrate on street repairs, crime, sewers and garbage collection.
Mayor-elect Greg Ballard wants to revive that idea, which has since become part of the national political discussion. Ballard is tapping a former Goldsmith aide, Isaac Randolph Jr., to resurrect what was called the Front Porch Alliance in the Goldsmith years.
Randolph, an Indianapolis firefighter, is winding up a term on the City-County Council and could be a candidate for a top spot in the Ballard administration.
He sees a renewed Front Porch Alliance as part of the new mayor's attempt to reduce crime. He also expects that the administration will closely coordinate its new organization with the Peterson administration's Greater Indianapolis Neighborhood Initiative. "We're not going to throw out the baby with the bathwater," Randolph said. "It's not about politics. We don't want to unravel things just because it wasn't our idea."
Like Goldsmith, Ballard and his transition team contend that government... [continued at IndyStar.com]
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