Street Talk

Submitted by
Name: Curious

Comments:
How in the world is Charlie Grooms the only person who makes the decisions on the Miss Madison boats and equipment ??? This information was never made public about Home Street backing out and the boat being in so much debt. Sad situation. Didnt he get enough money from Bob Hughes to pay these debts. Pathetic situation ....and there goes the Madison Regatta!!!

Added: February 13, 2025 12:05:59 PM

Submitted by
Name: Cactus

Comments:
Who was on the MMI board with Charlie Gromms in November 2024? I failed to see this in the paper.
Is it really a good idea to have City employees on this new board? Should the Mayor be on this board ever? I think it's odd the Mayor talks of Transparency and MMI. He has hid things from the Public since Day 1.
Women can also be on this Board Bob.
Has Bob Hughes widow been contacted at all about this matter?
Was anyone else besides Mr.Grooms allowed to look for Sponsorship of the boat?
We in Indiana pride ourselves of Tourism for the entire State. The Governor may have wanted to use the boat for this purpose at the other 4 race sites.

I don't know if it was right to loan money to the Charity and then have 2 boats racing knowing that I was going then going to cash the boat out in order for my Loan to get paid back.

Added: February 12, 2025 08:31:25 PM

Submitted by
Name: madison resident

Comments:
So I thought Scudder was retiring, he's still here?

Added: February 12, 2025 11:37:51 AM

Submitted by
Name: @CITY

Comments:
The Miss Madison boats, raced every year at the Madison Regatta, are gone according to the Madison, Indiana mayor.

He said the Miss Madison board sold the boats without permission.

Added: February 12, 2025 11:33:21 AM

Submitted by
Name: Anonymous
From: Madison

Comments:
Madison officials have the policy if no one complaines then it's OK to do. They have kept the public out of everything. Which then creates opportunity for people to take advantage. Whether it be embezzlement or fraud? Like the children's advocacy center . Cost 500 k to rebuild. And only worth 200k? What is that? And what does the place do? No children go there..my guess is just future funding from the state. People too greedy.

Added: February 12, 2025 11:16:37 AM

Submitted by
Name: Teddy Norbu
From: Madison
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Tony Steinhardt Jr. Could not have been
Removed here in February 2025. As he recently passed in December of 2024.
Tony Steinhardt III works for the City of Madison

Added: February 12, 2025 11:14:22 AM

Submitted by
Name: Ron Shaffer
From: Vevay
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
Seems like alot of people don't know the inter workings of MMI. Which includes a list of family members free access to rooms, food events, most likely free air transportation while some of the mechanics who donated their time were left at home.People who given the royal treatment and never saw the Miss Madison shop. And believe me they had some really good mechanics. Too mafreeloaders on the guest list.
Why do you think Home Town dropped the sponsorship. Need to get their side in this.
And get Clifty Engineering in on this.alot of nonsense going on for years. It finally caught up. And now a silent AUCTION. Follow the money trail. Let's see who got the cash.

Added: February 12, 2025 11:01:00 AM

Submitted by
Name: IDC

Comments:
I don't care about the Has Been Actor even living here. He is broke and she's a gold digger. Why not take their RV to an actual RV storage center? They are literally everywhere. I hope they leave.

Added: February 12, 2025 11:00:25 AM

Submitted by
Name: Madison

Comments:
Congrats to Miss Madison for selling all of her assets. Hopefully, they got enough to cover their liabilities. The sport has been dying for years - down to less than handful of boats and race sites per year.

Miss Madison’s biggest problem was knowing when to quit. The fatal decision was when Miss Madison decided to build a new boat and then decided to start operating a 2nd team to “save” the sport. Expenses exploded.

The worst thing that this Mayor could do is spend money to put a non-competitive Miss Madison on the River to race.

Added: February 12, 2025 08:46:46 AM

Submitted by
Name: Diddy
From: Madison,in

Comments:
Was Tony Steinhardt jr one of the committee members fired in the Monday night masssacre?

Added: February 12, 2025 08:26:37 AM