2008 Race Begins For Indiana Governor
Senate Minority Leader Richard Young (D-Milltown), has become the first candidate to declare for the 2008 governor’s race. Other potential Democratic candidates for governor are thought to include state Sen. Vi Simpson (D-Ellettsville), Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott, Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard, Evansville Mayor Jonathon Weinzapfel, former House speaker John Gregg, [...]
High-Cost Kindergarten
Gov. Mitch Daniels’ full-day Kindergarten plan will be extremely expensive. The plan would cost $54 million in the 2007-08 school year, but would balloon to $260 million by 2011-12. In addition, 82% of school districts need more faculty in order to implement the program, and 53% need more classrooms. Dan Clark, deputy director of the [...]
Governor To Privatize Benefits
Gov. Mitch Daniels will hold a press conference in his office at the Statehouse at 11 a.m. in order to announce his plans for privatization of the state’s benefits program, including eligibility for Medicaid, food stamps, and welfare. The contract is said to be worth $1 billion over 10 years. For months, the only negotiation [...]
Head-Hunting For Talent
It’s a war. No, not Iraq, a war between American cities to attract 25-34 year-old professionals to their town. Within 6 years, more than two workers will be leaving the workforce for every one coming in, and this college-educated demographic will be counted on to spark the future of the economy. What draws these people [...]
Duck And Cover
Every Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles license branch is to receive what is being called an “emergency kit.” Each kit contains glow sticks, a plastic whistle for the manager, and one particle mask per employee. Without any doubt this is one of the most appropriate expenditures of BMV funds in recent years. Because you never [...]
Bottom 5 Of ’06–Indiana
5. Kyle Hupfer–State DNR Director negotiated a settlement to allow canned hunting to continue in Indiana and attempted to build and privatize state park inns. 4. Joel Silverman–Former BMV Commissioner instituted glitch-prone computer upgrade that brought Bureau of Motor Vehicle operations to a virtual standstill for two months, and affected police, prosecution, and voting efficiency. [...]
IndyGo To Raise Fares; Guv To Leave Town
IndyGo, the Circle City’s pathetic excuse for mass transit, has decided to raise fares again. Why do you suppose that this would be necessary? Could it be due to the fact that nobody rides IndyGo because of the crappy service? Because commuters don’t want to spend three hours in travel time to and from work [...]
The Counterrevolution
The U.S. House of Representatives–with the help of Indiana voters–has been seized by the Democrats. Goodbye Souder, goodbye Chocola, and goodbye Hostettler (whose major position was opposition to Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House). Now he can sit on the sideline with the other spectators and complain about her. Eric Dickerson also found out [...]
Vote “D”
Generally, I do not support either of the major political parties. It is my belief that they are both in the pockets of Corporate America. This does not necessarily reflect on individual candidates of these parties, some of whom I have given my endorsement. However, the pressure to conform to party platforms often overtakes even [...]
NOW It’s The Economy
President Bush and his minions have seized on a drop in the unemployment rate as a means to pound home their message that the U.S. economy is in great shape. The strategy is designed to help win victories in Tuesday’s election. After all, Iraq doesn’t seem to be doing them any favors. Unemployment figures fell [...]
