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MAHERN: Ballard, Lewis should disclose conflictsRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Louis Mahern / Special to IBJ
A typical $110,000 Colts suite comes with 20 tickets for 10 games—a per-ticket cost of $550. Mayor Ballard’s suite comes with at least 30 tickets.
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SIDDIQUI: Forward with the Medicaid experimentRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Gov. Mike Pence’s proposed expansion of health care for low-income Hoosiers through the Healthy Indiana Plan is a valuable experiment that will continue Indiana’s trend as an innovator in government.
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SHEPARD: Session gave training huge shot in armRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Randall Shepard / Special to IBJ
Though issues like Medicaid expansion and reducing the income tax were most visible during the recent legislative session, the General Assembly may have also set the stage for substantial future shifts in how Indiana goes about producing a work force prepared for the 21st century economy.
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MCDANIEL: Delegation, Pacers have many surprises in common

June 1, 2013
Mike McDaniel / Special to IBJ
Our delegation is a lot like the Indiana Pacers. Both are young. Both are made up of talented people. Both are generating results sooner than expected. Both are likely to grow to be even more effective for many years to come.
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SCHELLINGER: Green delegation should work hard on influence

June 1, 2013
Jim Schellinger / Special to IBJ
Roll Call reported several weeks ago that Indiana’s clout in Washington, D.C., has slipped in the rankings from 27th to 42nd. This is certainly no surprise in the wake of Sen. Richard Lugar’s departure, in addition to former Sen. Evan Bayh and former congressman and now Gov. Mike Pence.
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SWAYZE: Scrutinize abortion like the industry it isRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Sue Swayze / Special to IBJ
The details of the Kermit Gosnell trial in Pennsylvania are gruesome, yet they signal a warning to all states. Abortion is an industry, not just a political or religious issue.
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DANIELS: Abuses will recharge media shield lawRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Deborah Daniels
It is commonly said in the practice of law that “bad facts make bad law.” Sometimes a far-reaching court decision, affecting a broad swath of cases for years to come, results from one bad set of circumstances.
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VAUGHN: IRS scandal overlooks larger issueRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Julia Vaughn / Special to IBJ
Common Cause founder John Gardner once said, “We share the conviction that as citizens we have every right to raise hell when we see injustice done, or the public interest betrayed, or the public process corrupted.”
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WAGNER: Age has little to do with moral virtuesRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Jennifer Wagner / Special to IBJ
Reggie Walton and Mark Zuckerberg have one thing in common.
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STYRING: Bowen held line on property taxesRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Bill Styring / Special to IBJ
Indiana has said farewell to former Gov. Otis Bowen. Much has been written in tribute to “Doc,” and all of it deserved. He surely was the most popular governor in anyone’s memory. Even his political enemies respected him as a thoroughly decent human being.
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MACALLISTER: Stop, think before expanding transitRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
P.E. MacAllister / Special to IBJ
We continue to analyze, visualize and contemplate the expansion of an urban transit system for the Marion County area. All accept the blessing of reduced traffic during rush hours, but alas, to do so entails a cost-benefit ratio that might be troubling.
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TAFT: Cities are great places to raise kidsRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Bill Taft / Special to IBJ
I recently participated in a planning session for downtown Indianapolis that included cultural and civic leaders whom I consider very pro-urban Indianapolis. As the conversation turned toward the urgent need to recruit more taxpayers into city neighborhoods, one of my colleagues stated that it really wasn’t practical to raise a middle class family in the city, and many others agreed.
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BECK: Fascinated with Indiana's first ladiesRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Lara Beck / Special to IBJ
It’s hard not to miss first lady Karen Pence these days. From reading to kindergartners to supporting the arts to visiting schools in Fort Wayne, she’s everywhere.
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VANE: Had more than enough hope, changeRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Robert Vane / Special to IBJ
It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s read what I’ve written in Forefront that I didn’t buy a ticket to ride the “Hope and Change” express. Just because I wasn’t a passenger, however, doesn’t mean I didn’t want the train to reach its station.
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BONIFIELD: Campus entrepreneurs need more loveRestricted Content

June 1, 2013
Jake Bonifield / Special to IBJ
Having graduated from college this past month, I have now joined the ranks of the college-educated work force.
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HOWEY: Pence sees a president in the mirror

June 1, 2013
Brian A. Howey / Special to IBJ
Last month, we learned that Gov. Mike Pence was in New York attending an Indiana economic development event in Yankee Stadium. Earlier, he had been at a Republican Governors Association conference in New Orleans. A few days later, he was in Maryland to keynote a national confab on school choice.
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KRULL: We're beginning to see the real Pence

June 1, 2013
John Krull / Special to IBJ
Now that the 2013 General Assembly has wrapped up, a few things about the state’s new governor, Republican Mike Pence, have become clear.
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ODLE: Regulate bullets the way we do drugsRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Samuel L. Odle / Special to IBJ
A study by the Violence Policy Center reveals shocking statistics about Indiana. More Hoosiers were killed by gun violence than traffic accidents in 2009—735 gun deaths versus 715 traffic deaths, according to the Washington, D.C.-based center.
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SOUDER: Pence, Long, Bosma swing differently at political curveballsRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Mark Souder / Special to IBJ
Early in the season in baseball, you can be leading the league in home runs because you can really hit a fastball, even if you can’t hit a curveball. But in the major leagues, soon all you will see is curveballs. You either adjust or you are gone.
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DANIELS: College grads must rise to the momentRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Mitchell Daniels
We meet in a time of continued economic stagnation. Economic growth in 2012 was a depressing 1.5 percent, half the historic average. Three million fewer Americans are employed than when this so-called recovery began. Economic inequality is growing, and unprecedented trillions in transfer payments have not reversed the trend. It was well said that, "We need a recovery from this recovery."
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DAVIS: Prosperity focus lost amid cordialityRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Kathy Davis / Special to IBJ
Keep the hope alive, I tell myself, keep the hope alive.
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BOEHM: Tax cuts at the expense of investment

May 4, 2013
Ted Boehm / Special to IBJ
The debate over cutting the state income tax was settled for this year, but the subject isn’t put to rest.
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MADISON: Good leaders, swine mix at StatehouseRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
James H. Madison / Special to IBJ
“We are governed by swine,” Meredith Nicholson lamented.
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MASSON: The irrationality of welfare drug testingRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
House Bill 1483, which required drug tests for recipients of public assistance, passed the House 78-17 and the Senate 38-12, but failed at the 11th hour in conference committee. However, given the level of support, it can be expected to return in future sessions.
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BOHANON: Who's afraid of a super-majority?Restricted Content

May 4, 2013
Cecil Bohanon / Special to IBJ
With the Governor’s Mansion in tow and a super-majority in both houses of the Legislature, Republicans seemed poised to impose radical change on the state.
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  1. The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.

  2. I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!

  3. Coming from her background,she should be used to those kinds of advances! Menard probably figured it was ok to tuck a buck!

  4. I'm still waiting for the list of available, high quality apartments in the Village.

  5. This criminal masquerading as a lawyer obviously has serious issues. He’s been proven by his own testimony to be a pathological liar and probably has a personality disorder as he seems to be constructing a reality around himself. He places no value on truth, honesty or loyalty as evidenced by what he has done to his clients and his own family. And by the demands and lies he has made in court, it is evident he feels entitled to do and say whatever suits his purpose and everyone else is expected to nod obediently and believe him because he is, after all, Bill Super Lawyer; or BS lawyer for short. This millionaire wanna-be no longer owns anything of value; he squandered it and put everything he had into foreclosure. He has no money, house, car, boat or vacation home left to show for what he earned or what he stole. He’s just another loser without morals who will be doing time. I’m certain all of his courtroom shenanigans are antagonizing his poor victims. As Lamar said, his behavior and claims in court have been outrageous. The judge needs to be more than concerned; he needs to be judicial and end this nonsense.

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