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Indiana Senate approves diluted state smoking ban
February 29, 2012
Associated PressFor all the bluster a statewide smoking ban sparked at the beginning of the 2012 legislative session, the version Indiana
lawmakers may end up approving seems little more than a wisp of smoke.
MoreIndiana senators approve state fair, education money
February 29, 2012
Associated PressState senators allocated more state money for victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse and full-day kindergarten as
part of a broad spending plan approved Wednesday.
MoreUPDATE: Indiana Senate approves diluted state smoking ban
February 29, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Senate has approved a severely weakened smoking ban with exemptions for bars, casinos, tobacco stores and many
other businesses.
MoreIndiana House votes to phase out inheritance tax
February 28, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana House on Tuesday approved a 10-year phase-out of the state's inheritance tax that now brings in about $160
million a year.
MoreSenate considers changes to state smoking-ban bill
February 28, 2012
Associated PressIndiana senators are ready to begin tinkering with a proposal to ban smoking statewide in some private establishments.
MoreIndiana legislators OK lifting Sunday cycle sales ban
February 27, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's motorcycle dealers will be allowed to buy and sell their bikes on Sundays under a change in state law that legislators
have approved.
MoreIndiana funding jump would end kindergarten fees
February 25, 2012
Associated PressParents across Indiana weary of paying sometimes-hefty fees for their children to attend full-day kindergarten classes could
soon catch a break.
MoreLawmakers back penalties over farm lawsuits
February 22, 2012
Associated PressThe Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-3 Wednesday in favor of the bill that would give judges discretion on whether to order
the person filing a frivolous lawsuit to pay the farm's court costs and attorney fees.
MoreIndiana fair victim testifies on state plan for found money
February 16, 2012
Associated PressA high school tennis player who was crippled in last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair testified
Thursday as legislators considered whether to double the amount the state is paying for victims.
MoreLawmakers eye early finish after contentious start
February 16, 2012
Associated PressRepublican House Speaker Brian Bosma told House members Thursday that he and Senate President Pro Tem David Long were planning
to wrap things up by March 9. The 2012 session is formally scheduled to end by March 14.
MoreBill seeks school superintendent contract disclosure
February 16, 2012
Associated PressA bill that would require Indiana's school boards to disclose all financial details of proposed superintendent contracts
before voting on them drew only positive comments during a public hearing before a legislative panel.
MoreDaniels wants few exemptions to Indiana smoking ban
February 15, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he hopes legislators will send him a statewide smoking ban bill with a short list of exemptions.
MoreIndiana legislators back bill for alcohol amnesty law
February 14, 2012
Associated PressIndiana legislators are nearing agreement on a bill that would shield people from arrest on alcohol charges if they report
that someone is intoxicated and needing medical help.
MoreTelecommunications companies push bill to defend turf from state network
February 11, 2012
The new law would prevent the I-Light data network from straying beyond its stated mission of serving the state’s colleges
and universities.
MoreMany Indiana House Democrats calling it quits
February 10, 2012
Associated PressMore than quarter of the Democratic members of the Indiana House aren't trying for re-election this year, further boosting
the chances of Republicans strengthening their hold on the chamber.
MoreTop Indiana House budget writer won't seek new term
February 10, 2012
Associated PressRep. Jeff Espich of Uniondale, the leader of the Indiana House's budget-writing committee, announced Friday that he won't
seek re-election this fall and will end 40-year legislative career.
MoreAdvocates want no weakening of Indiana smoking ban
February 9, 2012
Associated PressAnti-smoking advocates aren't happy about an 18-month exemption for bars that's included in a bill for a statewide
smoking ban, and are aiming to prevent the proposal from being watered down.
MoreIndiana lawmaker says school bus fees increase danger
February 8, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's public school districts wouldn't be able to end school bus service for their students under a proposal advancing
in the General Assembly after protests from parents in a suburban Indianapolis district who now face annual bills of more
than $400 a child for rides to and from school.
MoreRight-to-work boycott fines put on hold by Indiana high court
February 8, 2012
Associated PressThe state Supreme Court placed on hold Wednesday all legislative fines against Democrats who boycotted the Indiana House during
the right-to-work battle until it rules on whether it's legal for those fines to be deducted from their paychecks.
MoreMarion County judge blocks right-to-work fines
February 6, 2012
Associated PressA Marion County judge ordered Indiana House Republicans to return fines levied against House Democrats in the right-to-work
battle last year and blocked $1,000-a-day fines levied this year.
MoreSenate passes comprehensive charity gambling bill
February 4, 2012
IBJ StaffNot-for-profits with multiple affiliates in the state would need only one gambling license to run fundraisers.
MoreIndiana Senate sends right-to-work bill to Daniels
February 1, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana's Senate passed right-to-work legislation Wednesday morning by a vote of 28-22, placing the state on the verge
of becoming the Rust Belt's first to enact the contentious labor law.
MoreState Senate deadlocks over school start date bill
January 31, 2012
Associated PressThe state Senate has deadlocked over whether to support a bill that would largely prohibit Indiana's public schools from
starting their school years until late August. The Senate also voted 45-5 in favor of a bill requiring schools to teach cursive
writing.
MoreIndiana House dilutes drug tests for lawmakers
January 30, 2012
Associated PressThe lawmaker-testing proposal is part of a bill that would mandate Indiana's welfare recipients take drug tests before
receiving any assistance.
MoreIndiana battles legislative 'creep' in short session
January 29, 2012
Associated PressIndiana senators have introduced 415 bills so far and House members have filed another 400, including so-called vehicle bills,
which act as sort of blank slates for lawmakers to amend ideas onto.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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