FRIEDMAN: Pence lets ideology block opportunity
It looks as if Gov. Mike Pence’s bent toward privatization prevented him from seriously considering retaking the Indiana Toll Road lease rights when he had the chance to do so.
It looks as if Gov. Mike Pence’s bent toward privatization prevented him from seriously considering retaking the Indiana Toll Road lease rights when he had the chance to do so.
The Regional Cities legislation was a lousy idea designed to divert Hoosiers from the notion that their state government should support all regions of our state. Instead, we are pitting one region against another, fighting for scraps from the state’s table.
If I told you that a state agency, charged with protecting the interests of Hoosiers, actually endorsed the bid of an offshore equity fund to buy the Indiana Toll Road lease over a viable Hoosier bid, you wouldn’t believe it.
State Sen. Brandt Hershman, key sponsor of the reduction in state corporate and bank taxes, is still insisting that more business tax cuts are the way to prosperity.