manic Mitch visits river city!

Somebody shoot me for ever thinking this guy would be a good governor. I really believed he represented a progressive style of republican, but fact of the matter is that he is (literally) turning back the clock in Indiana. Remember when he talked of leading the state into the future, investment in Indiana, etc.?

Manic (I use this because it's as though he's become possessed), while visiting river city, turned his criticism of the desperate shape of Indiana's economy and tax situation onto local cities and towns, and counties for "excessive spending". While I do believe that every unit of government needs to look at how to do things more economically, Mitch is leading the way to certain destruction of what little quality of life we have remaining in the Hoosier state.

Only a few months ago my father-in-law was sitting in a meeting with Manic's Lt. Governor, who said that local communities, if they want to compete economically, need to address quality of life issues. As smart as Mitch is supposed to be, he should understand the business principle that you have to spend money to make money (funny how we GOPer's want to run government like a business, but then bug out when true good business practices conflict with our total reluctance to spend money).

So, you can't have both Mitch. The first things to go, when you dismantle our local budgets, will be quality of life projects. A major international corporation located in river city because of two quality of life initiatives we developed. Quality of life is what people and investors are looking for. Not just cheap taxes. Had Manic Mitch truly been a progressive republican, he would understand this......I'm afraid he's relying too much on trickle-down economics......which MIGHT work nationally, but cannot work locally. Investment attracts investment and Mitch is proposing an amputation of local city's and town's ability to invest in their future.

Marshall County is a perfect example of what not to do, and is a microcosm of what Mitch is proposing statewide. Marshall, in regressive republican style, has cut herself to the bone in whittling away "wasteful" spending, and now, has incredible difficultly in receiving enough revenue to maintian basic services. In order to staff a jail, she issued a new tax. In order to create an economic development initiative, she proposed a new tax. All republican led. The only ones with smiles are big business and some dim-witted union retirees. And her republican leaders have groaned about failing economically. I wonder why? It must be their wasteful spending, right Mitch?

My friends, Manic Mitch has got to go, before he does irreparable damage to our beleaguered state. Hopefully intelligent Hoosiers see this and put an end to the madness this fall. "Intelligent Hoosier"......now there's a term I spent many years in college defending was not an oxymoron.