SHELLA: It’s time Indiana gets a full-time legislature
Indiana voters have long held onto the notion that a part-time legislature is more efficient and therefore more effective. But it may be time to reconsider.
Jim Shella / Special to IBJ
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SHELLA: Indiana has no shortage of stupid laws
A law designed to make politics more transparent has given politicians a reason to hide their motives, their actions, and wink at the public in the meantime.
SHELLA: We’re the ones permitting raw discourse
I compare the attack ads to gossip. Everybody claims to ignore them and abhor them, but they grasp the messages sent and repeat them.
SHELLA: Indiana Democrats can blame Obama
Democrats couldn’t get away from Barack Obama during the 2010 election cycle. The national mood fueled by frustration over high unemployment and the continued recession, along with opposition to health care reform, carried their opponents into office.
SHELLA: Spoils of redistricting go to the victor
Indiana politicians have never shown an interest in leaving the redistricting duty to others, and don’t look for it to happen anytime soon.