MUTZ: Getting economic development right
As an IEDC board member and former lieutenant governor responsible for economic development in the 1980s, I believe IEDC is one of the most successful economic development agencies in the nation.
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KRULL: Pence, Delph turn Constitution on its head
The states’ rights argument that Pence and Delph advance is the one Lincoln waged war to defeat.
HOWEY: Retool government into classes of counties
Counties with one or two major cities could have their townships within the urban areas terminated. Townships serving rural areas would continue, but their numbers could be greatly consolidated.
FARGO: Solve transparency problems with oversight
Transparency walks hand in hand with accountability. It is hard to trust what you cannot see.
LADWIG: It’s time to talk about the clocks—again
Most troubling, though, considering the depressed economy, is Gaski’s discrediting of the state chamber, which claimed that the time change would serve the ‘convenience of commerce.’
WAGNER: Here’s to liquor laws that makes sense
What bothers me most about Indiana’s alcohol laws is the lack of rational thinking behind them.”
MAHERN: The unhitching of grades and knowledge
When a child comes home with a grade, is it too much to expect that it reflect how much he or she has learned?
SPIGELMAN: Cities should share joy of continued growth, development
Without adequate funds, [Carmel] has been forced to subsidize the [Center for the Performing Arts] with taxpayer money. This is unsustainable, and we therefore need the assistance of the citizens of Indianapolis to help patronize this center by attending many of the scheduled performances now and in the years ahead.
BRAINARD: Carmel and Indianapolis draw strength from each other
Indianapolis and Carmel should continue working together to recognize and respond to the unique needs of each city and support each other in the formulation of public policy that will maintain strong balance sheets, low taxes and high quality of life.
ACCETTURO: Each city has critical interest in the success of the other
Unlike some elected officials in Carmel, I do not believe our city is an island. No one should want to stop progress in either community.
MALONE: Project will boost dormant area of downtown
The real story is the work by council members and council consultants in renegotiating the financial risks from a worst-case-scenario framework.
HERBERT: Raising false alarms about Social Security
The folks who want to raise the retirement age and hack away at benefits for ordinary working Americans are inevitably those who have not the least worry about their own retirement.
COLLINS: Michelle Bachmann’s single-mindedness
It’s not everybody who switches political parties over a historical novel, but Bachmann’s vision of the past is the core to her ideology.
BROOKS: ‘Tiger Mother’ Amy Chua is really a wimp
I believe she’s coddling her children. She’s protecting them from the most intellectually demanding activities because she doesn’t understand what’s cognitively difficult and what isn’t.
EARLY: Parties should go back to conventions
You can buy name ID (it’s expensive), but no one has figured out how to buy elected delegates.
BONIFIELD: Finding Mr. Watson amid education reform
If House and Senate Republicans truly believe they can identify which teachers should go and which deserve rewards, let them write legislation that does it.
TENBARGE: Politicians wanting ‘magis,’ step forward
The next governor must continue on the path toward more reform, and at the center of this reform should be my generation.
PARKER: Democrats will sweep out weak GOP office holders
I believe 2012 will usher in a cadre of strong Democratic candidates who will campaign on the solid, reasonable decision-making that took a country careening off the rails and put it squarely back on track.
HOLCOMB: Courageous Republican style will grow on Hoosier voters
To suggest voters were only intent on sending a message to the president, Nancy Pelosi, or Pat Bauer is missing a significant electoral mood shift that occurred.
KETZENBERGER: State taxes will suffer until wages recover
Wages in the state’s manufacturing sector are falling as two-tier wage structures and other pressures reduce workers’ income.