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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Ind. Gov't. - "State Senate stuck in neutral"

"State Senate stuck in neutral" is the headline to an editorial today in the Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:

Our position: State Senate has become a barrier to making changes that will benefit Hoosiers.

The Indiana Senate is fast becoming a place where good ideas are thrown away like yesterday's coffee grounds.
Three issues are used as examples: killing proposals "to switch ISTEP from the fall to the spring," failing to abolish "a benefit for retired representatives and their families that provided taxpayer-subsidized health, dental and vision care for life ... Most senators are still eligible to collect the outrageous perk," and third, failing to act on the House "legislation to end gerrymandering." The editorial concludes:
And so they continue to pamper themselves with a health-care perk that almost no other Hoosier could expect in return for part-time work. Students still will be tested in September on materials they studied the previous November. Gerrymandering will continue unabated. The status quo is safe. The Senate leadership is defending its fortress.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 28, 2006 08:29 AM
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