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Most of us will set our clocks ahead before we go to bed. They (the bars and restaurants) can do it when they're locking up for the night
Indiana bars get extra hour before DST Mar 31, 2006
These rocking chairs and the entire Madison Hospital project represent the way that money was spent in the past without full consideration of not only the extravagant cost but the future of the institutionalized care model for mental health
Indiana auctions high-end chairs Mar 30, 2006
I don't use the word 'privatization' because that suggests a bias or a prejudgment to the private side winning. I'm indifferent who wins so long as the taxpayer wins. The taxpayer won big today
Indiana prison-meal contract awarded May 18, 2005
You can count on there being competitive sourcing of any activity that looks like a chance to save money for taxpayers
Indiana prison-meal contract awarded May 18, 2005
I've been visiting with Charles, and I've had this experience before with other great men of his era -- he's as humble about what he did as he could be
WWII 'Bulge' vet awarded Legion of Honor Jul 21, 2009
Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr., (born April 7, 1949) is the 49th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. A Republican, he began his first four-year term as governor on January 10, 2005, and was elected to his second term by an 18-point margin on November 4, 2008. Previously, he was the Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush. He was formerly Senior Vice President of Eli Lilly and Company, Indiana's largest corporation, where he was in charge of the corporation's business strategy. He is cited as a rising star in the Republican Party, and was widely speculated to be a candidate for President of the United States in 2012 before choosing not to run.
During his first year in office, he proposed a number of controversial plans to balance the state's $24 billion budget through tax increases, budget cuts, and privatization plans. Because of the opposition led by Republican Speaker of the House Brian Bosma, only two of the new taxes were approved, but his other budget austerity measures were approved. Spending was reduced by $440 million through budget cuts and privatization plans, and the annual budget growth was cut to 2.8% from the previous 5.9%.
Support for a switch to daylight saving time, the privatization of the Indiana Toll Road, and the closure of many license branches brought him into conflict with Democrats; and, in 2005, his approval ratings dropped to a low of 42%. In 2007, he began pressing for constitutional changes to cap state property taxes at 1–3% of value. The caps were approved by the Indiana General Assembly as statute the same year, and added to the state constitution by a 2008 ballot measure. His support for the property tax limits, and its subsequent adoption, helped raise his popularity and secure his re-election bid.