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Mayor Buttigieg's Indiana Angles V24, N25 Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 Mayor Buttigieg’s Indiana angles Mayor Pete’s presidential exploration is a story that unfolds across the Hoosier state By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – The next president of the United States from Indiana was supposed to be a man. He would have a name like Birch, or Richard, Dan, Evan, Mitch or Mike. He would have been at it for a long, long time, with every move over a con- spicuous career progression aimed at that ultimate prize of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This proving ground would unfold in the chambers of Congress, or the West Wing, or even the State- house second floor. There would be Christmas cards from the for this hopeful, gauging his political instincts, watching his candidate with the wife and two or three kids. There ties to money, fame, Des Moines and Manchester. would be convention keynote addresses at or near pri- In conjuring the next Hoosier to join William Henry metime, or a State of the Union rebuttal. There would be multiple appearances on “Meet The Press,” “Face The Na- Continued on page 5 tion” and “Fox & Friends.” We would be carrying the water Midway shiny objects By BRIAN A. HOWEY and JACOB CURRY INDIANAPOLIS – If there’s a bright, shiny object in the General Assembly at the midway point, it is one that has been fashioned with red and black spray paint. It oc- “It was about the sanctions. curred at a Carmel synagogue last summer and resulted in the arrest of two western Indiana Basically they wanted the men. But it changed the dy- sanctions lifted in their entirety, namic on whether Indiana should but we couldn’t do that. Some- have a hate crimes law, prompting Gov. Eric Holcomb to make it a pri- times you have to walk.” ority, as Indiana is one of only five - President Trump, who states without one. “It’s not only the right thing to do, it’s long over- abruptly left his summit in due,” Holcomb said in December, Hanoi with Kim Jong Un vowing to be a vocal proponent. “I’m convinced the overwhelming today. Page 2 majority of Hoosiers feel the same in terms of the sentencing, what is in way.” front of a judge. And this, ladies and He’s correct on the “over- gentlemen, I would submit to you will whelming majority of Hoosiers” as- get us off the list.” pect, with a Realtors Poll in December How vocal will Gov. Holcomb showing 73% back such a law. But get on this issue? That remains to be that’s not the majority that matters; seen. Meeting with reporters Wednes- it’s the 40 Republicans in the Senate day morning, Holcomb said, “I want and 67 in the House, and they are a list. I want to get away from the balking at the so-called “list” that was vagueness. I’m going to spend the Howey Politics Indiana deleted from SB12 last week. Of the next two months encouraging the WWHowey Media, LLC 45 states with hate crime laws, only public... not to stop with me, not to 405 Massachusetts Ave., Utah has one sans a list. just write me, they’ve got my vote, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN The Republican governor but they need to contact the legisla- now at odds with his legislative super tors that vote.” 46204 majorities offered another way: Use That suggests a good, old- www.howeypolitics.com federal code language and place it in fashioned barnstorming tour where a the sentencing phase of governor goes directly to Brian A. Howey, Publisher hate crimes. Holcomb the people to make the Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington provided a history les- case, encouraging folks son: “There are folks that to call or write their leg- Cam Carter, copy editor just are against a list. I islators. Over the years, Joel Weyrauch, copy editor disagree, respectfully. We Hoosier governors have Mary Lou Howey, Editor have all kinds of lists. We opted for an array of Jacob Curry, Statehouse just passed a lot of bills methods to move recal- Jack Howey, editor emeritus with lists. We have a list citrant legislators. Gov. in the 1st Amendment.; Robert Orr used to keep we have 27 amendments. We have a a photo of a road grader in his desk Subscriptions list in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We drawer and would show it to stubborn HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 have ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of legislators, asking something along happiness,’ and I will be happier when the lines of “Do you want to see one HPI Weekly, $350 we have this list, as well. of these in your district?” Gov. Evan Ray Volpe, Account Manager “When I say that we’ve Bayh vowed to stimulate the “white- 317.602.3620 already got something that’s right in hot heat of public opinion.” Gov. Mitch email: [email protected] front of us, what I’m referring to is Daniels built a reputation in the halls what’s already in federal law, and I of an alpha governor who could inflict will get you all the exact language and pain, and he once branded House Contact HPI I will read it to you so that you have Democratic leader B. Patrick Bauer as [email protected] every word. a “car bomber” after the latter tried to Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 The governor then read: deny a legislative quorum. “Under federal law, criminal acts com- Holcomb is in a different Washington: 202.256.5822 mitted because of a person’s actual or spot from them all. He has Republican Business Office: 317.602.3620 perceived race, color, religion, national super majorities, whereas Bayh had origin, disability, sex, gender, gender a 50/50 House to deal with in several © 2019, Howey Politics identity, sexual orientation or because sessions and Daniels lost control of Indiana. All rights reserved. the person was engaged in a federally the House for four years in the middle protected activity (voting, jury service, of his two terms. So, Holcomb is Photocopying, Internet forward- etc.) can be charged as hate crimes.’ writing new chapters as these super ing, faxing or reproducing in This applies right now in the State of majorities extend into an unprece- any form, whole or part, is a Indiana, and what I would suggest is dented time span. During his first two violation of federal law without that we take that exact language. And sessions, the controversies were lim- permission from the publisher. what is important about this is that ited, allowing all to sing, “We are the where it is placed in state law; let’s world.” Does the governor now cajole? say that we place this in the sentenc- Threaten? Brandish both carrots and ing phase, not the reporting phase sticks? Seek that federal compromise? where we already have language, not With much of the rest of his in terms of the policing efforts, but agenda flowing nicely and with only Page 3 the teacher pay issue posing as a possible ointment insect, landed the longest and largest convention commitment of how he handles this spray-painted shiny object could be any state in the nation in history. So, we are a welcoming the story of the final two months of the session. state, there are those who want to depict it otherwise, I Would Holcomb use the veto? “It’s too early for think that’s a mistake. But we’ll see if we can solve this the v-word,” he said. “We’ll cross that bridge when we get element and move forward.” to it.” The problem there is that the super majorities can No one hopes for this, no one wants it, but there’s easily override a gubernatorial veto, and that would be always the potential for a new hate crime so egregious embarrassing. that it reshapes public opinion and political will within Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray, steering hours or days, just as the Carmel incident did last summer. through his first controversy at the helm, was asked about That’s the risk for the conservative wings of the House a veto. “We haven’t had that conversation at all,” Bray and Senate. Another synagogue swastika, a fired church, responded. Bray’s reasoning was this: “To become a victim or a beaten or murdered minority Hoosier can change the simply because of your race, your religion, your sexual dynamic. orientation, is repugnant and it’s wrong, and we need legislation that’ll help to prevent that. That’s the intent of Teacher pay Senate Bill 12.” The other big issue is teacher pay. Gov. Holcomb What will the Senate do if the House somehow is still banking on his team’s innovative plan to pay off the returns to the list? Teacher Retirement Fund, which would free up money for “The bill’s continuing to move, we’re continuing to local school boards no longer covering that payment. “I’d work on it, we’ll continue to have these conversations and like to see 100% of that go to teachers,” he said. I fully expect that the bill will change as it goes over to the Just as he did last December, Holcomb wants time House,” Bray said. “Like so much other legislation, when to fully study the issue and come up with a comprehensive it comes back to us we’ll begin to debate and “systemic” solution. In unveiling again. We’re going to continue to listen to his agenda late last year, he conjured people and their concerns and what they a scenario where moving one part of think this bill ought to look like by the end of the equation can have adverse impacts the session.” in other areas if not properly vetted.
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