Thursday, March 16, 2000 ! Volume 6, Number 26 Page 1 of 8 McIntosh, Reed in The GOP realignment Howey !"#$%&''()*$&%#"+,$-.(,*$/(%*01$2'&+ By BRIAN A. HOWEY in Indianapolis HPR Forecast: Supt. of Public Instruction Suellen Reed will easily win renomination at the Republican conven- Political tion in June. !"!"!" This was the week when there was a realignment of the stars in the Indiana education political picture. Report On Monday, U.S. Rep. David McIntosh - borrowing The Howey Political Report is published by NewsLink the name of a BMV license plate program, Kids First - Inc. Founded in 1994, The Howey Political Report is announced his first major campaign initiative. In a program an independent, non-partisan newsletter analyzing the that appears to be strongly influenced by former Hudson political process in Indiana. Institute analyst Carol D’Amico, McIntosh called for a Brian A. Howey, publisher replacement of ISTEP, vowed to clear cut non-teaching Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington writer “overhead,” sought pay increases for teachers as well as accountability, and renewed the call for full-day kindergarten Jack E. Howey, editor (the Morris Mills cafeteria plan), earlier K enrollment, char- The Howey Political Report Office: 317-254-1533 ter schools, and state-paid textbooks. PO Box 40265 Fax: 317-254-2405 The McIntosh initiative brought an anticipated Indianapolis, IN 46240-0265 Mobile: 317-506-0883 scornful response from Hoosier Democrats. "It's really ironic
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