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I -~ J I. I l \ I. I labor I ·~ igniting ' ' I I ' \ ~ ·, I I ' l I~ I I \ \ ,_ I,\ , ,__ Seven House seats vulnerable to Tl-IE Democrat recoup of worker vote Joe Hogsett knew it at 7 a.m. Election Day, when workers outside an Anderson auto plant seemed polite, but detached. Jack Williams of the Howard County UAW CAP Council HOWEY '1l knew it that night. "I tracked 11 precincts in the Kokomo area, all either strong Democrat or marginal for the Demcorats;' Williams said of his town with huge Chrysler and Delco plants. "What I found out there was about half the people in those precincts didn't vote. POLITICAL "If half of that half had voted, we would not have lost Earl Howard;' Williams said. State Rep. Howard lost to Republican Jon Padfield by 1,226 REPORT vctes. Now, because of Republicans pressing the prevail­ The Weekly Briefing On Indiana Politics ing wage issue, Padfield, along with House colleagues like John Becker, John Kimmel, Sally Rideout Lambert, David Lohr, Irene Heffley and Dorothy Womacks figure to be on the 1996 endangered politicians list Combined, those seven Republicans in heavy labor The Howey Political Report is published by The districts in Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, Boonville, and Newsletter Center,a subsidiary of Nixon Newspapers lnc. Kokomo won by a combined 4,000 votes. · The Howey Political Report is an independent, non­ All those victories came in districts where labor either didn't partisan newsletter analyzing the political process in vote or significant numbers voted Republican. The fact that more Indiana. It neither endorses candidates nor advocates than 20,000 workers turned out for a Tuesday rally at the Statehouse positions of public policy was a true wake-up call for Republicans. But even if the Senate Brian A. Howey, editor Office/Fax: 219-420-0909 changes the course of action on the issue, it's probably too late. 1707N.Anthony Blvd. Mobilenet:219-438-5105 "This was like kicking a sleeping dog;' explained Mark Fort Wayne, IN 46805 AOL: [email protected] Crouch, associate professor oflabor studies at Indiana-Purdue, Fort For Subscription information call: 317-473-3091 Wayne. "You've got to expect it to start biting back.:' © 1995, The Howey Political Report There is little data available on what percentage of Hoosier laborers voted Republican or didn't vote. House Minority Leader John

continued on page l {(QUOTE" OF THE WEEK INSIDE F E A T U R E S • Ill !Mi •Cartoonist Bob Lang sizes up prevailing wage page2 • Hoosier press scours Lugar's record pages4-5 "Revolutions are not for • Quayle will take"some time"to decide plans page6 moderates ... " • Columnists Leonard, Colwell, Will, Julian page 7 - Washington Post • Morton Marcus"Speculates" on regulations page8 Page 2of8 Thursday, March 16, 1995

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Hillv1~::).R M I l l Gregg put the fall-off numbers betwef! n 3, 1C' : :i two years. 6,000 votes. He ran unopposed. in hls Knc,,:c Jim pfaff, wh1i lbelped Republicans in •111,u~• 11m11W111i• County district, and ran 3,00~ votes bd1i nd. hi~ all seven districts as pa rt' of the Opportunity Wendel!isms 1992 totals. Project of Indiana, ca lh d Tuesday's trumout • By Wien dell Trog1~nary, mere 7 votes on election night But m:~r,1: J1 n movement conserva.!1'1!":~: successfully appealed by Ambrose Biel'CE! 2,000 buildingtradesm~!n took 18 bu~;e:: ::o to blue coHar worke1rs and tradesme·n were guns, Indianapolis on Tuesday to prntest." ,1\. h:a.1: to welfare and abortion. "'I had a guy tell me he Insurrection, n. An unsurmsful get three more buses at the last minut1:, · i1.a1. ~kt voted Republican be :a ii, e of abortion;' Williams revolution. Disaffection's fa1lu' eto Gonzalez of Fort Wayne said of the J>adfield/l·fo.~1ard race. "He told me again~, substitute misrule for bad ~iovern­ Simple math in rehtionship i:o Ih1: he'd never do that ment.. skinny margins the Republicarns won dJi:! H 11.rne Crouch recaU1·d how surprised he was by in seven tradionally-stro11g labor d ~ lrK s is during an Allen Cow:Hr get out the vote. "The Labc1r,n. One of the processe'S by indicative that the GOP will have a pr: M1: n:: in responses I got on Election Day pemmallywas • which Aacqu res property I'm B. contmue1 on page 3 ·------•oauu"'"" -=.,•------•-•••------Page3 of8 Thursday, March 16, 1995

Labor's 1996 battleground for the Indiana House 30th House District 74th House District 1OOth House District TICKER (Kokomo) (Warrck,Spencer, Perry) (Indianapolis) p Padfield 8,589 Lambert 10,589 Womacks 3,969 T A E Howard 7.363 Phillips 10.314 Day 3.818 Difference 1,226 275 151 Sen. 's campaign kick-off will be at noon Wednesday 80th House District Ashift of 3,987 votes in 43rd H use District Aprll 19,at Monument Cirde in (Terre Haute) (Fort Wayne) these seven Indiana House Indianapolis. campaign fund-raisers Kimmel 8,549 Becker 5,206 of Representative Districts wlll take place in Fort Wayne on Keams 7.092 GiaQuinta 5.199 would have allowed the Aprll 19;Northwest Indiana on April 1,457 7 Democrats to retain control 20; LaPorte, Warsaw and Elkhart on of the House. Both Aprll 21,Muncle and Columbus, 0., 46th H use District 97th House District Democratic Party and orga­ on April 22; Evansville and (Vigo, Clay, Owen) (Indianapolis) nized labor officials believe Indianapolis on Aprll 23;and Lohr 8, 160 Heffley 4,782 all these districts were Jeffersonville/New Albany on April Tincher 8.034 Cantwell 4.037 impacted by a lack of labor 24. 126 745 turnout. Elkhart native Terry Holt has signed on with the Lugar campaign Labor, from page 2 from the westerly Statehouse steps and called it "a defining moment Most of these people didn't as director of its New Eng land oper­ 'I'm not going to vote for those damn Dem­ see the difference between Democrats and ations. Holt is fresh off managing ocrats' and a number of others said 'I'm not Republicans until this:• George Nethercutt's upset victo­ going to vote at all, I'm disgusted with the whole Hellman called the upcoming Senate ry over House Speaker Tom mess: deliberations and potential vote (Senate Foley and has managed 3rd CD "What this does is it energizes a por­ President Pro Tern Robert Garton will assign HB campaigns for John HUer and Carl tion of the labor movement that has not been 1008 to committee) "the defining vote of theses- Baxrneyer. Joe BUI Wiley has politically active~ Crouch said. "They had no sion:' signed on as campaign finance reason to activate last November because we And Hellman predicted that both Vigo director In Indianapolis, and were getting corporate Democrats who weren't County seats, along with Lambert's, "would have Jennffer Cutshall will be deputy involved with traditional constituencies:• been won back any\.vay. This is just icing on the press secretary. Said Williams, "We in labor really cake:' needed something to get our backs reared up. Some Statehouse observers give Lugar is urging cuts in com, wheat, Something like this can build momentum:' Kimmel and Womacks reasonable chances to cotton and rice subsidies of3 per­ Democrat watched the rally retain their cent ayear over afive-year pertod. continued on pageB aEven at that level of cuts, (the price) is still 108 percent higher The Howey Political Report is copyright 1995 by The Newsletter Center, than the market price average for Inc., and Nixon Newspapers, Inc. All rights reserved. Photocopying, faxing the last 10 years, which means there or reproducing in any form, in whole or in part, is a violation of federal law is still asafety net there that Is and is strictly prohibited without the written consent of the editor. somewhat above market price. ( Tribune). Lugar said ending Subscriptions, for 40 editions annually are: subsidies wouldujerkthe rug out in • $250 - first class mail • $295 - fax an abrupt fashion that is almost cer­ • $125- government employees • $50 for news media tain to lead to acatastrophe in banking institutions in many bank­ To order The Howey Political Report, call 317-473-3091 or fax invoice ing states." information (including Visa and Mastercard, with account number) to 317-473-8428. continued on page 4 ------·-..·-····"·------Thursday, March 16, 19 }5 Page4of 8 TICKE~:R T A P E National pr~es~1 I c!1 u.~ds Lugal'.~1· ·11i 1vhile ____:_1• Hoosier cc11unt1;~ l' p~arts scou~1~ 0 ~11Dlecord

Wanatah Elementary School patrons INDIANAPOLIS - Dick. Lugu .~ has to do some work tie1 ri::capture the social con­ in LaPorte County are debatir g curious week with the media. servatives.0' about whether to get rid of~. polit­ There were complimentary · f!Ve 11 Dr. James Dot!.' m, president of Focus ically incorrect nickname- th1~ laudatory - nationally syndicated columrn: b·!' on the Family, added, "111 never mentioned the Midgets. The motlier of asei:c nd­ , Morton Kondracke acd )nn word abortion, pro-life u.r anything to do with grader maintains the name is offen­ McFeatters (see page 7) that recappe,._1 · 13 the question."

sive to "individuals of small stiture." resume and predicted that by simply ·e 11, 1e 111 i .• Specifically, a l:Landful of votes have put (John lundy,Michigan G(viVews­ Lugar has elevated th1e presidential pr·cim i. Lugar into hot water w:ith these activists. In Dispatch). It was in the Indiana 11r·ess 1h. l ~ :: 1 1992, Lugar missed a v1 ·11 e on a bill that lifted a Lugar received a thorough grilling. federal ban on fetal Li~." ue research. He support- Notre Dame Ame1rican studie! chair­ In Sunday's FortWayneJour·rn1l r~, i!~tte man Robert Schmuhl note!; in a - perhaps Indiana's mJst liberal ne11q: ~p :.r di­ "It would lbe a m1~1 m11:: compie1U1111g Chicago Tribune op-ed piece Dub­ 1 torially- Washington editor Sylvia Srrn rb 11 o tea political story if 1tt1q~· seeds of a back­ lished recently thatonlytt 1e,~sit­ page 1 story headlined "Lug::ir's voteii ~.ddlom lash from the right against Liu 1gar ting members of Congress ria 1e won stray from bedrock conservatism." were to be thro1u 1 ~'11'11 i1nto 1the Virill'lld the presidency, each 40 years apart - . "The picture that e:merges i1; i:ne '" from his home st.i:'I 1:.11:"1 •••• " Rep.James Garfield in 18~ 0, consistency," Smith wrote. "As Lugar cmn )LlJ ;n;s Sen. Warren Harding in ·1 S20 for president, he can describe himsdh~ ::i p11- and Sen.John in 1960 business fiscal conservative; as a su~; . r :1 1 11:, · ed a recent U.N. Rights nF the Child treaty which "Not one of them lived long enough former President Reagan's massive 1:!e -; n: t: conservatives believe 1· 1Lr ids abortions abroad. to complete afull four-y·eartHm," build-up; as an opponent of most ci'li il ngb11; And there was the 19'9'.:. vote to confirm contro­ Schmuhl writes of the legislation; and as a leader on foreigr1r,oli1:y I eg­ versial Surg•eon Gmern l )oycelyn Elders. "Congressional Curse."lt has clone islation. A close revieiN of Lutgar' s 18· y ;·:1r rf t: 'rd That vote prnm[pted Charles Quilhot, little to stop congressional (1S[>irants. finds few flip-flops." president of the Indfarrn Policy Review Since 1960, more than 30 MCs have In the March 7 edition of The Foundation, to sugge~.t in September 1993 that, sought the presidency, includ ng Indianapolis News - one of I:mdiana's m: ri c,c11- "Senator, it is time ym1 came home." Lugar, , Phil Gramm,. ~rlen servative papers editorially ·· the hea:llme d sI ory Lugar campai:~~n communications Specter and Robert Dornan fcirthe by David L. Haase read mudli differemh": director Mark Helmke !iees a classic conserva­ 1996 cycle.. "Lugar's record on the line: Soc'. al co- __ , ~r 1<1 ··es tive. "If you look at hits 1mting record, it dearly question his commitmenttci their c:mL11.i·es .. ' follows a conservativie: id wlogy through and Here's how the Kokomo Ti'ibur e Haase, the News' Washing1c'r. 001:·n~ · through," Helmke sa:id. M:onday on the Mike views riverboat gambling· "E Jltorial spondent, began the story this way: ''Can Pence Show." At the ba :: 1~ of that is the conserva­ writers around the state w:k1· every Indiana Sen.Richard G.Lugaur be too, libern lor tive Hoosier view that .".i: vernment is here to morning and bless the mer and today's conservative Republican pmid.m:ial encourage economic wdl-being and after that women who passed the riverboat politics?" it's get out of our liv,e~: .. It's very easy for people gambling law last year.The hastily It goes on to say that '"mom11m1"' i::11n­ to tick votes here and t tH~re and say, 'Aha!"' constructed and narrowly-<1pproved servatives - pro-life and pro-fami]y ac:1.vf;,1::i. · The backdrnr t1J this is Lugar0s deliber­ dinghy has sprung water at e~ery "quietly express concern and sugges1· :this. ate method of trying : .' define the presidency stop on its way to reality."11 con­ Hoosier does not measue up to otbc .­ into two major sphern; ie1f influence - s,ecurity duded,"The'boat in amoat'11~gisla­ Republican hopefuls like Senators Pl1il Gr;m. n abroad and the domcsl k budget. wm calls it tion is an insult to Hoosiers." and Bob Dole and ccmserva1ive com1rn:nt:nt:1J "presidential minima.Ii !ll'll n bent on "stressing ." the subject of external 01hjects." And Haase quotes Bill Srr.i th .J f :~ . F ·1y In . . ,,,, I continued on page 5 continued on page 5 Ind1ana am1 stitute as .saymg, .. i ~ n. ,, u1,, 1r ------·-···-...... ______Page 5 of8 Thursday, March 16, 1995

In his Feb.19 speech in Manchester, N.H., Lugar Quayle was asked if the GOP would bypassed the jokes and said, ''In my judgment, preclude a pro-choice candidate on the ticket. TICKER there are two major tasks the next president "In 1980, we had a pro-life presidential candi­ T A p E must address. They are unique to the presidency date, , and a pro-choice vice pres­ and whoever tackles them must be good at it idential candidate, George Bush," Quayle said One is clearly our national security. The other is "So this idea of applying a litmus test to all can­ U.S. Rep. Mark Souder tells Sylvia our fiscal sanity." didates is counterproductive. n Smith of the FortWayneJournal­ The conservative activists are seeking a Many pro-life activists realize their Gazettethatthe breakneck speed of third pro-life president to make the Supreme fight will not be resolved during the next presi­ Congess is taking atoll. 0 l'm exhaust­ Court appointments that will pave the way for dential term. It is the Elders confirmation vote ed,• he said.0 1should be able to func­ the repeal of Roe v. Wade, even though that galls them the most. Lugar used the "advise tion on seven (hours of sleep), but Presidents Reagan and Bush did little toward and consent" argument that President Clinton I'm just tired.The other thing is, men­ that goal other than sending the high court on a had the right to name an administration with­ tally. And then there's tension, which more conservative course. out interference from Congress. there's been a lot of.• Ironically, Will notes that Lugar's cam­ In Quilhot's "Senator, come home" let­ paign emphasis has deep roots to No. 45 of the ter, he notes, "Who else are Indiana conserva­ AHouse Republican caucus vote on Federalist Papers - must reading for movement tives going to vote for, anyway? Well, we will have whetherto hear SB 311,the conservatives -that reads, "The powers delegat­ to see about that.At any rate, I'll take but a Informed consent bill, has been ed by the proposed Constitution to the federal moment more from your preparations for Oct. delayed from Monday until next government are few and defined. Those which 24 interviews in New Hampshire." week. But State Rep. Robert are to remain in the state governments are It is a stab at making abortion the GOP Alderman tells HPR that he expects numerous and indefinite. The former will be litmus test on a senator who compiled the high­ the caucus to vote to move the bill, exercised principally on external objects, as war, est rate of voting support for the Reagan admin­ and once It gets Into his Public Policy peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce .... " istration, according to Congressional Quarterly. Committee It will easily pass both Abortion, in this view, would be a state It would be a most compelling political committee and floor votes. issue, as is the case in the Indiana General story if the seeds of a backlash from the right Assembly this session with the informed con­ against Lugar were to be thrown into the wind State Rep.Steve Robbins spoke sent bill headed to the House. from his home state. in Connersville last weekend. His In an interview with Indianapolis • LUGAR NOTES: Kondracke reports message: "There's adifferent mindset Business Journal writer Steve Kukolla, Lugar was Des Moines Register political editor David around the House. It's very, very con­ asked if he would "take a strong stance" on abor­ Yepsen as saying Lugar's proposed five-year servative.0 (Rick Mullen, tion. "Well, I'm opposed to abortion," Lugar farm subsidy cuts won't sit well with most Iowa Connersville News-Examiner) began. "Obviously, I've been taking stands on farmers. But the Lugar campaign cites a poll these issues and others for 18 years. showing that 40 percent oflowa farmers want State Sen.Jean Leising appeared "My point is not to indicate that these the government out of agriculture altogether atthe same meeting.She noted a issues may not be important to some voters, and and another 30 percent favor a phase-down. recent constituent survey showed certainly I will respond to whoever asks me how Yepsen notes there 100,000 Iowa farm residents that 75 percent 0did not want !PASS I feel about them. But I am trying to think out of a 2.5 million population, adding, "There's to pass." through with the voters how we're going to a larger audience to appeal to."Yepsen notes that obtain fiscal sanity in this country, and how Gramm is telling Iowans that "everyone must Democratic State Chairman Joe we're going to obtain security for America in the give some" without specifics while Dole is say­ Andrew writes in the Indianapolis world and press the American advantage." ing, "ag already gave. n Business Journal's °Forefront• section, 0 Lugar is not alone is stressing other • The Louisville Courier-Journal ran a Don't judge Democrats In abliz­ issues. Former Vice President , who piece by Michael Wmes of the New York Times zard, 0 adding,°some of our best can­ would have counted on solid core support from on Lugar. It quotes GOP savant William Kristo!: didates were driven off the road and the religious right, in his CNN "Inside Politics" "I'm glad Dick Lugar is in the race, but I don't the national Democratic Party found interview on Monday, was asked if he favored know how he wins, frankly." Also quoted was itseW sitting in the ditch." And his les­ changing the GO P's platform on abortion. "It's former Quayle adviser Jeff Nesbit: "He'll walk son learned: "The national media" not important whether I favor changing," Quayle through the door ready to be the leader of the can become so overwhelming that responded. ''It's the delegates who will, in fact, free world." local messages 0 can be lost on vot­ make that decision." ers. 0 _,_ ... _, .. ,,,. ______Thursday, March 16, 1'995 Page 6of8

TICKE:;l Quayle 'endorsen1entJ' 1 1b1 1 v~i1 s really' supporf'; Lu~~l :: · T A P ~: no snub taken says spokesman ~1;JL~I Don't count om a Dan Quayle ::r1r soi,.,er · But the Lugar c8lmp said that's ·wrong. nor decision any time soon. In a Monda I' mtrr· "'Since we never consid1ere

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COLUMNISTS 0 N INDIANA TICKER p Jack Colwell, South Bend Tribune - The way the could happen.As longtime Lugar adviser Mitch T A E Lugar people look at it, they have an outstand­ Daniels says, "People relegate Lugar and Lamar ing product to sell, and the fact that they Alexander to the bench, but the two guys on the haven't started a full-scale, successful market­ court are both in foul trouble and accident­ Aschool voucher bill has passed ing campaign doesn't mean that they can't. prone." Dole lacks a message and has exploded the House, but is expected Lugar is a long shot He may well fall short of in the past, while Gramm may strike voters as to have adifficult time passing the winning the nomination. He may never get being too mean. By contrast, Daniels says, Senate.Illinois Republicans control respect as a top contender. Or maybe he already Lugar is a "heartland conservative who doesn't both chambers for the first time in has respect that will make him eventually a top scare people. n generations. contender. U.S. Rep. John Hostettler wlll Mike Leonard, Bloomington Herald-Times- No introduce an amendmentto repeal Ann McFeatters, Scripps Howard- Sen. one elected Nancy Reagan to anything.And it's the Food Stamp Act of 1977. It's Richard Lugar is a nice, thoughtful man. a safe bet to say that Nancy Reagan knows far brought charges of0extremlsm • Whether you agree or disagree with his politics, less about drugs in America than Hillary Writes Doug Swordforthe whether or not you think he is properly charis­ Clinton knows about health care. Furthermore, Evansville Courier, "The charges seem matic for the TV age, his presence as a presi­ the War on Drugs, as crafted by the Reagan and abit ridiculous since Hostettler strikes dential candidate will elevate the race. Lugar Bush administrations, has been one of the most you as the last person on earth who has a sense of fair play, hard work, high moral colossal wastes of tax money in history- $150 would wanttostarve children." standards, old-fashioned civility and a studied billion by the most conservative estimates. Sword notes that Hostettler used to approach to issues that the nation needs to see Much, much more, others say, when you add in be In charge of the Twelfth Avenue more often. If his candidacy makes people prison construction, the ongoing costs of incar­ Baptist Church food pantry."lt wasn't think about such things, he will have done good ceration and the ripple effect that goes through my job to tum peopleawayfrom work. the children and families of convicted drug getting food,• Hostettler said."The users. issue Is not whether hungry people George Will, - Two Hoosiers have should be fed" but who should do It been elected president -the two Harrisons, Russ Pulliam, Indianapolis News- House William Henry in 1840 and Benjamin in 1888. Republicans in the General Assembly have Former Congressman Frank William Henry was elected because he won the taken a financial turn just slightly to the right of McCloskey was present on the west Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 and because his Gov. in their adoption of a state bud­ steps of the Statehouse during opponent in 1840, Martin Van Buren, was sus­ get. The Republicans, led by House Ways & Tuesday's massiVe labor rally. He later pected of the sin of drinking wine from "cool­ Means Chairman Sam Turpin, also delivered a huddled with Democrats just off the ers of silver" rather than hard cidar from a jug. large and well-deserved setback to Gov.Bayh's Senate floor. Benjamin beat President Cleveland (in the elec­ expensive !PASS testing proposal. The pro­ toral vQte; he seems to have lost the popular posed test, which emphasized essay questions David Lugar, son of the candidate, vote), then lost to him. So it may be faint praise over multiple choice, seemed to be the gover­ found himself seated next to Illinois to say that Lugar is Indiana's best presidential nor's effort to rack up some political mileage as Sec. of State George Ryan at a offering yet. However, his blend of conspicuous an education reformer. recent Bulls game. (Hevrdejs & normality and undeniable gravitas certainly Conklin, -Chicago li'ibune) .He tried to improves the Republican field and may cause Alan Julian, Evansville Courier - In nearly two enlist Ryan to help the campaign, but him to wear surprisingly well with the decades of observing Evansville politics, I can was told that Ryan was in the camp Republican nominating electorate while some never remember a time when either political 0 of Sen. Phil Gramm. David's other, more high-stepping candidates are wear­ party was so listless. What's going on here? The response: When Gramm drops out, ing out their welcomes. Republicans should be at the top of their glory then join Lugar." right now. They made major strides in county Morton Kondracke, -If Lugar has a elections last November, yet morale seems to be chance, it lies heavily in the downfall of front­ sinking to a new low. running Sens. Bob Dole and Phil Gramm. 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TWO TWO-EDGED S'WO!Rt!DS and the regulatory cfamJ:!i could be reapplied with renewed vigor. Watch out! A few year:; from ]JCil'i' ~ 1 , ~ •mlllrn may have more rigid regulatfons than w1:· h~r ·e We are always 111 ore vulnerable in our today. strengths.lllldiana's wp ~1 ior economic perfor­ mance has been basfd ll 1 the healthy demand by Congress and the Indiana Gf•r.:1H1l consumers and busines.;1: s across the nation for Read Bnan Howey's Assembly are aiming to reduce regula.01 y iO"r er­ durable go::ds. weekly column m burden on business. The prevaiiling id:· i i.~; 1ti: these great Indiana introduce more "common sense" into t.::11: Bu.t what's bee mhappening? Interest newspapers process. This means anowing more di5.i::·1;:-:ii: n rntes have been rising am! the demand for on the part of regula:rory agencies and iJ1c1r durable go eds (thosf p~ stponable items which Angola Herald-Republican employees. are bought infrequently by households and Anderson Herald-Bulletin firms) is expected to ]l,er~,el off.Automobiles,

1 Auburn Evening Star Discretion is fine, but it can ·f :! u· l i 1 trucks, refri g·erators, be:r1 y equiprn en L, all will more serious misuses and abw.es of ~1i:i,,ri; r.' 'he take a hit as those who hC1ught in '94 have little Bedford Times-Mail potential for both el"ratic enfon~ement :rx r1 need to buy in '95. Bluffton News-Banner resulting perception of inequi~i' rise a1. ·1 1.; l1 ~- · e more discretion to those in the field. In ;id.di ii: 1n, Where will that !>lowdown be felt most? • Brazil Times more latitude for fieldl repres,entatives cif ,g;1)'1, ~m ·· The economies of Miich:i gan, Indiana, Ohio and Columbia City Pojf & Mail ment agencies increases the opporturdtiie:: f, r Wisconsin kad the natfon in dependence on corrupt officials to demand more or M1 be durable goods manufacturing. Wharton Connersville New5-Examirwr offered bribes. Econometric Foreca~;1tingAssociates has esti- Decatur Daily Democrat mated that the Midwest will feel the oonse- Elkhart Truth A few good examples of rnrrn Il ·: ). , quences of a slowdown more than any other coupled with a serious public safety que.~l.i"i 1, region in t:::.c~ nation. Fouritain County Neighllor ------••u•~"'"" --·-----·---· Frankl'ort Times "Hopefully tlH

1 Indianapolis News second shoe of the Repulblican revolu :irn d 1 := :: education and see that reform will illappen Kenda/Mlle Newj-Sun next year, it has the potential to neutth Plain Dealer media dug through their desk drawern to pr :s s cal impact - the arrival of early money ilnto accountability. labor-orie:::.ted districts. •

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