ROAD FUNDING WITHOUT TAX

HIKES.

WHERE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS

HEADED NOW.

TODD YOUNG STAYS ON THE BALLOT,

MARCO RUBIO PICKS UP INDIANA

ENDORSEMENTS, AND AN INDIANA

SUPER DELEGATE ATTACKED BY

BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS.

THAT, PLUS A BODY CAMERA

COMPROMISE, AN INDIANA POSTAGE

STAMP AND MORE ON INDIANA WEEK

IN REVIEW FOR THE WEEK ENDING

FEBRUARY 26, 2016.

>THIS WEEK A STATE SENATE

COMMITTEE SAID GOODBYE TO THE

TAX HIKES THAT WERE PROPOSED IN

THE INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THE COMMITTEE GAVE UNANIMOUS

APPROVAL TO AN AMENDMENT ON A

ROAD FUNDING BILL THAT

ELIMINATES THOSE INCREASES.

THE INDIANA HOUSE EARLIER

APPROVED HIKES IN THE GAS TAX

AND THE CIGARETTE TO CREATE AN

ONGOING SOURCE FOR ROAD MONEY.

HERE'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN LUKE

KENLEY FOLLOWED BY BILL AUTHOR

REPRESENTATIVE ED SOLIDAY.

SEN. LUKE KENLEY: I JUST

COULDN'T GET COMFORTABLE WITH

THAT AND SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA

HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON THAT

UNTIL WE CAN ALL COME UP WITH A

SOLUTION.

REP. ED SOLIDAY: WE NEVER

THOUGHT WE WOULD GET IT ALL DONE

IN ONE, IN ONE FELL SWOOP.

ARE THE TAX HIKES GONE FOR

GOOD?

IT'S THE FIRST QUESTION FOR OUR

INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL

DEMOCRAT DAN PARKER

REPUBLICAN MIKE MCDANIEL

JON SCHWANTES, THE HOST OF

INDIANA LAWMAKERS AND

JOHN KETZENBERGER, PRESIDENT OF

THE INDIANA FISCAL POLICY

INSTITUTE

I'M WISH-TV STATEHOUSE REPORTER

JIM SHELLA

MIKE MCDANIEL, IS THIS A VICTORY

FOR MIKE PENCE?

AS I SAID LAST WEEK, YOU

ARE GOING TO END UP WITH A

HIGHBRED PIECE OF LEGISLATION

THAT WILL HAVE SOMETHING THE

GOVERNOR WANTED, SOMETHING THE

HOUSE HAD IN THEIR PLAN AND A

GOOD PART OF WHAT THE SENATE HAD

SO IT'S A GOOD COMBINATION OF

THOSE THREE.

IT WILL END UP BEING ABOUT

$1.5 BILLION IN A NON-BUDGET

YEAR, NO NEW TAXES, NO BINDING.

FLEXIBILITY FOR LOCAL

GOVERNMENTS TO --

YOU ARE SAYING IT WILL

HAPPEN.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE HOUSE SPEAKER IS NOT

ABOUT TAX INCREASES.

I GET THAT, BUT AT THE END OF

THE DAY YOU CAN'T SEND THESE

FOLKS HOME IN AN ELECTION YEAR

WITHOUT ROAD FUNDING.

IT WILL NOT HAPPEN.

SO IT WILL BE THIS $1.5 BILLION

PROGRAM AND OVER THE LAST

DECADE, THEY HAVE ADDED I THINK

IT IS $7.5 BILLION OVER WHAT THE

NORMAL BUDGET IS FOR BRIDGE AND

TRANSPORTATION SO THIS IS A

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN A

NON-BUDGET YEAR AND IT HAS A LOT

OF GOOD PARTS TO IT.

YOU WILL SEE THE LONG-TERM

SOLUTION COMING NEXT YEAR.

THE PANEL THAT THE SENATOR PUT

TOGETHER.

IT CALLS FOR A TASK FORCE --

FOR THE NEXT SESSION WITH

THE RECOMMENDATION AND YOU WILL

SEE THE LONG-TERM FUNDING AFTER

THAT.

DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN

CONSULTED, BUT THEY DID VOTE FOR

IT IN COMMITTEE.

THIS BILL SHOWS HOW MUCH IT'S

BEEN DRIVEN BY THE LEGISLATURE,

NOT BY THE GOVERNOR.

THE SPEAKER DESERVES A LOT OF

CREDIT FOR PUSHING THE LONG-TERM

SOLUTION.

MIKE PENCE HAS BEEN NOWHERE TO

BE FOUND IN THIS HAS BEEN A

LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION.

SO MICHAEL IS PROBABLY RIGHT,

THEY WILL COME HOME WITH

SOMETHING.

WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH THE

LOCALS TO ME IS NOT THE BEST

SOLUTION.

THEY ESSENTIALLY WILL GIVE THEM

MONEY THAT THEY ARE OWED ANYWAY

AND TELL THEM HOW TO SPEND IT.

BUT THEY CAN'T GET IT.

IT IS INCOME TAX MONEY THAT

SHOULD BE THE LOCALS MONEY

ANYWAY AND THEY WILL GIVE IT TO

THEM AND SAY WE ARE DOING YOU A

FAVOR FOR GIVING YOU THE YOUR

MONEY.

ONE THING THEY ARE ALSO DOING

IS THEY ARE GIVING AUTHORITY TO

THE LOCALS WHO HAVE WHEEL TAX

INCREASES AND EXCISE TAX

INCREASES SO STILL SOME TAX

INCREASES IN THERE.

THERE ARE.

AND ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE HOUSE

AMENDED THE SENATE BILL TO PUT

TAX INCREASES BACK SO WHILE, I

THINK, MIKE IS RIGHT, THERE

WON'T BE ANY TAX INCREASES IN

THE FINAL BILL OTHER THAN THE

ONES YOU JUST DISCUSSED

POSSIBLY, THEY ARE STILL OUT

THERE.

THE DISCUSSION IS STILL GOING ON

AND 7 1/2 BILLION DOLLARS OVER

THEY WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE

CONDITIONS OF THE ROADS WE HAVE

RIGHT NOW.

LAST WEEK WE HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM

WITH I 70 OVER U.S. 41 IN VIGO

COUNTY AND THE ROADS, THE HALF

BILLION DOLLARS THEY ARE TALKING

ABOUT IN THE LOCAL OPTION INCOME

TAX TO USE FOR ROADS IS ABOUT

$2.5 BILLION SHORT OF THE LOCAL

NEED TO GET ROADS AND BRIDGES UP

TO A STANDARD SO THIS IS A

SERIOUS PROBLEM.

THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL MONEY

BUT IT IS STOPGAP.

NEXT YEAR'S THE ONE THAT COUNTS

AND THEY BETTER MAKE SURE THEY

DELIVERED NEXT YEAR.

WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THIS

DISCUSSION OF TAXES?

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WOULD

SUGGEST ANY TIME YOU COME TO THE

TABLE WITH A PROPOSED TAX

INCREASE OR SOMETHING OF THAT

SCOPE YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR TOE

IN THE WATER FIRST AND ADJUSTED

THE TEMPERATURE AND BRING IT

BACK.

YOU COULD POINT TO ANY NUMBER OF

MAJOR FUNDING PROPOSALS WHERE

OVER THE YEARS IT IS A TWO OR

THREE YEAR PROPOSITION.

NEXT YEAR, OF COURSE, IS THE

BUDGET YEAR.

THIS WASN'T.

THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR, THAT

WAS GOING AGAINST IT.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE TIME OF

POLITICAL SURPRISES AND

CRAZINESS, BECAUSE IT IS AN

ELECTION YEAR BUT WHEN YOU ASK

THE QUESTION, HAS THIS GONE FOR

GOOD, MEANING TAXES?

THE QUESTION IS GONE FOR GOOD

THIS SESSION ARE GONE FOR GOOD

[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]

AS JOHN POINTS OUT THERE WILL

BE A TAX INCREASE, NO IS THE

ANSWER BUTS AT SOME POINT.

YOU ARE CORRECT THERE HAS TO

BE ONE FOR A LONG-TERM SOLUTION

OR DIFFERENT TAX.

BECAUSE, BECAUSE FOR ONE

THING CARS ARE GETTING MORE

EFFICIENT, SO THE GAS TAX

REVENUE IS GOING DOWN

[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]

WE HAVE TO FIND A NEW WAY TO GET

MONEY.

ONE PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THIS

PROPOSAL WAS THE CIGARETTE

TAXES, IT'S A DECLINING REVENUE

TAX IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR

LONG-TERM SOLUTION, THAT TAX --

THE REVENUE IN THAT IS DWINDLING

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS

WITH THIS SO THEY WILL HAVE TO

LOOK AT WHAT THEY WILL DO, BUT

THEY WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR

FOR ELECTRIC CARS, $50 FOR

HYBRID.

THAT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR

NEW TOLLS THAT WILL BE LOOKED

AT.

IF IT IS FAIR, IT'S EVENTUALLY

GOING TO COME.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL

BE AN INCREASING FEED THERE.

IT ALSO REQUIRES APPROVAL

FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT WOULD REQUIRE FEDERAL

APPROVAL BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT

THE NUMBERS THREE QUARTERS OF A

BILLION DOLLARS BETWEEN 65 AND

70.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]

WHAT I'M SAYING IS -- SORRY I'M

CHECKING THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL

NEVER SEE THEM PUT TOLLS ON BOTH

65 AND 70.

I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD PUT

TOLLS ON EITHER ONE OF THEM.

CENTRAL INDIANA WILL NEVER

ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

THEY MIGHT PUT A NEW LANE ON

IT.

THE HOLDUP WOULD NOT BE THE

FEDS BECAUSE THE FEDS HAVE

SIGNALED A WILLINGNESS TO DO

THAT.

THAT MIGHT BE A TOLLROAD

>THE GOP SENATE PRIMARY

REMAINS A TWO MAN BATTLE THIS

WEEK.

TODD YOUNG VERSUS MARLIN

STUTZMAN.

THE INDIANA ELECTION COMMISSION

REJECTED TWO CHALLENGES TO

YOUNG'S BALLOT STATUS.

THE STUTZMAN CAMPAIGN AND STATE

DEMOCRATS ARGUED THAT YOUNG

FAILED TO TURN IN THE NECESSARY

500 PETITION SIGNATURES IN ONE

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

HERE'S COMMISSION MEMBER ANTHONY

LONG FOLLOWED BY CHAIRMAN BRYCE

BENNETT.

ANTHONY LONG: I'VE SEEN

NOTHING FROM THE VOTER

REGISTRATION FOLKS IN THE

COUNTIES IN THIS DISTRICT THAT

CERTIFY ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN

WHAT THEY CERTIFIED THE FIRST

ROUND, 498.

BRYCE BENNETT: WE ARE NOT

BEING ASKED TO DO ANYTHING MORE

THAN WE SHOULD BE DOING WHICH IS

TO UPHOLD THE INTENT, SPIRIT,

AND PURPOSE OF THE VOTER

REGISTRATION LAWS TO ALLOW THE

CITIZENS OF INDIANA TO BE

ENFRANCHISED, TO VOTE THEIR

WILL.

DAN PARKER, WILL THE DEMOCRATS

TAKE THIS TO COURT?

WILL THE DEMOCRATS GO TO

COURT?

NO.

THIS IS SETTLED.

MICHAEL KNOWS THAT TAKING --

[OFF MIC]

[LAUGHING]

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT

UP.

I WAS NOT GOING TO REFERENCE

THE CASE, BUT THERE WAS AN

EFFORT TO GET THAT ON THE

BALLOT.

THAT WAS A SMART MOVE.

[LAUGHING]

IT WORKED OUT WELL.

NO, HE WON'T.

BUT, I THINK THAT EVERYONE KNEW

THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE END

RESULT.

THE YOUNG CAMPAIGN WAS PROVEN TO

BE COMMITTED POLITICAL

MALPRACTICE WHETHER IT WAS 501

OR 498, WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY

COMMITTED POLITICAL MALPRACTICE

FOR TURNING IN THAT LITTLE.

THEY BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES.

THEY WENT THROUGH THAT ORDEAL

AND IF THIS DOES NOT BRING

CHANGES TO THE YOUNG CAMPAIGN, I

DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL, BUT I

DON'T THINK IT ENDS UP IN COURT.

TWO-2 KEEPS THEM ON THE

BALLOT.

THE YOUNG CAMPAIGN IS ACTING

LIKE THIS IS A BOOST FOR THEM.

THEY HAVE A NEW NEGATIVE AD A

OCCLUDE -- ACCUSING STUTZMAN OF

USING OBAMA STYLE POLITICS.

DOES THAT WORK TO THEIR

ADVANTAGE?

I THINK THAT STUTZMAN TOOK A

HIT IN THE CHALLENGE AT ALL TO

FELLOW REPUBLICANS.

YOU EXPECT THAT OUT OF DEMOCRATS

BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO RUN

AGAINST EITHER OF THESE GUYS.

THEY MOSTLY DON'T WANT TO RUN

AGAINST JONES.

AFTER THIS!

YOU SAID THAT, I DIDN'T.

I WILL TELL YOU THIS THEY DIDN'T

WANT TO BUT WHEN JONES IT WAS

LIKE GUYS, WE ARE DOING THIS TO

OUR OWN.

WHAT HAPPENED TO RONALD REAGAN'S

11TH COMMANDMENT.

THAT'S OUT THE WINDOW SO I DO

THINK THEY TOOK A HIT WITH THIS.

THEY MADE THE RIGHT CALL.

ONCE IT'S CERTIFIED BY THE

COUNTIES IN TWO WEEKS TO GO

BEFORE THE DEADLINE, THEY COULD

HAVE GOTTEN MORE, BUT YOU ARE

RIGHT, IT WAS CRAZY TO TURN IN

THAT FEW TO START WITH

ESPECIALLY IN COUNTIES WHEN YOU

HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS.

I HAVE DONE THIS 4 TIMES AS I

KNOW DAN HANDS AND THIS IS

HARDER THAN CHINESE ARITHMETIC

AND IT'S NOT EASY TO DO.

I'M TELLING YOU YOU COULD REALLY

GO WITHOUT YOUR CANDIDATE BEING

ON THE BALLOT.

2 DEMOCRATS VOTE TO REMOVE

HIM FROM THE BALLOT AND

REPUBLICANS VOTE TO KEEP HIM ON.

DOES IS CALL INTO QUESTION THE

PROCESS?

WHICH ONE?

THE COMMISSION PROCESS.

WHICH WOULD YOU DO?

THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE.

COULD THERE BE A DIFFERENT

MAKEUP.

I'M SAYING ARE YOU SUGGESTING

WHO CONTROLS THE GOVERNORS OF

THE SHOULD HAVE AN EXTRA VOTE?

I'M RACING THAT BECAUSE, I THINK

THAT WOULD CREATE EVEN MORE

PROBLEMS FRANKLY.

[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]

IF YOU HAD A THREE-PERSON

MAJORITY CONTROLLED BY WHATEVER

YOU WANT TO PICK, FLIP A COIN OR

WHATEVER THAN THERE WOULD BE NO

LEGITIMACY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A

RUBBERSTAMP OF THAT SO IT

PROBABLY IS AS FUNCTIONAL AS

THEY CAN BE.

WHEN WE GET TO THE PRIMARY

WILL THIS MATTER?

OKAY.

I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT IT

MATTERS.

YOU HAVE THE NEGATIVE AD FROM

THE YOUNG CAMPAIGN AND YOU CAN

BET THAT STUTZMAN WILL USE IT TO

HIS ADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES DOWN

TO IT, THE BASIS WILL VOTE AND

WHOEVER TURNS OUT THEIR VOTERS

WILL WIN.

I HOPE THAT AT LEAST THIS

DISCUSSION -- MICHAEL KNOWS

THIS, IT BRINGS SOME REFORM TO

THE PROCESS.

I AGREE WITH YOU HAVE TO GO GET

--

[OFF MIC]

THE SIGNATURE PROCESS.

LOWERS IT.

MAYBE MAKE IT 200?

ALLOW PEOPLE TO BRING THEM IN

EARLIER.

IN DECEMBER, CLERKS ARE NOT

DOING MUCH.

GET THEM TO CERTIFY IN DECEMBER

AND IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT

IMMEDIATELY FROM THE CLERKS TO

THE STATE AND THE STATE SHOULD

TELL CAMPAIGNS HOW MANY THEY

HAVE BECAUSE MICHAEL, YOU KNOW

THIS.

I SHOWED UP AT 20 COUNTY CLERK

OFFICES FOR HILLARY CLINTON AND

I WAS ASKED FOR MY ID IN ONE

COUNTY, SHELBY.

SHELBY COUNTY CLERK IF YOU ARE

WATCHING, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

[OFF MIC]

I AM NOT FOR LOWERING THE

NUMBER OF PETITIONS.

>TIME NOW FOR VIEWER FEEDBACK.

EACH WEEK WE POSE AN

UNSCIENTIFIC, ONLINE POLL

QUESTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR

ICEMILLER E-MAIL AND TEXT

ALERTS.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:

DOES TODD YOUNG BELONG ON THE

BALLOT?

A. YES

B. NO

C. A JUDGE SHOULD DECIDE

LAST WEEK'S QUESTION: SHOULD THE

NEXT PRESIDENT GET TO CHOOSE A

REPLACEMENT FOR JUSTICE SCALIA?

A. YES

26 PERCENT.

B. NO

74 PERCENT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART

IN THE POLL GO TO WFYI.ORG/IWIR

AND LOOK FOR THE POLL.

>MARCO RUBIO HAS PICKED UP A

NUMBER OF ENDORSEMENTS THIS WEEK

FROM KEY REPUBLICANS IN INDIANA

INCLUDING SENATOR DAN COATS.

IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE

DECISION BY JEB BUSH TO QUIT THE

GOP NOMINATION FIGHT.

BUSH PREVIOUSLY HAD MORE KEY

SUPPORTERS IN INDIANA THAN ANY

OTHER GOP CANDIDATE.

THE INDIANA RUBIO CAMPAIGN IS

PLANNING AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN

COMING DAYS TO DEMONSTRATE HIS

SUPPORT HERE AND TO SHOW THAT HE

CAN BE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO

DONALD TRUMP.

INDIANA RUBIO CO-CHAIR TOM JOHN.

WHEN YOU CONTRAST THE VISION

OF MARCO RUBIO, THE OPTIMISM OF

MARCO RUBIO VERSUS THE ANGER OF

DONALD TRUMP, I THINK PEOPLE

WILL SEE WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE

GOING FORWARD WHICH IS SOMETHING

THAT HARKENS BACK TO THE DAY OF

RONALD REAGAN.

JON SCHWANTES, WILL THIS

MATTER BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE

INDIANA PRIMARY IN MAY?

BY THE TIME WE GET TO INDIANA

, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS

ONLY A FEW MONTHS OFF, THAT'S AN

ETERNITY IN TERMS OF THE

PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION PROCESS.

YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THIS

WOULD BE -- THERE WOULD BE SOME

CLARITY BROUGHT TO IT BY THAT

POINT.

I DON'T THINK THE FIVE PERSON

FEELS THAT WE SEE NOW -- WILL BE

-- IF WE WERE TO SIT HERE NEXT

WEEK, I THINK THAT FIELD WILL

ALREADY BE REDUCED IN THAT WILL

BEING -- BRING CLARITY IN AN OF

ITSELF.

HERE IN INDIANA AND ELSEWHERE

THE ESTABLISHMENT IS TRYING TO

SAY WE DO NOT WANT DONALD TRUMP

AND RUBIO IS THE GUY THAT SEEMS

TO BE PUT FORWARD.

FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE

ONLY WAY TO DERAIL TRUMP IS TO

RALLY BEHIND SOMEONE.

IF YOU HAVE FIVE OR FOUR OR

THREE-PERSON RACE ITS FRACTIOUS.

SO IT WILL DIMINISH AND THEY

HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT BEHIND

RUBIO.

CLEARLY HE'S THE ONE GOING

FORWARD.

BUT WE SAW WHERE CHRIS CHRISTIE

HAS ENDORSED TRUMP.

THAT HAS TO MAKE SOME PEOPLE

PANICKED IN THE UPPER ECHELONS

OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

HOW MUCH DO ENDORSEMENTS

MATTER?

NOT AT ALL.

IN THIS YEAR, TRUMP PROBABLY IS

LOVING THE FACT THAT THE

ESTABLISHMENT IS RUNNING TO

RUBIO.

I THINK THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT

IS PANICKED AND THEY ARE GETTING

BEHIND THE WRONG GUY.

I THINK THE GUY THEY SHOULD GET

BEHIND HIS K-6 WHO IS A GOVERNOR

WHO HAS EXPERIENCE WHO ACTUALLY

SOUNDS LIKE A PRESIDENT AND THAT

DEBATE LAST NIGHT WAS AN

EMBARRASSMENT THE PRESIDENTIAL

BOOKWORM OUT THE WINDOW WAS AN

EMBARRASSMENT.

RUBIO LOOK LIKE A CHILD.

I LIKE KACISH.

THAT WAS AN ENDORSEMENT.

I WANT HIM TO LOSE.

WE ARE 67 DAYS AWAY FROM

INDIANA PRIMARY AND THIS THING

WILL BE DECIDED LONG BEFORE WE

GET TO INDIANA.

[LAUGHING]

I THINK THAT IS TRUE AND WITH

THESE FOLKS IT'S NOT USUAL FOR

THEM TO MOVE AROUND AS PEOPLE

DROP OUT IN THE RACE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT IT

IS A STATEMENT THEY DON'T LIKE

THE TICKET.

AND I GET THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS

GOING TO WRITE THAT.

>TO THE DEMOCRATS NOW, AN

INDIANA SUPER DELEGATE IS THE

TARGET OF PERSONAL ATTACKS.

YOU AND THE REST OF THE SUPER

DELEGATES ARE MAKING A HUGE

MISTAKE.

CORDELIA LEWIS-BURKS READS

FROM AN EMAIL SENT TO HER BY A

BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER.

SHE'S A SUPER DELEGATE WHO PLANS

TO SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON AND

SHE'S RECEIVED MORE THAN A DOZEN

SUCH EMAILS IN RECENT DAYS.

THE MESSAGES ARE PERSONAL.

WELL, I'VE BEEN CALLED SOME

TERRIBLE NAMES AND DEROGATORY

NAMES AS FAR AS RACE IS

CONCERNED.

THE SANDERS SUPPORTERS WHO ARE

SENDING THE EMAILS BELIEVE THEIR

CANDIDATE COULD WIN A MAJORITY

OF PRIMARY VOTES AND YET LOSE

THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION

BECAUSE OF THE SUPER DELEGATES.

LEWIS-BURKS SHARED SOME OF THE

MORE MILD MESSAGES.

"I AM APPALLED THAT YOU THINK

YOU CAN IGNORE THE WILL OF THE

PEOPLE," SAYS ONE.

"YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE A

REPUBLICAN," SAYS ANOTHER.

"AND, YES, THAT IS AN INSULT."

YET ANOTHER SAYS, "YOU HAVE BEEN

BOUGHT AND SOLD BY THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY JUST LIKE

HILLARY HAS BEEN."

ANOTHER SUGGESTS THAT VOTING FOR

HILLARY IS "THROWING YOUR VOTE

AWAY."

LEWIS-BURKS, WHO IS VICE CHAIR

OF THE INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY,

SAYS SHE'S STOPPED RESPONDING TO

THEM.

THERE IS A WAY TO WIN FRIENDS

AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE AND THIS IS

CERTAINLY NOT THE WAY.

JOHN KETZENBERGER, WHAT DOES

THAT TELL YOU ABOUT THE

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RACE?

IT TELLS ME THAT THE PEOPLE

WHO ARE OBJECTING TO THE SUPER

DELEGATES ARE NOT WELL SCHOOLED

IN THE PROCESS, THAT THEY AREN'T

VERY SAVVY WHEN IT COMES YOU

DON'T GO ATTACKING THE OTHER

SIDE OF THE TICKET.

YOU ARE ALL DEMOCRATS SUPPOSEDLY

AND IT TELLS ME THAT I THINK

BERNIE SANDERS PEOPLE ARE VERY

SINCERE AND WANT IT TO HAPPEN

BUT THIS IS HILLARY'S TO LOSE.

IT IS POSSIBLE, UNLIKELY, BUT

POSSIBLE THAT BERNIE SANDERS

COULD GET MORE VOTES IN FEWER

DELEGATES.

IF YOU SAY SO.

I HAVE NOT DONE THE MATH.

BECAUSE OF THE SUPERDELEGATE.

I SUPPOSE THAT IS POSSIBLE,

BUT AGAIN UNLIKELY.

I THINK THE ORGANIZATIONAL

STRENGTH THAT SHE HAS WITH NOW

HOW MANY CYCLES WITH THE

NATIONAL LEVEL WILL PROBABLY

PREVAIL IN THE END.

THIS IS INDICATIVE OF AS JOHN

SUGGESTED, IT'S A SLASH AND

BURN.

PEOPLE ARE NOT CONTENT JUST TO

ATTACK THE OTHER PARTY, NOW IT

IS ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK

ANYBODY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE TONE OF

THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE IN

DELEGATES ATTACKING EACH OTHER.

THIS IS A STATEMENT ON WHAT'S

GOING ON IN POLITICS OR SOCIETY?

I THINK IT'S A STATEMENT OF

WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOCIETY, BUT

IN THIS CASE, THE DEMOCRATS

CREATED SUPERDELEGATES, WHICH IS

ABOUT 15-20 PERCENT --

15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL DELEGATE

BASE SO THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT

CAN CONTROL THE PARTY PROCESS

AND THAT IS STARTING TO LOOK

GOOD TO ME RIGHT NOW.

[LAUGHING]

SERIOUSLY I MEAN THAT'S WHY IT'S

PUT IN PLACE AND IT IS WORKING

FOR THEM BUT JOHN IS RIGHT, FOR

THE PEOPLE FROM BERNIE SANDERS

TO SUDDENLY WAKE UP AND SAY WHAT

IS THIS ALL ABOUT.

1968.

-- 1984.

I'M GOING TO REVERSE MYSELF

FROM THE LAST QUESTION.

THIS IS WHERE ENDORSEMENTS DO

MATTER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VOTE

AT THE CONVENTION.

THE PROCESS, JOHN IS ABSOLUTELY

RIGHT, THE PROCESS IS LAID OUT

IN EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE

PROCESS IS AN THE FOLKS WERE

IDENTIFIED EARLY.

YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

I WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE SANDERS

FOLKS THAT HAVING BEEN A

SUPERDELEGATE MYSELF AND

EXPERIENCED THAT, IT IS NOT WISE

TO ATTACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VOTE

AT THE CONVENTION.

THE SMARTEST STRATEGY IS AS YOU

KNOW, GO OUT AND WIN PRIMARIES

BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL

CHANGE PEOPLES MINDS IS IS BY

WINNING.

>THERE WILL BE MORE PUBLIC

ACCESS TO THE VIDEO RECORDED BY

POLICE BODY CAMERAS UNDER A BILL

THAT IS NOW HEADED TO THE FLOOR

OF THE STATE SENATE.

IT WOULD REQUIRE POLICE AGENCIES

TO STORE VIDEOS FOR 190 DAYS AND

LIMIT THE FEES THEY CAN CHARGE

IF SOMEONE REQUESTS A COPY.

POLICE WOULD HAVE TO SHOW

REASONS WHY A VIDEO SHOULD *NO*

BE RELEASED IF THERE IS A PUBLIC

REQUEST TO VIEW IT.

HERE IS WEST LAFAYETTE POLICE

CHIEF JASON DOMBKOWSKI.

CHIEF JASON DOMBKOWSKI: WE DO

WANT TO ENCOURAGE CHIEFS AND

SHERIFFS AND DEPARTMENTS AND

AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE OF

INDIANA TO EMBRACE THIS

TECHNOLOGY.

MIKE MCDANIEL, IS THAT A GOOD

COMPROMISE?

YES.

SENATOR FROM MARTINSVILLE HAS

DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB, I THINK

OF TAKING WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY

LENGTHY DEBATE ON THIS SUBJECT

AND BASICALLY TURNING AROUND THE

RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVING THAT

THERE IS A NEED TO NOT PUT A

VIDEO OUT IN PUBLIC.

NOW IT IS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TO

DO THAT AND HE SET OUT GOOD

CRITERIA AS TO WHAT THE

STANDARDS ARE TO DO THAT BUT

THERE IS ALSO AN APPEAL PROCESS

SO WHOEVER IS REQUESTING THEY BE

MADE PUBLIC HAS A WAY TO GO BACK

AND SAY WE DID IT WRONG AND GET

THE JUDGE INVOLVED.

THIS WAS AN OUTSTANDING

COMPROMISE.

IT IS A BIG ISSUE.

THIS IS EASY TO LOOK PAST, BUT

IT WAS AN ISSUE FOR THE ROOT

MAYOR OF -- FOR THE MAYOR OF

INDIANAPOLIS AND IT AFFECTS

POLICE ALL OVER.

I WOULD ARGUE GIVEN THE LACK

OF PROGRESS ON LGBT WRITES, HATE

CRIMES, THIS BILL COULD END UP

BEING THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL

ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS LEGISLATURE.

IT WAS BROUGHT INTO BALANCE AND

IT WAS THE LEGISLATURE GETTING

SOMETHING DONE THE WAY IT IS

SUPPOSED TO.

THAT IS RIGHT.

HOOSIERS SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE

OUTCOME HERE.

IT'S A TOUGH ISSUE AND

COMPLICATED FOR A LOT OF REASONS

, BUT I DO THINK THIS

COULD BE A MODEL FOR STATES

ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OTHER

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS.

THEY TRY TO MAKE IT A BALANCE

BETWEEN STATES WHERE MOST

EVERYTHING GETS RELEASED

[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]

--

I THINK THIS WILL BE HELD

UP AS A MODEL FOR HOW STATES

SHOULD DO THAT.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

IT WILL BE THE MOST SUBSTANTIVE

OUTSIDE OF THE ADDITIONAL

FUNDINGS FOR ROADS BUT THIS IS

AN EXAMPLE WHERE THE PROCESS

WORKED AS IT SHOULD.

THE PROPOSAL CAME OUT, THE OUT

CROWD CAME.

COMPROMISE MADE AND YOU END UP

WITH GOOD LEGISLATION AND IT

HAPPENS A LOT BUT OFTEN IT'S

OVERSHADOWED.

ABSOLUTELY

>A NEW POSTAGE STAMP

CELEBRATING INDIANA'S

BICENTENNIAL WILL BE RELEASED

LATER THIS YEAR.

THE US POSTAL SERVICE SAYS THE

STAMP WILL BE ISSUED JUNE 7TH,

AT THE STATEHOUSE.

THE STAMP FEATURES A PHOTO OF A

CORNFIELD NEAR MILFORD, INDIANA

AT SUNSET.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER, MICHAEL MATTI,

GREW UP IN MILFORD.

HE SAYS HE TOOK THE PICTURE ON A

DIRT ROAD JUST OFF STATE ROAD 15

IN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY.

DAN PARKER, IS THAT AN IMAGE

THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE STATE

OF INDIANA?

THAT REMINDS ME OF AMBER

WANES OF GRAIN ON THE LICENSE

PLATE.

THAT WAS NOT VERY POPULAR.

[LAUGHING]

[OFF MIC]

[LAUGHING]

[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]

IF WE DON'T FIND 53 MILLION

AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT.

I THINK IT'S AN ENDORSEMENT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO AND A

GREAT REPRESENTATION AND WE

SHOULD CELEBRATE AND IT DOES

THIS VERY WELL.

DO YOU AGREE?

I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL

IMAGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE OF

OTHER IMAGES OF THE STATE.

WE ARE MORE THAN JUST A

BEAUTIFUL CORNFIELD AT SUNSET.

AGRIBUSINESSES STILL OUR

NUMBER ONE.

I DIVERTED THE EXPERT.

>THAT'S INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW

FOR THIS WEEK.

OUR PANEL IS DEMOCRAT DAN

PARKER,

REPUBLICAN MIKE MCDANIEL,

JON SCHWANTES, THE HOST OF

INDIANA LAWMAKERS AND

JOHN KETZENBERGER OF THE INDIANA

FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE

IF YOU'D LIKE A PODCAST OF THIS

PROGRAM YOU CAN FIND IT AT

WFYI.ORG/IWIR OR STARTING MONDAY

YOU CAN STREAM IT OR GET IT ON

DEMAND FROM XFINITY OR BRIGHT

HOUSE NETWORKS.

I'M JIM SHELLA OF WISH-TV.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK.