>> Jim Shella: ON HOLD...WHY THE

GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE WILL WAIT

UNTIL NEXT YEAR...

SUNDAY SALES...THE ATTLE OVER

BOOZE...

SCHOOL VOUCHERS, SUSAN BROOKS ON

A BIG STAGE, AND RECONSIDERING

THE SUPER BOWL BID...

THAT, PLUS THE PENCE FAMILY

MOVES INTO THE GOVERNOR'S

RESIDENCE AND MORE ON "Indiana

Week in Review" FOR THE WEEK

ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 2013.

>> THISSWEEK, THE EFFORT TO

CREATE A CONSTITUTIONAL BAN ON

SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN INDIANA WAS

PLACED ON HOLD.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FROM THE

GOP LEADERS OF THE HOUSE AND

SENATE WHO SAY THEY WANT TO SEE

AN ANTICIPATED RULING FROM THE

U.S. SUPREME COURT, EXPECTED IN

JULY, BEFORE THEY MOVE AHEAD.

MEANTIME THE WISH-TV/BALL STATE

HOOSIER SURVEY RECENTLY FOUND

54-PERCENT OPPOSED TO THE

AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALSO BAN

CIVIL UNIONS.

THE HOOSIER SURVEY FOUND

55-PERCENT IN FAVOR OF CIVIL

UNIONS.

PUBLIC OPINION IS SHIFTING...

>> OUR CAUCUS HAS DECIDED TO

WAIT UNTIL

2014 TO TAKE A VOTE ON

THIS ISSUE.

>> THAT WE COULD FIND OURSELVES

IN A VERY INADVISABLE SITUATION

OF HAVING A MATTER ON THE BALLOT

IN 2014 THAT HAS BEEN RULED

UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

>> WE THINK IT'S PRUDENT.

WE THINK IT'S SMART.

WE THINK WAITING UNTIL THE

SUPREME COURT IS FINISHED IS THE

RIGHT THING TO DO, SO WE'RE GLAD

IT HAPPENED.

>> IS A 2014 DEBATE ON GAY

MARRIAGE GUARANTEED?

IT'S THE FIRST QUESTION FOR OUR

"INDIANA WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL:

DEMOCRAT ANN DELANEY, 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.

ANN DELANEY, IS THIS A STALLING

.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF AT STALLING

TACTIC, BUT I THINK BOTH

OF THEM DESERVE -- IT WILL

PROBABLY HURT THEM BY SAYING

THIS, BUT I HINK SENATOR LONG

AND SPEAKER BOSMA

DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT, WE

SHOULDN'T HE KNOW CENTER

LINE SOMETHING IN THE

CONSTITUTION SOMETHING THAT'S

CHANGING AS RAPIDLY AS THIS

ISSUE, I THINK IT'S GOOD

MOVE TO DELAY FOR A YEAR, WE

ALSO HAVE THE STATUTE IN

PLACE,.

>> GAY MARRIAGE ILLEGAL IN

INDIANA AND SO THEY CAN

LEAVE THAT ALONE, AND WHETHER A

STALLING TACTIC OR ONE

STEP TOWARD LETTING IT GO

COMPLETELY, EITHER WAY IS

GOD.

>> SPEAKER BOSMA SAYS HE EXPECTS

A DEBATE NEXT YEAR, TO

PASS AND GO TO A REMEMBER

REFERENDUM, ARE ATTITUDES

SHIFTING FAST ENOUGH.

>> I THINK ALL OF THE THINNS HE

SAID ARE CORRECT, WE

DON'T WANT THE SUPREME COURT TO

MAKE A DECISION THAT

WOULD CHANGE THE DECISION -- YOU

CAN HAVE A REFERENDUM

ON THE BALLOT THAT THE SUPREME

COURT HAS DECIDED IS

INVALID, AND HOW DO YOU UNDO

THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE FOLKS

GOING TO THE POLLS TO VOTE ON

IT, IT'S A PRACTICAL AND

SMART THING TO DO ON A VARIETY

OF LEVELS, ALTHOUGH I

THINK THE SUPREME COURT DECISION

PROBABLY WON'T BE

BROAD ENOUGH, PROBABLY NARROW

ENOUGH THAT IT WILL

AFFECT IT, AND WE'LL HAVE THE

DEBATE AND IT WILL BE ON

THE BALLOT.

>> AND IF THAT HAS IN AN

ELECTION YEAR, IT BRINGS NEW

DYNAMIC.

>> IT ABSOLUTELY DOES?

>> NO DYNAMICS? YEAH, AND I'LL

TELL YOU WHY. AS

INDICATED BY THE POLLS, WE SAID

A WEEK OR TWO AGO, I'VE

NEVER SEEN OPINION CHANGE AS

RAPIDLY ON AN ISSUE AS IT

HAS ON THIS. IF YOU HAD ASKED

ME THIS QUESTION TEN

YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN

YOU AN ANSWER SLAM DUNK.

>> LAST WEEK YOU SAID FIVE YEARS

AGO.

>> IT'S CHANGED DRAMATICALLY,

THE NUMBERS IN INDIANA,

DONE BY BALL STATE, JIM'S POLL,

NUMBERS SIMILAR TO PUW

AND OTHER NUMBERS NATIONALLY, SO

I THINK THERE WILL BE

MORE DEBATE THAN ANY OF US WOULD

HAVE EXPECTED SEVEN

YEARS AGO, BUT ONE OR POINT

ABOUT THE CORPORATE

INVOLVEMENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE

SUPPORTIVE OF THIS I THINK

WILL BE ABLE TO FIND POLITICAL

COMP IN THE LARGE

INDIANA EMPLOYERS, CAN CUMMINS,

ELI LILLY, WELLPOINT.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT

THE BUSINESSES IN THIS

STATE WANT TO CREATE JOBS, YOU

ARE AGAINST THIS

AMENDMENT, PERIOD.

>> I'M SAYING FOR PARTICULARLY

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS

CONCERNED ABOUT ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION,

THEY CAN SAY THIS IS WHY I WANT

TO STEP AWAY FROM IT

NOW.

>> BACK TO THE POLL, SPEAKER

BOSMA TOOK ISSUE WITH THE

POLL. HE SAID HE DOESN'T

BELIEVE THE POP BECAUSE IT'S

NOT OF VOTERS, THERE WASN'T A

VOTER SCREEN ON THIS POLL

BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN ELECTION

POLL, IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC

POLICY, AND THAT AFFECTS ALL

ADULTS. HE SAYS HE

DOESN'T JUST CARE ABOUT VOTERS,

BUT HOW ELSE DO YOU --

>> IF THAT'S THE DISTINCTION

HE'S MAKING THE MOST

IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCY IN HIS

MIND IS VOTERS, IF YOU

WAIT ANOTHER YEAR AND IN THE

MIDST OF AN ELECTION YEAR

AND THIS ISSUE FINDS ITS WAY

ONTO THE BALLOT, I THINK

YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF NEW VOTERS

IN THE PROCESS, AND I

THINK THAT THEN IT WILL BE VERY

INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT

A VOTER SCREEN POLL LOOKS LIKE

BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL

LOOK DIFFERENT.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THE

SPEAKER SAID, IF HE WAS

TO DRAFT THIS NOW, HE WOULD LOSE

THE SECOND CLAUSE

WHICH EFFECTIVELY OUTLAWS CIVIL

UNIONS, IS IT POSSIBLE

THEY WILL CHANGE THIS AND START

OVER?

>> I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT

THE SUPREME COURT

DECISION IS, THEY OULD CHANGE

THIS, AND YOU COULD BE

VOTING ON SOMETHING INVALID, BUT

I'M GOING TO PUT MY

FORMER STATE CHAIRMAN HAT ON,

THE THING THAT DRIVES ME

CRAZY, THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

THAT WILL BE SPENT ON

BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE THAT

COULD HAVE GONE TO

CANDIDATES, I'M TELLING YOU

THERE WILL BE MORE MONEY

SPENT AND LOOK, THIS IS ONE OF

THOSE THINGS THAT I

THINK THEY MADE THE RIGHT

DECISION, THEY'VE SAID FROM

THE BEGINNING THIS IS NOT THEIR

PRIORITY THIS SESSION,

IT'S JOBS AND EDUCATION, AND

THEY'VE STUCK TO IT.

>> I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHAT

THE SUPREME COURT DOES

ON IT. THE CONSTITUTIONAL

AMENDMENT AS WORD NOW IS

POORLY DRAFTED FOR A VARIETY OF

REASONS, NOT JUST THE

CIVIL UNION PART BUT ALSO

BECAUSE IT CAN AFFECT

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND EVEN IF

YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF

THIS, AND I'M NOT, IF YOU ARE

IT'S POORLY DRAFTED, AND

THEY COULD START THIS PROCESS

ALL OVER AGAIN OR

FRANKLY, SCRAP THE WHOLE THING.

>> AND A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK,

THE IU SCHOOL OF LAW

LOOKED AT A STUDENT GROUP AND A

GROUP OF PROFESSORS,

LOOKED AT STATE STATUTES, ALL

SORTS OF THINGS, 614

EXISTING STATE STATUTES, WOULD

BE AFFECTED BY SOME WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> STATE LAWMAKERS HEARD THREE

HOURS OF TESTIMONY THIS WEEK ON

A BILL THAT WOULD LEGALIZE

SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES -- BUT NO

VOTE IS PROMISED.

INDIANA PERMITS ALCOHOL SALES IN

BARS AND RESTAURANTS -- BUT

PROHIBITS PACKAGE SALES ON

SUNDAY.

LIQUOR STORES HAVE FOUGHT

EFFORTS TO LEGALIZE SUNDAY SALES

WHILE BIG BOX STORES AND GROCERY

STORES COMPLAIN ABOUT LOSING

BUSINESS TO SURROUNDING STATES..

>> THEN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

IS 300 TO 600 MILLION DOLLARS IN

REVENUE LOST TO INDIANA

BUSINESSES JUST ON SUNDAY.

>> WE AIRED THE ISSUE AND WE'LL

THAT'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BILL

DAVIS WHO OPPOSES SUNDAY SALES.

HE SAYS HE WILL DECIDE IN THE

NEXT WEEK OR SO IF HE WILL

PERMIT A VOTE ON THE BILL.

MIKE MCDANIEL, WILL THERE BE A

>> I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF

THERE'S A VOTE BECAUSE

CHAIRMAN DAVIS IS AGAINST, AND

FIRST OF ALL, AND

SECOND, I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE

THE VOTES TO PASS THE

SENATE COMMITTEE ANYWAY, AND

YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE

WHETHER YOU WANT TO PUT PEOPLE

ON THE LINE IF THE VOTES

AROUND THE THERE.

>> WHY HOLD A HEARING?

>> BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S BEEN

ENOUGH DISCUSSION

THROUGH THE YEARS BILL DAVIS

FELT THERE SHOULD BE AN

HONEST DISCUSSION, AND JUST LIKE

ATTITUDES HAVE CHANGED

IN A VARIETY OF ISSUES, PEOPLE

SAY THEY HAVE IN THIS

ISSUE, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

HIGHLY REGULATED

INDUSTRIES WE HAVE IN INDIANA,

MAYBE UTILITIES AND

GAMING AS MUCH REGULATED, AND

FOR A REASON, BECAUSE OF

THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, AND

THERE WOULD BE A MAJOR

EXPANSION OF COME.

>> WOULD IT?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE

A MAJOR EXPANSION.

WHAT GETS ME IS HOW THE

REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE

ARE ALL FOR A MARKET ECONOMY,

EXCEPT -- EXCEPT IF WE

DON'T LIKE IT, AND THEN IN THAT

CASE WE CAN REGULATE

IT, ATTITUDES HAVE CHANGED.

>> THIS ISN'T AN R&D ISSUE AT

ALL.

>> WHO IS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR

THAT WON'T ALLOW A VOTE

ON IT?

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE ON BOTH

SIDES OF THE ISSUE.

>> WHO IS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR.

>> THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL IS A

REPUBLICAN.

>> SO THEY OUGHT TO ALLOW A VOTE

ON IT.

>> AND TAKE THE R&D AFFILIATION

OUT OF IT, LET'S SAY

PEOPLE WHO SAY THERE IS TOO MUCH

GOVERNMENT INTRUSION

IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND BUSINESSES

OR NOT, IT JUST SO

HAPPENS THERE'S TOO MUCH

GOVERNMENT, GET OFF OUR BACKS

ARE THE PEOPLE WHO GENERALLY

LIKE THE WAY IT IS NOW,

THE GOVERNMENT TELLING THESE

MERCHANTS YOU CAN'T SELL

IT ON SUNDAY.

>> THE LIQUOR STORE OWNERS SAY

AS MANY AS 25 PERCENT

WOULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS, BASED

ON THE BALL STATE

STUDY. THE GROCERY STORES SAY 3

TO $400 MILLION IN

BUSINESS GOES ACROSS THE BORDER.

WHO WINS THE ECONOMIC

ARGUMENT?

>> BOTH STUDIES ARE DIFFICULT TO

HAVE GOOD DEFINITION

FOR, BUT NO QUESTION LIQUOR

STORES WOULD GO OUT OF

BUSINESS IF STUNNED SALES WERE

EXPANDED TO THE BIG BOX

OR GROCERY STORES. SO I THINK

PROBABLY THE MORE

ACCURATE OF THE TWO. DEFINING

HOW IT GOES ACROSS STATE

LINES IS MUCH HARDER TO TELL.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO

WITH PHILOSOPHY OR BLUE LAWS AND

EVERYTHING TO DO WITH

MARKET SHARE AND THE FORCES

INVOLVED.

>> FOR SOME LAWMAKERS.

>> I DON'T CARE WHETHER IT'S THE

LAWMAKERS OR NOT, THEY

CAN TALK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY IF IT

GETS TO A VOTE, IT

BECOMES AN ECONOMIC ISSUE.

>> FOR LAWMAKERS, BUT FOR SOME

HOOSIERS, INCLUDING

THOSE WHO SHOWED UP, FOR THEM,

THIS IS --

>> THEY ARE A KISS STINK

MINORITY CHOP EVEN ONE OF THE

MINISTERS SAID HIS CONCERN WAS

PARISHIONERS WHO WOULD

HAVE TO WORK AND COULDN'T COME

TO CHURCH.

>> TIME NOW FOR VIEWER FEEDBACK.

EACH WEEK WE POSE AN

UNSCIENTIFIC, ONLINE POLL

QUESTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR

ICEMILLER E-MAIL AND TEXT

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PART

IN THE POLL GO TO WFYI.ORG/IWIR

A COMMITTEE IN THE INDIANA HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL

THAT WOULD EXPAND THE SCHOOL

VOUCHER SYSTEM.

THE EXPANSION WOULD INCLUDE

SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, FOSTER

CHILDREN, AND THE CHILDREN OF

MILITARY VETERANS.

THE RECENT WISH-TV / BALL STATE

HOOSIER SURVEY FOUND THAT JUST

28-PERCENT SUPPORTED AN

EXPANSION OF VOUCHERS WHILE

33-PERCENT ARE OPPOSED.

THOSE FINDINGS WERE PASSED ALONG

TO THE COMMITTEE BY LOBBYIST

JOEL HAND.

>> AND AT THIS TIME

TO EXPAND PRIVATE SCHOOL

VOUCHERS AND TO GIVE VOUCHERS,

BASICALLY SUBSIDIIS TO PRIVATE

SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOL

PARENTS, IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING

THAT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

>> THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT

FOR POOR CHILDREN WHO ARE OF

COLOR.

THEY'RE GETTING A BETTER

EDUCATION.

WHY SHOULDN'T WE EXPAND IT?

>> JOHN KETZENBERGER, IS THE

VOUCHER SYSTEM GROWING TOO

>> IT'S GROWING PRETTY FAST,

WHETHER OR NOT IT'S TOO

QUICKLY HARD TO SAY, BUT THERE'S

REASON TO BE

CONCERNED, BECAUSE OF THE

MASSIVE CHANGES IT BRINGS TO

SCHOOL AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IS

HANDLED IN THE STATE,

AND WITH THE EXPANSIONS WE'VE

SEEN IN THE BILL JUST

PASSED, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

INCREASING THE INCOME OF

FAMILIES, INCREASING THE NUMBER

OF PEOPLE INCLUDED, NOT

JUST LOW INCOME, AND SO THIS

MANSION IS VERY RAPID, AND

I THINK IT BEARS CLOSE SCRUTINY,

BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE

MY NAME EFFECTS ON HOW FUNDS ARE

DISTRIBUTED TO

SCHOOLS.

>> MUCH OF THIS THE GOVERNOR'S

LANGUAGE, HE RAN ON SOME

OF IT, YET THERE WILL BE

RELUCTANCE TO PASS IN THE

STATE INTO THE.

>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, AND IF

YOU LOOK AT THE MEASURE

OUT OF THE HOUSE, IN THE SENATE

SIMILAR BILLS, AND ONE

THAT HAS TO DO WITH SIBLINGS, IF

YOU ARE A BROTHER OR

SISTER OF A STUDENT WHO RECEIVES

VOUCHES, THAT'S

ANOTHER POINT OF ENTRY, BUT

DENNIS KRUSE HAS SAID

SEVERAL TIMES THIS IS NOT A YEAR

FOR DRAMATIC CHANGE OR

EXPANSION, AND I THINK SOME OF

HIS COUNTERPARTS IN HIS

OWN CAUCUS PROBABLY WOULD

SUGGEST THAT THE CHANGES

ENACTED TWO YEARS AGO NEED TO

HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME

TO DEVELOP.

>> SO DOES THIS BECOME A

POLITICAL STATEMENT OR

PRACTICAL LEGISLATION?

>> PRACTICAL LEGISLATION FROM

THE STANDPOINT THEY'RE SO

POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC YOU'LL

CONTINUE TO SEE IT GROW

IT'S A NATURAL NEXT PROGRESSION,

THERE'S A LOT OF

DEMAND, GROWN A LOT IN THE LAST

COUPLE OF YEARS, WHAT'S

INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, IT'S NOT

A HUNDRED PERCENT

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR TRADE-OFF, A

PERSON USING A VOUCHER

GETS 90 PERCENT, NOT A HUNDRED

PERCENT, THAT FREEZE UP

MONEY IN OTHER PLACES, BUT THE

SOCIOECONOMICS OF THIS

INDICATES THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS

WHERE THEY SPEND MORE

MONEY, A LOT URBAN, VERSUS THOSE

WE DON'T, AA LOT OF

SUBURBAN, THE EDUCATION RESULTS

SEEM TO BE A LITTLE

HIGHER, INJECTING THIS

COMPETITION INTO THE PROCESS IS

GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.

>> WHAT THEY'RE USING FOR

EXAMPLE, SPECIAL EDUCATION

STUDENTS AS A SYMPATHETIC WAY TO

EXPAND THE VOUCHER

SYSTEM, BUT NONE OF THESE

SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE

SPECIAL EDUCATION OR HANDICAPPED

CHILDREN, SO YOU ARE

PUTTING ALL OF THOSE IN THE

URBAN, ALREADY IPS HAS AN

INORDINATE NUMBER OF -- IT'S

COMPLETE BAIT AND SWITCH.

>> I DON'T THINK IT ENJOYS THE

POPULARITY YOU SUGGEST.

>> 9,000 STUDENTS IT WILL GROW

TO THIS YEAR, AND THIS

EXPANSION WOULD TAKE IT

POTENTIALLY TO 16,000.

>> BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW THINK

IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S

ISSUE, THAT'S AN URBAN, ENTER

CITY ISSUE, BUT WHEN THE

HANDCUFFS COME OFF, AND THE

RESTRICTIONS, ALL OF A

SUDDEN A FAMILY OF FOUR MAKING

128,000 A YEAR, THAT'S

THE NEW MEANS TEST, I THINK MOST

HOOSIERS WOULD BE

SHOCKED THAT THAT'S ECONOMICALLY

CHALLENGED, AND YOU

DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THAT THE

SCHOOL YOU ARE ATTENDING IS

FAILING, THE WHOLE PREMISE IS

WE'VE GOT TO GO SOMEPLACE

WHERE THERE'S A GOOD SCHOOL IT

IS COMPLETE BAIT AND

SWITCH.

>> INDIANA CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN

BROOKS DELIVERED THE WEEKLY GOP

INTERNET AND RADIO ADDRESS.

THE FRESHMAN FROM THE 5TH

DISTRICT SAID THAT THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT COULD LEARN BUDGET

LESSONS FROM INDIANA BUT ALSO

USED SOME TALKING POINTS THAT

AMERICANS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR

NATION'S SPENDING

PROBLEM MAY NOW HAVE CAUSE FOR

OPTIMISM. I RECENTLY

VOTED ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES

CLUES IN THE HOUSE TO

PRESENT THE MAJORITY IN THE US

SENATE, PASS A BUDGET

WHERE YOU DON'T GET PAID.

>> JON SCHWANTES, HOW DID SHE

>> I SUPPOSE FINE. A NICE PIECE

IN THE WASHINGTON

TIMES. SHE MADE POINTS THAT

VIRTUALLY EVERY MEMBER OF

THE HOOSIER CONGRESSIONAL

DELEGATION SAYS REGARDLESS OF

PARTY AFFILIATION, MIDWEST

COMMON SENSE, HOOSIER

VALUES, WE CAN BALANCE THE

BUDGET, NOTHING SHOCKING IN

THE SPEECH, OVER AND DONE.

>> SHE ALSO WAS CHOSEN TO TAKE

PART IN A REPUBLICAN

HOUSE LEADERSHIP NEWS CONFERENCE

THIS WEEK. SOMEBODY'S

TRYING TO ELEVATE HER ABOVE

OTHER FRESHMAN AT THIS

POINT?

>> AND WHY NOT? FOR ONE, SHE'S

VERY GOOD AT WHAT SHE

DOES, AND SHE'S IN AN INCREDIBLY

SAFE REPUBLICAN

DISTRICT, WHY NOT, I CAN SEE HER

EASILY MOVING UP THE

CHAIN AND BECOMING PART OF THE

LEADERSHIP TEAM IN A FEW

YEAR'S TIME.

>> WHEN SHE WAS US ATTORNEY, SHE

HARDLY APPEARED BEFORE

THE PUBLIC, MUCH IN CONTRAST TO

THE CURRENT US

ATTORNEY.

>> SHE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD

INNOVATIONS WHEN SHE WAS US

ATTORNEY, THE WHOLE HUMAN

TRAFFICKING WWS STARTED UNDER

HER AUSPICES. I DON'T THINK YOU

ARE GIVING HER

SUFFICIENT CREDIT.

>> SHE WASN'T A SHOW HORSE TO

BORROW A PHRASE FROM JOHN

GREGG.

>> WHATEVER, THEY'RE RIGHT TO

PUT HER FORWARD BECAUSE

SHE'S THE KIND OF IMAGE THEY

SHOULD PROJECT AS OPPOSED

TO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES

THEY'VE HAD OUT THERE, I

THOUGHT SHE WAS A LITTLE MORE

PARTISAN IN THAT SPEECH,

AND I KNOW THAT'S A SAFE

REPUBLICAN DISTRICT, BUT

IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER DONNELLY

CARRIED THAT DISTRICT

HAND LIE, TO PEOPLE WANT

REPRESENTATIVES WORKING

TOGETHER I THINK THE MESSAGE ON

THAT, THEY WANT BOTH

SIDES WORKING TOGETHER, AND I'M

NOT SURE A PARTISAN

MESSAGE IS VISIT STENT WITH

THAT.

>> SECOND MONTH IN CONGRESS.

>> VERY BIG OPPORTUNITY, SHE'S

ARTICULATE, SHARP, SHE'S

EXACTLY THE IMAGE A REPUBLICAN

SHOULD BE PUTTING

FORWARD, AND SHE DID A GOOD JOB

DELIVERING AND SHE'S

RIGHT ABOUT THE MESSAGE, BECAUSE

WE HAVE A AAA BOND

RATING IN INDIANA.

>> YOU MENTIONED IT WAS

PARTISAN. I THINK IT WAS

FAIRLY SAFE BECAUSE ONE OF THE

LINES, THESE ARE

IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE WHO CARES

ABOUT PROTECTING SEWINGS

PROTECT SOCIAL

SECURITY AND MEDICARE. DESIGNED

TO APPEAL TO

EVERYBODY.

>> INDIANAPOLIS PLANS TO MOVE

FORWARD WITH ITS OWN BID FOR

ANOTHER SUPER BOWL.

BUT THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT OF

THE INDIANA SPORTS CORPORATION

SAID THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE CITY

WILL GET THE CHANCE TO DO IT.

ALLISON MELANGTON SPENT THE

WEEKEND IN NEW ORLEANS.

SHE SAID WHILE THERE SHE

LEARNED ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE

BID PROCESS THAT NOW INCLUDES

AN INVITATION.

>> THE NFL HAS A COMMITTEE THEN

THAT WILL REVIEW ALL THE CITIES

THAT ARE INTERESTED AND THEN

THEY WILL INVITE YOU TO BID.

>> MIKE MCDANIEL, IS THAT BAD

>> NO. I THINK WE DID SUCH A

GREAT JOB HERE LAST YEAR

THAT WE WILL BE OFFERED THE

OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A BID.

SHE SAID WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY

BECAUSE THE RULES DID

CHANGE, IT WASN'T SOMETHING

WHERE WE CAN JUST THROW A

BID OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY IT

WILL BE CONSIDERED.

WE'LL BE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I MEAN, HOW COULD

THEY NOT? IF ANYTHING, THEY'LL

USE IT TO DRIVE UP THE

COSTS OF EVERYONE ELSE.

>> 2018, DO YOU THINK NEW

ORLEANS?

>> I THINK NEW ORLEANS HAS HAD

IT A LOT. THIRTY-FOUR

MINUTES? I TURNED IT OFF. I

THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE

BEEN HURT BY IT.

>> IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY THAT

YEAR, I'M NOT SAYING

INDIANAPOLIS WON'T GET IT BUT

MIGHT NOT BE IN 2018.

>> AND IT WAS ALSO 20 DEGREES

BELOW SPHWHREER ROW LAST

WEEK.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SUPER BOWL

LAST WEEK. WE WILL BE

WITHIN TWO YEARS OF OUR 200TH

BIRTHDAY AS A STATE. I

THINK WE CAN MATCH THE WHOLE

ANNIVERSARY.

>> CHANGE THE DATE, THAT'S ALL.

>> OKAY.

>> INDIANA'S FIRST FAMILY HAS

MOVED INTO THE GOVERNOR'S

RESIDENCE.

THE UNPREDICTABLE INDIANA

WEATHER DIDN'T STOP GOVERNOR

MIKE PENCE AND

HIS FAMILY FROM GOING

AHEAD WITH THEIR MOVING PLANS.

THE GOVERNOR EVEN HELPED THE

MOVERS BRING IN BOXES.

KAREN PENCE GAVE DIRECTIONS.

SHE'S STILL RECCVERING FROM

EMERGENCY GALL BLADDER SURGERY.

IT'S A MOVE GOVERNOR PENCE SAYS,

HE'S DREAMED OF SINCE HE STARTED

HIS CAREER IN POLITICS.

>> WE JUST ARE REALLY EXCITED

ABOUT HAVING A PLACE WHERE WE

CAN BE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY BUT

ALSO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN

WELCOME HOOSIERS ON A REGULAR

BASIS.

>> ANN DELANEY, YOU'VE GOT A NEW

>> YEAH, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE

BUILDING OCCUPIED. I

WAS ALWAYS AFRAID THERE WOULD BE

GRAFFITI OR CRACK

DEALERS IN THERE, IT WASN'T NICE

ENOUGH FOR THE FORMER

GOVERNOR AND HIS WIFE. I THINK

THE GOVERNOR'S

RESIDENCE IS A VERY NICE

BUILDING, TO THUMB YOUR NOSE

AT IT AS NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH

WAS NOT A GOOD MESSAGE

FOR HOOSIERS TO HEAR.

>> IT'S A FAMILY HOUSE, AND

THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A

FAMILY HOUSE, AND I THOUGHT

KAREN PENCE WAS THE SMART

ONE FOR HAVING HER DOCTOR TELL

HER SHE COULDN'T LIFT

ANY HEAVY BOXES THAT WEEKND.

>> SHE'S GOING TO WORK AT THE

STATEHOUSE RATHER THAN

THE RESIDENCE.

>> THE FIRST LADY OF INDIANA TO

ACTUALLY HAVE AN

OFFICE, PROBABLY MAKES SENSE.

SHE HAS GIVEN EVERY

INDICATION SHE WILL HAVE A HIGH

PROFILE ROLE.

>> DO YOU EXPECT THE RESIDENCE

WILL BE AS OPEN AS IN

THE PAST.

>> I THINK THEY'LL USE THE AREA

IN THE FRONT FOR PUBLIC

OPERATIONS, BUT I'M WAITING TO

SEE IF THEY'LL COME OVER

AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHURCH

OVER THERE WHERE THEY

MET SOME YEARS AGO.

>> DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T COME

VISIT.

>> THAT'S "INDIANA WEEK IN

REVIEW" FOR THIS WEEK.

OUR PANEL IS DEMOCRAT ANN

DELANEY, REPUBLICAN MIKE

MCDANIEL, JON SCHWANTES OF

"INDIANA LAWMAKERS," AND JOHN

KETZENBERGER OF THE INDIANA

FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE.

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I'M JIM SHELLA OF WISH-TV.