THE CHALLENGES TO TODD

YOUNG'S CANDIDACY, A TAX HIKE

STANDOFF AT THE STATEHOUSE, AND

DAN COATS ON THE SUPREME COURT

VACANCY.

THAT, PLUS THE EFFORT TO SAVE

CARRIER, A COLTS HALL OF FAME

WEEKEND AND MORE ON "INDIANA

WEEK IN REVIEW" FOR THE WEEK

THIS WEEK...

THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION

HEARD CHALLENGES TO TODD YOUNG'S

BALLOT STATUS IN THE RACE FOR

U.S. SENATE.

SENATE DEMOCRATS AND THE MARLIN

STUTZMAN CAMPAIGN FILED THOSE

CHALLENGES ARGUING THAT YOUNG

FAILED TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY

500 PETITION SIGNATURES IN THE

FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

AS WE RECORD THIS PROGRAM, THE

COMMISSION IS STILL CONSIDERING

THE CASE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER TODD YOUNG

WILL BE ON THE BALLOT OR NOT.

WE DO KNOW THAT THE YOUNG AND

STUTZMAN CAMPAIGNS HAVE

CONDUCTED VERY PUBLIC FIGHTS

OVER THE STRATEGY HERE.

WHERE DOES THE SENATE RACE GO

FROM HERE?

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.

MIKE McDANIEL, IS THIS

SOMETHING THAT COULD SPLIT THE

PARTY?

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY

QUESTION ABOUT IT.

IT ALREADY IS SPLITTING THE

PARTY.

I'VE SEEN QUOTES FROM COUNTY

CHAIRMEN ALL OVER INDIANA WHO

HAVE TAKEN UP BASICALLY, BOTH

SIDES, MORE ANTI THAN FOR ABOUT

THE CHALLENGE FROM MARLIN

STUZMAN ON THIS PARTICULAR

QUESTION BUT THOSE KIND OF

PUBLIC STATEMENTS INSIDE YOUR

OWN PARTY GOING INTO THE FINAL

STAGEs OF A CAMPAIGN IS NOT

VERY POSITIVE.

YOU'D EXPECT THE DEMOCRATS TO

TRY TO DO THIS BECAUSE THEY

DON'T THINK THEY CAN WIN WITH

BARON HILL AGAINST THEM, THEY

REALLY DON'T, YOU ASSUME THAT'S

WHY THEY MADE THE CHALLENGE.

WHAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECT THAT THAT

HAPPENS.

BUT WHEN A FELLOW REPUBLICAN

DOES THIS THEN YOU KNOW IT'S

GOING TO BE A DIVISIVE CAMPAIGN

AND IT'S CERTAINLY HEADING IN

THAT DIRECTION.

THE TODD YOUNG CAMPAIGN IS

ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING

LIBERALS DON'T WANT TO RUN

AGAINST TODD YOUNG.

LIBERALS WANT TO PROTECT

INTEGRITY AND FOLLOW THE RULES

BOTH OF WHICH TODD YOUNG DIDN'T

DO IF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE

CORRECT.

I LOVE IT WHEN THEY KICK JIM

WALLACE OFF THE BALLOT FOUR

YEARS AGO FOR HAVING FEWER

MISTAKES THAN TODD YOUNG BUT WE

GET A SITUATIONAL ETHICS WHEN

THEY WANT TODD YOUNG ON THE

BALLOT WHEN THEY SAY WE SHOULD

LET HIM STAY ON BECAUSE

OTHERWISE IT'S NOT FAIR.

I DIDN'T HEAR THE SAME OUTAYE

WHEN JIM WALLACE WAS ON AND MIKE

PENCE WAS LEFT THERE BY HIMSELF.

WE'RE GOING TO SKIP AHEAD TO

THE NEXT TOPIC AT THIS POINT

HOPING WE'LL GET A RESULT BEFORE

THE SHOW IS OVER AND WE CAN COME

BACK TO THE SENATE RACE.

WOW

THERE'S A STANDOFF IN THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND IT INVOLVES

ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S

PRIORITIES.

THIS BATTLE IS REPUBLICAN VERSUS

REPUBLICAN.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS WANT INCREASES

IN THE GAS TAX AND THE CIGARETTE

TAX.

THE GOVERNOR WANTS MORE MONEY

FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A

PLAN HE CALLS REGIONAL CITIES.

THE GOVERNOR PANNED THE HOUSE

REPUBLICAN ROAD PLAN THAT

CONTAINS TAX HIKES IN HIS STATE

OF THE STATE ADDRESS WHEN HE

PLEDGED TO OPPOSE ANY TAX

INCREASE.

IT'S NOW STALLED IN THE STATE

SENATE.

BUT THE GOVERNOR'S REGIONAL

CITIES PLAN IS NOW STALLED IN

THE HOUSE AND HOUSE SPEAKER

BRIAN BOSMA MADE IT CLEAR THIS

WEEK THAT THE FATE OF THE TWO

PROPOSALS IS CONNECTED.

IT WOULD MAKE SOME SENSE FOR

THOSE ITEMS TO PROCEED TOGETHER.

THE REGIONAL CITIES HAS A

SIMILAR IMPACT FOR THREE

COMMUNITIES AND OUR ROADS BILL,

OUR ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION

BILL, OF COURSE, HAS A STRONG

IMPACT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY IN

THE STATE.

SO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT

CONVINCE SOME OF OUR FOLKS TO

COME ON BOARD.

YOU KNOW HE'S RUNNING FOR

RE-ELECTION AND WHETHER IT'S A

CIGARETTE TAX OR NOT, IT SOUNDS

TO ME LIKE HE DOESN'T WANT THAT

ON HIS RESUME.

AND THAT'S MINORITY LEADER

FROM THE HOUSE,

SCOTT PELATH SUGGESTING THAT THE

GOVERNOR WILL LET HIS PLAN DIE

BEFORE HE SUPPORTS A TAX HIKE OF

ANY KIND.

ANN DELANEY, WHO WILL WIN?

WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY

HAVE SUPER MAJORITY IN BOTH

HOUSES AND THEY HAVE THE

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE

GOVERNOR MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR

WHAT HE WANTED.

I WONDER IF THIS IS THE

LEGISLATIVE EQUIVALENT OF GIVING

THE GOVERNOR THE FINGER.

BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY'RE SAYING

IS IT'S THIS OR YOU DON'T GET

YOUR PET PROJECT.

FRANKLY, I'D PUT MY MONEY ON

BRIAN BOSMA ON THIS ONE.

HE'S IN CONTROL AT THIS POINT

BUT LEGISLATIVE TACTIC.

THIS IS LEGISLATIVE CHICKEN.

THE KIND OF NEGOTIATIONS YOU SEE

IN A BUDGET SESSION MORE THAN

YOU USUALLY SEE AT THE END OF A

SHORT SESSION BUT YOU'RE GOING

TO SEE A BILLION AND A HALF

DOLLARS COMING OUT FOR ROADS.

I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU WANT TO SEND

LEGISLATORS HOME WITH MONEY FOR

NO ROADS FOR THIS SESSION.

SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE A HYBRID

OF WHAT THE GOVERNOR WANTS, SOME

OF WHICH IS IN THE HOUSE PLAN.

I THINK THE SENATE THINKS THE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PART OF THE

HOUSE PLAN IS VERY GOOD SO I

THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A

HYBRID OF THE TWO BEFORE IT'S

OVER BUT NOT WITH TAX INCREASES.

THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE, THEY

DIDN'T WANT HOUSE INCREASES, THE

SENATE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS

SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TAX

INCREASES SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

HAVE A TAX INCREASE.

WILL THE GOVERNOR GET HIS

CITIES PLAN?

IN THE END I THINK THERE WILL

BE SOME SORT OF SOLUTION.

BUT I ACTUALLY FIND THIS IN SOME

WAYS REFRESHING IN THAT THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ALL ABOUT

THE SORT OF THE TOPSY TURVY

ASPECT OF THIS, IT CAN BE A

ROUGH SPORT.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE SUPER

MAJORITY, AS YOU DO IN BOTH THE

HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND THE

GOVERNOR OF THE SAME PARTY,

THERE'S A TENDENCY, PERHAPS, TO

SORT OF JUST ROLL OVER OR CAVE

TO THE HEAD OF THE PARTY, THE

TITULAR HEAD OF THE PARTY, THE

GOVERNOR.

SO IT'S -- I THINK THE PROCESS

IS WELL SERVED BY SOME VIGOROUS

DEBATE.

I THINK THERE'S A POINT THAT,

YOU KNOW, BRIAN BOSMA SAYS THAT

WHEN WE AGREE TO REGIONAL

CITIES, NOT THE FUNDING ASPECT

BUT THE CONCEPT IT WAS WITH TWO

CITIES AND THAT WAS JUST A YEAR

AGO.

RIGHT.

AND NOW YOU'RE BACK AND YOU

WANT A 50%.

INCREASE.

-- PREMIUM IN THE FUNDING AND

THAT IN MANY MINDS IS PROBLEM

MA'AM.

-- PROBLEMATIC.

HE'S NOT ONLY CHALLENGING THE

GOVERNOR HE'S DOING IT IN A VERY

PUBLIC FASHION.

THAT'S WHERE ANN'S

PERSPECTIVE -- IT'S AT THE END

OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AND

THE ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG

WITH THAT WHERE IT GETS ROUGH

AND TUMBLE IN ALL THE

NEGOTIATIONS.

SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE

BUT I THINK -- DON'T FORGET,

BACK IN DECEMBER, RIGHT AFTER

THEY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON

THE REGIONAL CITIES PLAN, AT A

PUBLIC FORUM, LEGISLATIVE FORUM,

THE SPEAKER INDICATED THAT HE

WAS A LITTLE PERTURBED THAT HE

HADN'T BEEN NOTIFIED AHEAD OF

TIME, HAD TO FIND OUT THROUGH

OTHER MEANS, THAT THEY HAD GONE

WITH THREE AND THEY WERE

EXPECTING FUNDING TO COME.

SO I THINK THAT HE'S BEEN ON

RECORD ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG

TIME.

YOU'VE GOT BOTH A POLICY

CLASH AND A PERSONALITY CLASH.

YOU CLEARLY HAVE THAT.

AND THE REGIONAL CITIES ISN'T

DONE.

DO THOSE LEADERS IN THOSE AREAS,

THEN BLAME THE LEGISLATURE?

THE GOVERNOR?

EXACTLY WHO?

YOU DON'T ORDINARILY HAVE THIS

KIND OF INTRAPARTY FIGHT PLAY

OUT IN THE MEDIA THE WAY IT IS.

SO IT OBVIOUSLY SHOWS THAT

THERE'S ANIMOSITY THERE AND A

REAL DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON

HOW THIS SHOULD BE FUNDED AND,

FRANKLY, ON BRIAN BOSMA'S POINT,

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE

THE GAS TAX, OK, WE NEED A

LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR ROADS AND

STREETS, AND THE GOVERNOR HASN'T

OFFERED THAT YET.

BETTER THAN EVERYBODY

HAMMERING IT OUT BEHIND CLOSED

DOORS.

BETTER FOR WHOM?

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

TWO THINGS, ONE, THERE AREN'T

MANY DEMOCRATS TO NEGOTIATE WITH

IN EITHER HOUSE OF THE

LEGISLATURE.

AS FAR AS THE TAXES ARE

CONCERNED, NOBODY'S GOING TO

VOTE TO INCREASE A TAX IN AN

ELECTION YEAR LIKE THIS AND THE

TAXES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN

IN THIS BILL ARE ALL DWINDLING.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM

FIX TO THIS PROBLEM BUT IT ISN'T

GOING TO BE YET THIS YEAR AND

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BILLION

AND A HALF COME OUT THIS YEAR

FOR ROADS WHICH IS WHAT

EVERYBODY WANTS BECAUSE YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE PART OF THE HOUSE

PLAN IN THIS AT THE END OF THE

DAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN AND

THE SENATE PLAN WITH THE

430 MILLION HIRSCHMAN IS GOING

TO HAVE FOR ROADS IN HIS BILL.

YOU'RE SAYING, THEN, THAT

BRIAN BOSMA'S PROPOSE TO THIS IS

WRONG.

LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

WHEN HE DID A TAX INCREASE THAT

WAS A NONSTARTER NOT ONLY FOR

DEMOCRATS --

YOU DON'T NEED THE DEMOCRATS

TO PASS IT, MICHAEL.

THAT IS THE CONVENTIONAL

WISDOM ABOUT NOT VOTING FOR A

TAX INCREASE IN AN ELECTION YEAR

BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE A MAJORITY

OF HOUSE MEMBERS AS VOTING FOR

IT TO SEND IT TO THE SENATE IN

THE HOUSE SO THEORETICALLY IF

SOMEBODY WANTS TO HANG THEM FOR

THAT YOU CAN ALREADY CRAFT

THE --

GERRYMANDERED -- THEIR SEATS

ARE GERRYMANDERED SO MUCH IN THE

SENATE THAT THE RISK IS REALLY

NOT VERY SUBSTANTIAL.

HYBRID OF ALL THREE

INDIANA SENATOR DAN COATS IS

AMONG THOSE WHO SAY PRESIDENT

OBAMA SHOULD NOT APPOINT A

REPLACEMENT FOR SUPREME COURT

JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA.

COATS ARGUES THAT THE NEXT

PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE THE PICK.

SO I THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE

PUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND

LET THEM DECIDE WHO THEY WANT TO

BE THEIR PRESIDENT AND WHO THEY

WANT TO NOMINATE.

BUT AT THAT POINT, THAT PERSON

HAS TO BE EVALUATED IN A

NON-PARTISAN WAY, IN MY OPINION.

DOES HE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE?

DOES HE OR SHE HAVE THE CRITERIA

TO BE A JUSTICE?

THE TEMPERMENT.

JOHN KETZENBERGER, BY THAT

-- QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE

STATEHOUSE, BY THAT

LOGIC SHOULD THE CURRENT VACANCY

ON THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT

REMAIN OPEN BECAUSE MIKE PENCE

IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION?

YOU'RE ASKING FOR CONSISTENCY

IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, JIM.

WE ALL KNOW THAT'S NOT LICK LIE.

IT'S AN INTERESTING PARALLEL

QUESTION.

IT IS TOO, MIKE, IT'S --

APPLES AND DUMP TRUCKS.

IT'S NOT APPLES AND DUMP

TRUCKS.

IT'S A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.

IT'S WRONG ON BOTH QUESTIONS.

I THINK MIKE PENCE SHOULD BE

ABLE TO-POINT THE NEXT SUPREME

COURT JUSTICE, IF THEY DON'T

LIKE THE PERSON NOMINATED THEY

CAN REJECT IT, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

MIKE PENCE HASN'T MADE ANY

PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO

SCALIA VACANCY.

HE'S WORRIED ABOUT LIGHTNING

STRIKING HIM.

BUT IT DOES RAISE AN

IMPORTANT POINT.

DAN COATS, IF THERE IS A

NOMINATION, SHOULD HE VOTE?

I THINK IF -- TO ME IT'S

PRETTY SIMPLE, ACTUALLY.

IF YOU'RE IN A PARTY YOU'VE BEEN

ELECTED TO REPRESENT YOUR

CONSTITUENCY IN A GOVERNMENTAL

BODY AND AN ISSUE COMES BEFORE

YOU I THINK YOU PROBABLY ARE

OBLIGED TO REPRESENT YOUR

CONSTITUENCY.

EVEN IF YOU'RE POINTING -- NO,

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU --

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WE

APPARENTLY AMENDED THE

CONSTITUTION AND NOW THERE'S A

FOOTNOTE OR A ASTERISK THAT

INSTEAD YOU OF A FOUR-YEAR TERM

IT'S INSTEAD A THREE AND THE

LAST YEAR IS A PACKUP PHASE.

THE CONSTITUTION IS PRETTY CLEAR

ON THIS IT SEEMS TO ME.

ANTONIN SCALIA WAS CONFIRMED

IN AN ELECTION YEAR, RIGHT?

WELL, CHUCK SCHUMER, 17

MONTHS BEFORE THE BUSH TERM WAS

UP, ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCED THAT HE

WOULD NOT,.

HE WAS WRONG TO.

I'M JUTTING YOU DEMOCRATS

TALKING ABOUT HYPOTHESISSY, THIS

IS THE ULTIMATE HYPOTHESISSY.

AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND WHAT'S

GOING ON IN INCH JUST AS CHIEF

JUSTICE DICKSON ANNOUNCED HE WAS

RETIRING LAST YEAR, THE PROCESS

TO -- WAIT A MINUTE, IS

TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT DOWN TO

10 OR 12 PEOPLE BY THE END OF

THIS SHOW TODAY.

SO THIS IS APPLES AND DUMP

TRUCKS.

YOU'RE SAYING THE PRESIDENT

WAIT, YOU'RE SAYING THE

PRESIDENT SHOULD WAIT?

NO, IF THEY WANT TO BLOCK

THEM, THE PRECEDENT THERE, THE

DEMOCRATS DID TO EISENHOWER,

SCHUMER DID IT TO BUSH, OBAMA

HIM SAID FILIBUSTERED AGAINST

ALITO IN 2006.

YOU HAD A VOTE AND A

COMMITTEE HEARING.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT'S THE

DISTINCTION IN THE STATE AND

FEDERAL WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE.

WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS THE

REPUBLICANS HAD FILIBUSTERED AND

STOPPED.

WE'VE HAD FEWER DISTRICT COURT

AND APPELLATE COURT APPOINTMENTS

FOR THE FEWEST NUMBERS SINCE THE

1950s, OK?

THEY HAVE PREVENTED BARACK

OBAMA, WHO IS A VITRIOL, IT HAS

TO BE AT LEAST IN PART BECAUSE

THEY CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE FACT

THAT WE HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN

AS PRESIDENT, AND IN TERMS OF --

AND SENATOR COATS, ALL HE HAS

DONE FOR THE SIX YEARS HE'S DONE

IS PAD HIS RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.

HE'S NOT --

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE

U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE HERE FOR

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION FOR ITS

OWN CONSCIENCE AND THAT IS HAVE

A HEARING AND VOTE.

BECAUSE THERE'S ESTABLISHED

PRECEDENT.

AND THAT'S MORE POLITICALLY

EXPEDIENT TO --

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 QUESTIONS.

SHOULD THE NEXT PRESIDENT GET TO

CHOOSE A REPLACEMENT FOR JUSTICE

SCALIA?

YOUR CHOICES ARES

A.YES.

B.NO.

LAST WEEK'S QUESTIONS.

IS ERIC HOLCOMB A GOOD CHOICE

FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR?

23% SAID YES, 55% SAID NO,

22% SAID I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN

HE APPEARED ON INDIANA WEEK IN

REVIEW.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE

PART IN THE POLL GO TO

WFYI.ORG/IWIR AND LOOK FOR THE

POLL.

POLITICIANS AT EVERY LEVEL

ARE TRYING TO KEEP CARRIER FROM

CLOSING ITS INDIANAPOLIS FACTORY

AND MOVING 1400 JOBS TO MEXICO.

MEANWHILE, UNION LEADERS ARE

TRYING TO CONVINCE CARRIER TO

STAY.

BUT IT'S A LONG SHOT.

CONGRESSMAN ANDRE CARSON SAYS

HE'LL FIGHT TO CREATE LAWS THAT

PENALIZE COMPANIES FOR MOVING

JOBS OUTSIDE THE U.S.

THEY BUILD THEIR INSTITUTIONS

OFF THE BACKS OF HARD-WORKING

AMERICANS, AND WHEN THEY SEE AN

OPPORTUNITY, THEY MOVE OVERSEAS.

IT HAS TO STOP.

EVEN DONALD TRUMP WAS BASHING

CARRIER THIS WEEK.

FOR PLANNING THE MOVE.

JON SCHWANTES, WILL ANY OF THIS

MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

OTHER THAN MAKING IT VERY

UNCOMFORTABLE FOR CARRIER AND

ITS PARENT COMPANY, PROBABLY

NOT.

I THINK THIS -- WHEN YOU HAVE A

LARGE CORPORATION THAT'S MADE

THESE KINDS OF DECISIONS AND HAS

TO ANSWER TO INVESTORS AND SO

FORTH, IT'S PROBABLY TOO TOUGH

TO REVERSE COURSE, BUT WHAT I

THINK THIS COULD DO IS HEIGHTEN

SENSITIVITY TO THE ISSUE AND

MAYBE THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S

BROUGHT BANDERS AND TRUMP

TOGETHER AND IT'S RARE TO DO

THAT.

BROUGHT REPUBLICANS AND

DEMOCRATS TOGETHER.

I THINK BECAUSE OF THIS AND

THE ATTENTION THAT IT'S GETTING

IT MAY HELP PROTECT OTHER JOBS

IN THE FUTURE, MANUFACTURING

JOBS IN THE MIDWEST AND

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN

WHATEVER MANNER IS CHOSEN BUT I

DON'T KNOW IT WOULD REVERSE THIS

PARTICULAR CASE.

CARRIER IS PLANNING TO PAY $3

AN HOUR FOR LABOR IN MEXICO,

THAT'S TOUGH TO COMPETE AGAINST.

IT'S TOUGH TO COMPETE AGAINST

ON A BOTTOM LINE BASIS BUT YOU

HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ON A

BROADER SCALE.

AND UNLESS CARRIER AGREES TO

REDUCE THE PRICE OF ITS PRODUCT

BY A SIMILAR AMOUNT YOU WONDER

WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS MADE.

THAT'S WHERE THE POINT JON MADE

ABOUT INVESTORS COMES IN.

I THINK OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS

OR SO MANAGEMENT'S ALIGNMENT FOR

COMPENSATION HAS BEEN ALIGNED

WITH INVESTORS.

AND SO IT'S NATURAL THAT THEY'RE

GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT

FAVOR INVESTORS OVER OTHER

THINGS SUCH AS YOUR WORKFORCE.

IF YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR COST OF

OPERATIONS BY $20 AN HOUR PER

PERSON, AND THAT MONEY GOES TO

THE BOTTOM LINE WHICH THEN YOU

ARE BENEFITING FROM AS THE

EXECUTIVE IN THIS FIRM, YOU'RE

GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

I THINK WE'RE ON THE CUSP,

ACTUALLY, BECAUSE A VIDEO OF

THIS WHOLE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS GONE

VIRAL AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO

WATCH WHEN YOU KNOW THAT 1400

PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR

LIKELIHOOD AND THE FAMILIES AND

THE COMMUNITY IS BEING AFFECTED

BY THIS.

I THINK WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF A

TIME NOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO

SEE SOME OF THE SHIFT FROM

COMPLETE ADHERENCE TO

SHAREHOLDER VALUE AND MORE ABOUT

A COMMUNITY VALUE BECAUSE IF YOU

DON'T HAVE IT HAPPEN NATURALLY

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT HAPPEN

BY FORCE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE

ACTIVISM THAT'S COMING AND YOU

SEE THE ALLIANCES THAT ARE BEING

MADE BY THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

CUSP OF A BIG CHANGE.

THIS SHOULD LIKELY HURT

CARRIER SALES.

YOU WOULD THINK SO.

DO YOU THINK POLICY CARRIES IN

THIS.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S ABOUT CONGRESS TO STEP

UP THE POLICY THAT MAKES IT

ADVANTAGEOUS TO MAKE THESE KINDS

OF MOVES.

SOMETHING REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT

BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH.

WITH ALL THIS PRESSURE AND WITH

TRUMP'S STATEMENT MAYBE THEY'LL

LOOK AT THIS ISSUE AGAIN BECAUSE

WE'RE FACILITATING EXACTLY THAT

KIND OF POLICY BY OUR TAX

POLICY.

IS CARRIER A BAD CORPORATE

CITIZEN?

I THINK AS JOHN SAID, THEY'RE

MAKING A DECISION AS A GLOBAL

ECONOMY NOW AND THEY'RE DOING

WHAT THEY THINK THEY HAVE TO DO

WHICH I THINK IS -- IN THE

LONG-TERM IS A MISTAKE FOR THEM

AS JOHN ALSO POINTED OUT.

BUT AS FAR AS -- I BELIEVE IT'S

A TAX POLICY THAT'S INVOLVED

HERE BUT REMEMBER THE FREE TRADE

AGREEMENT WAS CHAMPIONED BY BILL

CLINTON, CHAMPIONED BY

REPUBLICANS ALSO ALONG THE WAY

AND I THINK THAT COMES ALONG THE

WAY AND I THINK THE WAY THEY DID

THIS TAPS INTO ANGER IN THE

PUBLIC ABOUT THE WAY THEY

ANNOUNCED TO THE PEOPLE ABOUT

THE WAY THEY'LL LOSE THEIR JOBS.

I'M NOT SO SURE IN THIS DAY AND

AGE HOW YOU PENALIZE A COMPANY

FOR DOING THAT BASED ON THE FREE

TRADE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN

PLACE IN THIS GOVERNMENT.

YOU CHANGE THE TAX POLICY.

THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THEM.

THERE'S NO QUESTION WITH THAT.

THEY CAN THEY CAN HAVE ALL

THEIR UNITS IN SOUTH AMERICA IN

THAT WORKS.

FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.

IT WAS ALSO STARTED BY THE

POLICY THAT MAKE IT ADVANTAGEOUS

TO DO THIS AND THAT HAS TO

CHANGE.

THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS COULD

BE COMING TO THE WEST SIDE OF

INDIANAPOLIS.

THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT

AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED DEVELOPMENT

PLANS ON 400 ACRES OF LAND NEAR

THE OLD AIRPORT TERMINAL.

ATHLETES BUSINESS NETWORK SAYS

IT CAN BUILD A MEDICAL COMPLEX

THAT WILL FOCUS ON BRAIN

INJURIES.

IT'S A COMPLEX THAT COULD

SOMEDAY INCLUDE A 20,000-SEAT

STADIUM.

AIRPORT DIRECTOR MARIO RODRIGUEZ

SAYS THE GOAL IS TO HELP THE

LOCAL ECONOMY.

IT'S BEEN THE VISION OF THE

STAFF TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC

--

BOARD AND THE VISION OF THE

STAFF TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC

CONDITIONS AROUND THE AIRPORT.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS

ONE OF THE FEW AIRPORTS THAT IS

PUTTING LAND BACK INTO

PRODUCTIVE USE.

NOW, SINCE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT

WAS MADE A VOTE BY THE AIRPORT

AUTHORITY BOARD HAS BEEN DELAYED

BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

FINANCING, HERE, WILL THIS

PROJECT COME ABOUT?

I DON'T KNOW, THE FINANCING,

OBVIOUSLY, THE "IBJ,"

"INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL"

BROUGHT UP SOME REAL CONCERNS

ABOUT THAT AND YOU'VE HAD A

CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION AND THE

NEW ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO LOOK

AT THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S

FEESBLE.

THE CONCEPT SOUNDS TERRIFIC BUT

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON

GOOD, SOUND, FINANCIAL FOOTING

BEFORE WE GO AHEAD WITH IT.

WE TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE

OTHER PROPOSALS THAT INVOLVED

THIS LAND WHICH INVOLVED A

CASINO.

THAT WAS REJECTED, OBVIOUSLY.

IF IN PLAN GOES AWAY IS THE

CASINO STILL A POSSIBILITY?

I'VE NEVER THOUGHT THE CASINO

WAS A REAL POSSIBILITY THERE.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING

LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE MORE

LIKELY IT WOULD BE DOWNTOWN IN

CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONVENTION

FACILITY.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I THINK THAT

YOU'D EVER SEE THAT HAPPEN.

I'M NOT SURE YOU'LL EVER SEE IT

HAPPEN IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.

BUT THIS ONE, THE REASON THEY

GAVE FOR THIS ONE OVER THE

CASINO WAS BECAUSE THEY FELT IT

INVOLVED MORE PEOPLE IN THEIR

DAILY LIVES.

SO I -- AS ANN SAID, YOU KNOW,

IF THEY CAME TO THE DOOR WITH

THEIR FINANCING IN PLACE, I

THINK THIS WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY

A LOT MORE COMFORT.

BUT AT LEAST AT THIS POINT THERE

ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE

ANSWERED BEFORE WE CAN MOVE

FORWARD ON ANYTHING AT THE

AIRPORT.

THEY ASKED FOR PROPOSALS LAST

YEAR AND TALKED ABOUT HAVING A

DECISION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE ALREADY TO THE END OF

FEBRUARY.

IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THIS SHOULD

HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT A LITTLE

BETTER BY THIS POINT, DOESN'T

IT?

I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS

IDEALLY, SURE, YOU'D LIKE TO BE

ABLE TO SAY YOU HAD ALL YOUR T'S

CROSSED AND YOUR I'S DOTTED.

THIS IS THE MARKET AT WORK.

IS THERE DEMAND FOR THIS LAND AT

THIS TIME AND IF SO, FOR WHAT

PURPOSE?

AND I THINK THE ABSENCE OF A

GREATER FLURRY OF PROPOSALS AND

THE VETTING THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY

THOSE PROPOSALS IS PROBABLY

INDICATION THAT THERE'S NOT AN

APPEAR TIDE FOR THAT LAND FOR

ANY USE AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE WOULDN'T

BE IN THE FUTURE.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T FABRICATE --

CREATE AN INTEREST THAT ISN'T

THERE.

GREAT PARCEL OF LAND.

BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE

PIE IN THE SKY.

THERE WERE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF

IT THAT RAISED VERY RED FLAGS.

THE "INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS

JOURNAL" MENTIONED SEVERAL OF

THEM, THIS 20,000-SEAT ARENA

THAT THEY HAD HERE, THE IDEA AND

THE PROPOSAL IS MAYBE THEY WOULD

HAVE NCAA FINALS THERE.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS WHEN YOU

CONSIDER THEY HAVE * 0,000

PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.

THERE'S REASON TO BE CONCERNED.

BUT JON'S POINT IS WELL MADE.

THAT LAND IS VALUABLE, PRIME FOR

RIGHT DEVELOPMENT.

THIS MAY BE IT.

BUT LOTS OF THINGS AHEAD OF

TIME.

IT'S BETTER TO WAIT THAN TO PUT

THE WRONG THING IN THERE AND

FORECLOSE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

FINALLY, THE INDIANAPOLIS

COLTS WILL PLAY THE PACKERS IN

THE HALL OF FAME GAME IN AUGUST.

IT'S THE SAME WEEKEND THAT THE

HALL INDUCTS ITS NEWEST CLASS

AND THAT CLASS INCLUDES TONY

DUNGY.

HERE'S THE MOMENT WHEN THE

FORMER COLTS COACH FOUND OUT

HE'D BEEN CHOSEN.

IS THIS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR?

IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO

TELL YOU AND WELCOME YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO CANTON, GOD

BLESS YOU COACH, GOD BLESS YOU.

MIKE MCDANIEL, HOW WILL THAT

WEEKEND IN AUGUST RANK FOR COLTS

FANS?

IT'S GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS,

MARVIN HARRISON AND DUNGY, THE

COLTS PLAY THE PACKERS, IT'S

GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS START

TO THE SEASON AND THEN THEY GO

TO LONDON TO PLAY IN THE REGULAR

SEASON, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT

SEASON FOR THE COLTS, COLTS

FANS.

THE DUNGY AREA IN

INDIANAPOLIS WILL LONG BE

REMEMBERED NOT ONLY FOR A SUPER

BOWL WIN BUT A LOT OF GOOD

TEAMS.

A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS BUT THE

CONTRIBUTION THAT THE COLTS AND

DUNGY AND PEYTON MANNING MADE TO

THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S PRICELESS, IT'S GOOD IT

WILL BE REMEMBERED.

THERE WILL BE MORE PLAYERS

FROM THOSE TEAMS THAT DUNGY LED

GO INTO THE HALL OF FAME IN

FUTURE YEARS.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

OK, AT THIS POINT WE'RE RUNNING

OUT OF PROGRAM HERE.

STILL NO WORD FROM THE STATE

GOVERNMENT CENTER, THERE HAS NOT

YET BEEN A VOTE ON THE CHALLENGE

TO TOWPG'S BALLOT STATUS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR LEAD

STORY NEXT WEEK.

CLIFF HANGER.

-- TODD YOUNG'S BALLOT

STATUS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR LEAD

STORY NEXT WEEK.

CLIFF HANGER.

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.