- The Governor complimented Democrat Dan Stephenson for authoring and supporting the bill to eliminate township government
- The Governor also once again suggested Republican Sue Landske made a misstep in playing Lake County politics, and not backing his reform measures.
"After Republican Sen. Sue Landske of Cedar Lake cast a key vote against township elimination a few weeks back, Daniels showed it really isn't a partisan issue, by calling her out. The governor issued a statement saying he was embarrassed and disappointed by her vote."
Don't expect this Governor to back down to either party, or to play partisanship over policy, in his efforts to shrink and reform government at all levels. Here in Porter County we have a bit of this same problem ... with mostly Republican township officials taking talking points from former Democrat Spinks who works as whip for township association against reform. In this author's opinion government reform is the central rallying point for conservatives and moderates in the next three election cycles.
