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 The guys over at Frugal Hoosiers have written a great post on the continuing obstruction to Indiana’s economic bowel that is Pat Bauer. Remember, this is the guy who passed through the House, on a party line vote, a budget that only covers Indiana for one year. His budget didn’t even cover funding for child care or education. He’s also kicked government consolidation to the curb and so far, is pushing off property tax caps until the next session saying we need a year to see how it all plays out.
Frankly, I don’t think I need to remind our savvy HA readers that the first half of any two party legislative session is dedicated to the budget. That’s why it’s longer than the short session. But “The Hair” wants to revisit the budget again next year for year two of the Democrats budget. This is also the same guy who said that “Major Moves” was too big to consider in a short session back in 2006!
Via FH via a 2006 Mike Smith AP article:
House Minority Leader Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, said he opposed higher fees Daniels plans to impose on his own next spring on the Indiana Toll Road. He also questioned whether the rest of the governor’s highway plan had “enough meat that we would want to spend a lot of time on it.”
As for an “aggressive” session on other initiatives by Daniels and majority Republicans, Bauer said he would have see them in detail first. Short sessions, he said, were supposed to be for dealing with emergencies.
So, Major Moves was too much for Bauer in 2006, but doing another budget, voting on tax caps (which he supported in 2008 (oh wait, that was an election year) while Government Reform is pursued again (the Governor, rightfully, won’t let it die so easily) will be simple enough to handle in a three month (not even that) short session? Does Bauer have his piece on too tight?
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