Comments on Advance Indiana™: Lawmakers Agree To Change Pension Benefit For Spouses Of Deceased Governors To Benefit Millionaire Judy O'Bannon

This doesn't sound like Judy O'Bannon'...

2014-03-08T22:37:41.494-05:00

This doesn't sound like Judy O'Bannon's agenda, maybe new hubbies with connections. She spent $18 on her wedding ring and the two, when Frank was alive were loving, kind, generous with social outreach programs and more. Don't corrupt Judy. Hold your head up high I say to her...Go after the monies hitting this State prior to and after 9/11...There's the problem.

That's pretty thin, Gary. We can conjure some ...

2014-03-07T11:02:48.169-05:00

That's pretty thin, Gary. We can conjure some common level of extrapolation for any law.

No, because it would treat any future spouses of e...

2014-03-07T09:57:18.340-05:00

No, because it would treat any future spouses of ex-governors the same way.

Isn't this a violation of the Indiana Constitu...

2014-03-07T09:46:35.271-05:00

Isn't this a violation of the Indiana Constitution ban on special legislation?

Mitch better hire a food taster.

2014-03-07T08:24:07.415-05:00

Mitch better hire a food taster.

I should add that Frank O'Bannon would have be...

2014-03-07T07:47:33.869-05:00

I should add that Frank O'Bannon would have been eligible to draw a pension check as a retired lawmaker throughout the time he served as governor. Presumably, Judy has been receiving the same pension benefit that surviving spouses of retired lawmakers are entitled to receive.

So much for lifted spirits and [foolish] small hop...

2014-03-07T06:44:32.977-05:00

So much for lifted spirits and [foolish] small hopes for virtually any politician doing the right thing for the taxpayers. This pension benefit change travesty rails against common sense and the Hoosier taxpayers. It is another reason grassroots voters such as myself self-select out of the currently entrenched crony political structures once we've seen the shenanigans up close and personal. The term "Republicrats" accurately describes the ruling political class which seems to look out primarily [only?] for its best interests at the publics' expense.

I heard Evan's coming back to run for Governor...

2014-03-07T01:06:44.428-05:00

I heard Evan's coming back to run for Governor.

It's effective immediately upon passage. O'...

2014-03-07T00:39:40.468-05:00

It's effective immediately upon passage. O'Bannon is the only spouse of a former governor immediately impacted by the change.

Would this law also include other widows and their...

2014-03-06T23:01:38.044-05:00

Would this law also include other widows and their estates retroactive?