Comments on Advance Indiana™: Mutz Splits With Daniels And Roob, Wants Clean Job Numbers

Ok thanks Paul, I was thinking it was probably you...

2010-06-28T01:18:43.628-05:00

Ok thanks Paul, I was thinking it was probably you who wrote that, but was not for sure. And you were as right then as you are now about the governor and a need for him to control his executive branch departments. The very people he touts as the "cream of the crop" from the private sector are the very same folks destroying and/or humiliating these agencies.

I have a quote I like to use -- "The government that fails the people fails altogether". It was a quote that did not sit well with DWD's Lead Team. Although this government will not collapse or anything, the damage being done now will never be repaired in many instances.

I am glad there are folks out there blogging like Gary and Paul and all the others (regardless of party or how I feel about their views) who expose corruption, tax dollar evaporation and general waste in government. I may not always agree with all of you, but for the most part Indy's local bloggers do a helluva better job of exposing those things than the mainstream media.

I am heavily considering starting my own blog that would generally focus on the hundreds of problems of Indiana's DWD and our state's unemployment insurance program along with other issues I like to discuss. Maybe some day.

Also, I guess if any of the crooks (either past or present) from DWD who read my entries here or elsewhere and who had any part in doing what you have done to my many friends and me, please do two things:

1. Remember the light of day will be quickly shining on what you have done to us and the whole of DWD the last 5 1/2 years; and,
2. Memorize my favorite Latin quote:

Nemo me impune lacessit (and you people know why because your day has since come or will be coming soon).

I don't mean to sound crazy Gary, but if you and everyone else reading knew what DWD personally did to my friends and me, you'd know exactly why I say this stuff.

Bradley, I'm the one who said Mitch Daniels b...

2010-06-27T10:11:12.915-05:00

Bradley,

I'm the one who said Mitch Daniels biggest weakness is the lack of supervision of Indiana's administrative agencies.

People have tried to point out problems with various agencies and have always been met by the Daniels folks with complete disinterest. Some of these agency chiefs are running wild at the departments with no fear of being reigned in by Governor Daniels. Granted it should be subordinates supervisign the agencies, but ultimately the buck stops on Daniels' desk.

Wow. And that's just one Department.

2010-06-27T08:33:32.300-05:00

Wow. And that's just one Department.

I'm glad someone from the Republican Party is ...

2010-06-27T01:51:56.851-05:00

I'm glad someone from the Republican Party is talking about transparency in government. I agree with all comments, especially how Mitch Roob has kept his job (and that's frightening he jumped in a pool starkers like that -- terrifying really).

I cannot accept from anyone who tells me Mitch Daniels is a true "fiscal conservative" or that his administration is reduced in corruption compared to Dems. I apologize, Gary, about constantly talking about DWD, but every time you have an entry about Mitch I see how it relates to DWD (I could go on forever about how that place wastes hundreds of millions of dollars).

I think either you or Paul Ogden once said that one of Mitch's biggest problems is that he does not monitor his department heads very well as they ruin whatever they touch -- Mitch Roob is the king of that category. I also include, of course, Ron Stiver and Teresa Voors at DWD. I thought you and your readers would like to know about the following jobs, too, at DWD:

Gina DelSanto earns $91,000 per year. DWD created a position for her in Jan. 2009, "Senior Deputy Commissioner of Agency Policy and Performance". She was Daniels' "policy coordinator" in his 2004 campaign. Even though at the time she was the newest DC, she was given the moniker "Senior". Her husband is a Republican on the Fishers Town Council.

Michelle Marshel earns $87,000 per year. DWD created her position in 2009, "Deputy Commissioner of Marketing, Communications and Government Affairs. She was the House Republican Caucus Policy Director right before taking her newly-created position for her. How did DWD function without having someone in this position before?!

Marc Lotter earns $75,000 per year. His position, Press Secretary (actually "Communications Director") is under Michelle Marshel's position (he has a staff of one working for him, and he is above a supervisory level while some supervisors (who actually know unemployment, etc.) make less than half his salary and have 100 times more staff. Lotter was previously a spokesperson for the Daniels '04 campaign, the Governor's Office, and the Indiana McCain/Palin '08 campaign. Needing a job after that failed attempt, he started with DWD in Jan. 2009.

Valerie Kroeger earns $40,950 per year. DWD created her position of "Deputy Communications Director". She began at DWD in 2009 and previously was the House Republican Caucus Press Secretary. She works under Lotter.
Since December 2008, DWD has created at least 4 "Broad Band Executive/Director" positions (they earn between $47,000 and $80,000 per year) and 4 Deputy Commissioner positions (who earn at least $85,000). Interestingly, Teresa Voors' 4 newly-created DC positions were all originally given to women.

Marty Morrow, the recently departed "Chief Information Officer" over the failed Unemployment Insurance Modernization (UIM) worked at Lilly when Daniels was there. Dustin Stohler and Voors, the recently departed DWD General Counsel and Commissioner (respectively) both were lawyers at Baker and Daniels. Mark Everson, the new commissioner, was the deputy director of the federal Office of Management and Budget in the early President Bush years. All have links with the Governor's past employers, and none of their records at DWD (save Everson as it is too early to tell and to give benefit of the doubt) were what anyone would call stellar.

On DWD's website: "The DWD Leadership Team is comprised of a strong group of individuals with impressive experience and a strong vision for innovating Indiana’s workforce development initiatives". I wonder if they are serious about this statement 5 1/2 years later?

Could John Mutz be more forthcoming about this nee...

2010-06-26T18:30:29.862-05:00

Could John Mutz be more forthcoming about this need for clean job numbers to be presented to the public! Thanks to him, and let us hope that he gets his demands.

I have always admired John Mutz. I suppose there ...

2010-06-26T18:20:15.696-05:00

I have always admired John Mutz. I suppose there are those who think the "old guard" is obsolete and behind the times. Yes, they may be a bit boring with their gentlemanly ways, but their ethics and common sense seem to be intact.

Well now that Roob is maybe a little upset about h...

2010-06-26T16:41:17.253-05:00

Well now that Roob is maybe a little upset about his actions and Daniels has supported him time and time again you might look a little deeper and see where Roob's associates are working and how he is associated with another mess the State of Indiana is trying to cover up to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Roob's knowledge of the illegal contracts turned out by the Indiana Gaming Commission would be interesting to see what he will reveal.

God speed to John Mutz. I was around him a few times when Bob Orr was Governor and John Mutz is what the Indiana Republican Party should be all about. A class act, honest and driven and wants the taxpayers of Indiana to be treated fairly.

Governor Daniel's wake up. The other messes you have tried to stay away from will soon raise their ugly head unless you settle the lawsuits against your agencies. The buck stops at your desk just like John Mutz has now reminded you!

Leaders lead by example. You have made very clear and public statements about how you have the buck stop with you. Get the video tape out where you bragged at firing Donald Trump and then let your friends have a self written 40 year contract and then let them default twice and did nothing about it.

What will happen when the next chapter asks for TRANSPARENCY in the Indiana Gaming Commission? It will be far more embarrassing than the IEDC!

When I first met Mitch Roob, he was carrying bags ...

2010-06-26T16:16:38.491-05:00

When I first met Mitch Roob, he was carrying bags for Gov. Jim Thompson in Illinois. He went with his boss to a National Governors Association meeting and had too much to drink and jumped into the hotel's pool buck naked. I heard this story from people on Gov. Orr's staff at the time who were in attendance at the same meeting. Other staffers fetched him out before he got arrested.

One of the biggest mystries in government is how R...

2010-06-26T15:35:06.530-05:00

One of the biggest mystries in government is how Roob continues to land one high-level administrative job after another.