Comments on Advance Indiana™: Is Someone Going To Investigate Why This Coal Gasification Deal Is So Important To Daniels?

I hope the closer Daniels gets to "officially...

2011-02-14T17:35:36.854-05:00

I hope the closer Daniels gets to "officially" running for president (since he has been running for at least a year, if not more, now), the more the news media will start connecting the dots to expose the governor and get a story (the Teflon has to wear-off, eventually). We can only hope these stories are exposed before more people get hurt, as Paul talks about in his post. The lies, cover-ups, waste of money, cronyism and deaths should be absolutely unacceptable.

I had a client and a prospective client who both w...

2011-02-14T10:37:46.888-05:00

I had a client and a prospective client who both worked at a coal gasification plant around Terre Haute.

The prospective client had had a nervous breakdown after an explosion killed several workers at the plant. He saw body parts of his friend fly past him.

They both told me stories of how incredibly dangerous the technology is and the explosions they witnessed. The coal gasification building doesn't even have walls because they expect explosions and want the blasts to go out and not take down the building.

Both quit their jobs...they couldn't take the danger and people getting injured or killed.

I couldn't agree with you more, Pat. I'm o...

2011-02-14T10:01:33.983-05:00

I couldn't agree with you more, Pat. I'm outraged that Mickey Maurer is using the Indianapolis Business Journal editorial pages to push that North of South deal when the bank in which he owns 25% of the stock and serves as Chairman of the Board wouldn't lend a dime to it. Naturally, Maurer worked as Daniels' first economic development chief. I think Mr. Maurer should make full disclosure to the public so we can understand why he believes taxpayers should finance a private business development his bank would never touch.

Neither the State nor the City should act as a ban...

2011-02-14T09:45:33.057-05:00

Neither the State nor the City should act as a banker for these deals that aren't solid enough to attract capital on the open market and on their merits.

You have made a compelling case that the coal gasification deal is to benefit the well connected at the expense of the taxpayers.

The North of South deal is exactly that, here in Indy.