Comments on Advance Indiana™: Former Chief Justice Pens Bizarre Column In Support Of $100 Million IMS Subsidy

Shepard has no doubt "the General Assembly is...

2013-04-01T06:18:00.141-05:00

Shepard has no doubt "the General Assembly is on the right track in moving legislation to bolster the track and the jobs it helps create," citing a highly-questionable economic impact study recently released by a think tank with which he is now affiliated at Indiana University.

It is no longer unusual these days for "Think Tank" columnists to publish articles in newspapers that support their point of view and the point of view of their Think Tank.

As Uni-Gov points out IU Public Policy Institute Board of Advisors

Chairman: Randall Shepard
CO-CHAIRMAN
Mark D. Miles, CEO
Hulman & Company
Indianapolis, IN

I do not see why the State should be involved in diverting tax dollars into the hands of Private Companies. Thousands of companies in Indiana will never benefit from the Public-Private Partnerships. These companies are expected to soldier on paying their taxes, while others are selected to receive funding from the State.

He's not only compromised his own integrity, b...

2013-03-31T09:04:59.312-05:00

He's not only compromised his own integrity, but that of the policy institute. He should be holding his head in shame, but I doubt he will.

Welll...the IU Public Policy Institute Board of Ad...

2013-03-31T08:43:20.279-05:00

Welll...the IU Public Policy Institute Board of Advisors

Chairman: Randall Shepard

CO-CHAIRMAN
Mark D. Miles, CEO
Hulman & Company
Indianapolis, IN

https://www.policyinstitute.iu.edu/AdvisoryBoard.aspx

You couldn't make this stuff up, nobody would believe it.

Good grief, the stupid runs even deeper. Shepard i...

2013-03-30T21:56:33.576-05:00

Good grief, the stupid runs even deeper. Shepard is part of the IU "Public Policy Institute", which has produced two "studies" about IMS, the most recent being this:

http://policyinstitute.iu.edu/news.aspx?NewsID=281

The PPI and SPEA crowd exist to legitimize Cronyism, the weird mix of communism and big business that has taken over the country.

This kinda stuff rings of pension float. Forget m...

2013-03-30T17:17:56.494-05:00

This kinda stuff rings of pension float. Forget musical chairs- the people are out of money & that's the problem. Dead Geese lay no eggs, golden or otherwise.

I didn't think my opinion of Shepard could get...

2013-03-30T16:05:46.060-05:00

I didn't think my opinion of Shepard could get any lower, but there it goes. Anyone positively referencing this monstrosity is nuts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Mammoth_Internal_Improvement_Act

He was also a big part of the "Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform", which may have well have been titled "The Government Bureaucrat Enrichment Plan".