tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post8838973464957486801..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-82357872510338119552007-06-10T19:26:00.000-05:002007-06-10T19:26:00.000-05:00Don't you get it? <BR/><BR/>He manufactured "evidence" that there was massive "Voter Fraud" in order to pander to his party's right-wing. Mission accomplished. Unproblem solved.<BR/><BR/>Similarly, there's no official duty relating to this trip. He manufactured it, so, in his peabrain, it's real. He has no business performing economic development duties for Indiana. It is not his job.<BR/><BR/>I am pretty sure the ghost employment statutes exempt elected office holders. If not, did he take vacation time? Did he accept state pay while on this trip, because it has to qualify as a vacation? It can't be anything else.<BR/><BR/>The time his staff had to spend advancing, handling press, and other issues, related to this trip, should be calculated. The value should be contributed to the state treasury by Todd and his benefactor(s).<BR/><BR/>And if he's on vacation, I couldn't care less where he goes.<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, can someone find some comp time for this blowhard and give him about three years of paid time off?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40353898925509686032007-06-10T16:22:00.000-05:002007-06-10T16:22:00.000-05:00Still nobody has explained why the Secretary of State was on an oversees economic development mission, much less an energy mission.<BR/><BR/>Niether has anything to do with the Constitutional or statutory duties of his office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-80844764799430163952007-06-10T08:21:00.000-05:002007-06-10T08:21:00.000-05:00It's truly amazing what a concerned Congresscritter can learn about nature, the environment and global warming while out on golf courses accompanied by knowledgeable and informed lobbyists!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-88341519478367581052007-06-10T07:45:00.000-05:002007-06-10T07:45:00.000-05:00I would point out that members of Congress are constantly soliciting money from certain not-for-profit organizations to finance their so-called "fact-finding" trips. Typically, these organizations are nothing more than front groups for business and other special interest groups.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8304416248005943542007-06-10T07:33:00.000-05:002007-06-10T07:33:00.000-05:00Uh, Wilson...<BR/><BR/>Simcox, a genuinely nice guy, heads up the Indiana Electric Association. Which has nothing to do with the cost of gasoline. It's the trade group for Indiana's investor-owned electric utilities.<BR/><BR/>Still, it's shameful that Todd trolled them for dollars, and that they ponied up. Its' hard to imagine the mindset that thunk this up.<BR/><BR/>Simcox is a former SOS, too.<BR/><BR/>I'm wondering if the check was amde out to ole' Todd personally or as SOS, in which case it must run through state coffers. It'd be interesting to get an FOI in on THAT expense report.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-141934042078893142007-06-10T07:22:00.000-05:002007-06-10T07:22:00.000-05:00On the taxpayer's dime, the Indiana Secretary of State had a table at Indy Gay Pride. Good for them!<BR/><BR/>I asked the two women staffing it exactly who paid for Todd Rokita's junket to Switzerland. Both seemed flustered - finally one stated it was paid for with private funds. I persisted questioning but that all they'd say: "private funds".<BR/><BR/>Why all the secrecy with the public? What are Todd Rokita and Ed Simcox up to? What does the Secretary of State have to do with the soaring price of gasoline?Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.com