Statehouse Democrat endorses “Major Moves”
One Statehouse Democrat is coming out in favor of Governor Mitch Daniels’ Major Moves plan. State Senator Glen Howard of Indianapolis is the first, and probably only, Marion County Democrat to say he will vote for the plan. Howard told me he likes Major moves because it means badly need road and construction jobs for the inner city. House Democrats voted against the proposal saying it was a bad deal for Hoosiers. However, Howard says they will support the proposal once it eventually passes. Under the plan, Indiana would lease the toll road for nearly four billion dollars to Spanish-Australian conglomerate. Howard says he’s gotten assurances from the trade unions that they will work with minorities to make sure they are not left out of the job creation Major Moves is expected to spawn.
