Friends in Strange Places
If Governor Mitch Daniels proposes privatizing the lottery today, he may find a friend in David Orenlichter. I spoke this morning with the Democratic State Representative to gage the Democratic reaction to the Governor’s plans to privatize the lottery. Orenlichter didn’t outright say it was a bad idea. In fact he said that if the government were to privatize a function the lottery might be the place to start. He cited the fact that the lottery was not a mandatory government function but a voluntary one. And the fact that Indiana already has privatized gambling in the forms of casinos. The Governor is expected to unveil his proposal at 11 a.m. today.
