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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Indy Republican Ask All Our Readers to Pray for House, Ways & Means Chairman Tim Brown
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Good God! Even Google starts lashing out at the BMV!
It's probably nsfw to be advised but if you think our government online infrastructure is safe from hacking, just google "my bmv" right now. It isn't good (and again, nsfw).
— Elise Shrock (@EliseShrock) August 23, 2018
Yes we just got a complaint about this!!!
— Kara Kenney (@KaraKenney6) August 23, 2018
Oh my! pic.twitter.com/jkf0E8X0QH
— Jason Byrd (@jasonbyrd) August 23, 2018
Google searches for official Indiana 'My BMV' site gave profane results Thursday https://t.co/atVNOc1Oxs via @indystar
— Tony Cook (@indystartony) August 23, 2018
to be fair, there's often a lot of cussing at the BMV.
— Michael Hicks (@HicksCBER) August 23, 2018
Reminder: This is the same BMV that rejected the following personalized license plates as objectionable: HATER, SXY, FOX LIES, CNCR SUX, 0INK. Details in this @starwatchtim story from a few years ago... https://t.co/WKTzPG98Gn https://t.co/MOogeiLE79
— Tony Cook (@indystartony) August 23, 2018
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Todd Rokita Touts Former GOP State Chairman Cardwell’s Endorsement
Chairman Jeff Cardwell has been a selfless leader for Hoosier Republicans. I’m honored to have his endorsement. pic.twitter.com/JvwFyhV7Xv
— Todd Rokita (@ToddRokitaIN) May 2, 2018
I admire your dedication to defeating the elite by destroying your own 16 year career as a politician by running the worst campaign in Indiana history pic.twitter.com/IwZOPJbpy2
— Conrad Spann (@ConradSpann) May 2, 2018
Monday, April 30, 2018
The Straw Donor Scheming of Rokita, Messer, Walorski & Renacci
Ohio Congressmen Jim Renacci |
gave and received money from Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci in what experts said may have been an improper straw donor scheme. Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer, denied any wrongdoing. Rep. Jackie Walorski's campaign did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails seeking comment.
Congresswoman Jackie Walorski |
Congressman Todd Rokita |
Cook and Lange go further and write:
Within two months of receiving a donation, all three then contributed money to Renacci's gubernatorial campaign. In Messer's case, the contribution occurred just one day after his campaign received a donation from Renacci. Under Ohio's campaign finance laws, Renacci was prohibited from transferring more than $12,707 from his federal campaign to his gubernatorial account once he announced he was dropping out of the congressional race to run for governor in March 2017.
Congressmen Luke Messer |
According to Cook and Lange:
Ohio's campaign finance laws, Prohibited Renacci from transferring more than $12,707 from his federal campaign to his gubernatorial account once he announced he was dropping out of the congressional race to run for governor in March 2017. But over the next few months, Renacci's congressional campaign gave out $56,000 to 12 House Republicans — eight of which donated a collective $26,700 back to Renacci's state campaign for governor, often within weeks or even days of receiving the contribution from Renacci's federal campaign.
The Cincinnati Enquirer spoke with election ethics expert Brendan Fischer. Fischer told the Enquirer:
"this sounds like is a straw donor scenario, where Renacci is using funds from his federal campaign account to unlawfully support his state gubernatorial run and doing it through his fellow elected officials,”
INDYSTAR makes mention of the following suspicious campaign donations:
Renacci's congressional campaign gave Messer's campaign $4,000, and his leadership PAC an additional $2,000 on June 27. The very next day, Messer's campaign donated $2,000 to Renacci's gubernatorial campaign.
Walorksi, Messer and Rokita have not donated to other GOP members of Congress who like Renacci were also competing in governor's primaries. The Star examine the campaign finances of Rokita, Walorski and Messer and found they had not donate to the gubernatorial campaigns of Ron DeSantis of Florida, Diane Black of Tennessee, or Raul Labrador of Idaho.
Andy Downs political scientist at IUPU at Fort Wayne told IndyStar:
"That’s another piece of evidence that you could argue is kind of damming," said Andy Downs, a political scientist at the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. "If this is really about supporting your friends in contested primaries … or supporting a conservative candidate, why didn’t you also give to X,Y and Z?" Rokita, for example, has strong ties to both Black and DeSantis.
This isn't the first time that Congressman Renacci has been accused of being part of a straw donor scandal. IndyStar says that:
In 2014 Renacci's campaign found itself in the middle of a court case involving another alleged straw donor scheme in Ohio. Federal prosecutors accused an Ohio direct marketing firm and its owner of skirting federal campaign contribution limits by funneling about $200,000 through the company's employees and their spouses in 2011 to the campaigns of Renacci and Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, who was running for Senate. The company's owner, Ben Suarez, was found not guilty of violating campaign finance charges, but was sentenced to 15 months in prison for witness tampering in the case.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Hoosier Lawmakers will now have a Sexual Harassment Policy
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Is Governor Holcomb Going to call the General Assembly into Special Session?
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Governor Holcomb’s Workforce Development Plan Could Cost Indiana $49 Million
Friday, November 17, 2017
$1 Billion Trucking Fees Lawsuit filed against Eric Holcomb's Administration
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Is the firing of former Indiana Homeland Security CFO a political cover up?
Indy Republican has been hearing from its readers about corruption and mismanagement at the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS). We have even heard rumors that IDHS is even going so far as to damage former IDHS employees to keep prying eyes away from them.
and cash draws, the continuing climate of retribution surrounding reporting civil rights violations within the department (such as that suffered by Leann Walton), and the intentional omission of such equal employment opportunity violations in securing federal funds through the grants application/request process--from which revelations today's erroneous ruling is but a temporary distraction."