Mitch Daniels - Biography:

 

Mitch Daniels: A biography of self-service and political gain

 

Governor Mitch Daniels earned his millions marketing Prozac and other pharmaceuticals as an executive for Eli Lilly. As a member of the board of directors, Daniels then helped transition Indiana Power & Light Company (IPALCO) to new ownership that cost employees and retirees millions of dollars as stock prices bottomed out -- just after he had sold his shares for a tidy profit.

 

As the head of the Bush Administration's Office of Management & Budget, Daniels also came under fire for his tendency to "sell" policies that served the administration, even if that meant making dishonest claims for political gain.

 

As a candidate for Governor, Daniels traveled the state and promised to take politics and power out of Indianapolis and be accessible to the other 91 counties. Since taking office Governor Daniels has systematically stripped state services from smaller counties, centralized services to Indianapolis and proposed more service and job cuts throughout the state.

 

He also told state employees "help was on the way" and promised them that privatization would not cost one of them their jobs. Daniels' has already cut 600 state jobs to date with plans to slice 5,000 more in the next year under privatization efforts.

 

 

Related Articles on Mitch's Messes

 

Unemployment Claims Backlogged

http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_4073596,00.html

 

State Hires Workers To Help Process Late Unemployment Claims

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3837204&nav=0Ra7ePPb

State workforce agency sees criticism, cutbacks

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/12799614.htm

 

Mitch Daniels' Fuzzy Math (http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20020212.html)

 

Why Did White House's Mitch Daniels Really Resign? (http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0305/S00052.htm)