Gov. Daniel's State of the State Address

Since I only make ~$23,000/yr, I don't think I will be directly affected by this. Since he is just barely into his term, I guess we'll have to wait and see.

I just hope he gets going on the Daylight Savings Time issue. That issue doesn't cost me money, but it is annoying to be out of synch with most of the rest of the country.

I'm not sure what his plans are to "reform property taxes" but I dread the idea. I got quite a hit in the last property tax reform. I don't make over $100,000 either, so that will hardly affect me, but if it truly does make up half the deficit, then lead on. And on the daylight savings time issue, I'd prefer that the whole country ditch the idea altogether, because I never bought into the reasoning. But since that's not going to happen, I'd rather we weren't out of synch with everyone else.

1% seems like a good idea when you think in terms of "sticking it to the man", but really - a two income household that brings in a combined 100k per year is still pretty middle class. I heard on the news today that there would be education cut-backs as well - benefitting schools with a higher enrollment rate while reducing funding for those with flat or declining enrollment. I guess we'll just have to see.

There's a point where daylight saving's time doesn't really make any real difference and Indiana is located on that spot. Part of Indiana will always be on a different time zone, no matter what is decided, due to the metro areas of Chicago, Cincinati, and Louisville. I suppose we could draw a line right down the middle of Meridian and split Eastern from Central. The big advantage to that would be to thin the morning and evening rush hour traffic by adding another hour.