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1. The Cheat Sheet, Vol 4, Issue 19 – March 2015
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RFRA Madness
First, there are rumblings that this
week’s blow up over RFRA could be
the first real concrete event that could
jeopardize Pence’s re-election bid.
The folks in the Governor’s Office
think they can weather the storm, but
there’s something a little different
about this one. TCS, in our capacity
as LGN (Legitimate News Guy) spent
the last couple of days talking to folks
who aren’t in politics but tend to vote
Republican. A lot of them (one even a
former military Chaplin) say they
couldn’t figure why RFRA was needed
and though it just played into a really
bad stereotype about Indiana. And
not only are they ticked off at the
Governor, but also the Legislature. If
Republicans can’t get these guys back,
2016 is going to be a lot more
complicated than they think.
Eric Miller is not helping. Pence and
his team have gone to great lengths
to say that this bill is not about
discrimination. The GOP House and
Senate have gone to great lengths to
say that RFRA is not about
discrimination. Apparently Miller did
not get the memo. Here’s what he
posted on this blog. “Churches,
Christian businesses and
individuals deserve protection from
those who support homosexual
marriages and those who support
government recognition and approval
of gender identity (men who dress as
women). SB 101 will help
provide the protection!” With friends
like these, who needs enemas? (Yes,
we said that on purpose.)

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Speaking of damage control, TCS
knows that a lot of lawmakers are
starting to have buyer’s remorse
about RFRA and may want to try and
see if there’s some way they can
legislatively mitigate the damage.
TCS has been told by a few that if
they knew passing RFRA was going to
result in this much grief and hassle,
they would have never done it in the
first place.
Speaking of grief and hassle, while
some folks may not take the possible
threat of Indiana losing conventions
seriously, some other folks are. A lot
of downtown businesses are worried
about how this will impact their
bottom lines. Already a couple have
told TCS they will see a loss from the
lack of Salesforce traffic because they
rely on a lot of their trainees to
patronize their establishments.
Speaking of SalesForce, TCS hears the
CEO has never been a fan of Indy and
has been looking for an excuse to
relocate as soon as possible, now
RFRA may have given him the excuse.
But that’s just a drop in the bucket.
There is real damage that could
happen to the entire state if RFRA
keeps conventions away. The big
thing is money. Conventions generate
millions of dollars in sales and hotel
tax revenue for the state and that
money not only pays for schools and
other programs in other parts of
Indiana, but also finances the debt on
Lucas Oil and the Convention Center.
And TCS is hearing that S & P is
worried that if conventions start
pulling out, Indiana won’t be able to
meet its bond obligations and that
could cause some real problems.
And speaking of real problems,
yesterday’s computer attack on the
State’s website is probably just the
beginning. The site wasn’t hacked,
but a group did what’s called a denial
of service, that’s when you send so
much traffic to the site that it shuts
down. Nearly three dozen sites have
been attacked recently across the
country, we’re told. The irony though
is this same week the state was going
to announce the results of a hack-a-
thon competition with Texas.
By the way, TCS is hearing a number
of cities with Human Rights
Ordinances that prohibit discrimination
based on sexual orientation are
looking at drafting legal strategies to
deal with any possible challenges to
their laws under RFRA. They are
arguing that they have a compelling
interest in preventing discrimination
based on sexual orientation. Also,

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with the U.S. Supreme Court likely to
approve same-sex marriage down the
road, that could also change the
dynamics of this debate.
And one thing that has already
changed has to do with marijuana.
There are a lot of faiths that use
marijuana as part of their religious
practices. And a new marijuana
church has already formed in Indiana
and has registered with the Secretary
of State’s Office. The First Church of
Cannabis is their name. It’s been
organized by marijuana-legalization
advocate Bill Levin. And here’s
another fun thought, just imagine all
the people who are prosecuted for
marijuana possession after July 1 who
will claim a religious exemption under
RFRA. Will they succeed? We don’t
know. But if I were a prosecutor, I
really wouldn’t want all that grief and
hassle?
So what’s the moral of the story here?
Be careful what you pray for, you just
might get it.
Senate Scorecard
TCS is trying to keep track of who’s in
and who’s out of the U.S. Senate race
to replace Dan Coats. The problem
with that is that’s like trying to keep
track of who’s been in and out of Kim
Kardashian. (Yes, we waited all week
to write that line!) So here’s what we
know so far.
Eric Holcomb is in. Marlin Stutzman is
getting in. TCS hears he hired Mark It
Red to help with his potential
campaign. And since Mark It Red is
tied to House Speaker Brian Bosma’s
campaign strategist Mike Gentry, that
means he’s not getting in the race.
Larry Bucshon and Luke Messer are
out. Tood Young and Todd Rokita are
pondering getting in, we doubt it
though. We still think Rokita will run
for Governor in 2020 and Young will
run for the Senate in 2018 against Joe
Donnelly. Jackie Walorski is still
thinking about it. Susan Brooks is
giving it some serious thought and we
would not be surprised if she decided
to get into the race. And Mike Delph
is also giving it some thought about
running, however a couple years ago
he said he had no plans to seek higher

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office in 2016. We also hear State
Auditor Suzanne Crouch might give it
a run as well. She loves to campaign
and can raise a lot of money.
As far as the 3rd
Congressional District
goes to fill Stutzman’s seat if he
decides to run, the most serious
names we hear are State Senator Jim
Banks and Indiana businessman Bob
Thomas.
Of course this could all change by the
time the next Cheat Sheet goes to
print.
Bet on This
Indiana could get a new casino
whether they want one or not.
According to the AP, a draft study by
the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
says a tribal village and casino in
South Bend being proposed by the
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi would
have no significant environmental
impact outside of traffic congestion.
This clears a major hurdle to the tribe
getting a casino. And casino tribes
are not regulated by the state, tribal
lands are basically sovereign nations.
This means millions of dollars in
revenue, for the tribe, not necessarily
Indiana. You see in order for Indiana
to get some of that cash, it would
need to sign what’s called a
“Compact” with the Potawatomi
nation. If they don’t Indiana wouldn’t
see a dime of revenue from the taxes
on gas, diesel, cigarettes and alcohol.
However, to sign the compact means
Governor Pence would have to agree
to an expansion of gaming which he
opposes.

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Another odd question is that if the
tribe opened a grocery on their own
land, could they sell alcohol on
Sundays as well a cold beer? Just a
thought.
A Few Other Items
TCS hears the votes in the Senate are
virtually tied when it comes to the
Common Construction Wage. But
both sides however, are still short of
the 26 needed for a majority.
TCS is hearing that former BMV
Commissioner Andy Miller gave orders
to fix the agency’s computer problems
back in 2010, but when he had to
resign from the agency, the ball got
dropped.
We reported in the last Cheat Sheet
about some possible layoffs at the
Department of Revenue. We got a call
from them recently saying that is not
happening, however if their budget
request is not approved, they won’t be
able to hire the temps they need to
process tax returns.
Editor’s Note:
We had a little odd moment of irony
this week. It was during the
Governor’s news conference on RFRA.
We had a text alert on our phone
which we thought was from Politico
but instead it was from Pandora. So
when we clicked it on it started
playing music and we couldn’t shut off
our phone fast enough as it was a
little embarrassing. What was more
ironic is the song it played was
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
by Tears for Fears. Insert your own
joke here.
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The Usual Disclaimer Stuff:
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is wrong, we only take credit for it
when it’s right!
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