Kosciusko GOP Fish Fry Held At Fairgrounds
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
There were 1,271 people who attended the fish fry. according to Randy Girod, Kosciusko County GOP chairman.
Indiana Auditor Suzanne Crouch (R-Indianapolis), who is unopposed, was one of the servers.
Crouch was appointed to the position by Governor Mike Pence on Jan. 2, filling the unexpired term of Dwayne Sawyer, who resigned for family reasons in December.
Crouch said the auditor is the chief financial officer for the state.
“As chief financial officer we are responsible for paying the 32,000 employees and paying the bills, and we issue 8 million checks a year to the quarter million vendors who do business with the state,” Crouch said. “We are responsible for accounting for the funds for the $30 billion budget that operates the state of Indiana.”
She said the office also is responsible for overseeing and dispersing $13 billion in tax distributions to local government units. She serves on the Board of Finance and the Board of Depositories.
Crouch said Indiana is a shining beacon in the Midwest and a model for the country.
“We have a balanced budget, a healthy surplus and should have right under $2 billion in surplus by the end of this fiscal year, and we have not raised taxes on Hoosier families and have cut taxes,” Crouch said.
Republican State Treasurer candidates Kelly Mitchell, Wayne Seybold and Donald Bates also attended.
Mitchell (R-Indianapolis), said for the last 6-1/2 years she has served in the state treasurer’s office running the state’s Local Government Investment Pool, Trust Indiana. She also served as a Cass County commissioner.
“I know that it is a rewarding and challenging and dynamic place of public service in the treasurer’s office, and I know I can do the job and serve Hoosiers well from that office,” Mitchell said.
She said she would like to raise fiscal literacy across the state, assisting high schoolers with funding for college and teaching students about credit cards, debits cards and interest, helping veterans understand the benefits available to them and encouraging educators to teach fiscal literacy in the classroom.
Seybold, who has served as Marion’s mayor and is in his 11th year, said a treasurer is an executive position.
“As mayors we are executives of our city and in Marion we have over 260 employees and to go from that to 17 will be different,” Seybold said.
“I think I can use that experience I have had in building Marion up and bring that to the statehouse,” Seybold said.
Bates (R-Winchester), is a financial advisor in Richmond. He previously ran for U.S. Senate in 2010.
“What I do for a living is manage money and according to state statute, the number one job of state treasurer is to serve as our chief investment officer,” Bates said.
Bates said he feels the treasurer’s office can work harder to have tax dollars managed and the state needs to do a better job in promoting its 529 college savings program.
The program has a tax benefit that encourages families to set aside money for their children’s education.[[In-content Ad]]
There were 1,271 people who attended the fish fry. according to Randy Girod, Kosciusko County GOP chairman.
Indiana Auditor Suzanne Crouch (R-Indianapolis), who is unopposed, was one of the servers.
Crouch was appointed to the position by Governor Mike Pence on Jan. 2, filling the unexpired term of Dwayne Sawyer, who resigned for family reasons in December.
Crouch said the auditor is the chief financial officer for the state.
“As chief financial officer we are responsible for paying the 32,000 employees and paying the bills, and we issue 8 million checks a year to the quarter million vendors who do business with the state,” Crouch said. “We are responsible for accounting for the funds for the $30 billion budget that operates the state of Indiana.”
She said the office also is responsible for overseeing and dispersing $13 billion in tax distributions to local government units. She serves on the Board of Finance and the Board of Depositories.
Crouch said Indiana is a shining beacon in the Midwest and a model for the country.
“We have a balanced budget, a healthy surplus and should have right under $2 billion in surplus by the end of this fiscal year, and we have not raised taxes on Hoosier families and have cut taxes,” Crouch said.
Republican State Treasurer candidates Kelly Mitchell, Wayne Seybold and Donald Bates also attended.
Mitchell (R-Indianapolis), said for the last 6-1/2 years she has served in the state treasurer’s office running the state’s Local Government Investment Pool, Trust Indiana. She also served as a Cass County commissioner.
“I know that it is a rewarding and challenging and dynamic place of public service in the treasurer’s office, and I know I can do the job and serve Hoosiers well from that office,” Mitchell said.
She said she would like to raise fiscal literacy across the state, assisting high schoolers with funding for college and teaching students about credit cards, debits cards and interest, helping veterans understand the benefits available to them and encouraging educators to teach fiscal literacy in the classroom.
Seybold, who has served as Marion’s mayor and is in his 11th year, said a treasurer is an executive position.
“As mayors we are executives of our city and in Marion we have over 260 employees and to go from that to 17 will be different,” Seybold said.
“I think I can use that experience I have had in building Marion up and bring that to the statehouse,” Seybold said.
Bates (R-Winchester), is a financial advisor in Richmond. He previously ran for U.S. Senate in 2010.
“What I do for a living is manage money and according to state statute, the number one job of state treasurer is to serve as our chief investment officer,” Bates said.
Bates said he feels the treasurer’s office can work harder to have tax dollars managed and the state needs to do a better job in promoting its 529 college savings program.
The program has a tax benefit that encourages families to set aside money for their children’s education.[[In-content Ad]]
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