McIntosh Campaign Stops In Warsaw
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
It's not going to be a "David and Goliath" story. But it may very well be a "David and Frank" story.
David McIntosh vs. Frank O'Bannon, that is.
McIntosh, of Muncie, was in Warsaw Saturday seeking the support - both political and financial - of Kosciusko County Republicans at a fund-raising reception at 2517 Restaurant.
"Like I told the group this morning," McIntosh said in an exclusive interview, "it took me several months to decide where to best serve the people of Indiana. I determined that serving as governor is where I needed to be."
Improving the quality of education, creating a vibrant economy and strengthening the community spirit in the state will be the main planks in his campaign platform, McIntosh said.
"I'll do this by encouraging corporations like Biomet and using the great universities, like Purdue, to make our economy stronger by forming the partnerships necessary to keep the cutting-edge research here in Indiana," he said. "That's what we need to keep the best paying jobs here. We've seen a lot of our high paying jobs go to Mexico and be replaced with $7 to $8 jobs. We have to turn that around.
"We've also seen our older citizens find it harder to stay in their homes because they can't pay their property taxes," McIntosh added.
He wants to give taxpayers, both old and young, a break in what they pay to the state, something O'Bannon has seemed unwilling to do in his first term, McIntosh said.
"The surplus we have means we're paying too many and too much in taxes," he said. "And all the while we've seen the performance of our schools and the quality of education decline. I would not accept 40 percent of our children not passing the ISTEP tests."
To help accomplish this, McIntosh would use a portion of the state's budget surplus to reward the best teachers and to allow school districts more flexibility in developing a well-rounded, character-based curriculum.
"I think all teachers deserve a pay increase, and I will fight for that. I also want teachers to have more control over their classrooms," he said. "In five to six years, I want the surrounding states to be copying us, in terms of educational policy."
At the core of all of McIntosh's educational policies is the need to have a strong economy and create an atmosphere where corporations will locate in the state and remain, providing Hoosiers with quality, high-paying jobs.
"We have to essentially find a way to enhance and make it possible for companies to use the best and latest technology," he said. Like the software company we have in Muncie or companies like Biomet, who are at the forefront of their industries in terms of development, and the use of technology. [[In-content Ad]]
It's not going to be a "David and Goliath" story. But it may very well be a "David and Frank" story.
David McIntosh vs. Frank O'Bannon, that is.
McIntosh, of Muncie, was in Warsaw Saturday seeking the support - both political and financial - of Kosciusko County Republicans at a fund-raising reception at 2517 Restaurant.
"Like I told the group this morning," McIntosh said in an exclusive interview, "it took me several months to decide where to best serve the people of Indiana. I determined that serving as governor is where I needed to be."
Improving the quality of education, creating a vibrant economy and strengthening the community spirit in the state will be the main planks in his campaign platform, McIntosh said.
"I'll do this by encouraging corporations like Biomet and using the great universities, like Purdue, to make our economy stronger by forming the partnerships necessary to keep the cutting-edge research here in Indiana," he said. "That's what we need to keep the best paying jobs here. We've seen a lot of our high paying jobs go to Mexico and be replaced with $7 to $8 jobs. We have to turn that around.
"We've also seen our older citizens find it harder to stay in their homes because they can't pay their property taxes," McIntosh added.
He wants to give taxpayers, both old and young, a break in what they pay to the state, something O'Bannon has seemed unwilling to do in his first term, McIntosh said.
"The surplus we have means we're paying too many and too much in taxes," he said. "And all the while we've seen the performance of our schools and the quality of education decline. I would not accept 40 percent of our children not passing the ISTEP tests."
To help accomplish this, McIntosh would use a portion of the state's budget surplus to reward the best teachers and to allow school districts more flexibility in developing a well-rounded, character-based curriculum.
"I think all teachers deserve a pay increase, and I will fight for that. I also want teachers to have more control over their classrooms," he said. "In five to six years, I want the surrounding states to be copying us, in terms of educational policy."
At the core of all of McIntosh's educational policies is the need to have a strong economy and create an atmosphere where corporations will locate in the state and remain, providing Hoosiers with quality, high-paying jobs.
"We have to essentially find a way to enhance and make it possible for companies to use the best and latest technology," he said. Like the software company we have in Muncie or companies like Biomet, who are at the forefront of their industries in terms of development, and the use of technology. [[In-content Ad]]