Daniels Power Grab: J&C Editorial

The Lafayette Journal & Courier, in an editorial, is beginning to see that Democratic complaints about Gov. Daniels penchant for power grabs are more than mere bellyaching from the minority party. The subject of this editorial is Daniels’ effort to fire all of Ivy Tech’s trustees so that Daniels can replace them with his own people. This hits close to home, I suspect, because folks on the editorial board have personal knowledge of one of the trustees, Joe Bumbleburg. Regardless of what his politics may or may not be, I suspect they know him to be a man of integrity and an effective and unfailing advocate for Ivy Tech. So, when Mitch Daniels goes out of his way to try to fire Joe without articulating a reason, it starts looking more and more like a power grab.