Joe Berkemeier

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[Joe Berkemeier @joeberkemeier]

@AndrewIrelandIN Now publish the chart that shows the bulk of gas taxes paid by your constituents going to fund roads outside of Marion County. Leadership would be working across the aisle to fix the formula so we all stop subsidizing roads in places with declining population.

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@AndrewIrelandIN @JamesEBriggs Should Indy DPW take the roundabouts with them that made east-west travel possible on the Southside during this little planned secession? Or should that infrastructure investment … been done elsewhere in the county?

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@HicksCBER I’m shocked that it was anything but 9-0 and three justices just said an executive order from any President supersedes the plain reading and centuries of interpretation of the Constitution.

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@JamesEBriggs The state could also stop insisting only gas taxes fund roads and wasting money on unneeded projects like the Mid-States Corridor.
The Legislature comes off spiteful that their children and neighbors keep moving to the Indianapolis area and have for decades.

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@jstewartIndy Be at least consistent. You’d like closed primaries conducted at taxpayer expense … while at the same time shifting the cost of public education away from wealthy people sending their kids to expensive private schools.

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@jstewartIndy @lhkobe No one is forced to go to private schools or to home school. You can choose to send your kids to any public school in the state for free.

A reminder that vouchers started off just for “those who need them” and we know how that played out. This would be the exact same.

[Joe Berkemeier @joeberkemeier]

@jstewartIndy @Donaldwebb33552 Primaries are only obligated by the state because both parties wrote the laws “requiring” them.

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@aaron_renn @HicksCBER The problem is closed primaries. If a taxpayer if paying for it, it should be an open primary for all voters. Let the top two candidates move on to the general election, if someone gets +50% in the primary, cancel the general election.

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@jstewartIndy A reminder of Diego’s work ethic … the election is only competitive or ”tough” because he’s such a flawed candidate. Any other Republican wins the race in a walkover, but the current Republican Party deems those folks RINO’s and tosses them aside.

[Diego Morales @cdiegomorales]

Rain, sleet, or snow work still gets done. Same work ethic at home as I bring to the Statehouse. Because I believe in rolling up my sleeves and doing the hard work myself. No days off.

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@AttyAbdul @HicksCBER Also unpopular but true: there is no law stating that gas taxes and registration fees are the only sources of revenue for roads. INDOT spends lots of money overbuilding rural state highways and now wants to do unneeded projects like the Mid-States Corridor.

[Joe Berkemeier @joeberkemeier]

@jstewartIndy And the percentage voting is still low because the outcomes are all but certain and have been determined by party conventions or poorly attended primary elections.
If you want power to the wider public, go with open primaries. Can't be any harder to figure out than euchre.

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@jstewartIndy People already don't show up and primary elections are just a competition to see who can get the coveted national party blessing. Move them to off-years and start with open primaries, ensuring whoever eventually wins gets a majority of the voters who show up.

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@jstewartIndy Wouldn't moving all local/state elections away from presidential elections encourage a focus on local issues instead of just coasting on national party momentum?

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@analogMatthew Makes time for the Wu Fetcha comeback …

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@IAMJADEJACKSON Indiana has one of the largest concentration of Burmese refugees, who have fled due to persecution for being Christians. Their status has also been pulled by the government, despite the State Department saying it remains unsafe to visit Myanmar.

https://t.co/kMP9X7MYNP

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@JamesEBriggs Diego turned our voter records over to the federal government and remains only the Indiana Secretary of State to commit voting fraud and not be thrown out of office for it. The best way to protect Indiana elections would be to keep Diego away from them.

[Joe Berkemeier @joeberkemeier]

Those are snowblower tracks. That’s snow thrown up by a snowblower. Why exactly is using one so embarrassing to Diego that he’s posing with a shovel?

[Diego Morales @cdiegomorales]

Rain, sleet, or snow work still gets done. Same work ethic at home as I bring to the Statehouse. Because I believe in rolling up my sleeves and doing the hard work myself. No days off.

[Joe Berkemeier @joeberkemeier]

@HicksCBER

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@jstewartIndy @indystar The largest beneficiaries of data centers are the existing gas and coal power plants. Maybe these are the jobs that Huston claims come with data centers …

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@notthefakeSVP @HOMAGE This is a vote for a "Figure it out" shirt.