State subpoenas 30 business elite
State regulators are issuing subpoenas to a "who's who" of the Indianapolis business community over the sale of shares in IPALCO Enterprises about the time the utility company was sold in 2001.
They include former IPALCO director Mitch Daniels, a former Eli Lilly and Co. executive who is now President Bush's budget director. Daniels, who sold about $1.45 million in IPALCO stock in January 2001, on Tuesday announced he is resigning the federal post, leading to speculation he will run for governor here.
Oh he'll be runnin' alright, just not for governor. And let's see, he resigns from Bush's budget director TWENTY FOUR HOURS before this news breaks. HE'S THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, FOLKS. B-U-D-G-E-T D-I-R-E-C-T-O-R. For Bush. He directs the budget. THE BUDGET!!!
Sorry, I'm still trying to get over the irony. Here's the story they were circulating yesterday. (scroll down on the page)
"Mitch told me he wants to go back home to the state of Indiana and perhaps pursue a run for political office," Bush said Tuesday. "I told him, I said, 'Mitch, we're going to miss you a lot in this administration.' " I just bet you are, you lyin' weasel...
"I think you have different reasons why people leave at different times," said Bush press secretary
Too lazy to do my own homework tonight, I pilfered this from the ever popular crankpot, Maru.
