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WATERMAN HOPING FOR MIRACLE: State Senator John Waterman has until noon today to submit 33,000 signatures of registered Indiana voters to qualify as a "Taxpayers Party" candidate for the November Gubernatorial ballot (Howey Politics Indiana). (2).jpg)
MCCAIN IN INDY TOMORROW: John McCain will stop in Indianapolis Tuesday to address the National Sheriffs Association at the Indiana Convention Center and attend a fundraiser at the Marriott hotel hosted by Governor Mitch Daniels, Mayor Greg Ballard, and Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi (Howey Politics Indiana). Attendees will pay between $1,000 and $2,300 to attend the fundraiser, which also offers pictures with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to those raising at least $10,000.
HILL USES SUPREME COURT RULING TO FUNDRAISE: U.S. Rep. Baron Hill (D-9th) is urging supporters to give more generously to his reelection campaign after last week’s Supreme Court ruling eliminating the "Millionaire’s Amendment" (Howey Politics Indiana). If Republican Mike Sodrel gave $350,000 or more to his 2008 campaign, the amendment previously would have allowed Hill to accept individual contributions as high as $6,900 — three times the standard limitation. With its repeal, Hill will be unable to return to his richest donors for triple donations should Sodrel break his pledge not to self-finance this year. The second quarter FEC reporting deadline is midnight tonight.
"As we know, the National Republicans are once again running Millionaire Mike Sodrel," Hill wrote in an email appeal to supporters. "And yesterday, the Bush Bench in the Supreme Court struck down a part of campaign finance law known as the "Millionaire’s Amendment," lifting the contribution limits of wealthy, self-funded candidates without leveling the playing field for candidates like myself and hundreds of other hard working Democrats throughout the country."
PASTRICK RACKETEERING CASE MOVES FORWARD: A federal judge has rejected a request from former East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit filed against him by the state attorney general’s office (Associated Press).
The judge denied a motion by Pastrick and other defendants that argued the case against them was so weak that its allegations that they spent millions in city money to buy votes by paving residents’ sidewalks and driveways should not go to trial.
GOSHEN SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN COMBAT: The mood at Wakarusa Missionary Church was somber Sunday when Associate Pastor Kent Norr informed the congregation of Travis Hunsberger’s death in Afghanistan (The Truth).
Norr told church members Hunsberger talked about his love for his wife, Hannah; his parents, Steve and Ronda; his younger siblings, Kyle and Kelsey; and serving in the military.
"Serving in the military for his country is what brought him his greatest happiness," Norr said. "He was a very fine and upstanding young man, strong in his faith."
But there were still many tears during the worship service, Norr said. Members were in disbelief upon hearing of the 24-year-old’s sudden death.
"Though Travis is home with Jesus, the rest are still here and hurting," one church member wrote on the Wakarusa Missionary Church blog. "Hearing the news last night, the sacrifices many, like Travis, have made becomes more real and tangible to me."
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