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By BRIAN A. HOWEY
INDIANAPOLIS - If you’re looking at trendlines, there is little good news for Democrat Jill Long Thompson. While she’s up on TV, it’s not a statewide buy. It doens’t include South Bend and Fort Wayne markets. Thompson’s backers point out that Northern Indiana is her home base, but Gov. Mitch Daniels’ campaign manager Eric Holcomb observed, “She lost her last two elections in Northern Indiana.”
Indiana Republicans took apart the last Thompson TV ad. In it, an Indianapolis testimonial says: “Property taxes are sky high and home foreclosures are way up.” FACT: Gov. Daniels led the charge to cut property taxes and make the cuts permanent by placing them in the Constitution. Jill Long Thompson says the caps shouldn’t be made permanent. On average, property taxes for homeowners statewide are decreasing by a third. A Cambridge City Testimonial says: “Layoffs are soaring and our wages are falling” FACT: Jobs are coming to Cambridge City and the rest of the state in record numbers. In July 2006, Dot Foods announced 250 jobs in Cambridge City. In August 2007, Really Cool Foods announced 1,000 jobs in the city. And a Carmel Testimonial says: High school dropout rates are up. SAT scores are down. FACT: In Carmel, SAT scores are up 19 points from last year, and their 94.2% graduation rate is one of the best in the state.
“It’s clear that Jill Long Thompson is spending all of that out-of-state campaign cash on negative advertising,” Indiana Republican Party Chairman Murray Clark said. “While it’s good to see other states’ money spent in Indiana, the incorrect nature of the charges is disappointing and straight out of the Democratic Party playbook of all cynicism all the time.”
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