About the Honda hiring restrictions

From The Herald Bulletin this past Thursday: Honda hiring ‘doesn’t pass the smell test’:

"State Sen. Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, plans to seek legislation that will prevent the hiring practices announced by Honda for its new Decatur County plant."

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“I don’t think it’s fair to discriminate based on where someone lives,” said Rep. Scott Reske, D-Pendleton. “That doesn’t pass the smell test.”

Reske agreed that the incentives Honda received compelled the automaker to accept all Hoosier applicants. He said, too, that the counties in the Honda zone don’t have large black populations, save for Marion County.

“I thought redlining had been outlawed,” Reske said, referring to illegal banking policies that prevent blacks from getting loans.

Ollie Dixon, Anderson City Councilman, agreed, saying that 96 percent of the population of the Honda counties outside Marion is white

This is from Taking Down Words' post commenting on John Ketzenberger's article in the Indianapolis Star:

But that would require economic development professionals who actually know what they're doing, study deals that have been done elsewhere and make sure all Hoosiers are included before shipping off millions of dollars in incentives. In short, it would be hard work. And the Guv would actually have to think two steps beyond the glitzy announcement. Heaven forbid.

See Looking Back: IEDC Doesn't Mind, Didn't Know About Honda Hiring Policy and read the comments, too.

Seems the State of Indiana had no idea of the hiring limitation and sounds like it would not have complained about the hiring limitation. But don't the tax dollars financing the incentives come from all over the State of Indiana?

Reading the comments on H-B site and on Taking Down Words makes me think that there is a problem with Indiana's educational system - too many do not see the connection between our tax dollars funding the incentives given to Honda.

The Daniels' crew gave incentives with money drawn from the entire state so that Honda could hire from a select area. Now that deal is done but will Daniels be in such a rush to produce jobs that he brag about next year that this kind of financial mismanagement will continue?

Also take a look at this article on Taking Down Words: You And You, But Not You: Honda Hiring Policy Draws Fire From Lawmakers