The Indianapolis Business Journal reported on the plan with Schellinger rolls out economic development plan:
"Democratic candidate for governor Jim Schellinger wants to base economic development on a bottom-up style that includes work-force training, small-business advancement and pushing green jobs and buildings."
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Earlier this month, his primary election challenger, Jill Long Thompson, called for focusing economic development policy on broad issues that include tax incentives, reforming health care and education policy.
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He proposes increasing educational opportunities for the disadvantaged by adding $1 million in state funding for advanced manufacturing training through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. He also would open unused space in state university, community college or technical classrooms for anyone receiving unemployment benefits and whose income is less than three times the federal poverty level.
Schellinger aims to address the shortage of nurses with a $1 million scholarship and student-loan-forgiveness fund. And he proposes spending up to $7 million more annually on state-administered adult education.
A new "Office of Small Business Advancement" would be staffed by professionals to help small-company owners find tax incentives, federal assistance and access to local business incubators. The office also would help create health care insurance pools that small businesses could join in order to lower their premiums
Meanwhile, Taking Down Words published Part One: Schellinger Releases Jobs Plan, Focuses On Worker Training (and do read the comments there) and Out Of Touch: Reality, Meet Guv. Guv, Meet Reality. Go Have A Chat.
I have yet to make up my mind on the governor's race but that is because I fervantly believe that anyone would be better than Their Man Mitch.
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