03/18/2011 - Indiana Democrats call on Mitch Daniels to cooperate in IBM lawsuit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2011

Indiana Democrats call on Mitch Daniels to cooperate in IBM lawsuit
Privatizing social services was priority for Governor -- until it backfired

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Democratic Party Chair Dan Parker issued the following statement in response to news that Gov. Mitch Daniels and his top adviser are trying to keep themselves out of the legal mess they created after awarding a $1 billion contract to privatize the state's welfare system -- and then having to cancel the contract after the deal left thousands of the neediest Hoosiers without adequate services.

"Mitch Daniels has no right -- absolutely no right -- to hide behind immunity when he came up with the privatization idea, awarded the contract to his buddies and then watched them drive the bus off a cliff at a tremendous cost to our neediest citizens," Parker said. "The court needs to understand that there's a huge difference between a Governor being dragged into every lawsuit and a Governor single-handedly creating the basis for the lawsuit through his reckless actions."

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