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Slocumb, Roberts:
Memo to public officials: Cops vote!
One of the ironies that becomes apparent when speaking with law enforcement officers is their reluctance to base their votes on pocketbook issues that impact them and their families. We have long tended to back law-and-order candidates, the death penalty, conservative judges and tougher sentencing. Less importance, it seems, is accorded a commitment to collective bargaining, overtime, due process for law enforcement officers and myriad other issues directly affecting our pocketbooks and working environment. The trend continues. This year, with the support of many peace officers in Indiana, a new Governor was elected. Inaugurated on Jan. 10, Gov. Mitch Daniels’ first order of business on his first full day in office was to repeal an executive order giving state employees collective bargaining and voiding the labor agreements reached by the prior governor. ...
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