Bush Legacy Tour

INDIANAPOLIS, IN-Despite the hot, muggy, day we had a great event Monday in Indianapolis! We could not have asked for more energetic organizers on the ground. Lettie Oliver from the Central Labor Council did an excellent job of putting together the event and getting people out to see the bus. Several local labor leaders came out to speak and support the bus. Ken Zeller, the President of the Indiana AFL-CIO, seemed to know just about every person that happened to walk by and was a terrific spokesperson for the bus. Labor leaders David Warrick and Charles Clark did a great job of helping to rally the troops and get passer-bys on board.  They both seem to have their allegiances to the working people of Indiana because they declined my offer for them to come on the tour permanently and help draw a crowd! 

We were parked right in front of the State Capitol steps. We had two State Representatives come out of their offices and come on board the bus. Bill Crawford, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and Representative Greg Porter, Chairman of Education both loved the bus and said they want us to come back to Indiana ASAP. 

We had numerous government workers come out from the local office buildings to see the bus. Everyone I talked to expressed that we desperately need a change in Indiana and the entire US. At one point a gentleman looked me in the eye and said, “All you are doing is telling the truth.”

During the event, there was a man taking photos of the bus and of the people going in and out, who never identified himself as being from the press. I was later told that he works for the Republican Governor Mitch Daniels and was likely sent down to take photos of the government workers who came down to support the bus.

I don’t know what the appropriate punishment would be for a government employee who exercises both freedom of speech and assembly during their lunch-break! Hopefully it is not too severe. I sincerely hope that if that actually was an undercover photographer from the Governor’s office that he was on his lunch break as well and was not using Indiana tax dollars to spy on its own citizens.