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Originally Posted by arkjarhead
What has Mitch followed through on? Selling you alls infrastructe up their? Anyway. I'm starting to think TN is going to take Michigan's spot as being the "automotive state" so to speak. There have been a few plants open in the last couple of years in the TN,MS,AR areas.
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Actually no infrastructure has been sold. The Indiana Toll Road is on a 75 year lease for $3.8 billion. The State of Indiana is currently collecting $543,243 PER DAY on the interest alone. This money is being funneled back into the highways all across the state. The toll road has been improved and for the first time tolls can be collected electronically through the EZ Pass system. The company that leases the toll road is also giving the state $5 million to build a new state police post along the road as well as an additional $6 million for additional troopers to patrol the highway.
This arrangement is not unique just to Indiana. The City of Chicago formed the first lease of an existing tollway with a private company who also has foreign ties. The Chicago Skyway was leased out for $1.83 dollars for a 99 year lease in January 2005. Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are also interested in forming such leases on their toll roads.
As for other accomplishments, Indiana has landed several new large scale businesses in the past few years including Honda (Greensburg), WellPoint (Boone Co), Getrag (Tipton), Nestle (Anderson), and Advance Auto distribution center (Remington).
I don't agree with everything the guy has done but one thing's for sure, he did what he said he was going to do in the campaign. That holds alot of water these days.