Governor Mitch Daniels appointed Thomas Easterly, former Bethelman Steel executive to the head of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, in spite of the fact that Mr. Easterly oversaw the creation of a large toxic waste dump less than 100 feet from Lake Michigan.
I have always felt that elected officials should act in the best interests of the people who elected them. Mitch Daniels feels that agencies like the IDEM should help corporations spend less on protecting our air and water to make the state more "business friendly". There is no other explanation for Daniels appointing a known polluter to head the IDEM. Any kind of corruption in government is disappointing but allowing companies to pollute our air and water is intolerable.
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