Brent Waltz Passed Over
August 19th, 2009 at 4:40 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Senate President Pro Tem David Long announced today that Sen. Phil Boots (R-Crawfordsville) will replace Sen. Dennis Kruse as Chairman of the Pensions and Labor Committee. (Kruse recently took over the Education Committee from retired Senator Teresa Lubbers.)
Boots is a member of the Labor committee but was not the ranking majority member who would normally be next in line for chairman. That’s Senator Brent Waltz (R-Greenwood.)
Waltz has a history of going his own way rather than following GOP leadership. Sometimes what goes around, comes around.
Tags: Brent Waltz, David Long, Phil Boots
Only under a system of seniority would Waltz ever be mentioned for his position. He’s out of his depth in the Senate and doesn’t even live in his district.
Beyond his depth? The guy is an eagle scout, a national merit scholar, served with distinction as a County Council President, and has created more jobs in Indiana than Senate leadership ever talked about doing.
Maybe Senate leadership was looking for more of a yes man than someone who represents his district?
Why would anyone willingly subject themselves to chairing a committee that deals with feuding union and the Chamber of Commerce? Phil Boots must have lost a bet.
Samantha: The first three don’t mean squat (especially Johnson County Council president, I wouldn’t brag too much about that), and I’d love to see some examples of the fourth. Look at everyone else that his voters elect (his uncle, the Burton brothers, etc.) Even if he’s better than those guys, that’s not a high bar.
Luke Kenley, he isn’t.
He doesn’t live in his district, he’s anti-gay but makes Richard Simmons look butch, has a thing for older guy/younger guy “mentorships,” and carries a gun to the Statehouse to protect himself from “gay activists.” This guy is a Mark Foley explosion waiting to happen.