DeLaney comments on IEDC request for additional LEAP funding

Today, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation requested an additional $97 million for the LEAP District from the State Budget Committee. The IEDC plans to use this funding for site strategies, continued infrastructure investments and to purchase more acreage. 

State Rep Ed. DeLaney released the following statement regarding the IEDC’s request: 

“It’s absurd. They’re presenting the taxpayers with a blank check, and they’re asking the legislators to sign it. They haven’t identified the total cost of the LEAP project. I’m not in the business of buying something when I haven’t seen the price tag. The answers they gave weren’t sufficient. It’s our duty as legislators to monitor how public money is spent. We have no mechanism to do that.  

“It’s time we stop acting at the speed of a business and act like a state. Let’s protect the interests of the public. I’m glad that they’ve put a pause on the LEAP pipeline discussion until we have ample research. Let’s do that with the whole project. ”