Statehouse Happenings: The Destruction of Competency in State Government

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On this week's Statehouse Happenings, Rob Kendall, Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, and Jim Merritt take a look at a few of the recent antics from some of Indiana's statewide office holders and explore if the need to make headlines is hurting the competency of governance from their offices.

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2:02.8	Robbie?
2:03.8	25 years ago, that's right.
2:05.3	I shot 200 at the Quail Creek golf course, July the 12th, 2000.
2:09.7	And you went by Robbie?
2:10.8	That's right.
2:11.2	Like I went by Jimmy.
2:12.5	It's pretty impressive.
2:14.2	And I went by Abby, so there we go.
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