Senate District 30 -- Is the Democrat challenger Todd DeGroff well enough to hold office and why Teresa Lubbers won't debate Steve Keltner

Hat tip to Gary Welsh at Advance Indiana for asking the question concerning Todd DeGroff's health and fitness to serve district #30 in the state senate. Advance Indiana tell us that Todd DeGroff was too ill to attend a recent campaigning event in Washington Township and that his wife spoke in his place.

We're not sure what grave illness DeGroff suffers, but his wife said he was hospitalized for an internal "infection" the night she spoke in his place. We've heard from more than one eyewitness that DeGroff was seen with a beeper used by patients awaiting organ transplants, although we've not been able to confirm that DeGroff is on a transplant list.

We reported in late August that incumbent Senator Teresa Lubbers knows of DeGroff's illness and has not publicly disclosed her challenger is too sick to hold office. In fact, she went to DeGroff and begged him to stay in the race instead! Why would Senator Lubbers beg her her ill (now hospitalized) opponent to stay in the race?

The answer is that she fears facing challenger Steve Keltner in a two-way race. So much so, that Teresa Lubbers cancelled a previous pledge to debate.

The third party challenger Steve Keltner plans to back many new winning ideas. He plans to reduce the cost of government by bringing down insurance costs, he will work with other legislators to introduce an innovative gun crime law that has drastically reduced crime in Florida, he will support property tax caps only as a step toward PROPERTY TAX REPEAL, and he will support much needed education reform.

Senate District 30 cannot afford another term with Teresa Lubbers. She has shown herself to be an out-of-touch elitist who serves politics and not the people in her district.