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Today’s episode of The Rob Kendall Show opens with Rob discussing the FBI raid on Andy Card’s Westfield home and business. Rob says Card has played a major role in large Indiana sports developments, including the Pacers Athletic Center in Westfield, and that federal officials confirmed court-authorized law enforcement activity at Card’s home and business on July 16. Rob frames the story as part of a broader warning about government getting involved in sports complexes, fieldhouses, and other projects it is not equipped to manage. Rob explains that reporting has tied the investigation to a Florida home and a Mishawaka city-financed fieldhouse project. Court documents allege Card fraudulently used money from the $38 million Mishawaka Fieldhouse project to help pay for a $6.6 million waterfront home on Marco Island. Rob says these types of public-private sports deals are nearly impossible for regular taxpayers to track, especially when financing involves tax increment financing, grants, and complex agreements. The discussion also turns to Rob’s larger argument that local government should focus on basic responsibilities like roads, bridges, sidewalks, water, sewer, public safety, and caring for the most vulnerable. He says stadiums, rec centers, swimming pools, amphitheaters, and similar projects fall outside what government should be doing. Rob argues that when government branches into areas it cannot properly oversee, taxpayers face unnecessary risk and officials end up partnering with private actors they may not be capable of monitoring. Another segment focuses on school board races and why Democrats keep winning them in heavily Republican communities. Rob says the reason is simple: school board candidates do not have to identify by party the way candidates for most other Indiana offices do. He argues school boards should not get special treatment because they are often the largest taxing entity, receive enormous state funding, and employ large numbers of people in their communities. Rob says last year’s Republican-backed reform was watered down because candidates can choose whether to declare a party, but are not required to do so. He points to Capital Chronicle numbers showing that of 1,043 school board candidates, 515 declared no affiliation or called themselves nonpartisan, while only 66 identified as Democrats. Rob argues that proves many Democrats are still hiding their affiliation in Republican communities, and that voters will keep getting the same results unless they demand more transparency and accountability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices