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>>GERRY: EACH WEEK A GROUP OF
INSIDERS JOINS ME TO OFFER
PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF THE
WEEK'S TOP STORIES.

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THIS WEEK SOUNDING OFF ON INDY
HOSTING TWO HIGH PROFILE
CONFERENCES: CYBERTECH MIDWEST
AND THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE.

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JOINING ME ARE VETERAN
STRATEGIES INC. PRESIDENT AND
CEO ROBERT VANE, BECK
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PRESIDENT

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LARA BECK AND MARIAN
UNIVERSITY'S SENIOR VICE
PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF FRED
KLIPSCH EDUCATORS COLLEGE KENITH

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BRITT.
WELCOME!
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> AND WE WILL START WITH THE

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CONVENTION BUSINESS THIS WEEK A
GOOD EXAMPLE AND A BIT OF
EXAMPLE WITH THE DIVERSITY OF
CONFERENCES.

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WE HAD CYBERTEK MIDWEST
CONFERENCE, WHICH IS A BIG
GLOBAL CONFERENCE AND THIS IS
ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES IN THE

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UNITED STATES REALLY FOCUSED ON
CYBER SECURITY, DEFENSE, A LOT
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES AS YOU LOOK AT

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THAT 1300 REGISTERED AND A WIN
FOR INDIANA.
>> WE CAN DRAW MORE BUSINESSES
TO THRIVE HERE IN THE CITY AND

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YOU THINK ABOUT CYBERSECURITY
AND ALL THE DIFFERENT REACHES
WE'VE HAD IN RECENT YEARS.
AND IT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE

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OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND
FINDS -- SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON
THE GROWTH WE'VE SEEN IS
INCREDIBLE.

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>> SO ALL THE INFORMATION THAT
CAME OUT FROM THE INDUSTRY A
3 MILLION PERSON GAP IN TERMS OF
JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS.

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SO A HUGE NEED AND WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT INDIANA AND
YOU'VE GOT THE ROLLS ROYCE
PERDUE PARTNERSHIP AND THE

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SPORTS ELEMENT AND ALL COMING
DOWN TO THE SAME TIME THAT
ROBERT MULLER WAS TESTIFYING
ABOUT CONCERNS WITH OUR ELECTION

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SECURITY GOING FORWARD.
SO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IS OUT
IN FRONT BECAUSE THEY ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT HOSTILE NATION

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TAKE OVER, BUT IT IS HEARTENING
THEY ARE HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS
BECAUSE THERE'S GREAT LESSONS
LEARNED HERE.

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>> OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CYBERSECURITY AND
DEFENSE ASSETS THAT ARE HERE AS
WELL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE

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STATE REALLY FEEL THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE INVESTMENT
IN JOBS.
>> IT IS AND IT'S THE EXACT KIND

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OF JOBS YOU WANT BUT A LOT OF
THESE JOBS NEED TO START WITH
GREAT SCHOOL EDUCATION AND YOU
HAVE A COLD SPRING SCHOOL WHICH

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GOT ITS CERTIFICATION AS PART OF
THE IPS NETWORK AND ALSO
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WOMEN INTO
AND SOME OF OUR FORMER CLIENTS

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HAVE BEEN INVOLVED HEAVILY IN
THE TECH FIELD, SO STEM
EDUCATION FIRST THEN FIGHT THE
CYBER TERRORIST AS THEY GET

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OLDER.
>> AND AS AN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OR A SECTOR OF THE
ECONOMY IS REAL AND THE CONSUL

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GENERAL FROM CHICAGO CAME DOWN
THIS WEEKEND TALKED ABOUT A
GREAT BUSINESS AND CYBERSECURITY
AS TWO KEY ISSUES AND THOSE ARE

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AREAS WHERE INDIANA IS TRYING TO
MAKE A NAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND WE ARE MAKING
GREAT STRIDES AND I THINK WHEN

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YOU DO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MISSIONS IT CAN BE HARD TO
DEFEND THOSE WHEN YOU ARE AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL MAKING THOSE

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TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SHOW THIS IS WHAT
WE GET.
>> ANOTHER BIG CONFERENCE THIS

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WEEK THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR ITS
CONFERENCE THE FIRST TIME IN 25
YEARS THAT THE URBAN LEAGUE HAD

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BEEN IN THE CIRCLE CITY AND I
THINK AS YOU LOOK AT THE IMPACT
ANYWHERE 5-$10 MILLION OF
ECONOMIC IMPACT BUT TO HAVE THE

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TOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE BEING IN
HERE AND FOCUSED ON INDIANAPOLIS
THAT HAS SOME BENEFIT.

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>> AGAIN ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT WITH
INDIANAPOLIS IT IS DIFFERENT
TODAY THAN IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO.
INDIANAPOLIS IS A MUCH STRONGER

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CITY MUCH MORE VIBRANT SO THE
URBAN LEAGUE UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF TONY DOES A
PHENOMENAL JOB WITH TENS OF

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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE
HERE WATCHING THOSE PRESIDENTIAL
CONVERSATIONS AND HOPEFULS IS
PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

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YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THE GREAT
EXPERIENCE WE HAD IN DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS.
>> IT'S FASCINATING BECAUSE

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WHERE YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE AS A COUNTRY AND THE FOCUS
OF THIS CONFERENCE IN TERMS OF A
NIKKEI -- ADDRESSING ECONOMIC

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DISPARITY IN THE RACIAL DIVIDE,
INDIANA HAS LONG BEEN AT THE
CENTER OF THAT RECONCILIATION
PROCESS AND TO HAVE THAT HERE IN

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OUR CITY REALLY SPEAKS TO HOW
WELCOMING WE ARE BUT IT ALSO
SPEAKS TO WHAT WE ARE PART OF
THIS DISCUSSION AND PART OF THE

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COMMUNITY DOES IT WELL AS WE CAN
MOVING FORWARD.
SO I THINK THAT IS INCREDIBLY
STRONG BECAUSE IT BUILDS ON THIS

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LEGACY OF THE URBAN LEAGUE THAT
STARTED WITH SAM JONES AND GOING
BACK BEFORE THAT.
>> FOR THAT EXPOSURE.

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>> I AGREE ABOUT TONY MASON HE
IS PHENOMENAL AND YOU MENTIONED
THE URBAN LEAGUE WITHOUT JOEL
THE FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR WHO IS

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PHENOMENAL AND A WATERSHED
LEADER IN THIS.
>> ALSO NEWS THAT REALLY MADE
HEADLINES OF WE AGO WE THOUGHT

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WE WOULD TALK ABOUT AND THAT IS
THE CHANGE IN THE DOWNTOWN HOTEL
PLAN THE ORIGINAL PLAN CALLED
FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE

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CONVENTION CENTER 1400 ROOMS AND
THE MAYOR ALTERED THOSE FENCING
GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE
CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION AND

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THE 800 ROOM HOTEL AND WAIT AND
SEE BASED ON DEMAND WHERE THE
NEXT HOTEL COMES IN.
>> I THINK THAT SHOWS THAT'S THE

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KIND OF LEADER THE MAYOR IS.
HE IS INCREDIBLY PRAGMATIC AND
LESSONS TO ALL SIDES AND HE
REALLY ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS

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AND HE LOOKS AT IT FROM BOTH THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE COMMUNITY
IMPACT AND THE OVERALL PLANNING
ASPECT OF IT SO I THINK HE MADE

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THE RIGHT CALL.
>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE
HOWEVER, IF WE ARE GOING TO
COMPETE WITH PLACES LIKE ATLANTA

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WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE HOTEL
SPACE, THAT'S A GIVEN AND YOU
LOOK AT JEN KOHN IT'S A MAJOR
CONFERENCE AND LOOK AT THE

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SECONDARY MARKET HOTEL STAYS
IT'S AIRBNB.
YOU CAN LOOK RIGHT NOW IT'S
80 PERCENT OF THE AIRBNB MARKET

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HAS COMPLETELY FAILED DURING JEN
KOHN SO THE MARKET IS THERE, THE
DEMAND IS THERE AND IT WILL HAVE
TO HAPPEN IF WE WANT TO COMPETE.

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>> YOUR TAKE ON IT BECAUSE YOU
ARE ON THE BOARD SO YOU HAVE A
DOG IN THE FIGHT, SO TO SPEAK
BUT HOW DO YOU RESPOND BECAUSE

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THERE ARE PEOPLE ON ONE HAND SAY
IT'S GOOD TO LISTEN AND HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION, BUT ON THE
OTHER HAND, WE NEED TO BE MORE

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AGGRESSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO
BUSINESS AND THE CONVENTION.
>> LIKE I'VE SAID MANY TIMES I
AGREE.

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SHE IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> WELL SAID.
VERY GOOD.
OTHER NEWS ON A SERIOUS NOTE AND

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POSITIVE BUT I GUESS YOU CALL IT
MIXED NEWS OPIOIDS DEATHS
DROPPED THE IU PUBLIC POLICY
INSTITUTE FOR HELP AND JUSTICE

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RESEARCH SHOWED A DECREASE BUT
STILL THOSE NUMBERS ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO OPIOIDS VERY
HIGH.

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>> IT'S STAGGERING AND WE SHOULD
BE PLEASED AT THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS HAS INCREASED OVER LAST
YEAR AND IT WAS PART OF THE

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GOVERNOR'S AGENDA WHEN HE FIRST
TOOK OVER.
I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED

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ON THIS, BUT SINCE 2010 THE
NUMBERS ARE STILL THREE TIMES
HIGHER THIS YEAR THEN WHAT THEY
WERE AT THAT POINT SO WE HAVE TO

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CONTINUE FOCUSING ON PREVENTION
AND TREATMENT IF WE GET
ANYWHERE.
>> THERE'S A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT

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BECAUSE THERE'S MORE
INTERVENTION AS WELL AS PEOPLE
HAVE ACCESS TO NARCAN WHEN THEY
ARE IN THAT SITUATION.

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IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WE
CONTINUE TO MAKE A DENT IN IT
BUT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE
FACT THERE ARE OTHER DRUGS OUT

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THERE THAT ARE OUT THERE AND
WE'VE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE
BALL.
>> ON THE STATE LEVEL THE

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GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR HAS
BEEN A REAL PUSH DO YOU THINK
THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT STARTING
TO GET TRACTION ON THIS THING?

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>> TO THE POINT JUST A FEW
SECONDS AGO GOVERNOR HOLCOMB
SEES THIS AS SOMETHING NO
GOVERNOR EITHER AS GOVERNOR OR

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BEFORE GOVERNOR HAS TRAVELED THE
STATE AS MUCH IS ERIC HOLCOMB.
YOU SEEN ALL THIS FIRSTHAND
THROUGHOUT THE HUGER STATE AND

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FOR HIM TO BE SO PROACTIVE AND
TAKE A BIT OF A RISK BECAUSE YOU
ARE BANKING A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR
FUTURE AND YOUR TIME AS GOVERNOR

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ON INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL BEHAVIOR
AND THAT'S A TOUGH BET BUT KUDOS
TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
>> 30 SECONDS BUT CULTS CAMP

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OPENS UP THIS WEEK SO FOOTBALL
IS NOT FAR AWAY.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE FINAL WORDS.
I KNOW YOU ARE HOPING FOR A

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GREAT SEASON BUT IS THIS ANOTHER
VALIDATION I GUESS?
WESTFIELD HAS A TEN YEAR
CONTRACT.

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>> I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM COME TO
THE EAST SIDE BUT A GIRL CAN
DREAM.
I JUST AM REALLY HELPFUL THAT

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THEY CAN DO WELL BECAUSE IT
SUPER BOWL.
SUPER BOWL.
>> VERY GOOD, LARA BECK, ROBERT