I wonder where Kelly thinks Indiana has been in the last 20 years. The Hoosier State has one of the best business environments in the country (CNBC), has the region's best-rated infrastructure (also CNBC), and levies the lowest income tax, with a flat rate of 2.9%.

Letters: I have been a Republican for 51 years. Indiana Republicans embarrass me.

Republican governors pushed through road projects, including investments to complete Interstate 69, US 31 and more – investments without increasing the gasoline tax for 10 years. Indiana's roads have improved greatly since I was a student and statehouse reporter in central Indiana.

This change came after 16 years of stagnant democratic rule from 1989 to 2005.

Of course there are some challenges. Former Gov. Mitch Daniels' big moves lasted just ten years, and the Republican-led Assembly is now reliant on double taxes on gasoline and diesel. But voters seem to like the move to lower income taxes — they continue to vote with a GOP supermajority.