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Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab†February 3, 2021
Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jabâ€Â was created because we have a couple of commenters that post on a daily basis either in our “IS IT TRUE†or “Readers Forumâ€Â columns concerning local, state, national, or international issues.
The majority of our “IS IT TRUE†columns are about local or state issues, so we have decided to give our more opinionated readers exclusive access to our newly created “LEFT JAB and Middle Jab and RIGHT JAB† column. They now have this post to exclusively discuss local, state, national, or world issues that they feel passionate about.
We shall be posting the “LEFT JAB†AND “MIDDLE JAB†AND “RIGHT JABâ€Â 7 days a week.  Oh, “LEFT JAB†is a liberal view, “MIDDLE JAB†is the libertarian view and the “RIGHT JAB is representative of the more conservative views. Also, any reader who would like to react to the written comments in this column is free to do so.
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HAPPENINGS AT THE VANDERBURGH COUNTY GOP
Central Committee:
   Wayne Parke, Chairman
Mary Jo Kaiser, Political Director
                     Dottie Thomas, Vice Chairman
                         Lon Walters, Secretary
   Farley Smith, Treasurer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
What:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â GOP Caucus for Office of German Township Trustee Board
Where:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 815 John St., Ste. 110, Evansville, Indiana Evansville
When:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tuesday, February 2, 2021Â at 6:00Â PMÂ (doors open at 5:30Â PM)
Where:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 815 John St., Ste. 110, Evansville, Indiana Evansville
When:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tuesday, February 2, 2021Â at 6:00Â PMÂ (doors open at 5:30Â PM)
As Chairman of the Vanderburgh County Republican Party, I am calling a Republican German Township Caucus to be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 6:00 PM.
The purpose of the Caucus is to fill the vacancy on the German Township Trustee Board. This position is vacant due to the election of Board member Frank Peterlin to the Trustee position.
Any person interested in filing for this vacant trustee board position must reside in German Township, must complete a CEB-5 and CAN-12 forms, and have submitted these forms to Wayne Parke, Republican Party Chairman, prior to 4:00 PM Friday, January 29, 2021. Only German Township Precinct Committeemen will be allowed to vote to fill this position. The ONLY proxy allowed is the Vice-Committeeman who can vote in the absence of the Precinct Committeemen.Â
At the Caucus, each candidate will be permitted to have someone make a two-minute nomination speech and the candidate will be given three minutes to tell the PCs why they are the best candidate.
Wayne Parke
Chairman, VCRP
Chairman, VCRP
815 John St.
Suite 110
Evansville IN 47713
Years in the Making
After several years of planning and months of recruitment and interviews, it was a true joy to help kick off the inaugural class of the Indiana Republican Diversity Leadership Series. This has been a long-gestating program that is now underway to grow our party and create meaningful relationships with communities that have not historically been aligned with our party. As we continue to win at every level of government in Indiana, it’s critical that our party attracts new members who are inspired by our message. I’m confident that The Indiana Republican Diversity Leadership Series will help us achieve even greater heights.This week also brought the unwelcome but not surprising news that the new presidential administration will pursue a left-wing agenda. In his first few days in office, Joe Biden halted construction of the Keystone Pipeline and border wall. With a stroke of a pen, Biden killed over 10,000 union jobs, weakened our border security, and paved the way for higher gas prices. The president also approved taxpayer-funded abortions, higher insulin prices, and is banning fracking after saying he wouldn’t. We knew this was coming and it just reinforces that our work as Republicans doesn’t stop. Even though there is no election in Indiana this year, we’re laying the groundwork for our future success in 2022 and 2024.
It’s clear from the opening days of the new administration that Republicans will need to remain united to fight back against the left-wing agenda. Our ideas are better and our track record is better and together we can put conservative leadership back in charge in Washington DC.
Thanks,
Kyle
Mid-Week Musings
January 27, 2021
Executive Orders/Executive Overreach
           Pen manufacturershad to be encouraged by the start of the Biden administration last week as the President signed dozens of Executive Orders ranging from climate accords to COVID immunization. My guess is that the President was as familiar with the content of the orders he signed as some Congressmen were with the contents of the last COVID relief bill. Nevertheless, the President will be signing many more Executive Orders in the near-term reversing Trump-era orders and skirting legislative action.
           Example: the Census Bureau reported on January 21st that, “All work on the immigration status of the population of the United States regarding the 2020 Census was suspended on January 12, 2021.”
           Back home in Indiana, the Indiana General Assembly is about to have its say on executive orders (emergency ones anyway) as it deals with a number of bills introduced this session on the topic. Here is a sample: HB 1121 authored by Jim Lucas (R); HB 1123 authored by Matt Lehman (R); HB 1184 authored by Alan Morrison (R); HB 1244 authored by Ed Clere (R); HB 1250 authored by Chuck Goodrich (R); HB1296 authored by J.D. Prescott (R); HB 1354 authored by Mike Speedy (R); HCR 2 authored by Curt Nisly (R); SB 181 authored by Mike Gaskill  (R); and, SB 256 authored by Aaron Freeman (R). You may also want to look at SB 48 authored by Jim Tomes (R).
The Chief Executive Spoke Last Tuesday
           On Tuesday, January 19th Governor Eric Holcomb delivered his fifth State of the State address, not to a joint session of the General Assembly, but virtually due to the pandemic.
1.       Governor Holcomb outlined Indiana’s strong financial standing which continues to defy all the odds and puts our state in a position to:
·        Increase K-12 funding by $377 million and restore higher education funding by $103 million in the coming year.
·        Pay down $400 million of teacher pension debt.
·        Pay off outstanding bonds and mortgages on I-69 and three state hospitals.
2.       He doubled down on his commitment to making the Hoosier workforce stronger, more inclusive, and more prepared than ever before, including:
·        Building on the past successes of Indiana’s Workforce Ready and Employer Training Grant programs to fill thousands of open job positions.
·        Governor Holcomb is again asking the General Assembly to pass pregnancy accommodations for expecting mothers.
3.       He laid out a strong foundation for modernizing and strengthening Indiana’s infrastructure, including:
·        Completing I-69 from Evansville to Indianapolis, in addition to upgrading US Routes 30 and 31.
·        Expanding on our Next Level Connections program that’s bringing rural broadband to underserved communities.
·        Steaming ahead on two of the nation’s largest public transit rail projects.
4.       Governor Holcomb highlighted how Indiana’s investments in strong public health are paying dividends for Hoosiers:
·        Indiana’s infant mortality rate now stands at an all-time record low.
·        Over 575,000 eligible Hoosiers have scheduled their COVID vaccines.
·        Indiana now leads the nation in adoptions out of foster care.
5.       To close out his speech, Governor Holcomb emphasized the need to modernize our state government so that it works for all Hoosiers by:
·        Outfitting all state police officers with body cameras.
·        Appointing our state’s first Chief Equity, Inclusion, and Opportunity Officer to improve diversity outcomes across state government.
·        Getting Indiana’s diversity dashboard up and running as well as completing an outside review of our state’s law enforcement agencies and academies.
“Despite all the challenges and roadblocks that 2020 threw at us, there’s plenty of reasons for Hoosiers to be hopeful for a stronger, safer, and more stable tomorrow here in Indiana.” Eric Holcomb
The Importance of Taking In a Wide Range of Information
           What’s the value of reading authors and publications with which you disagree? What’s the use in reading only those sources which see things the same as you? Recently, one of our Chairs asked me why the State Party was paying for a newsletter that contained opinions and contributors not always supportive of Republicans. To me, these questions go to the heart of one of our greatest challenges as a party. We have to be willing not just to listen to people with different views from our own, but to really hear what they are saying.  We have to be knowledgeable of all sides of public issues in order to make our case for the positions we take. We have to be able to convince people to support us, not just coerce acceptance of our policies. We can only do that if we are willing to take in a wide range of information to process and use.
Aces overcome 16-point deficit to defeat Crusaders
UE holds Valpo to 18 second-half points
Four University of Evansville men’s basketball players reached double figures in an exciting comeback that saw the Purple Aces overcome a 16-point first half deficit to defeat Valparaiso by a final of 58-51 on Monday night at the Ford Center.
A 19-4 stretch in the first half saw Valparaiso (6-11, 3-5 MVC) open up a 28-12 lead. Evansville (8-8, 6-4 MVC) was able to cut that deficit to nine points at halftime before holding the Crusaders to just 18 second-half points on the way to a 7-point win. Jawaun Newton and Shamar Givance scored 12 points apiece. Newton was an efficient 6-for-8 from the field while Givance was credited with 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Jax Levitch was a perfect 3-for-3 from long range on his way to 11 tallies while Noah Frederking finished with 10 points, all coming in the second half.
“Valparaiso was generating good shots in the first half and they were able to make them. I thought we needed to tighten up defensively and make it more difficult for them,†Aces head coach Todd Lickliter said. “Our guys made a concerted effort to change that and I thought we defended it better and the stats show that. We also got some poise and moved the ball a little more.â€
Valparaiso had the upper hand at the start, jumping out to a 7-2 lead with the Aces converting just one of its first six attempts. Jax Levitch got UE back on track with a 3-pointer to make it a 7-5 game. After a triple by Shamar Givance made it a 9-8 game in favor of the Crusaders, neither team scored for a span of nearly four minutes.
That changed when Daniel Sackey scored five in a row inside of the 12-minute mark. His baskets sent the Crusaders on a 19-4 stretch that saw them open up a 28-12 lead with 5:35 left in the half. They hit seven out of eight attempts in the run while the Aces went cold, hitting two out of seven tries while turning it over five times.
Facing the deficit, the Aces made their way back in the final minutes of the half, chopping off seven points to head to the break trailing by a score of 33-24. In the final minute, a 3-point play by Givance cut the deficit to 11 before Jawaun Newton converted a jumper at the buzzer to get his team back within nine. The El Paso native hit 4 of his 5 attempts in the opening half.
UE continued to close the gap as the second half got under way when triples by Evan Kuhlman and Levitch made it a 37-32 game at the 16:25 mark. A few minutes later, a tip-in by Noah Frederking got Evansville back within a possession at 39-36. Junior Iyen Enaruna had a stretch that got UE within one thanks to a triple before his 3-point play gave Evansville its first lead at 47-45 with five minutes remaining.
Valparaiso quickly tied it up, but with the score knotted at 49-49, the Aces buckled down on every possession to take control of the game. Newton started what would be a 7-0 run with a layup with 3:10 remaining before a Givance steal turned into a 3-pointer by Noah Frederking. Following a Valpo miss, it was Givance connecting on a driving layup to push the lead to seven. The Crusaders got back within five thanks to a Donovan Clay dunk in the final minute, but a pair of Frederking free throws put the game on ice and helped the Aces finalize the 58-51 win.
It was Clay leading the way for the Crusaders with 14 points. He was 7-for-14 from the field. In the first half, VU shot 54.2%, but UE’s defense clamped down in the final 20 minutes, holding them to 18 points on 9-of-24 shooting (37.5%). Valpo was 5-for-8 from outside in the first half, but 0-for-5 in the second. They shot 45.8% on the night with UE finishing at 44.2%. The rebounding battle went Evansville’s way by a 34-24 final.
With the win, the Aces improved to 6-4 in the MVC and 5-1 at home in league games. With the weekend sweep, UE is over the .500 mark in the MVC at this point in the season for the first time since 2016.
Up next for UE is a series at Loyola. The Aces and Ramblers tangle on Saturday, Feb. 6 and Sunday, Feb. 7 with each game set to begin at 1 p.m. inside Gentile Arena.
Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners Meeting Agenda
AGENDA Of The Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners on February 2, 2021 At 3:00 pm, Old National Events Plaza Exhibit Hall A
- Reconvene Emergency Meeting
- Attendance
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Action ItemsÂ
- County Recorder: Contract Extension with Fidlar Technologies
- Rural Broadband Consulting Agreement with MorleyÂ
- Superintendent of County Buildings:Â
- OCH Lease with Artwork Unlimited
- OCH Lease with New Visions Counseling
- Health Department:Â
- COVID-19 Vaccination Report and UpdateÂ
- Patoka Lake Contract for Water Testing
- COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Volunteer Staff Contracts
- Department Head Reports
- New Business
- Old Business
- Consent Items
- Approval of January 19, 2021 Emergency Meeting Minutes
- Employment ChangesÂ
- Burdette Park Vehicle Surplus Request
- County Auditor: Claims Voucher Reports 1/18-1/22/2021 & 1/25-1/29/2021
- Health Department: Request to Roll Over Accrued Time from 2020
- Letter of Support of HB 1426-Rural Broadband Access
- County Engineer:Â
- Department Reports and Claims
- Vehicle Surplus Request
- Public Comment
- Recess Meeting