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“IS IT TRUE” MAY 23, 2019
We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUEâ€Â will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way.
IS IT TRUE that today’s “IS IT TRUE” character drawing is none other than the ‘Chief Of Staff ” of the City-County Observer “Mole Nation?” …we call him “Mole #1”? …that “Mole #1 is in charge of 143 “CCO Moles?”  …that members of the “Mole Nation” are the one who tells us what going on in area politics and business?
IS IT TRUE that the City Of Evansville Computer Information Technology budget is approximately $4 million dollars per year? …we been told by credible sources that the Mayor’s 2020 budget request may recommend the total removal of all of the Computer Information Technology costs from the City of Evansville Departments budgets? …if this budget request is approved by City Council all the City Of Evansville Departmental Computer Information Technology costs will be transferred to the Evansville Water & Sewer Utility Department? …if this proposal is approved does this mean that County residents will be helping Evansville to pay for Computer Information Technology costs?
 Is IT TRUE we wonder why should the Evansville Water And Sewer Department be responsible for paying the Computer Information Technology work done at city departments?  …we also wonder who is paying for the Computer Information Technology costs at all of the Vanderburgh County departments?
IS IT TRUE that the City of Evansville receives around $7 million dollars a year from the not-for-profit Water and Sewer Utility Department for in lieu of property taxes payments? Â …is this why some people at the Civic Center call the Evansville Water and Sewer Department a “cash cow”?
IT TRUE that the Democrats now only how a 4 t0 3 majority on the Evansville City Council? …the Evansville City Council now have two (2) politically non-partisan members serving on City Council?
IS IT TRUE that SEC and Finra has a  new requirement that Cities over 100,000 population must be using the accrual method of accounting as of December 31, 2019? …until that date, Evansville would remain on the cash method of accounting system which allows the City Controller to present a less than accurate financial report to members of City Council?
IS IT TRUE that at the end of this year the ability for the City of Evansville to continue the financial manipulations of city funds will come to an end? …that all of the hundreds of millions of dollars of debt that have been accumulated by the City of Evansville over many years will have to be consolidated because of the change from the cash to an accrual method of accounting? Â …that this new State mandate requirement is referred to as the “481 Accounting Adjustment” program? Â …that Evansville is the third largest city in Indiana and is the last to convert into the State mandated the accrual method of the accounting system?
IS IT TRUE that we are told that a recommendation from a Florida Golf Professional consultant was to close two (2) of the City’s golf courses? …that McDonald’s Golf Course and Wesselman’s Par 3 may be on the 2020 budget-cutting chopping block?
IS IT TRUE we are told that our local hospitals may be getting more proactive about the collections of overdue hospital bills?
Todays “Readers’ Poll†question is: Are you pleased with the overall progress of Evansville since Mayor Winnecke took office?
Disciplinary Hearing Set For Attorney General Hill
Disciplinary Hearing Set For Attorney General Hill
By Victoria Ratliff
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS—Attorney General Curtis Hill’s disciplinary hearing on accusations that he groped women at an end-of-session legislative party in 2018 has been tentatively scheduled for October.
Hill, a first-term Republican, is facing the potential loss of his license to practice law following a complaint to the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
On Wednesday, former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Myra Selby, who has been appointed to preside over the case, met with attorneys for the disciplinary commission and Hill’s attorneys to set deadlines for pre-hearing details and to schedule the hearing. Hill was not present.
Hill’s private attorneys, James Voyles, and Angie Mahone, with co-counsel Don Lundberg on the phone, and the disciplinary commission attorneys, Seth Pruden and Angie Ordway, told Selby they expected the hearing would last five days. The biggest reason for the length: the potential number of witnesses. Some 56 were interviewed in previous investigations of the incident, and Voyles said Wednesday he expected to call from 18 to 25.
Selby tentatively scheduled it to begin on Oct. 21.
Hill is accused by four women—Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-Munster; Gabrielle McLemore, communications director for Senate Democrats; Samantha Lozano, a legislative assistant for Indiana House Democrats; and Niki DaSilva, a legislative assistant for Indiana Senate Republicans—of inappropriately touching them at an Indianapolis bar during a party celebrating the end of the 2018 legislative session. Hill has denied wrongdoing.
In October, Daniel Sigler, a special prosecutor appointed to look into the allegations, decided against filing charges against Hill. While Sigler said he found the women credible, and that there was no denial by Hill that he’d touched them, Hill disputed the extent of the contact. Sigler cited “significant†alcohol consumption by Hill but said there was no proof he intended to touch the women in a “rude, insolent or angry†manner needed for a battery charge.
The case, however, was resurrected in March when the Supreme Court disciplinary commission filed a 10-page complaint against Hill, accusing him of committing both felony-level and misdemeanor battery while acting “with the selfish motive to arouse his sexual desires.â€
Hill, the commission said, “has denied responsibility for his actions†while shifting his account of what happened.
When confronted by legislative leaders about the conduct at the party, Hill first said he’d had too much to drink, but later said he was not inebriated.
“As the elected Attorney General, (Hill) holds a position of extreme public trust and his office touches on virtually all areas of state government,†the disciplinary committee said. “As a government lawyer, (Hill) has a heightened duty of ethical conduct that is long established in Indiana ethics law.†He has shown no remorse, they said and instead has implied the women “falsified their accounts†or were mistaken.
“The respondent’s conduct caused actual or potential injury to his victims and their future careers by forcing them to choose between reporting his conduct or remaining silent,†according to the complaint.
The potential outcomes for Hill range from being cleared of wrongdoing to a reprimand, suspension of his license to practice law or even disbarment. He faces no criminal penalties and cannot be removed from office as impeachment is up to the legislature. However, Indiana law requires the attorney general to be licensed to practice law in this state.
Even if Hill survives this disciplinary commission action, his legal woes may not be over. The four women filed an intent to pursue a civil case, but so far have not filed a lawsuit.
One thing left unresolved Wednesday was where the hearing will take place. Attorneys for both Hill and the disciplinary commission asked that it be held either in the Indiana Supreme Court in the Statehouse or in a Marion County courtroom in the City-County Building.
“I think we’re open to a conversation, whatever works for everybody,†Voyles said.
A pre-hearing briefing will take place seven days before the hearing begins, with Selby ordering that witness and exhibit lists be submitted by Sept. 6.
FOOTNOTE: Victoria Ratliff is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
“LEFT JAB AND RIGHT JABâ€
“LEFT JAB AND RIGHT JABâ€
“Right Jab And Left Jab†was created because we have two commenters that post on a daily basis either in our “IS IT TRUE†or “Readers Forum†columns concerning National or International issues.
Joe Biden and Ronald Reagan’s comments are mostly about issues of national interest.  The majority of our “IS IT TRUE†columns are about local or state issues, so we have decided to give Mr. Biden and Mr. Reagan exclusive access to our newly created “LEFT JAB and RIGHT JAB† column. They now have this post to exclusively discuss national or world issues that they feel passionate about.
We shall be posting the “LEFT JAB†AND “RIGHT JABâ€Â several times a week.  Oh, “Left Jab†is a liberal view and the “Right Jab is representative of the more conservative views. Also, any reader who would like to react to the written comments of the two gentlemen is free to do so.
The Cost of Your Future Is High After College Graduation
The Cost of Your Future Is High After College Graduation
MAY 22ND, 2019 
AMANDA PORTER INDIANA
Bosse High School students and thousand’s of others are receiving their high school diplomas while preparing to take off on the marathon of life. There are several options after their high school graduation, and either way the price of your future is high. Students are on the track to their own personal success.
“Yes, we are so excited for our graduate. She has done a wonderful job. Not just her, but all the graduates,†says mother Natalee Razor.
Some plan to attend local schools like Ivy Tech, or the University of Southern Indiana. Others are looking to travel or reaching whatever heights they choose.
“Well he wants to be a pilot and stuff, and I think he wants to go to Florida,†says father Brent Irwin.
Healthy support systems are important because college can be stressful, and expensive.
“Well definitely emotionally,†says Razor.
“We want to make sure she is stable enough to go off on her own, or even if she stays here locally.â€
64% of Hoosier graduates enroll in college according to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Those students could be seeing more than $47,000 dollars on average in college debt.
“Of course scholarships. We encourage several applications for scholarships, we also encourage working,†says Razor.
While the steps on students journeys aren’t yet known, many say they are hopeful and have faith in the future.
“Is debt a worry for you guys?†says 44News reporter Amanda Porter.
“No,†says Irwin.
“We will be fine with that. And he’s made a bunch of friends, and a bunch of them are graduating here.â€
Surely whatever effort was put into themselves has the potential for expansion.
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AG Curtis Hill Leads 18-State Effort To Resist Public-Nuisance Lawsuits
Attorney General Curtis Hill argued in a brief filed this month that the cities of San Francisco and Oakland should not be able to use the common law of “public nuisance†to force five fossil fuel companies to pay for the harms the cities say the companies created by contributing to global climate change.
“The issues surrounding climate change and its effects — and the proper balance of regulatory and commercial activity — present political questions that cannot be resolved by judicial decree,†Attorney General Hill said. “Indeed, were the court to intervene here it would trample Congress’s carefully calibrated process of cooperative federalism, in which states work in tandem with the EPA to administer the federal Clean Air Act.â€
Leading an 18-state coalition, Indiana filed its amicus brief on May 17. In the brief, Attorney General Hill urged the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the State of California on behalf of the two cities against the five named companies.
“States have an especially strong interest in this case because the list of potential defendants is limitless,†Attorney General Hill said. “As utility owners, power plant operators, and significant users of fossil fuels, states and their political subdivisions themselves may be future defendants in similar actions. Our amicus brief should send a loud message that the rest of the nation will not stand idle while California tries to become its own regulatory empire.â€
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