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TODAYS ITINERARY OF PRESIDENT TRUMPS VISIT TO EVANSVILLE
TODAYS ITINERARY OF PRESIDENT TRUMPS VISIT TO EVANSVILLE
President Trump plane will land at the Evansville Airport between 5:25 to 5;50 CST.
He will be escorted by the Secret Service and local law enforcement officials to the Ford Center.
He will be attending a private campaign fundraiser at the Old National Bank Plaza once he settles in. This private fundraiser will offer the attendees the options of participating in a small roundtable discussion for a $25,000 donation, getting your photo taken with the President for a $10,000 donation or for a $1,000 donation you can attend a private reception hosted by the President in honor of United States Senatorial candidate Mike Braun.
Around 7:05 CST the President will be escorted to the Ford Center for the political rally.
Tentative plans are that Mr. Trump will leave the Ford Center around 8:05 CST to board his plane and fly back to Washington. DC.
Otters overpower Grizzlies to move into tie for second wild card
The Evansville Otters blasted three home runs to power their way to a 10-6 victory over the Gateway Grizzlies on Wednesday night at GCS Ballpark and moved into a tie with the Florence Freedom for the second wild card spot in the Frontier League.
Evansville broke through with two runs in the top of the third inning to take the lead. David Cronin hit a solo homer, his third of the season, and was immediately followed by Ryan Long with another solo home run, his twelfth of the year.
Hunter Cullen smashed a two-run homer, his third on the year, to give the Otters a 4-0 lead in the top of the fifth.
Trae Santos hit a three-run homer to bring the Grizzlies to within a run in the bottom of the fifth.
J.J Gould plated the fifth run of the game for the Otters with a sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth.
The Otters then broke the game open with five runs in the top of the ninth. Jeff Gardner plated a run with a double and was followed by a two-run single from Carlos Castro. Gould capped off the frame with a two-run single to raise his RBI total to three on the game.
Gateway plated three runs in the bottom half of the frame, but ultimately the Otters prevailed 10-6.
Tyler Beardsley picks up the win for the Otters, his fifth on the year. Beardsley went six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, two walks and six strikeouts.
Joe Hauser takes the loss for Gateway. Hauser went 5.2 innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on nine hits and one strikeout.
Garrett Harris is credited with the save, his first of the year for Evansville. Harris threw the final three innings, allowing three runs on four hits while striking out two.
The Otters will now go for the sweep of the series tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. at GCS Ballpark.
“READERS FORUM” AUGUST 30, 2018
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Trump Rally Shines Spotlight On Evansville
Trump Rally Shines Spotlight on Evansville
AUGUSTÂ 30TH, 2018 
JEFF GOLDBERG EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
When President Donald Trump touches down in Evansville on Thursday it will be a big moment for the city. With the President’s every move watched closely, all eyes will be on Evansville.
Some folks are hopeful this will raise the profile for the City of Evansville. With many new and improving signature events, this Make America Great Again rally serves as the cherry on top.
Evansville Convention and Visitor Bureau executive director Joe Taylor already has a list of talking points to go over with the major players coming into town. He hopes to leverage this into more opportunities down the line.
Evansville could also see a political bump from the rally. Trump will be in town in part to stump for Republican Senate Candidate Mike Braun. With the folks in Washington likely to be watching, they may start to think about Evansville as a hub for politics.
Indiana Chamber Won’t Endorse in U.S. Senate Race
Indiana Chamber Won’t Endorse in U.S. Senate Race
AUGUSTÂ 30TH, 2018 Tyrone MORRIS INDIANA
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is rebuffing an organization tradition. For the first time in 10 years, the organization will not endorse a Senate candidate.
Republican businessman Mike Braun is trying to up-seat incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly.
The midterm election will determine the balance of power in Washington. The Indiana Chamber’s Congressional Affairs Committee has always endorsed the Republican Senate candidate in the past: Dan Coats in 2010, Richard Mourdock in 2012 and Sen. Todd Young in 2016. In all three elections, there wasn’t an incumbent running.
However, this year, the Chamber chose not to endorse either candidate.
The Chamber says business leaders throughout the state interviewed both candidates and found issues with the public policy stances of both.
Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Continues Push For Hate Crimes Law
Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Continues Push For Hate Crimes Law
By State Rep. Cherrish Pryor
For TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS—The fight to pass legislation punishing those who commit hate crimes is not a new one in Indiana.
What has gained attention is the small, but growing number of Republican lawmakers in the Indiana General Assembly who find themselves drawn toward supporting hate crimes legislation, no doubt because of the constant stream of incidents committed by people who simply don’t like others because of the way they look or their faith or their gender or their sexual orientation.
For minority legislators in Indiana, however, this battle has been a lengthy one, led by members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, who have spoken loudly and eloquently on the need to pass a hate crimes law.
Painting symbols of hate at a synagogue in Carmel, Indiana, was merely the latest in a lengthy series of hateful acts that have stretched through the years.
Since 1999, there have been more than 30 attempts to pass legislation to deal with bias crimes or hate crimes in Indiana.
In that time, there has been no greater champion for correcting this injustice than state Rep. Gregory W. Porter, D-Indianapolis. For more than 15 years, his agenda has consistently included some type of proposal to punish hate crimes in our state.Â
Indeed, it is because of Rep. Porter that we have a law on the books that requires law enforcement across our state to report information on crimes that have been caused by the color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion or sexual orientation of the person affected by the crime.
That happened in 2000. Since that time, IBLC members have made numerous attempts to put teeth behind a hate crimes law. Those efforts have been made by stalwart champions like state Rep. Bill Crawford, D-Indianapolis, and state Sens. Cleo Washington, D-South Bend, and Glenn Howard, D-Indianapolis.
In recent times, Rep. Porter has been joined in his efforts by state Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis. These two gentlemen have engaged in the seemingly Sisyphean task of convincing a legislature controlled by Republicans that Indiana should not be one of five states without a hate crimes law on its books.
Yet these gentlemen have endured and slowly but surely, the sheer weight of common sense in the face of injustice has started to bring more lawmakers into their camp. Whereas once it would have seemed impossible for Republican lawmakers to put their name on hate crimes legislation, we are seeing fine-minded public servants like state Sen. Sue Glick, R-LaGrange, become champions of this cause.
And now, as we move toward the 2019 session of the Indiana General Assembly, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has announced his support for a hate crimes law.
Of course, this is a positive step forward, but it must be said that many roadblocks remain in the path of making this law become reality. In the past, the introduction of a hate crimes law has been greeted with great attention and declarations of support, only to lose steam as legislators begin to equivocate in the face of resistance. These folks begin to talk about hate crimes being covered under existing case law when the reality of the situation is that they would just as soon not deal with this issue.
But their intransigence will not succeed in the face of the persistence shown by leaders like Rep. Porter and Sen. Taylor.
A hate crimes law is coming. Count on it.
FOOTNOTE: State Rep. Cherrish Pryor is a Democrat from Indianapolis and serves as chair of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus.
