“READERS FORUM” MAY 1 2018
We hope that today’s “Readers Forumâ€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?
HERE IS WHATS ON OURÂ MIND TODAY?
In the private sector when a person is accused of illegally taking funds from an existing business to pay personal debts, your arrested for misappropriation of funds.
In Evansville when a person is working at a non-profit business and is accused of illegally taking funds from an existing non-profit business to pay personal debts you’re let go and the former employer wishes you well.
WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?
Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel without GOP Chairman Wayne Parkes support that County Commission Candidates Steve Hammer will lose his primary race?
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Temporary Changes Coming To Evansville Water
EWSU says the yearly temporary switch helps keep proper levels of disinfectant in the water system.
Residents may notice a difference in taste or odor in the tap water during this time. They will switch back around June 11th.
A second switchover will happen in August.
For more information, call 812-428-0568.
AG Curtis Hill Warns Hoosiers To Take ‘Buyer Beware’Approach
AG Curtis Hill Warns Hoosiers To Take ‘Buyer Beware’ Approach When Doing Business With Used Car Dealers
Two recent cases resolved by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) serve as timely reminders to all Hoosiers to exercise extreme caution when purchasing used vehicles. In both scenarios, used car dealers failed to deliver titles and/or provide promised warranties to customers who paid for vehicles.
In Delaware County, Capitol Motors LLC failed to procure warranties for 185 consumers. The business — owned and operated by Naim Mahmoud — advertised that each vehicle it sold came with a 3 month/3,000 mile warranty. Upon selling vehicles, however, the business regularly failed to forward payments to a third-party warranty provider, leaving buyers without warranty coverage. In addition, Capitol Motors failed to deliver valid vehicle titles within 31 days from the date of sale to 22 consumers, leaving those consumers unable to register or legally drive their newly-purchased cars and trucks.
Following a complaint filed against Capitol Motors and Naim Mahmoud by the Office of the Attorney General, a Delaware County Circuit Court judge on March 27 ordered restitution totaling $62,480 for 185 consumers who purchased extended vehicle warranties that they never received. The judgment also provides court-ordered titles for two consumers. The judgment requires the defendants to pay civil penalties of $180,500. The defendants are also ordered to pay the state $450 in costs, producing a total judgment amount of $243,430. Finally, the judgment prohibits defendant Naim Mahmoud from owning, operating or managing another auto dealership in Indiana in the future.
A similar case occurred in Allen County. Shaver Motors of Allen County, Inc., and its owner, John B. Shaver, III, accepted payment from 35 consumers for vehicle service contracts – i.e., warranties – and failed to forward the customers’ money to the warranty provider. This left consumers without the warranty coverage for which they paid. Additionally, Shaver Motors failed to provide titles to multiple customers.
Following a complaint filed by the Office of the Attorney General, a judge with the Allen County Circuit Court on March 26 ordered Shaver Motors of Allen County to pay $65,506.85 in restitution to 37 consumers who purchased extended vehicle warranties that they never received. The defendants also were ordered to pay $3,000 to the state for costs associated with the case. The judgment also provided court-ordered titles for three consumers. In addition, the judgment prohibits defendant John Shaver from owning, operating or managing another auto dealership in Indiana in the future.
The Office of the Attorney General recommends the following tips to help consumers avoid similar situations encountered by the consumers of Capitol Motors and Shaver Motors:
When buying a warranty:
- If a consumer is buying a car from a dealership and purchases a warranty administered by a third party, the consumer should:
- Ensure he or she receives a warranty contract at the time of sale and thoroughly reviews its terms;
- Ask the dealer when it will forward payment to the third-party warranty provider; and
- Contact the warranty provider after the date the dealer stated it would remit payment and ensure the warranty was purchased by the dealership and is active.
- If a consumer pays for a warranty contract and the warranty provider never receives payment from the dealership, the consumer should immediately notify his or her lien holder of the issue. In addition, the consumer should file a complaint with the Attorney General’s office at indianaconsumer.com or by calling 1-800-382-5516.
When awaiting titles for newly-purchased used vehicles:
- Be aware that dealers have 31 days from the date of sale to deliver a valid title.
- Ask either to see the title itself or a copy of the title; at a minimum, request to know the current location of the title.
- Ensure you receive a “dealer title affidavit,†which should be completely filled out and signed by the dealer stating the current location of the title and the date the dealer expects to convey the title to you.
- If failing to receive a title within 31 days, immediately file complaints with the Secretary of State Auto Dealer Division and also with the Attorney General’s office at indianaconsumer.com or by calling 1-800-382-5516.
Attached are the judgments from the cases relating to Capitol Motors in Delaware County and Shaver Motors in Allen County.
University Of Evansville Jazz Band Invitational
APRIL 29TH, 2018 TOWNSEND OUTLAW INDIANA
Other Jazz bands from Tristate area colleges and High school were invited to perform at Wheeler Hall on The University of Evansville’s Campus.
Many of the Jazz players say its such a great time and it gives people a chance to see some talented players from Evansville. Its also been a good way for The University of Evansville’s Jazz Band to recruit local talent.
Logan Tsuji a member of The University of Evansville’s Jazz band said “the jazz band we have multiple ensembles on the university, but the jazz band does one or two concerts a semester sometimes more sometimes less.â€
The University of Evansville Jazz Band just toured Chicago earlier this year.
Logan also said he was honored to win an award at the festival for outstanding soloist.
Temporary Changes Coming To Evansville Water
Temporary Changes Coming To Evansville Water
Evansville Water and Sewer Utility customers may notice a change in the taste of their water. Crews will temporarily change the disinfectant used in the water treatment process, beginning May 14th. EWSU says the yearly temporary switch helps keep…
Commentary: Waiting For Angels To Govern Us
By John Krull
TheStatehouseFile.comÂ
INDIANAPOLIS – A disturbed young man in Toronto turned a rental van into a deadly weapon the other day.
He drove the van onto the sidewalk and into a crowd of mostly female pedestrians – he apparently is a misogynist – on one of the busiest streets in Canada’s largest city. He killed 10 people and injured 13 others.
John Krull, publisher, TheStatehouseFile.comlatest instance of a motor vehicle being used to murder.
Similar killings have occurred in Muenster, Germany, New York, Barcelona, Spain and Charlottesville, Virginia, in just the past few months.
This has made me think: What if we applied the logic of the National Rifle Association to this disturbing trend?
What if we said that the fact that these murders have occurred proves that traffic laws cannot work and dispensed with them?
We could get rid of laws against speeding. We could tell drivers they could take their vehicles anywhere they wished – onto sidewalks, into malls – at any speed they wished. They could drive 95 miles per hour in a school zone if they wanted.
We also could eliminate licensing requirements and proof of insurance.
This would mean that we wouldn’t have any assurance that the person climbing behind the wheel would know how to drive or would be able to compensate others for any damage done.
That concern, though, could be dealt with the way the gun lobby handles similar complaints – by urging everyone to take “voluntary†driver training, while also arguing that any requirement to prove competence or responsibility would “penalize†law-abiding drivers.
We also could remove restrictions on people who have demonstrated they might be threats to others’ safety – people with mental illness, people who have driven drunk, etc. – because checking such things also would “punish†law-abiding car lovers. To make sure this punishment didn’t occur, we would dispense with all requirements that cars be registered and bear license plates, so the government wouldn’t know who owned or was driving a car and thus couldn’t come “take it away.â€
This is the most important part.
We could accept the NRA’s argument that the best way to ensure public safety is not through a rational system of laws and restrictions implemented and enforced by a trained and well-disciplined law enforcement structure, but instead we could depend on untrained individuals who just happen to be on the spot where disaster happens.
In other words, to paraphrase an NRA talking point, the answer to a bad guy in a car would be a good guy in a car.
Because the safest place for pedestrians to be is in the middle of a demolition derby.
If we did all these things, we would save lives, right?
We would make this country – this world – a safer place, correct?
Everything would be better, wouldn’t it?
If what I have suggested here sounds absurd, that’s because it is.
But it also is what passes for argument on one side of our ongoing debate about guns and gun-related tragedies.
It is a position disconnected from reality, but it dominates our policy discussions.
That is unfortunate, even tragic, both because of the lives lost and the suffering involved – and because it shows how profound is our abdication of responsibility as citizens in a self-governing society.
When we accept the argument that no law can work, we say we cannot govern ourselves.
This notion would be anathema to this nation’s founders, who fought for rational self-government, not against the idea of government itself. Their beliefs were shaped by a deep understanding of human nature.
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself,†wrote James Madison in “The Federalist.â€
The words remain true today.
It’s because men are not angels that we have laws regarding where, how and at what speed we may drive – and police officers to enforce those laws.
The pity is that we can’t seem to apply the same logic and the same will to deal with other problems.
Other tragedies.
FOOTNOTE: John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism, host of “No Limits†WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
THIS ARTICLE WAS POSTED BY THE CITY COUNTYÂ OBSERVERÂ WITHOUT OPINON, BIAS OR EDITING
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