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IS IT TRUE MARCH 5, 2018

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” 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 it’s been alleged that Evansville City Council members Dr. Dan Adams and Councilmember Connie Robinson have teamed up to bring forth a noise ordinance that seemly is designed to shut down the partying and revelry on Waterfront Recreational and another Commercially Zoned area within the city limits?? …Mole #3 alleges the sources of many noise complaints are hoping to do away with some higher than normal “decibel” entertainment venues (live music) even in areas that Bar and Resturants are zoned to do this type of activity?

IS IT TRUE that this noise control nonsense was attempted before with cars with boom boom speakers cruising Green River Road?  …it never worked then and we expect it won’t work now?

IS IT TRUE with $50 fines for making noise and 1,900 complaints following by a cascade of warnings, Evansville is just not cosmopolitan enough to be able to afford a battalion of noise police?…a town that can’t afford a working sewer and can’t keep current on city employee health insurance premiums sure and heck can’t afford a noise police force and especially with the EPD preoccupied with record-setting homicides and drugs dealers?

IS IT TRUE that maybe there should be an adaption of SpotShotter installed to catch noisy people?…as SpotShotter works using triangulation and decibel meters, the same technology could be adapted to catch noisy people and shooters at the same time?

IS IT TRUE we wonder how the noise police are going to handle the loud sounds generated by parades, bands performing at football games, fireworks, special live outdoor entertainment venue held downtown, West Franklin Street and at our area parks and outdoor sporting events? …this list could go on and on?

IS IT TRUE we respectfully urge the sponsors of the noise ordinance to withdraw this nonsensical resolution and stop the legislative overreach?   …we encourage them to end this legislative nonsense until the sewers and water pipes, roads, sidewalks, parks maintenance have all been repaired and the city balances their budget by cutting their deficit spending practices?

IS IT TRUE that the Evansville Sports Authority and the Ford Center deserve congratulations on what seems to have been a very successful OVC basketball tournament?…that the success is due in large part because the Murray State Racers and Belmont Bruins advanced to the finals?…Murray State is essentially the Kentucky state university for extreme Western Kentucky and has a big alumni network in greater Evansville?…Belmont is just a short drive from Nashville and both teams traveled well?…quite frankly, the semifinal round drew over 4,000 attendees and the final Drew close to 5,000?…the women never drew even 1,000 people to any session but the stars aligned for the men’s teams finalists and for Evansville’s Ford Center?  ..that THe Evansville Sports Corp. already submitted a letter of intent to continue hosting the OVC Men’s and Women’s basketball tournament in 2019 at the Ford Center?  …we wish them luck with their bid?

IS IT TRUE that this year’s “COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARDS” luncheon will be held at Tropicana-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B. The registration begins at 11:30 am, the event officially starts at 12 noon on March 19, 2018?   ...this event is almost sold out. You can reserve a table by calling the Event Coordinator, Karen Selzer at 812-430-9304 or 812-909-2361?

IS IT TRUE that downtown Evansville took it on the chin with another long-term entertainment venue closing?…when the staff started showing up for work Sunday at RiRa’s they were notified that the restaurant/pub was shutting down for good?…The District as it is called has been plagued with closure after closure on the East Side of the building but RiRa has enjoyed over a decade of business?  ..we expect Tropicana will come up with something extremely exciting to replace RiRa” restaurant?

IS IT TRUE we are pleased with legal work that the Vanderburgh County Attorney Joe Harrison, Jr. is providing the County Commission?

Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that City Council has more pressing issues than worrying about amending the current noise ordinance?

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Gun Bills Die In Senate And House, But Could Be Resurrected

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Gun bills die in Senate and House but could be resurrected

March 5, 2018  

By Abrahm Hurt and Quinn Fitzgerald
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS—Legislation that would have allowed guns in a church with a school on the property appeared to all but die in the Indiana House.

On Thursday—the House deadline for bills to be amended—Senate Bill 33 was not called down for discussion by either the sponsor, Rep. Mike Speedy, or House Speaker Brian Bosma, both Indianapolis Republicans.

But Bosma was not ready to bury the bill, saying he was looking for another vehicle for the gun legislation.

House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis. Photo by Bryan Wells, TheStatehouseFile.com

“There’s still two weeks,” he said. “I wouldn’t call it a decision at this point, but we’re just talking about options.”

Current law bars guns on school property but SB 33 aimed to change that by allowing gun owners to carry the weapon when attending worship, working or volunteering for the affiliated church.

When asked if he was avoiding voting on controversial topics, Bosma said that was not the case.

“We’re trying to make smart public policy for Hoosiers and that isn’t always by voting on every amendment that somebody can dream up and throw up in the second house on second reading on the last day,” he said.

The bill had 19 amendments that ranged from banning bump stocks on assault rifles to one that would bar the state from regulating firearms, ammunition and their accessories.

Rep. Carrie Hamilton, D-Indianapolis, who authored the bump stock amendment, said she was hoping that the legislature could have had a conversation about gun regulation.

“A majority of Americans support common-sense measures to reduce gun violence,” she said. “On behalf of my constituents, I have to stand here to express my disappointment that we couldn’t have this conversation, that we couldn’t debate and vote on reasonable measures.”

Just two weeks ago, a gunman entered a Florida high school and opened fire, killing 17 people and injuring dozens more. The events have sparked debate at both the state and federal level about the availability of guns and whether they should be more tightly regulated.

In the Senate, House Bill 1424, which that would have dropped licensing fees for lifetime gun permits, failed did not get a hearing in the Appropriations Committee, meaning that it, too, could be dead.

President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne. Photo by Emily Ketterer, TheStatehouseFile.com

But Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, left open the possibility that some legislation might advance this session.

“We’ll try to focus on what’s doable and what’s not,” Long said.

In answer to a question, Long said he was not avoiding debate, but the issue has become very political.

“I think people are saying let’s just calm down and move what was originally intended and not start debating any big possible issues under the sun regarding guns because that’s exactly what happens in these moments,” he said.

When asked about what he would like to see in conference committee regarding gun regulation, Long said he would have to wait and see what happens. Conference committees are where differences between House and Senate versions of the legislation have to be resolved. It is also where legislation that has apparently failed can be revived by being included in bills that have passed both chambers.

“I think there’s some consensus surrounding the permit issue as maybe as far as waiving a fee or something along those lines,” Long said. “Beyond that, it’d be hard to say if anything else is appropriate particularly given the mood of the state and the country right now.”

FOOTNOTE: Abrahm Hurt and Quinn Fitzgerald are reporters for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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LETTER TO THE CCO EDITOR By WIFE OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE DR. RICHARD MOSS

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written by Supit “Ying” Moss

Wife of the 8th District Congressional Candidate, Dr. Richard Moss

I thank the City-County Observer  for this opportunity to respond to the article on March 2, 2018, “8th District Race Gets Personal for Moss, Bucshon,” written by Tom Langhorne of the Evansville Courier Press reporting on an incident that allegedly accused my good husband, Dr. Richard Moss, of misdemeanor battery in our Jasper home 25 years ago. It has been a dark cloud hanging over our family all these years and I would now like to set the record straight.

Though we had a marital spat, at no time was there physical contact between us, and definitely, no battery by Rick occurred then or at any time during our time together.  The report mentions an affidavit filed with the Dubois County Superior Court on March 16, 1993, alleging that Moss “pulled her hair and shoved her down onto some broken glass.”

It is time to put this to rest. The truth is that there was broken glass on the floor because I threw a glass at Rick who was holding our then one-year-old daughter in his arms and it fell and shattered on the floor. Rick could have himself called the police on me for domestic battery but did not. Rick never pushed me or touched me and never tried to shove me “down onto some broken glass.”  Further, the affidavit was hand-written by the officer – not me. It was not my affidavit.  It was his.  You can see the affidavit.  It is not my handwriting.  I could not read or understand it as my English was limited at the time, but he told me to sign it and so I did, not realizing what I was signing.  I was very upset. Though it was reported as a domestic disturbance, I feel my poor and broken English at the time, and the emotional distress I was suffering, miscommunicated what actually occurred to the investigating officers who struggled to understand what I meant to say.  But Rick is innocent.  Much of this was my fault.

Thankfully, the prosecuting attorney at the time recognized this misunderstanding and dismissed all charges against Rick.

It was only a misunderstanding between a husband and wife, 25 years ago.  Nothing more.

I have been married 29 years to Rick who is now running for Congress in Indiana’s 8th District for the Republican Party. He has my most ardent supporters. Rick’s family, being his first constituency, stands behind him fully.

Rick and I first met in Thailand where we were married and where I assisted his surgeries as a nurse. We traveled throughout Southeast Asia on a motorcycle together for three years treating head and neck cancer victims that had little or no other access to healthcare. Our efforts were entirely voluntary.  We received little or no compensation.  Our work was highly acclaimed and decorated in my country, Thailand, as well as in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Burma.

Upon our return to the USA, we settled in Jasper, IN and began our family and a private practice in medicine. We have been blessed with four children: Arielle, Noah, Adina, and Isaiah. Arielle was a Fulbright Scholar in Morocco and is going to Medical School next year. Noah graduated from IU last year, and Adina and Isaiah are in high school and middle school in Jasper.  Rick is a loving father and husband.  He has always been active in raising our children.  He also is a devoted son and wrote a book about his beloved mother and her struggles to raise her five sons in the Bronx as a single Mom.

In closing let me reiterate that the misunderstanding reported in the paper recently was a marital spat that never resulted in physical contact or battery by Rick.  It occurred 25 years ago.  Rick and I are happily married for 29 years with four outstanding and accomplished children.  That is the real story of Rick and our family.

Supit “Ying” Moss

Wife of the 8th District Congressional Candidate, Dr. Richard Moss

FOOTNOTE: THIS LETTER WAS POSTED BY THE CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER WITHOUT BIAS, OPINION OR EDITING.

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Mesker Park Zoo Advisory Board Meeting

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MESKER PARK ZOO & BOTANIC GARDEN ADVISORY BOARD

REGULAR MEETING

WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS, ROOM 301

CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
12:00 PM

  1. CALL TO ORDER
  2. MEETING MEMORANDUM February 6, 2018
  3. REPORT BY DIRECTOR
  4. NEW BUSINESS
    1. Elect new Vice President of Zoo Advisory Board
    2. Application for Annual Permit to Operate Amusement Ride
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Pryor Joins Southern District As New Magistrate Judge

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IL for www.theindianalawyer.com

A new magistrate judge has begun her duties in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, filling a vacancy created by the August death of Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue.

The Southern District Court announced Thursday that Doris L. Pryor has begun serving as the court’s newest magistrate judge, joining the court seven months after LaRue died on Aug. 2 after a battle with cancer. The court announced Pryor’s appointment as magistrate judge in November.

As magistrate judge, Pryor will handle various civil matters in the Indianapolis and Terre Haute divisions, including conducting pretrial matters and evidentiary hearings and presiding over civil trials and dispositions upon consent of the litigants. After a period of recusal, Pryor will also conduct preliminary criminal proceedings and preside over misdemeanor trials and dispositions.

Pryor joins a court that has long been identified as the site of a “judicial emergency” in need of additional judges to lessen the caseloads current judges carry. The deaths of LaRue and Judge Larry McKinney further exacerbated the emergency.

Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson alluded to the court’s need for additional judicial resources in welcoming Pryor to the southern district bench.

“Her arrival comes at a time of great need for the court, and my fellow judges and I know that Judge Pryor will be successful in her new position,” Magnus-Stinson said in a Thursday statement. “Her intelligence, experience and commitment to the principle of equal justice for all will serve her well.”

A native of Arkansas who worked as a public defender and law clerk in her home state, Pryor graduated from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2003 and returned to Indiana in August 2006 to serve as a Southern District assistant U.S. attorney. Pryor was then named national security chief for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in September 2014 and remained in that role until mid-February 2018.

Pryor is currently serving as the program chair for the Federal Bar Association’s Indianapolis branch and is also involved with the Southern District’s Re-entry and Community Health, or REACH, program and the Just the Beginning Foundation, which is designed to develop an interest in the law among young people from underrepresented populations.

The new magistrate judge — who lives in Carmel with her husband and son — will serve an eight-year term and will then be eligible for reappointment. Pryor’s ascension to the bench comes about one month after the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved the nomination of Barnes & Thornburg partner James Sweeney to fill the Southern District vacancy left by Judge Sarah Evans Barker, who took senior status in June 2014.

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USI Women’s Basketball Nabs Third Seed In NCAA II Regional

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USI Women’s Basketball Nabs Third Seed In NCAA II Regional

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball earned a spot in the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Tournament for the first time since 2015 and the 10th time in program history in an announcement by the national office on NCAA.com Sunday night.

The Screaming Eagles nabbed the No. 3 seed in the regional and will square off against the No. 6 seed, Lewis University, in the opening round Friday in Ashland, Ohio. Start times for the regional are to be announced.

Top-ranked and defending national champion Ashland University will host the regional and square off against Great Midwest Athletic Conference champion Hillsdale College in the opening round. Great Lakes Valley Conference champion and No. 2 seed Drury University will play the No. 7 seed, University of Findlay, while the No. 4 seed, Michigan Tech University will face the No. 5 seed, Grand Valley State University.

USI (26-4) fell to Drury, 62-52, in the GLVC Championship Sunday afternoon. Senior forward Morgan Dahlstrom (Grayslake, Illinois) had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Eagles, while senior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois) added nine points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Both were named to the All-Tournament team.

Details about the NCAA II Midwest Region Tournament will be announced later in the week.

 

RiRa Restaurant Evansville Has Decided To Close Their Doors.

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At 6:00 this evening the management of RiRa Resturant, Evansville, announced to their employees that they have officially decided to immediately close their doors.

No reason was given for this decision.  This is a developing story.

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