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HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE
Shooting leaves one juvenile injured, another juvenile charged with weapons violations
Evansville Police have arrested a 16 year old in connection with a shooting that left another 16 year old injured.
The shooting happened just after 2:00pm in the 2300 block of Haven Dr. The victim was being transported to a local hospital in a private vehicle when the driver saw a marked EPD car at Main St and Columbia. The driver flagged the officer down and told them the shooting victim was unconscious in their car.
Officers were able to render first and transported the victim to the hospital in a patrol car.
The shooter was identified in the initial 911 call and officers were able to take him into custody a few blocks from the shooting scene. A handgun has been recovered.
The suspect has been placed in the Youth Care Center on Criminal Recklessness with a Firearm and Child in Possession of Firearm charges.
Police have not been able to speak with the victim yet. The investigation is ongoing. Additional details are not available at this t ime.
IS IT TRUE FEBRUARY 28, 2018
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 the floods of February 2018 are expected to crest today at levels that have not been seen since the big flood of 1997?…the age of drones has made many pictures available that never have been and the extent of the water is devastating?…for the first time many of us have seen the locks at Newburgh’s dam completely submerged?…the last time this happened an old outhouse floated up and was deposited right next to the Riverwalk in downtown Newburgh?…we had better hope that a big freeze does not happen as that will wreak havoc in all areas of the Tri-State?…we encourage our readers to be very careful in dealing with the flood waters?
IS IT TRUE the organization of CAJE (Congregation Acting for Justice and Empowerment) worked jointly with Aurora to advocate for a new caseworker position at Aurora last year? Â …we commend Vanderburgh County Commissioners Ben Shoulders, Cheryl Musgrave and Bruce Ungethiem for continuing to work with both CAJE and Aurora to find funding for this much-needed position?
IS IT TRUE that the company that owns the Evansville Courier and Press is a nationwide conglomerate called Gannet?…Mole #3 tells the City-County Observer that Gannet has  recently sold the building that the Courier and Press has been in for many years to a New York-based real estate investment company and that much of the building will be refurbished and leased out as offices?…that the remaining space will be leased by the Courier and Press for offices?…Mole #3 says the Courier and Press in print circulation have continued to decline over the years?…that our mole also says that Gannet is planning to convert the Courier Press into a successful digital platform? …we hope if the Courier and Press decide to take this route that it will generate sufficient advertising dollars to support this kind of news operation?  …we also hope that the Courier and Press will continue to print the news on a daily basis?  …if Mole #3 is correct we hope that the majority of the Courier and Press staff will remain intact because they have some outstanding writers in their employment?
IS IT TRUE at Monday evening City Council meeting our “First Amendment Rights” took a step backward? Â …that the Council voted 6-3 to keep the “3 Minutes Censorship Rule” that was created by the former City Council President Missy Mosby (D)? …at Mondays Council meeting the current Council President Jim Brinkmeyer (D) decided to keep this rule intact? Â …we are told that Missy Mosby (D), Jim Brinkmeyer (D), Dan McGinn (I), Michelle Mercer (R), Jonathan Weaver (D), Dr. Dan Adams better get ready to vigorously defend why they felt compelled to continue to limit our freedom of speech during the next city election?
IS IT TRUE that the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Tournament is poised to start action at the Ford Center this week?…this is a curious choice by the league as the closest member of the OVC is more than a hundred miles from Evansville?…there will be no such thing as a home game for any of the teams and the only team with any sort of alumni base in greater Evansville is the Murray State Racers?…the Ford Center is sort of centrally located with respect to where these teams are from an east/west perspective but when north/south locations are considered the center of mass for these campuses is way further south?…this tournament has traditionally been played in Nashville, TN where one team is located and two others are within an hour’s drive?…the attendance count for this tournament will be interesting to see as the last time a tournament with no home team came to Evansville, the attendance was only in the hundreds in an arena
IS IT TRUE last week The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) Nominating Committee submitted three nominees for consideration by Governor Eric J. Holcomb for appointment to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission?  …those three nominees are: Stefanie Krevda, IURC Executive Director of External Affairs,  State Rep. David Ober and Tristan Vance, Indiana Office of Energy Development Director?  …the committee has nominated these three candidates to fill the current vacancy on the IURC created by the retirement of Commissioner Jim Atterholt? … Gov. Holcomb will select one of the three nominees to serve the remainder of Atterholt’s term, which expires Jan. 31, 2020?  …we are puzzled why one of the finalists wasn’t from this area?
IS IT TRUE that it was reported Tuesday afternoon that a gas leak was reported at 3rd and Locust streets in downtown Evansville very close to the City of Evansville parking garage that is not worth the current encumbered debt?…the financial analysis of the value of the dilapidated garage has not changed?…any astute business person will require a payment from the City of at least $500,000 to assume all of the repairs and obligations that come from owning a neglected parking structure? …this is a great example of the shortfalls of a TIF project?
Todays “Readers Poll†question†Is: Do you support the three (3) four-year consecutive term limit idea now being discussed by City Council?
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Bill Legalizing CBD Oil Passes House
FEBRUARY 27TH, 2018Â 
BRITNEY TAYLORÂ INDIANA
 A bill that would allow the sale of CBD oil with low THC levels unanimously passes the House Tuesday. Senate Bill 52 passed 93-0.
This bill would allow Hoosiers to buy CBD oil that contains no more than 0.3 percent of THC, and no other controlled substances.
CBD, or cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive derivative of the cannabis plant. CBD oil has been shown to help with various medical conditions such as cancer, epilepsy, and severe pain.
The oil would be available for purchase over-the-counter from retailers across the state.
The Senate passed a similar bill on February 5th, 35-13. A conference committee will convene to work out a few differences between the two versions before heading to Governor Eric Holcomb’s desk.
This bill is authored by Senator Jim Tomes and co-sponsored by Representative Wendy McNamara.
You can see how legislators voted on this bill below.
Civil Forfeiture Reform Passes General Assembly
by Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
A bill to reform many aspects of Indiana’s civil forfeiture proceedings is headed to Gov. Eric Holcomb after receiving unanimous support on final passage from the House of Representatives on Monday.
Senate Bill 99 sailed through each committee and chamber that heard it without opposition or amendment. The bill, authored by Sen. Rod Bray, R-Martinsville, was designed to increase due process protections for property owners whose property is seized as part of a civil forfeiture action.
Among the most significant changes SB 99 makes is its requirement for a court to find probable cause to support a property seizure within seven days of law enforcement seizing the property. The bill also builds in hardship provisions for “innocent owners,†or people who lend their property to someone else without knowing it will be used for illegal purposes.
The common example of an innocent owner hardship given during discussion of SB 99 has been seizure of “grandma’s car†— that is, a grandmother lends her vehicle to a grandchild, who engages in illegal activity resulting in the car’s seizure. Referencing those situations prior to Monday’s House vote, Evansville Democrat Ryan Hatfield said depriving a grandmother of her property could create hardships for her family — such as a loss of transportation or property kept in a seized vehicle — even though she had nothing to do with illegal activity.
“I think even the prosecutors acknowledge that too often we’re holding too much property that probably doesn’t have much to do with the crime that’s alleged, and we’re holding it for too long and it’s really placing a burden on these families,†Hatfield told the House. “So for those purposes, I think we’re headed in the right direction.â€
But Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington, reminded his colleagues of an issue that has been a frequent sticking point in civil forfeiture reform discussions — how forfeiture proceeds should be disbursed.
 The bill provides for a disbursement mechanism that begins with attorney fees, trickles down to prosecutors’ offices and law enforcement, and ends with all remaining funds going into the Common School Fund. However, Article 8, Section 2 of the Indiana Constitution requires all forfeiture proceeds to be deposited into the Common School Fund, a constitutional mandate Pierce said the General Assembly cannot get around.
“It doesn’t say ‘after expenses,’†Pierce said. “So what we’re really trying to do with this bill … is hope that if we say it’s reimbursement of expenses that the courts will let us get away with not putting it in the Common School Fund, which the Constitution says we ought to do in the first place. So we need to deal with that issue at some point.â€
The constitutional question Pierce raised is the subject of a Marion County lawsuit brought by the Institute for Justice, Jeana M. Horner, et al. v. Terry R. Curry, et al., 49D06-1602-PL-004804, which is scheduled for a summary judgment hearing on March 16. Despite those concerns, Pierce voted in favor of SB 99 because he said it resolves the due process shortcomings that were identified in part of Indiana’s civil forfeiture framework that was struck down in Leroy Washington v. Marion County Prosecutor, et al., 1:16-cv-02980.
A spokeswoman for Holcomb said civil forfeiture reform is not part of the governor’s agenda, but he will “consider it carefully” before deciding whether to sign SB 99 into law.
Dirty Campaign Tricks-The Civil War Within The GOP Plays Out In Indiana’s 8th Congressional District
Dirty Campaign Tricks-The Civil War Within the GOP Plays Out in Indiana’s 8th Congressional District
By Richard Moss, MD
Candidate for Congress, Republican Party,
8TH Congressional District
JASPER, IN: The decision by Congressman Larry Bucshon to appear at my speech last week at the Vanderburgh County monthly Saturday morning breakfast, heckle me, accuse me of lying, and then accost me physically and verbally afterward reflects not just his own deficiencies and aggressive tendencies but that of the GOP Washington establishment. For years, the Republican National Committee and others such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have spent millions trashing conservative candidates they don’t approve of in primaries (ask Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Marlin Stutzman, and many others). It’s their stock in trade.
That Congressman Bucshon threatened to attack me over domestic abuse allegations, the same story published 2 years ago, 2 weeks before the primary in 2016, already responded to by my wife in two Evansville newspapers, is also standard operating procedure. This story was a misunderstanding from 25 years ago. I am still married to my wife and we have four wonderful and accomplished children. Yet, Congressman Bucshon threatened to raise it again. I suspect, but cannot prove, that he leaked it the first time to the Evansville Courier Press in 2016 – and throughout the 8th district because I encountered the smear far and wide, as far north as rural Vermillion and Parke Counties, and everywhere else. Was it more GOP Establishment dirty campaign tricks channeled through the Bucshon campaign?
But this is how the Washington GOP Establishment plays it with movement conservatives in primaries. The last thing they want is someone like me who will not play ball with them, and who actively seeks to break the power of Washington, that citadel of corruption, with its armies of lobbyists, consultants, crony capitalists, and special interests. The last thing they want is someone who wants to disperse power back to the states, local communities, and individuals as befits our constitutional and federal system and away from DC and the entrenched political class.
It is not Iran, ISIS, Russia, or China that threatens this country. It is Washington DC and its one party system of career politicians from both parties who go to Washington, cut deals, grow the size of government and bankrupt our children – thinking only of the next election and not the next generation.
I criticized Bucshon for moving his family to Washington and becoming a typical Beltway politician. It was an Evan Bayh move. Is he eying his next job as a lobbyist? Does he prefer Washington insiders and assorted fat cats to Hoosiers? He deserves to be challenged on it.
He has a liberal voting record, a rating of 52%, an F, according to Heritage Action, a conservative think tank. He is well below the House Republican average and the most liberal Republican in Indiana. Like so many Establishment Republicans, he campaigns one way and votes another. He is a reliable tool of Republican leadership. He will not advance conservative policies. His votes have funded sanctuary cities, amnesty, DACA, Obamacare, the EPA, Planned Parenthood, importing more Syrian Muslim “Refugees,†along with huge deficit spending, all the things he claims he’s against. He’s not a conservative, he’s a liberal, a status quo, Country Club Establishment Republican living in Washington DC.
There is a civil war within the Republican Party and it plays out here in Indiana’s 8th district. The Republican Party claims to be a conservative party, but it is not. It is a big government, big-spending, liberal, progressive party. Conservatives do not have a home in this party. Establishment Republicans scorn their conservative base, the grassroots activists that go out and win it historic election victories only to see its successes squandered as Republicans pursue a big government agenda, working hand in glove with Democrats.
We must reform the Republican Party and make it a true political vehicle for conservative policies and philosophy, an honest to God, hard hitting, passionate and principled conservative party that will make its case before the American people, prevail in the battle of ideas, win the debate, and advance a liberty, limited-government agenda – if we have any hope of restoring America to greatness.
The only time is now, during the primary. We must send a message back to Washington by draining the swamp right here in Indiana’s 8th congressional district, by retiring Congressman “Sell Out†Bucshon and his dirty campaign tricks and fake news.
I will continue to press the issues that are important to the people of Indiana’s 8th district. I also pledge that if elected, I will live, work, and raise my family in Indiana’s 8th Congressional district.
PS: I will be releasing a “Contract With Indiana’s 8th District†shortly. I would have asked Larry but he doesn’t live here anymore.
FOOTNOTE: THIS LETTER WAS POSTED THE CCO WITHOUT BIAS, OPINON OR EDITING.
MARRIAGE LICENSES-SEPTEMBER 19-26
MARRIAGE LICENSES -SEPT. 19-26
Miller, Courtney Breanne, 28, and Griffin Michael Hall; 29,both of 430 West Mill Road, Sept. 19
Zirkelbach, Lynnsey G., 29, and Eric D. Miller; 30, both of 3441 Orchard Road, Sept. 19
Worthington, Adam Jason, 31, and Stephanie Ann Garey; 27, both of 1918 Elmendorf Ave., Sept. 19
Parrish, Philip D., 57, and Yeisika McKean; 43, both of 400 Warioto Way, Ashland City, TN, Sept. 19
Oliva, Luke J., 24, of 4444 N. Iroquois Drive, and Nicole M. Keeling; 23, of 10240 Eastgate Drive N, Mt. Vernon, Ind., Sept. 19
Bement, Craig Alan, 32, and Kristina Marie Stewart; 33, both of 2329 E. Delaware Street, Sept. 19
Goodwin, James M., 35, and Katherine Ann Snethen; 26, both of 1410 Cumberland Ave., Sept. 20
Brantley, Marc Lee, 25, of 740 E. Iowa St., and Nichole Danielle Raley; 24, of 507 Fairway Drive, Sept. 20
Johnson, Lashawn, 46, of 655 Cross Street, and Amanda Scott; 37, of 3215 Mount Vernon Ave., Sept. 20
Kunze, Christopher Ryan, 27, of 1256 Erie Ave., and Christiana Ruiz; 25, of 807 Keck Ave., Sept. 20
Worsdorfer, Brent Andrew, 28, and Bailey Dawn Wilks; 27, both of, 6905 Mesker Park Drive, Sept. 20
Robinson, David Christopher, 46, of 415 W. Young St., Morganfield, KY, and Julie Michelle Meredith; 36, of 2801 Ridgewood Drive, Apt. A, Sept. 20
Brown, Lea Shannon, 47, and Ronald Edward McCrarey; 59, both of 512 Stanley Ave., Sept. 20
Reising, Kathleen Elizabeth, 27, and Mitchell Lawrence Harrison; 27, both of 2720 South Blvd., Apt. 483, Charlotte, NC, Sept. 20
Wytovak, Chloe Michele, 19, of 3022 Hartmetz Ave., and Atticus Quinn Sander; 20, of 4405 Orchard Road, Sept. 20
Duff, Kara Dawn, 29, of 2440 Southlake Drive, and Chad Michael Ford; 35, of 16 W Tennessee St., Sept. 21
Switzer, Brittany Nicole, 32, and Samuel Cody Lewis; 33, both of 331 Hunter Drive, Sept. 21
Sitz, Marti Dante, 38, of 1012 26th St., Louisville, Ky., and Dakota Michael Payne; 21, of 22 W. Columbia St., Sept. 21
Cai, Christie M., 30, and Jesika G. Reed; 35, both of 670 S. Burkhardt Road, Sept. 21
Russell, Zachary Kean-Avy, 22, and Airica Paige Keach; 22, both of 1912 E. Michigan St., Sept. 21
Phillips, Johnny Edward, 30, and Nya Enjolee Rush; 36, both of 1265 Devonshire Court Drive, Sept. 22
Erdmann, Michael R., 32, of 2151 E. Blackford Ave., and Leighanna M. McKeethen; 28, of 1001 W. Heerdink Ave., Sept. 22
Matthis, Jon Michael, 30, and Lauren Carter; 28, both of 2918 Lenox Drive, Sept. 22
Marx, Jesse Elliott, 24, of 5800 Middle Mt. Vernon Road, and Erin Elizabeth Eckert; 24, of 2708 Timber Park Drive, Sept. 22
Petraitis, Jordan Edward, 31, and Julia Kathryn Clark; 29, both of 206 Wagon Trail N, Powell, OH, Sept. 22
Norris, Tiffany Leigh, 35, and Abbey Jo Fraser; 36, both of 7351 Old State Road, Sept. 22
Ritz, Colton John, 25, and Jennifer Lynn Smith; 27, both of 939 Greengate Court, Sept. 22
Kirklin, Amanda Michelle, 25, and Michael Anthony Meadows; 27, both of 1309 Lincoln Ave., Sept. 22
Tanaka, Rafe Patrick, 31, and Stephenie Raye Berry; 35, both of 121 N Bob O Link Run, Henderson, Ky., Sept. 22
Melton, Kyra L., 31, of 1351 W. Buena Vista Road, and Ryan A. Brown; 34, of 364 Rosenberger Ave., Sept. 22
Anderson, Carissa Faye, 23, and Scott A. Davis; 28, both of 6109 Alexandria Drive, Sept. 22
Bredemeier, David W., 53, and Aleatha J. McGuire; 41, both of 2626 Sawgrass Lane, Sept. 22
Nelson, Whitney P., 25, of 738 Alyssum Drive, and Andrew M. Duncan; 25, of 7001 Broadway Ave., Sept. 25
Ellis, Adam Lee, 33, and Heaven M. Bentle; 28, both of 2023 Euclid Drive, Sept. 25
Fitzgerald, Stephen Scott, 28, and Catherine Elizabeth Albert; 27, both of 3500 N. Harlan Ave., Sept. 25
Brawner, Joseph Robert Jr., 27, of 244 Lake Inwood Drive, Princeton, Ind., and Emily Kay Snapp; 28, of 8464 Lincoln Ave., Apt. A, Sept. 25
Tindell, Alexis Denae, 25, and Brandon Mason Long; 26, both of 2200 Haven Drive, Apt. A, Sept. 25
Miller, Amanda Leigh, 29, of 1113 MacArthur Circle, and Zachary D. Springer; 26, of 5666 Kent Drive, Newburgh, Ind., Sept. 25
Schuetz, Nicholas R., 23, and Charissa J. Lahee; 22, of 3305 Kern Road, Sept. 26
BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY, 2018
CHUCK YOUNG
JOHN G. WEST
LINDA BRUCE
JENNI ORPURTS
DARREN STEARN
LISA GENSIC
LAURA COUGILL
JOHNNY KINCAID
NICOLE PIERSON
KASIE HAPPE
ERIC PLOCK
SCOTT SETTLEÂ
ANGEL PUTNAM
ROGER DIXON
NEALSON FOSTER
FRED EMBORY
BOB DAVIS
KASIE HAPPE
LEAH N. SPIVEY
TROY MILLER
BARB MENKE
DELRUDD
SCOTT SETTLES
FRED EMORY
DANIEL KISNER
MAYRA G. ROBINSON
JERRY DANIEL
BOB DAVIS
BRET ROBEBLING
ZAC PARSON
STEVE MCDANIEL
BRANDON L. RIECK
STEVEN BUSH
BOB VAN BRITSON
HAROLD CALLOWAY
MAURINE COHOON
ZAC PARSON
NICOLE E. JACKSON
JAYME VOGLER
JENNIE DOWNEY
MARSHA ABEL
SHANON O’Toole
COREY IVY
CRUNCH THOMPSON WELLS
NICOLE E. JACKSONÂ
KERI COBURN RUSSEL
STONEY HAYHURST
TARAA DILLBECKÂ BRILEY
ANDY KELLER
IRI TRICE
JERRY DANIELS
CHADDUPORT
SCOTT ANDREW JOEST
TINA WHELLER
MARK GOITIAO
MONTE RITCHEY
MARK SCHULZE
ALEX JARVIS
SEAN FULLER
SHIREEN YVONNE DEJARNETT
TERESA WEIR MARTIN THOMAS
DOUG BAYS
MARY BIEVER
KERRY KC CHESSER
TINA WHEELER
MARK GOITIAO
NICOLE E. JACKSON
TINA WHEELLER
NEALSON FOSTER
ANGEL PUTNAN
SPELLS JASON
BOB DAVIS
KENO’BRYAN
BEN EARLY
SHIREENA YVONNE