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Jasper County Judge Moving To Federal Bench
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A Jasper County judge has been appointed to the bench in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Current Jasper Superior Judge James R. Ahler is resigning from his spot on the trial court bench effective June 15 to assume a position as a United States Bankruptcy judge. Ahler was appointed to the bench in Jasper County in 2007 and has been re-elected twice.
Prior to becoming a judge, he practiced in state and federal courts, focusing on commericial litigation, appellate litigation, and criminal defense. He is the current chair of the Indiana Judicial Community Relations Committee.
Ahler earned his law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law.
Klingeberger joined the bankruptcy court in 2003. Terms on the bankruptcy court are for 14 years.
As a result of Ahler’s appointment to bankruptcy court, Senior Judge Robert M. Hall will become judge pro tempore of Jasper Superior Court, effective June 16. Hall will remain in that position until a successor assumes office or until further order of the court. He will be compensated for his service at the same rate as a regular judge, pursuant to Trial Rule 63(D).
The full order appointing Hall as judge pro tempore can be read here.
The Ryan-Bucshon “Go Along To Get Along†Republican Party and “Omnibustâ€
By Richard Moss MD
Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. released the following statement after the House passed legislation to fund the government:
“While this legislation is far from ideal, it nonetheless makes progress getting our priorities in order after eight years of the failed policies of the previous administration.  I wish we could have done more in this bill…â€
HR 244, the “Omnibust†bill, is a 1700 page, $1.2 trillion dollar behemoth like so many other Omnibus bills passed by Republican Congresses since 2010. Nowhere to be found was a discussion over cutting spending, eliminating wasteful programs, paying down the debt, or balancing the budget. Just borrow and spend, boys and girls, and pass the tab onto our children.
2010 was the year the Tea Party rose up in righteous anger, having decided that Barack Obama and the Democrats had done enough damage to the country, and gave the House over to the Republicans. Speaker John Boehner shed tears as outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi handed him the Speaker’s gavel. Perhaps he was crying for all the carnage he and President Obama would unleash upon the nation. It didn’t improve after 2014 when the Republicans took the Senate. Nor, apparently, has it gotten any better after 2016 when Republicans took the White House with a man claiming he would “drain the swamp.â€Â Indeed, the Ryan-Bucshon Republicans are a living embodiment of a famous New York Yankee catcher’s oft-repeated expression about déjà vu all over again.
“Omnibust†is a Democrat’s dream. It fully funds their agenda. That is why 178 Democrats voted for it, compared with only 131 Republicans. That is why both Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi praised it. That is why one hundred and three Republicans voted against it. Congress Larry Bucshon was not one of them. He sided with the 178 Democrats that voted for the bill. But that is what you would expect from Larry Bucshon. Go along to get along Larry. Or GAGA. Not MAGA (Make America Great Again), mind you, but GAGA. GAGA Bucshon. Speaker Paul Ryan, Establishment Republicans, and the Democrats can always count on GAGA-Bucshon to deliver the goods.
So what did GAGA-Bucshon, Paul Ryan, and the Democrats vote for?
Continued funding for refugee resettlement from the six countries Trump tried to temporarily halt. In the face of rogue activist judges preventing the nation from protecting itself from terrorists, the Republican Congress was the last stop. They failed. The program receives $3.1 billion, the same as under Obama.
Lawless Sanctuary Cities are also fully funded, circumventing another key element of the Trump Campaign.
Planned Parenthood was funded. Yes, our stalwart Republicans voted to use taxpayer dollars for a private organization that provides abortion services and trades in baby parts.
They funded the EPA and its war on fossil fuels and the American economy pursuant of the mythical unicorn known as “Global Warming.â€
There will be an increase in the H2-B visa program allowing more low-skilled foreign workers to take American jobs.
Phony “green energy†programs within the Department of Energy will receive additional funding, this at a time when the entire Department along with a few other choice agencies and departments should be on the chopping block.
Funding for the federal judiciary was increased even as leftist federal courts engage in legal insurrection and undermine our constitutional system.
The Wall was not funded, this, a hallmark of the Trump Campaign. Nothing less than an actual physical barrier will serve the security and immigration needs of the nation, yet this critical promise was ignored. (Daniel Horowitz)
Nancy Pelosi loved the Ryan-Bucshon-Democrat budget. She even bragged about it, mentioning how she blocked 160 GOP priorities. Democrats have merely to say, “booâ€, as in “we’ll shut down the governmentâ€, to get our rock-ribbed Republicans to cower under their desks in the fetal position and betray everything they ever stood for.
It seems we small government types are trapped in the wrong body. We self identify as constitutional conservatives but we inhabit the transgendered body of a big government, liberal progressive Democrat-lite Republican Party pretending to be conservative. The GOP limps along pathetically as it goes through the motions of being conservative, but in the end always delivers – for the Democrats.
Conservatives do not have a home in this Republican Party. We are a foreign body in a host that has launched an immune reaction against us. The Republican Party is comfortable with the massive federal Leviathan. Beyond lip service, it has no interest in the constitution, small government, or balancing the budget. It is not a vehicle for conservative values or ideas.  It is the Republican-Whig party that stands for nothing.
Conservatives must take back the Ryan GAGA-Bucshon Republican Party and return it to its constitutional roots if we are to save the country. Otherwise it will go quite fittingly the way of its Whig predecessor.
Brief Bio: Richard Moss MD is a practicing Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, author, and columnist who resides in Jasper IN. He lost his bid for the Republican nomination for Congress in Indiana’s 8th district in 2016. Find more of his essays and blog posts at exodusmd.com. Also find him on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
I. INTRODUCTION
II. APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDA
III. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
IV. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
V. CONSENT AGENDA: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
ORDINANCE G-2017-07
Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:
ORDINANCE G-2017-08
Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:
An Ordinance Granting a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the Operation of Taxicabs for the Year 2017 – PAST, LLC Brinkmeyer
A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 6/12/2017
Bill Kramer, PAST, LLC
An Ordinance Amending Section 18.130.070 of the Evansville Zoning Code
Mosby, Weaver
A.S.D. Chair Brinkmeyer 6/12/2017
Josh Claybourn, City Council Attorney
VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS
VII. REGULAR AGENDA: SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
ORDINANCE F-2017-07 AMENDED
Sponsor(s): Discussion Led By: Notify:
VIII. RESOLUTION DOCKET
An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations, Additional Appropriations and Repeal and Re-Appropriation of Funds for Various City Funds McGinn
Finance Chair McGinn 5/22/2017
Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller
IX. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
A. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, June 12, 2017 at 5:30
p.m.
B. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS X. COMMITTEEREPORTS
XI. ADJOURNMENT
Supreme Court Reprimands Attorney For Falsifying Hours Worked
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The Indiana Supreme Court has publicly reprimand an Indianapolis attorney accused of falsifying the time he spent working on cases in official claims for attorney fees.
Patrick Mulvany represented clients seeking judicial review of Social Security claims in federal court. Federal statute makes attorney fees available to clients who prevail in their cases, but over the course of several years Mulvany submitted applications for attorney fees that were not compliant with the statutory requirement, according to the Thursday order approving the statement of circumstances and conditional agreement for discipline.
Specifically, the statute required attorney fees applications to reflect actual time expended, but Mulvany would submit nearly identical applications in each of his cases in which he assigned an hourly “worth†to the tasks he completed, regardless of the time he actually spent completing those tasks. Magistrate and district court judges repeatedly denied Mulvany’s attorney fees applications, and ordered, using “progressively stronger language,†that he track and report the actual time he spent working.
The issue came to a head in 2015 when, in responses to a Social Security Administration brief opposing a fee award, Mulvany filed an amended attorney fee affidavit that falsified the time he spent working on a particular case. The district court judge denied the application and ordered Mulvany to send a copy of the court’s order to the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. Additionally, Mulvany filed a report with the district court expression contrition and promising to “employ appropriate timekeeping practices,†according to the order.
The parties agreed Mulvany violated Indiana Professional Conduct Rule 3.3(a)(1) and 8.4(c), which prohibit knowingly making false statements and engaging in dishonest, fraudulent or deceitful conduct. The Supreme Court imposed a public reprimand as Mulvany’s discipline and assessed the costs of the proceeding against him.
Also on Thursday, the high court indefinitely suspended South Bend attorney Sven Marshall for failure to respond to a show cause order.
Marshall was ordered in March to show cause why he should not be suspended from the practice of law immediately for his failure to cooperate with the commission’s investigation into a grievance against him. Marshall did not respond to that order, nor to an April “Request for Ruling and to Tax Costs.â€
Thus, the court suspended Marshall, effective immediately, until he cooperates with the disciplinary investigation or until further order of the court. Marshall was also ordered to reimburse the commission $513.24 for the costs of prosecuting the proceeding.
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