IS IT TRUE the health insurance plan for the employees of Vanderburgh County will renew on January 1, 2017? … the plan design will remain the same at renewal? …Vanderburgh County is fully insured by a private insurance company? … that the plan includes an onsite clinic, wellness programs, and chronic illness management? …that the Vanderburgh County plan will renew with a 0% rate adjustment for 2017? …the City of Evansville Health Insurance plan is self funded and is projected to be around $15 million in the red at the end of 2016? …we wonder why in the heck did the City of Evansville choose to continued to be self funded for 2017?

IS IT TRUE the most impressive grass roots campaign conducted on the local level was that of Sean Selby for District #1 Vanderburgh County Commissioner?  …Local GOP Party Chairmen Wayne Parke worked against Mr. Selby during the political caucus?  … Mr. Selby prevailed by winning with 65% of the caucus vote?  …the Courier and Press quoted that Mr. Parke now feels that Sean Selby “should run strongly in heavily Republican precincts outside the city.”  …Mr. Parke also said; I certainly think there’s a chance that he can win this race.”?  …we find Mr. Selby to be extremely smart, friendly and approachable?  …if hard work determines who will be elected to District #1 County Commission seat Mr. Sean Selby should prevail?

IS IT TRUE Mr. Selby’s opponent Ben Shoulders ran a lack luster campaign seemly based around his family  roots and employment with Old National Bank? …because of this his political platform seemly got lost in the mix? … we are told that Mr. Shoulders should had been more open and transparent related to an obvious conflict of interest issue concerning a fellow co-worker at Old National bank moderating the Pan Hellenic Candidate Forum he attended? …when Mr. Shoulders discovered that his fellow co-worker was the moderator of the Pan Hellenic Candidate Forum and didn’t ask her to recuse herself from this panel has hurt him politically? …we find Mr. Shoulders likable and smart?  …if he wins it shall be because of his family roots and not by his waging a smart and aggressive grass roots political campaign?

IS IT TRUE the race between Ryan Hatfield and Johnny Kincaid was extremely delightful to watch?  …both candidates conducted themselves with class and dignity?  …either candidate would serve us well in the State House?

IS IT TRUE the extremely hard working and well respected State Representative Holly Sullivan shall trounce her opponent?

IS IT TRUE the race between Carla Hayden and Zachary Heronemus was interesting to watch?  Mr. Heronemus door to door effort was seemly effective with the undecided voters?  …Mrs. Hayden door to door effort was adequate?  …we give a slight edge to Mrs. Hayden because of the “get out the vote” efforts by the local GOP that may generate enough votes she needs to get elected?  …both candidates are really nice people and either one would serve us well in the Vanderburgh County Court Clerk position?

IS IT TRUE the County Recorder race between current County Court Clerk Debbie Stucki and current Deputy Recorder Shannon Edwards was extremely low keyed?  …we predict that Mr. Stucki is in the political battle of her career?  …it’s common knowledge that Mrs. Stucki did an adequate job in running the County Court Clerk office?  …it’s also well known that Shannon Edwards id doing an extremely good job as the current Deputy Recorder? …both are very nice people? …we give a slight edge to Shannon Edwards to be elected as the next County Recorder of Vanderburgh County?

IS IT TRUE the results of  County Corner race will be called early?  …that the popular Vanderburgh Deputy Corner Steve Lockyear will defeat his opponents handily?

IS IT TRUE the race between Stephen Melcher and Cheryl Musgrave for District  #3 County Commissioner is turning out to be a real political barn burner?  …Commissioner Melcher is low keyed and Mrs.  Musgrave is extremely aggressive and out spoken?  …Commissioner Melcher enjoys the support among Mayor Winnecke and his key supporters, the “Indiana’s Right To Life”,  local Fraternal Order of Police, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding, S W Indiana Building Trades and area Veterans organizations?  …Mrs. Musgrave has the support of Builders Association, Area Reality group and the more conservative voters in the County?  …this race is extremely to close to call?

IS IT TRUE it looks like Angela Koehler Lindsey and Mike Goebel are odds on favorite to be re-elected to the Vanderburgh County Council At Large seats?  …we predict that the other person to be elected to the County Council will either be Joe Kiefer or Nicholas Wildeman?

IS IT TRUE there are two positions to fill on the Judge Of The Superior Court of Vanderburgh County?  …the Honorable Chief Judge Richard G D’Armour and the Honorable Judge Robert Pigman are running unopposed?  ….by all rights they should be running unopposed because they both have done an outstanding job on the bench?  …we urge you to give them a strong vote of confidence by voting for them on November 8, 2016?

IS IT TRUE that Susan Kirk is running unopposed for Vanderburgh County Treasurer office?  …Ms. Kirk has done an outstanding job in this position?  …Ms. Kirk is also extremely popular with Civic Center employees and the public alike? …she is also considered to be the “Dean of the Civic Center Politics”? …we urge you to also give her a strong vote of confidence on November 8, 2016?

IS IT TRUE the current members of the District #1 and District #3 the Vanderburgh County School Board are running unopposed?  …current school board members Terry Gamblin and Karen Ragland have been no more than rubber stamps for the Superintendent of Schools?  …School Board member Jeffrey Worthington has been a little more independent and out spoken against the Administration and could merit a complimentary  vote except for one thing?  …we are bothered by not knowing the reason why officer Worthington was abruptly transferred from the position of  Mater Dei High school liaison officer to a 3rd shift position with the EPD?

IS IT TRUE tomorrow we shall be doing overviews on the remaining races listed on the ballot?

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                                GREGG/HALE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, ELECTION DAY

INDIANAPOLIS – Today the Gregg for Governor campaign released the public schedule for John Gregg, Democratic candidate for governor, and State Rep. Christina Hale, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, for November 7 and 8, 2016.

All times are local. This schedule will be updated with additional locations and events.

Monday, November 7, 2016
• John Gregg will visit Fort Wayne to thank volunteers for their work on the campaign. He will stop by the Gregg for Governor Field Office located at 7301 Decatur Road at 10:00 a.m. Members of the media are invited to attend and Gregg will be available for interviews.

• John Gregg will be New Albany at 12:00 p.m. to greet volunteers and thank them for their work. Gregg will visit a call center hosted at the New Albany Roadhouse, 1706 Graybrook Lane, in New Albany. Members of the media are invited to attend and Gregg will be available for interviews during the visit.

• John Gregg will be in Evansville starting at 1:00 pm (local time) to thank volunteers for their work. He will visit the Gregg for Governor Field Office located at 1010 Sycamore Street in Evansville. Members of the media are invited to attend and Gregg will be available for interviews during the stop.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016:
• John Gregg and his family will vote at 200 Ross Street in Sandborn at approximately 7:00 a.m. Members of the media are invited to attend and Gregg will be available for comment after he casts his ballot.

• Christina Hale and her family will vote at First Friends Church, 3030 Kessler Boulevard East Drive in Indianapolis, at approximately 7:00 a.m. Members of the media are invited and Hale will be available for comment after she votes.

• John Gregg will visit the Vigo County Democratic Party Headquarters, 120 Cherry Street, in Terre Haute at 9:30 a.m. to thank volunteers for their work. Members of the media are invited and Gregg will available for comment.

• Christina Hale will stop by the Gregg for Governor Field Office in Fishers, located at 7450 Fishers Station Drive, to thank volunteers for their work starting at 9:30 a.m. Members of the media are invited and Hale will be available for comment at the stop.

• Christina Hale will stop by the Gregg for Governor Field Office, located at 2601 East 46th Street in Indianapolis, to thank volunteers for their work at 11:00 a.m. Members of the media are invited and Hale will be available for comment at the stop.

• John Gregg will stop by the polling location at Indianapolis Public School #63, at 1163 North Belmont Avenue, in Indianapolis to greet voters at 11:30 a.m. Members of the media are invited and Gregg will be available for comment.

• John Gregg and Christina Hale will join other Democratic candidates and supporters for lunch at the Kountry Kitchen, located at 1831 North College Avenue, in Indianapolis, at noon. Members of the media are invited and both Gregg and Hale will be available for comment to the media.

• Christina Hale will stop by the Gregg for Governor Field Office in downtown Indianapolis, located at IBEW 481, 1828 North Meridian Street, at 1:30 p.m. Members of the media are invited and Hale will be available for comment at the stop.

• John Gregg will stop by the polling location at Guion Creek Elementary School, located at 4301 West 52nd Street in Indianapolis, at 2:00 p.m. to greet voters. Members of the media are invited and Gregg will be available for comment.

• John Gregg will stop by the polling location at Martin Luther King Community Center, located at 40 West 40th Street in Indianapolis, at 3:00 p.m. to greet voters. Members of the media are invited and Gregg will be available for comment.

• John Gregg will stop by the polling location at the Messiah Missionary Baptist Church, located 5640 East 38th Street in Indianapolis, at 3:45 p.m. to greet voters. Members of the media are invited and Gregg will be available for comment.

• John Gregg and Christina Hale will join fellow Democrats and supporters at the Indiana Democratic Party’s Watch Party held at the Indiana Convention Center’s 500 Ballroom. Members of media should contact the Indiana Democratic Party for press credentials.

Two Paths For America:

The Case For Trump

By Richard Moss MD

We are at the threshold of a monumental election, with the nation poised to move in two very different directions.   One path, under Hillary Clinton, leads towards the dismal socialist lowlands of Europe, the increasing centralization of power in government, and rejection of our history, traditions, and founding principles.  This path is already well trod, with the last 8 years under President Barack Obama a marked acceleration of the same process well already underway for more than a hundred years.  It falls under the banner of the so-called “progressive” movement, a real misnomer, for it is more aptly thought of as regressive movement, given its pre-industrial, pre-Enlightenment orientation and habits.  It can also be thought of as Marxism, Communism, or Socialism, recognizing the many variants and shades that leftism provides, all of them destructive, many of them through history, lethal.

The other path, under Donald Trump, leads towards the light of liberty, individual rights, free market capitalism, our founding, and the Constitution.  The American ethos and system that was forged with the birth of the nation has led to unprecedented wealth and prosperity for Americans.  That system has been under assault by the progressive-regressive movement for more than a century, and never more so than now.

The Democrat Party and its avatar Hillary Clinton is in conflict with our history and culture, our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and our moral and religious underpinnings, in particular, the Judeo-Christian tradition.  They are also at war with our demographics and have been eagerly transforming it.  Incapable of convincing Americans of their ideology of poverty, they have chosen another tact, which has been to replace the electorate through immigration both legal and illegal.

Hillary will build on the lawless legacy of President Barack Obama, a man who has remained firmly grounded in his anti-Western, anti-American upbringing and has used his 8 years to divide the country and undermine our most cherished institutions.

Trump, on the other hand, is a candidate who, however flawed and boorish, unabashedly loves his country, its history, accomplishments, and traditions.  He believes in American exceptionalism and greatness as many Americans still do.  He will fight to restore its free market economy, its military, culture, and rule of law.  He will endeavor, as he says, to make America great again.

Trump brings considerable talents to the office, a background of business success, including retail, hospitality and leisure, media, TV, and, of course, real estate and construction.  He is a man not bound by the constraints of political correctness, this, perhaps, his most distinguishing feature.  PC, the thought and language policing that occurs on our campuses and schools, and in our media is a gateway to tyranny.  It includes the aggressive tactics of the social justice thugs that seek to destroy careers and silence dissent when “improper” opinions outside the PC lexicon are raised, our Sovietized government media complex, and the corrupt collusion between the media and Democrats.  It calls out for someone like Trump to expose and defeat it, and end the assault on our 1^st Amendment free speech rights.

Trump admires our Police, the FBI and CIA, and our military.  He respects our coal miners, oil workers, and construction workers and speaks their language.  He will talk up America instead of condemning it.  What a breath of fresh air this will be after 8 years of Obama.

Trump would challenge the Establishment, the ruling One-Party Oligarchy in Washington, the broken system that is bankrupting the nation, imposing burdens on future generations, and sacrificing the country for short term political gain.  He will expose and uproot the Deep State, the army of lobbyists, bureaucrats, special interests, and career politicians that have done so much damage to the country.  Further, Trump has espoused conservative principles and policies that place him to the right of either John McCain or Mitt Romney, the 2008 and 2012 Republican candidates.

Trump, for example, will pursue school choice initiatives to break the teachers unions and end the government monopoly on the education of our children.  He would end Common Core.  He is pro life and would seek to undo the disastrous Roe v. Wade decision and throw the matter back to the states where it belongs.  He will reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy and its onerous regulations, including the EPA and the FDA among many others.  He will repeal and replace Obamacare with pragmatic, free market reforms including expanding Health Savings Accounts, buying insurance across state lines, and premium support.  He will lower taxes including the corporate tax rate, one of the highest in the developed world and repatriate trillions of dollars trapped overseas.  He will build a wall and end illegal immigration.  He opposes amnesty.  He will go after those who overstay their visas.  Trump will deport illegal alien criminals.  He will end the disastrous family reunification/chain migration of predominately third world immigrants who bring little to our advanced economy, burden our welfare system, and create large numbers of Democrat voters.  Trump will restore the military and abolish the “sequester,” necessary at a time when our military is squeezed and the world far more dangerous after 8 years of Obama and Hillary.  He endorses Congressional term limits, which would be the single most significant reform to end the corruption, cronyism and growth of government in Washington.  He supports local police and law and order. He has given a list of Supreme Court picks all of which are known conservatives and infinitely better than the ideologic leftists Hillary would choose.

Most important, he is not a committed ideologic leftist like Hillary who would expand the power of the federal government, undermine our Constitutional System, and attack our culture and critical institutions.

Trump clearly loves his country and does not want to fundamentally transform it.  Perhaps the best thing we can say about him is that he is not Hillary Clinton.  Under Hillary will come increasing socialism, poverty, corruption, and tyranny.  Under Trump the nation may thrive once more.

However imperfect a candidate, Trump is the moral and principled choice for conservatives, Republicans, moderate Democrats, working class voters, and Independents who love their country.  He is the vehicle for stopping Hillary.  Trump will be a non-PC firebrand who will attack the status-quo, the media, special interests, and the One Party Oligarchy.  He will begin the process of “draining the swamp,” and dismantling that most corrupt of cities, Washington DC.  The nation needs him.  Choose Trump for Life.

November 6, 2016

Brief Bio: Richard Moss MD is a practicing Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, author, and columnist who resides in Jasper IN.  He recently lost his bid for the Republican nomination for Congress in Indiana’s 8^th district. Find more of his essays and blog posts at exodusmd.com.  Also find him on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram

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Today, for Family Fun Day, the college gave away two full semester scholarships.

President of Owensboro Community and Technical College says, for this anniversary they really wanted to give back to the community.

Scott Williams says, “We culminated the event with the drawing for two full time scholarships for some very deserving students here.”

The day long celebration included a cruise-in, live music, a petting zoo, face painting and more.

Jackson Kelly PLLC Highly Ranked Nationally and in Metro Areas by 2017 U.S. News-Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – (Nov. 4, 2016) – Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that the firm has been highly ranked in the 2017 edition of the U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” including national Tier 1 recognition – the highest possible ranking – in the areas of Mining Law and Natural Resource Law.

The firm also received a national ranking in Energy Law, as well as 72 Metropolitan area rankings from “Best Law Firms, which is a collaboration between U.S. News & World Report and the prestigious “Best Lawyers” peer review guide. For its seventh annual edition, “Best Law Firms” ranked U.S. law firms in 74 major legal practice areas nationally and in 122 practice areas across 187 metro areas.

“We are proud that Jackson Kelly has again been recognized by ‘Best Law Firms’ as one of the top firms in the nation and in cities and regions where our attorneys are based,” said Ellen S. Cappellanti, the firm’s Managing Member. “These accolades reinforce our commitment to provide high caliber services to our corporate and public clients.”

Jackson Kelly received the following “Best Law Firms” Metropolitan area rankings:

Tier 1 – Akron, Ohio
–Litigation – Construction

Tier 1 – Charleston, W.Va.
–Administrative / Regulatory Law
–Arbitration
–Banking and Finance Law
–Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
–Commercial Litigation
–Corporate Compliance Law
–Corporate Law
–Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
–Employment Law – Management
–Energy Law
–Environmental Law
–Financial Services Regulation Law
–Health Care Law
–Insurance Law
–Labor Law – Management
–Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
–Litigation – Banking & Finance
–Litigation – Bankruptcy
–Litigation – Environmental
–Litigation – Labor & Employment
–Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
–Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
–Mediation
–Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
–Mergers & Acquisitions Law
–Mining Law
–Natural Resources Law
–Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
–Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
–Project Finance Law
–Public Finance Law
–Tax Law
–Water Law
–Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Tier 1 – Colorado
–Energy Law
–Mining Law

Tier 1 – Indianapolis
–Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Tier 1 – Lexington, Ky.
–Construction Law
–Environmental Law
–Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
–Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Tier 1 – Morgantown, W.Va.
–Commercial Litigation
–Criminal Defense: White-Collar
–Employment Law – Management
–Health Care Law
–Labor Law – Management
–Litigation – Labor & Employment
–Litigation – Trusts & Estates
–Trusts & Estates Law
–Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Tier 1 – Pittsburgh
–Mining Law
–Natural Resources Law

Tier 2 – Akron
–Commercial Litigation

Tier 2 – Charleston, W.Va.
–Corporate Governance Law
–Criminal Defense: White-Collar
–Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
–Government Relations Practice
–Oil & Gas Law
–Real Estate Law
–Securities / Capital Markets Law
–Securities Regulation

Tier 2 – Colorado
–Natural Resources Law

Tier 2 – Lexington
–Health Care Law
–Litigation – Construction
–Tax Law
–Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Tier 2 – Morgantown
–Real Estate Law
–Tax Law

Tier 3 – Colorado
–Government Relations Practice

Tier 3 – Lexington
–Commercial Litigation

Tier 3 – Morgantown
–Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Firms on the “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Rankings also are determined through additional information provided by law firms as part of the submission process. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in the annual “The Best Lawyers in America,” which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the United States.

Client Focus, Industry Insight, National Reputation. Jackson Kelly PLLC is a national law firm with more than 175 attorneys located in twelve offices throughout Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington, DC. Focusing on clients’ industry-specific needs, the Firm serves a wide variety of corporate and public clients and enjoys a national reputation in business, labor and employment, litigation, government contracts, tax, safety and health, permitting, natural resource and environmental law.

A VOTE FOR TRUMP

Making Sense by Michael Reagan

Trump or Clinton?

No one has a clue who will win on Election Day.

The polls are narrowing, as they always do, but they’re still all over the place or within the margin of error.

Maybe Wisconsin will flip to red.

Maybe millions of Colorado’s potheads will vote for Trump.

Maybe this time enough socially conservative, union-worshipping Reagan Democrats in western and central Pennsylvania will vote Republican and offset the landslide that Philly and its suburbs gives the Democrat candidate every four years.

Maybe the FBI, Wikileaks or the Wall Street Journal will end all the drama and drop another big one on Hillary Clinton’s head this weekend that will expose her crude criminality to even the lowest of America’s low-information voters.

Let us pray.

Meanwhile, some conservative pundits already are saying that if Donald Trump loses it’ll be the fault of the Never-Trumpers.

Or the fault of the liberal media. Or low Republican turnout. Or an early frost in New Hampshire.

They’ll blame defeat on anyone or anything but the real reason —- Trump himself.

If he loses, it’s going to be because of all the insulting or dumb things he’s said for the last year and a half.

Or because of his “woman problem.” Or because he managed to offend or scare every Latino or Muslim in America.

It won’t be because John Kasich, me or anyone else in the Republican Party didn’t have the stomach to endorse him.

Likewise, if Trump wins, it’ll be because Hillary’s campaign has collapsed under the weight of her lies and criminality while he stayed on message.

It’ll be because he had the right message at the right time.

It’ll be because millions of Americans decided it was high time to throw elite bums like the Clintons out of Washington.

It’ll be because voters finally realized that no matter how bad Donald the Narcissist was, Hillary the Criminal and her gang of liars was much worse.

Narcissism is no virtue, but it’s not a crime, either. It’s only a character flaw —- at its worst, a personality disorder most common in men.

To get technical, the Mayo Clinic defines its symptoms as including “an excessive need for admiration, disregard for others’ feelings, an inability to handle any criticism and a sense of entitlement.”

OK, that sounds like Trump, all right. But some of those traits could apply to a lot of great or successful people in politics and entertainment.

Bill Clinton. Barack Obama. Crooked Hillary herself. Every Kennedy who ran for office. Every other U.S. Senator or media personality. Every other movie star or rock star.

Lots of people from Rush Limbaugh to Bruce Springsteen to your favorite city’s mayor have a little borderline narcissism in their personality.

But criminality is immoral and evil.

It’s when you create a charity so you can enrich yourself and family by peddling your influence to oligarchs and despots around the world.

Or when you help your friends or relatives get rich by helping earthquake victims in Haiti.

Or when you lie to Congress, the media and the voters to cover up your sleazy pay-to-play enterprises.

On Tuesday we’ll all have to choose between the Narcissist and the Criminal.

I’m still choosing the Narcissist.