BREAKING NEWS: Lt Gov. Eric Holcomb Has Nominated To Replace Pence

by Britney Taylor Webb Producer

Indiana Republicans have nominated Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb to replace Mike Pence as candidate for Governor of Indiana this Fall

Four candidates were on a short list to become the next Governor of Indiana, but only one could be selected.

Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb was one of the candidates. He was selected by a 22 member committee to replace current Gov. Mike Pence on the November ballot.

Governor Pence dropped out of the Governor’s race after accepting Donald Trump’s offer to become the vice president.

The three other candidates who entered the race to replace Pence include Susan Brooks, Todd Rokita, and Jim Tomes.

Holcomb will run against Democrat John Gregg who lost by a small margin to Gov. Pence in 2012.

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by Carl Thomas for TOWNHALL

Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention was too long — 75 minutes — and too loud. Modulation is the key to good public speaking. One’s voice should rise and fall like the tide, which allows really important points to be made whether the volume is low or high. His adult children are better speakers.

Having said that, Trump hit mostly high notes — the country is on the wrong track. The latest Real Clear Politics data shows 69.3 percent of those surveyed believe we’re on the wrong track. One has to go back to the ’70s and Jimmy Carter to see similar numbers.

Crime and violence are serious concerns. Trump promised to be a “law and order” president, specifics to come. Many believe race relations have deteriorated since President Obama took office. The police are under attack. Poor children are trapped in failing public schools and Democrats won’t let them escape. Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, promise school choice. Terrorism is on the rise at home and overseas. Instead of focusing on battle readiness, our depleted military focuses on the inclusion of transgender and women soldiers. Veterans are not being adequately cared for.

Speaking to blue collar “Reagan Democrats,” who haven’t had a significant pay raise in years, or who are unemployed or underemployed, thanks to the policies of the Obama administration, Trump said, “I am your voice.”

Whether Republicans are united enough to win the election remains to be seen, but the left, the establishment and the media are united in their opposition to Trump. They claim Trump is playing on fears, but they have fears of their own; fear of losing control of government and their lucrative positions.

Fear is not a bad emotion to arouse if it is based on genuine threats and there are plenty of those, as anyone paying the slightest attention can attest.

Liberal media coverage and commentary on the convention was mostly the same. Friday’s headlines, editorials and columns in various publications exposed not just bias, but the fear the media have in losing their influence.

Here are just a few samples: “Mr. Trump’s Apocalypse Now” (Washington Post editorial). “A Foreign Policy Wrecking Ball” (second Post editorial). “Seeking Victory by scaring the country to death” (columnist E.J. Dionne Jr.)

The predictable New York Times also had a lead editorial about “Donald Trump’s Campaign of Fear.” Columnist David Brooks wrote about “The Death of the Republican Party.” Online, the column headline read “Make America Hate Again,” just in case readers didn’t get the message. A front-page “news analysis” in the Times speaks of Trump’s alleged “Failed Chance to Humanize Outsize Image.”

A column by Matthew Continetti in the Washington Free Beacon was headlined “The Demagogue Rises.” Batman, call your office.

Like the definition of love in the book and film “Love Story,” being a liberal means never having to say you’re sorry about your failed programs and failed philosophy. That’s because liberalism is not based on results, but on feelings and intentions. Trump is saying the left has failed and liberals don’t like the prospect of being held accountable for the damage they’ve done to America.

That’s why the media will stage a love-in for Hillary Clinton and all things Democrat at their Philadelphia convention. Don’t expect a question like this: “Your party has spent huge amounts of money on the poor and yet there are about as many poor people today as when the War on Poverty began half a century ago. Same with education. Isn’t it time to try something else?”

You won’t hear that question because the left thinks the problem is that government isn’t taxing, spending and regulating enough. That attitude has fueled the rise of Donald Trump and some like me, who were once skeptical of him, would like to see Trump shake up Washington, if only to watch the expressions on the smug faces of the left.

Dade Park opened on October 19, 1922 on what had been 210 acres of uncultivated river bottom land. The project was promoted by the Green River Jockey Club, which named the park in honor of one of its organizers, A. B. “Barrett” Dade. A capacity crowd exceeding 4,000 spectators jammed into the grandstand to view “the world’s greatest light harness horses.” Pictured here is the world champion trotter Peter Manning racing around the track two days after it opened. Despite its popularity, the racetrack soon went bankrupt; it was purchased by James C. Ellis, after whom it was named in 1954.

FOOTNOTES: We want to thank Patricia Sides, Archivist of Willard Library for contributing this picture that shall increase people’s awareness and appreciation of Evansville’s rich history. If you have any historical pictures of Vanderburgh County or Evansville please contact please contact Patricia Sides, Archivist Willard Library at 812) 425-4309, ext. 114 or e-mail her at www.willard.lib.in.us.

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Montgomery County farmers who claimed work done by a town to improve its stormwater drainage ruined their acreage won reversal Monday of a trial court ruling against them.

Darrell and Sandra Birge sued the town of Linden and other parties over work done by a contractor that they said cut off an agricultural ditch that drained their land, resulting in “the inability to farm approximately 13 acres of prime farmland because of the chronic wet and bog-like condition” that resulted after the work.

The Birges’ claim asserted nuisance and that the town of Linden and the Montgomery County drainage board conspired to improperly utilize an agricultural drain’s right of way to facilitate a municipal storm water drain, and wrongly assessed owners of agricultural land for the work. The Birges claim they were assessed $9,000 as their share of a drain for the town that provided them no benefit and in fact cut off their agricultural drain.

Special Judge Peggy Lohorn in Montgomery Circuit Court dismissed the Birges’ suit on the basis they failed to state a claim, but a unanimous appeals panel reversed.

“The complaint asserts claims for nuisance, civil conspiracy, and inverse condemnation. In granting the Town’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, the trial court concluded it was clear on the face of the complaint that discretionary function immunity applies in this case and the Birges failed to allege facts supporting a claim for civil conspiracy,” Judge Margret Robb wrote. “We conclude otherwise.

“We express no opinion as to the ultimate resolution of the immunity issue, but to the extent the trial court concluded immunity under the [Indiana Tort Claims Act] would bar the Birges’ claim for inverse condemnation, the trial court erred,” Robb wrote. “… The trial court concluded the Birges failed to plead facts supporting a claim for civil conspiracy because they did not allege the Town acted unlawfully or to accomplish an unlawful purpose. We disagree.”

The trial court also erred in finding the pleaded facts may support an underlying claim of nuisance but this doesn’t constitute an unlawful purpose or means. “An allegation of civil conspiracy is merely an assertion of concerted action in the commission of a tort causing damages to the Birges. Accordingly, the trial court erred in concluding the Birges failed to allege facts supporting a claim for civil conspiracy,” the panel held.

The case, Darrell Birge and Sandra Birge v. Town of Linden, Indiana, 54A01-1509-PL-1495, is remanded for further proceedings.