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GREGG: TIME FOR EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK

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GREGG: TIME FOR EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK

INDIANAPOLIS – As Hoosiers celebrate “Women’s History Month,” today Democratic Candidate for Governor John Gregg released a series of policy proposals to promote pay equity in Indiana.

“In the last campaign, we talked about leveling the playing field and eliminating the pay gap. However, since that time, Governor Pence has done nothing and the problem has gotten worse,” said Gregg, a former small business owner and university president. “As governor, this will be a priority in my administration. I will lead by example and will work with the public, private and non-profit sectors to take this disparity head on.”

According to a recently released report from the American Association of University Women, Hoosier women make 75 percent of what their male counterparts make for equal work. Indiana ranks 41st in the nation for pay equity.

As governor, Gregg pledged to do the following:

• Institute a Pay Equity Policy for State Government
Leading by example, Gregg would enact an “Equal Pay for Equal Work” policy within the executive branch of state government to ensure all state employees are paid fairly. He will also require any contractor or business doing taxpayer-funded work on behalf of state government adhere to the state’s equal pay standards. Additionally, he will encourage other branches of state government and local governments to adopt similar practices.

• Highlight Indiana Businesses that Promote Pay Equity
Working with various state agencies, including the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the Department of Workforce Development, the Department of Labor and the Indiana Commission for Women, Gregg would hold an annual ceremony honoring Indiana businesses and organizations that voluntarily adopt equal-pay-for-equal-work practices. These entities would then be free to use this state recognition in their marketing and recruitment materials.

• Establish an Anonymous 1-800 Hotline and Website
Working through the Indiana Department of Labor, Gregg would create and promote a toll-free hotline and website in which Hoosiers could anonymously report workplace incidents against women, whether it’s harassment or suspicion of unequal pay scales.

“As governor, my focus will be on growing our economy and creating better paying jobs for all Hoosiers and doing whatever we can to eliminate, or at least lessen, the pay gap must be a part of that,” added Gregg. ”Hoosier women make up the majority of our workforce, our economy won’t achieve its full potential until they are compensated equally.”

John Gregg has worked throughout the public and private sector. He served as President of Vincennes University, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, worked for two Fortune 500 companies and is a practicing attorney today. Gregg holds an associate’s degree from Vincennes University, a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, a master’s degree from Indiana State University and a law degree from Indiana University. He and his wife, Lisa, have three adult children and live in Sandborn in Knox County.

For more information on John Gregg or his campaign for Governor of Indiana, please visit www.greggforgovernor.com or call 317-510-1876.

FOOTNOTES: Our next “IS IT TRUE” will be posted on this coming Wednesday ?

Please take time and read our newest feature article entitled “HOT JOBS”. Jobs posted in this section are from Evansville proper.

If you would like to advertise in the CCO please contact us at City-County Observer@live.com.

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Questions To Ann Ennis Candidate For State Representative District 64 By CCO

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Questions Proposed To Ann Ennis By The CCO
Why did you decide to run for State Representative?

For more than 10 years I have been a tireless advocate for open admission public education as the key to our American democracy. Our representative has voted time after time to stymie local control and over-rule parents by mandating big government rules on education: well beyond what federal law demanded. He supported five years of constantly changing assessments, standards and tests that have been flawed at best and a money-wasting fiasco in reality. He represents testing companies, out-of-state charters and Indianapolis rather than his district. After three years of no response to a call, email or letter, I said he did not deserve the role of representative.

Our representative is weak on stopping meth production. Meth and now heroin are killing our nieces and nephews, children and grandchildren. Working against law enforcement in drug crimes is not SW Indiana leadership.

Our local county officials want long-term solutions to road and bridge funding problems. Opposite of our current representative, I will listen to what the counties want and work to provide adequate and ongoing funds to care for our bridges and county roads .

Why should I vote for you?

I am tireless and steadfast in supporting local control. I say what I will do and do what I will say. My words are clear and in direct. (I will not write a blog or a speech one month and turn around the next with the opposite vote.) If you support local direction for your kids’ education and government letting our schools alone, then I am your representative. If you support community direction rather than taking orders from big government or out-side the state interests, then I am your representative.

My commitment is to local decisions on schools and testing, to open up infrastructure funds so counties can make their decisions on infrastructure maintenance and improvement, and to listen to the local voices of everyday citizens when battling illegal drugs and their manufacture.

What is your education agenda?

Local control in choosing from among diverse tests (Indiana does not need a unique ever changing test). Local control over grading for rapid turnaround. Funding for remediation: immediately. State government rolls back multiple mandates, and as per the new Every Child Succeeds Federal Law, reduces mandated testing to one test. Approved School Choice and SGO tax credit schools must accept 30 percent low income or complex students. Report data for teacher and school assessment by tracking per student and not groups of students. Include complexity score in reporting test results.

Are you prolife?

Yes. As Roman Catholic Archbishop Wenski of Miami said at Nativity Church in Evansville last fall, “No man should be seen as being a problem.” Pope Francis has said that getting rid of a person cannot be a solution to any problem. I stand pastorally with the Roman Catholic Church and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Do you support the Second Amendment?

Yes. The Constitution secures the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It is an obvious and popular right. I advocate for better training for all Americans on gun safety, and tax credits for persons who buy gun security devices like owner recognition locks and safes.

Do you support Freedom of Religion and RFRA?

The First Amendment assures religious liberty, which for perceived good or ill, does gives religion a right to discriminate. For example, despite getting public money from vouchers, religious schools can refuse children whose parents are not married. The questions can be big: Can religious hospitals or a nurse of a particular faith refuse to treat an atheist or an adulterer? These are difficult questions. With the Catholic Church, I am for mercy and inclusion.

Are you a “friend of coal?”

Yes. My father drilled exploratory wells all over northern Vanderburgh and Gibson counties mapping coal seams. Coal is the least expensive source of energy we have. As a daughter of a drilling contractor, I will not turn my back on coal, oil, or miners and roughnecks. That said, the future of a coal miner’s 11-year-old is best served outside the mine and job growth is best served in new energy technologies.

Do you support making pseudoephedrine a prescription medication?

I support Indiana’s prosecutors and police. I support stopping substance abuse and making it hard for meth makers to exist. No one is half-way addicted to meth. There is no half-way solution to the problem of addiction. We will be judged if we take half- hearted measures for dubious reasons. If it inconveniences us to keep one young woman from becoming a meth-slave to an abuser, then we need to accept the inconvenience.

Do you support higher taxes for roads and bridges?

I support a long-term funding plan for our roads and bridges that are approaching 50 or more years of age. We cannot only repair bridges when we have a budget surplus. Cigarette and Gas taxes must be considered.

Citations for my positions.

Legislative agenda of the SW Indiana Chamber of Commerce: Support legislation that provides schools and teachers in Indiana communities with more freedom and flexibility to structure education to better fit the needs of students and employers

Infrastructure agenda of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce: House Bill 1001 originally provided means to address Indiana’s $900 million+ annual transportation funding shortfall. We deserve and need a real plan rather than a stop-gap proposal. House Bill 1001 (was a) plan to best meet both immediate and future needs for federal, state and local roads and bridges. This included support for to increasing the amount of our seven-cent sales tax on gas used for transportation infrastructure. The Chamber also viewed HB 1001’s original increase in cigarette taxes as an option to fill hole left by increase in percent for roads from gas tax.

FOOTNOTES:  You can reach Ann Ennis at 812 483-5671 or e-mail her at Annennis85@gmail.com

EDITORS FOOTNOTES: Our next “IS IT TRUE” will be posted on this coming Wednesday ?

Please take time and read our newest feature article entitled “HOT JOBS”. Jobs posted in this section are from Evansville proper.

If you would like to advertise in the CCO please contact us at City-County Observer@live.com.

Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that the Evansville Brownfields Corp should provide the general public with annual audits and copies of their meeting agenda?

Copyright 2015 City County Observer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed

 

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE IPHONE

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FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE IPHONE By Ron Paul

The FBI tells us that its demand for a back door into the iPhone is all about fighting terrorism, and that it is essential to break in just this one time to find out more about the San Bernardino attack last December.

But the truth is they had long sought a way to break Apple’s iPhone encryption and, like 9/11 and the PATRIOT Act, a mass murder provided just the pretext needed. After all, they say, if we are going to be protected from terrorism we have to give up a little of our privacy and liberty. Never mind that government spying on us has not prevented one terrorist attack.

Apple has so far stood up to a federal government’s demand that it force its employees to write a computer program to break into its own product. No doubt Apple CEO Tim Cook understands the damage it would do to his company for the world to know that the US government has a key to supposedly secure iPhones.

But the principles at stake are even higher. We have a fundamental right to privacy. We have a fundamental right to go about our daily life without the threat of government surveillance of our activities. We are not East Germany.

Let’s not forget that this new, more secure iPhone was developed partly in response to Ed Snowden’s revelations that the federal government was illegally spying on us. The federal government was caught breaking the law, but instead of ending its illegal spying it’s demanding that private companies make it easier for it to continue.

Last week, we also learned that Congress is planning to join the fight against Apple — and us. Members are rushing to set up yet another governmental commission to study how our privacy can be violated for false promises of security.

Of course they won’t put it that way, but we can be sure that will be the result. Some in Congress are seeking to pass legislation regulating how companies can or cannot encrypt their products. This will suppress the development of new technology and will have a chilling effect on our right to be protected from an intrusive government. Any legislation Congress writes limiting encryption will likely be unconstitutional, but unfortunately Congress seldom heeds the Constitution anyway.

When FBI Director James Comey demanded a back door into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, he promised that it was only for this one, extraordinary situation. “The San Bernardino litigation isn’t about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message,” he said in a statement last week.

Testifying before Congress just days later, however, he quickly changed course, telling the Members of the House Intelligence Committee that the court order and Apple’s appeals, “will be instructive for other courts.” Does anyone really believe this will not be considered a precedent-setting case? Does anyone really believe the government will not use this technology again and again, with lower and lower thresholds?

According to press reports, Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. has 175 iPhones with passcodes that the City of New York wants to access. We can be sure that is only the beginning.

We should support Apple’s refusal to bow to the FBI’s dangerous demands, and we should join forces to defend of our precious liberties without compromise. If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

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MONTH OF MARCH BIRTHDAYS

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AMY LUTZEL

BRIAN K SMITH

SCOTT SETTLES

MIKE SCHOPMEYER

BRANDON L. RIECKEN

STEVE MCDANEL

NATALIE DORRIS O’DANIEL

DELBERT (BUDDY) HUDSON JR

KEN ROBINSON

LEAH N SPIVEY

JENNY WAGONER

MARILYNN SCHMIDT HESS

LINDA STARNES

DARREN LEWIS

ROGER LEHMAN

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NATALIE DORRIS-O’DANIEL

BECKY BATEMAN

EVANSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AND AIRLINE TO ANNOUNCE NEW SERVICE AT EVANSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT TUESDAY MORNING

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Press conference announcing new air service at Evansville Regional Airport. WHO: Evansville Regional Airport Leadership, Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and arepresentative of an airline carrier.

Tuesday, March 8 at 9 a.m.
Evansville Regional Airport Terminal

 

Evansville Regional Airport is served by all three legacy carriers – American Airlines, Delta and United, which connect passengers hundreds of competitive-priced domestic and international destinations daily via direct flights to five top-rate hub cities – Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Charlotte and Chicago. Evansville Regional Airport generates more than $900 million in economic benefits annually, per the Economic Survey completed by the Aviation Association of Indiana in 2012. Evansville Regional is owned and operated by the Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District, who also owns Thunderbolt Pass Golf Course and leases other buildings and parcels of land around the airport. In all, the airport authority owns and maintains approximately 1,700 acres, with total property employment exceeding 500 employees. www.facebook.com/EVVairport www.twitter.com/FlyEVV

Thunder Erase Two Goal Deficit to Snap IceMen Winning Streak

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(Wichita scores four unanswered to end Evansville’s eight game home point streak.)

 

Scoring 1 2 3 Final
Wichita 0 2 2 4
Evansville 2 0 0 2

 

Shots 1 2 3 Total
Wichita 17 5 8 30
Evansville 12 3 11 26

 

  PP Penalties
Wichita 2/5 7 for 14 minutes
Evansville 0/7 6 for 20 minutes

 

Records:  Evansville: 22-26-6-2; Wichita: 14-33-6-6

 

Goalies:  WIC – Bonar (W), 5-5-0-1, 24 saves

EVN – Zenzola (L), 2-3-0-0, 26 saves

Scoring:

1st Period: 1. EVN – Fawcett 19 (Sims, Rutkowski, 12:50); 2. EVN – Moon 13 (Rumble, Leveille, 17:51)

2nd Period:  3. WIC – Neal 6 (PP, Nemcik, Isackson, 1:20); 4. WIC – Alberga 7 (Miller, 11:07)

3rd Period:  5. WIC – Chelios 6 (PP, Oslanski, Lowe, 3:59); 6. WIC – Miller 13 (Huff, Alberga, 4:54)

The Evansville IceMen jumped out to a two goal lead Sunday against the Wichita Thunder, but the Thunder battled back to win 4-2 at the Ford Center. The loss snaps an eight game home point streak for the IceMen and a three game winning streak.

The IceMen scored first right after a power play ended, when Tyson Fawcett fired a shot from the point through a screen at 12:50 of the first period. Evansville made it 2-0 at the end of one, when Nathan Moon crashed the net a shoveled a loose puck past Wichita goalie Sean Bonar. IceMen goalie Matt Zenzola, starting just his first game since New Year’s Eve, stopped all 17 shots in the frame.

Wichita found the net 1:20 into the second period on a power play, when Michael Neal tipped a Martin Nemcikshot past Zenzola. The Thunder tied the game at 2-2 when Domenic Alberga fired a shot under the blocker off of a face-off win at 11:07. The teams combined for just eight shots in the period and went into the third knotted at two goals apiece.

The Thunder took their first lead 3:59 into the third when Dean Chelios capitalized on a rebound for the second Wichita power play goal. 55 seconds later, Kenton Miller fired a one-timer into the net on a 2-on-1 rush to make it 4-2. Bonar made 11 saves in the third period and 24 for the game in his fifth win. Zenzola stopped 26 shots in the loss.

The IceMen wrap up their season-long six-game home stand Wednesday against the Quad City Mallards at 6:15pm. Evansville then travels to Indianapolis to start a home-and-home weekend series with the Indy Fuel Friday. The IceMen will host the Fuel Saturday and wrap up a four game week with Quad City again next Sunday at the Ford Center.

UPCOMING HOME GAMES

Wed. 3/9 – Quad City at Evansville (6:15pm) – Ford Center

                        College Night

Sat. 3/12 – Indy at Evansville (7:15pm) – Ford Center

                        Baby Races

Sun. 3/13 – Quad City at Evansville (5:15pm) – Ford Center

                        Subway Family Night

                      

MARCH BOOK DRIVE

Evansville’s Book Drive finishes Sunday when the IceMen take on the Wichita Thunder. Bookmarks will be handed out for every book donated, and anyone with a bookmark can present it at the Ford Center Ticket Office for a $6 ticket anywhere in the arena for the IceMen game Wednesday March 9th against Quad City.  All of the books will be donated to Evansville Hangers.

FAITH SUNDAYS

Bring any pamphlet or program from your faith service to the Ford Center Ticket Office and receive a $5 discount on tickets anywhere in the building for Sunday home games! There are two remaining Sunday home games: March 13 and 20. All Sunday games are scheduled for 5:15pm.

POSTGAME SKATE – MARCH 20

IceMen Season Ticket Holders and Blizzard Buddies are welcome to participate in a postgame skate Sunday, March 20 after the IceMen take on the Cincinnati Cyclones at 5:15pm at the Ford Center. Fans are encouraged to bring their own skates if they have them, as a limited number of skates will be provided.

DOMINO’S 4-GAME HAT PACK

Choose any four IceMen home games and get a FREE limited edition IceMen hat and a large 1-topping Domino’s pizza, starting at only $17 per ticket. Call the IceMen front office at 812-421-GOAL (4625) for details.

 

Adopt A Pet

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 Big name for a little guy! Titan is a 5-lb. ball of energy and cuddles/ He’s a blond wiry-haired terrier mix of some sort, but we’re not sure specifically what breeds. Titan’s $120 adoption fee includes his neuter, registered microchip, & vaccines! Call (812) 426-2563 or visit www.vhslifesaver.org for adoption details!

Aces clinch sweep with another comeback against NIU

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 For the second straight day and the third time in four games, the University of Evansville baseball team was able to mount a multiple-run comeback, this time rallying from a five-run deficit to win 8-6 over NIU on Sunday at Charles H. Braun Stadium.

“NIU came out swinging today, and a couple of mental mistakes in the field cost us early,” UE head coach Wes Carroll said. “I challenged the team over the last seven innings, and we started clicking. Austin started getting ahead in counts, and then we got that big inning.”

The Aces (6-4) have now won five consecutive games, and with three wins over NIU, the team locked up its first series sweep of the year. NIU, on the other hand, dropped to 1-10 on the season.

Things seemed to start off well enough for the visitors out of DeKalb, Ill., as an error and hits from Justin Fletcher, Brad Wood and Tommy Hook spotted the Huskies a first-inning 2-0 lead. A Brian Sisler double and a Johnny Zubek bunt single drove in three more as the game moved into the third inning with the Aces trailing 5-0.

However, Aces starting pitcher Austin Allinger (2-0) would begin to find his rhythm in the ensuing frames, leaving the mound in the eighth after allowing six runs (five earned) on eight hits while striking out six.

UE would get on the board for the first time in the bottom of the third with a Trey Hair double, but the big rally would have to remain on hold until the sixth. Consecutive singles from Hair, Showers and Jyawook plated the first run and a Jonathan Ramon sacrifice fly brought another home to make it 5-3. After giving up a single to Korbin Williams and then hitting Eric McKibban, NIU’s Ryan Olson was pulled from the mound, but it would only get worse for the Huskies from there as Stewart Nelson sent a 3-1 pitch from Matthew Hoffman over the fence in left field for a grand slam.

“I felt that with the way things were going, the pressure was more on them than it was on me,” Nelson said. “I got into a 3-1 count, and that’s a good hitting count with the bases loaded, and I was able to drive it. It felt pretty good coming off the bat, but I didn’t know it would be gone. We’re just finding a way to win right now, and that’s a good thing to see this early in the season.”

It was the first home run of Nelson’s career, and it gave UE a 7-5 lead.

After NIU reclaimed a score in the eighth, Hair singled home another to maintain the two-run cushion, and Ryan Brady picked up the save after recording the final four outs of the ball game.

Hair finished the day with three hits and a pair of runs batted in, and both Showers and Williams also enjoyed two-hit days as the Aces out-hit the Huskies 12-9.

The Aces will return to action on Tuesday with a trip to UT Martin on Tuesday.

NOTES: The Aces have now won five consecutive games for the first time since a streak from April 26 – May 2 last season … UE is off to a 6-4 start for the second year in a row … Since 1978, the Aces have posted a 7-1 record against Northern Illinois … This weekend will mark the second time that the Aces have opened the home schedule with a three-game series vs. NIU … UE swept past the Huskies Feb. 24-25 in 1996 … Overall, the Aces are 220-196 against teams that hail from the state of Illinois.

 

 

Shot At The Buzzer Pushes UNI to 56-54 Win over Aces

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UE Awaits Postseason Fate

 ST LOUIS –The University of Evansville men’s basketball team overcame a 17-point deficit to take a late lead, but a shot at the buzzer by Wes Washpan gave UNI a 56-54 win over the Purple Aces in Sunday’s Missouri Valley Conference Championship game.

“Congratulations to UNI and Coach Jacobson, they do things the right way and I have a ton of respect for them,” Aces head coach Marty Simmons said.  “As I told our team in the locker room, I could not be more proud of a group of young men as I am ours.  The resilience they showed to fight back was great.  Our young men earned a lot of respect from a lot of people around the country for how hard they fought.”

Trailing 35-18 early in the second half, the Aces (25-9) made a furious rally and took the lead with two minutes left.  UNI (22-12) did not give up, tying the game back up before Waspun hit the game-winner at the buzzer.

D.J. Balentine registered a game-high 20 points in the game, hitting 8 shots while dishing out 5 assists.  Jaylon Brown posted 18 in the game, hitting 7 buckets.  Both were named to the All-Tournament Team for their efforts.  The duo also combined to score the final 28 points of the game for UE.

Egidijus Mockevicius reset his own Arch Madness St. Louis mark, hauling in 19 rebounds.  Mockevicius recorded 18 on Friday against Missouri State as he now has the top two rebounding efforts since Arch Madness moved to St. Louis in 1991.

UNI had the upper hand in the first half as their defense held the Aces to just 23.1% shooting in the period while taking a 32-18 lead into the halftime break.  Jaylon Brown broke a scoreless tie at the 17:16 mark as he hit the first bucket of the game.  The Panthers came back with five in a row before Blake Simmons hit a three to tie it up.

Over the next four minutes, UNI reeled off eight in a row, including three free throws by Wes Washpun and a triple courtesy of Wyatt Lohaus to go up 13-5.  The Aces got mired in a 1-for-12 stretch from the field as the Panthers were able to extend their lead to as many as 17 points at 26-9 inside of six minutes remaining.

Evansville fought back to get within 12 in the final two minutes before UNI extended its lead to 14 at the half.

After the Panthers went back up by 17 at 35-18 in the opening minutes of the second half, the Aces fought their way back.  A triple by Brown combined with four tallies from Adam Wing saw UE cut the gap to single digits at 35-26 with 16:08 remaining.  The run continued as a Brown layup got the Aces within four at the 9:43 mark before the gap was cut to a possession with 6:52 on the clock after a Brown triples.

With 3:39 left, Balentine struck again as his bucket gave the Aces their first lead since 2-0.  That field goal gave UE a 48-47 edge.  The teams would swap the lead two more times before a Washpun jumper put UNI up 54-52 with 50 ticks remaining.

On the ensuing possession, Balentine drew a foul and hit both free throws to tie it up as 25 ticks were left.  UNI played it out and a miracle shot from Washpun hit the rim, bounced up, then down through the net to give UNI the win.

UE will have a week to await its postseason destination.  Stay tuned to GoPurpleAces.com for full coverage.

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