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IS IT TRUE AUGUST 27, 2015

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IS IT TRUE we wonder why the Mayor’s Chief of Staff told City Controller Russ Lloyd Jr to stop attending City Council meetings?  …could it be they he is worried about members of City Council asking Mr. Lloyd  pointed questions about the Mayor’s overspending habits?  …it’s time for the President of City Council to demand that Mr. Lloyd attend the next City Council meeting to answer pointed questions about the proposed 2016 City budget?

IS IT TRUE  some members of the local Democratic party are talking about filing a “MISSING PERSON” report on Party Chairmen Rob Faulkner?  …rumor has it that Mr. Faulkner hasn’t set foot in Democratic headquarters for over 2 years?  …the “Missing Person” squad could begin their search for Mr. Faulkner by going to the Hornet Nest Bar and Restaurant in Earl, In after 3:00 PM?

IS IT TRUE Mayoral Candidate Gail Riecken should realize that it’s time for her to demand that Chairman Rob Faulkner, City Council persons Missy Mosby and Jonathan Weaver, and City Clerk Laura Brown-Windhorst to publicly declare that they unconditional support her to be elected as the next Mayor of Evansville?

IS IT TRUE At-large City Council member Jonathan Weaver took to the air ways yesterday and declared that he sees no problem with the proposed 2016 City Budget?  …Mr. Weaver declares that the proposed 2016 City Budget is just fine and dandy the way the Mayor has submitted it to City Council?  …it’s obvious that  either Mr. Weaver doesn’t know how to read a budget or his blind loyalty to the Mayor has totally tainted his objectivity?  ,,,we find Mr. Weavers statement extremely disturbing and  now question his ability to serve another term of City Council?

IS IT TRUE we find it entertaining that 2nd Ward City Council member Missy Mosby strongly disagreed with a statement made by an average citizen that part-time Council members shouldn’t receive a $20,000 city paid Health Care benefit package?  …Mosby feels “she deserves this expensive perk paid by the taxpayers because City Council position is a full-time job“? …we wonder how many of Missy Mosby’s 2nd Ward constitutes employers provided them with a $20,000 Health Care benefits package for working part-time? …all we can say about Ms Mosby comment is “are you kidding us”?

IS IT TRUE we hear that most City Council members are looking for ways to balance the 2016 budget? …they could start by cutting the $180,000 expenditure that our 9 part-time City Council members receive in City paid Health Care benefits?

IS IT TRUE here are some suggestions on ways that City Council can make much needed cuts to the proposed 2016 City Budget?  …Council could decide not to give our the city employees a raise this coming year? …they could reduce the 2016  City Budget by $8 million dollars?  …they could stop approving the funding of every “Pie In The Sky” request the Mayor bring to them? …require the Mayor and every member on City Council that voted for the $5 million dollar funding of the Earthcare project to refund the defaulted $200,000 loan back to the City General fund? …they could bring the functions of the Mayor’s legal counsel back in-house and quickly save thousands of taxpayer dollars?  …they could cut back the money the City donates each year to local not-for-profit entities? …they could layout any non-essential City employees for an indifferent period of  time?  … they could put a freeze on hiring any new employees?  …they could cut the Homestead Tax Credit back to 4% instead of 8%?  … they could defer or cut back on future purchase requests for Capital equipment for all City Departments?

IS IT TRUE we urge you to watch the way that a couple of our part-time City Council members “tweet” each other and friends during Council meetings?  …its time that Council President Dr. Dan Adams require that  members of City Council turn off their cell phone so they can give full attention on what being said on the Council floor?

IS IT TRUE we hear that a member of City Council wants to dock 6th Ward City Council member Al Lindsey pay for not attending 3 budget hearings?  …we feel anytime members of City Council make stupid mistakes their pay should be docked?  …if City Council adhere to this policy the taxpayers would save thousands of dollars each month?

 

 

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015.

Larry Eugene Norman III Strangulation, Level 6 felony

Domestic battery, Class A misdemeanor

Eric Wayne Shaffer Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life, Level 5 felony

Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance, Class A misdemeanor

Todd Derrek Lynn Operating a vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more, Level 6 felony

Andrew Shane Wildeman Attempted battery by bodily waste, Level 6 felony

Intimidation, Level 6 felony

Battery, Class B misdemeanor

Battery by bodily waste, Class B misdemeanor

ST. MARY’S HEALTH SIGNS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH DAVIESS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

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St. Mary’s Health is pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with Daviess Community Hospital in Daviess County in Indiana. Through this agreement, both health systems will work together to implement clinical pathways and protocols for enhanced patient care and improved care coordination.  Together, St. Mary’s Health and Daviess Community Hospital will provide fully integrated specialty services to the Daviess County area, along with coordinating perinatal and trauma care between the two systems.

St. Mary’s is a member of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system.

“We are committed to providing local access to exceptional care for the Daviess County community,” said David Bixler, CEO of Daviess Community Hospital.  “I am very proud of the care we provide today, and I am excited at the opportunity to partner with St. Mary’s Health to expand the high-quality care and services we are able to provide to the residents of the Daviess County area.”

“St. Mary’s is experiencing significant growth, and this partnership fits perfectly with our vision for collaborative relationships with other systems,” said Keith Jewell, President of St. Mary’s Health.  “This partnership is a great example of viewing care from the perspective of the patient to provide highly coordinated inpatient and outpatient care.”

Governor Pence Leading Second Jobs Mission to Japan

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Governor Mike Pence will lead a delegation of Hoosier business leaders to Japan next month on his seventh international jobs and economic development mission and his second trade mission to Japan.

 

Departing Indiana on Sept. 11 and returning on Sept. 18, the Governor will travel to Tokyo, Kyoto and Nagoya. During the trip, he will attend the Japan-U.S. Midwest Conference, meet with business executives and government leaders, and host a reception for economic development partners and potential investors. While in Japan, Pence will meet with Japanese companies with Indiana operations, including Honda, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Subaru.

 

“Indiana’s bond with Japan goes back nearly 100 years and with more than 46,000 Hoosiers employed by Japanese businesses across the state, we once again head to Japan to tell how Indiana is always the right decision for your business,” said Pence. “Our relationship with Japan has grown stronger, with Japanese companies able to leverage Indiana’s favorable business climate, convenient location and strong workforce. We remain committed to telling Indiana’s story and are always on the hunt for opportunities to bring jobs to the state and this jobs mission sets the stage to tell Indiana’s story to Japanese businesses once again.”

 

Indiana boasts the largest amount of Japanese investment per capita in the United States, and is the only state that is home to three Japanese original equipment manufacturer automotive companies: Subaru, Toyota and Honda. More than 240 Japanese businesses operate across the state, employing more than 46,000 Hoosiers. Counting Japan as its largest Asian trading partner and third-largest export country, Indiana exports $1.6 billion of Hoosier-made goods to Japan each year.

 

This jobs mission comes two years after the Governor’s first gubernatorial overseas economic development trip to Japan in 2013, where he visited Indiana’s sister-state Tochigi Prefecture and met with its governor, Tomikazu Fukuda. Following the governor’s visit to Tochigi Prefecture, Fukai Toyotetsu Indiana Corporation (FTIC) announced plans last year to locate new manufacturing operations in Jamestown, Indiana, creating up to 195 new jobs. FTIC is the first company with roots in Indiana’s sister-state to invest in Indiana.

 

Since 2005, the IEDC has secured projects with more than 10,000 Japan-based companies, projecting to create 13,000 new jobs and invest more than $4 billion in their Indiana operations. In June, Chiyoda USA, which is owned by Japan-based Chiyoda Manufacturing Corporation, announced plans to expand its U.S. headquarters and add up to 300 new jobs in Greencastle. Last year, Toyota Indiana announced plans to invest $100 million into its Princeton operations, creating up to 300 new jobs, while Aisin Chemical Indiana and Aisin Drivetrain announced plans to invest $45.35 million in its Crothersville operations

 

“Japanese businesses are strong here in Indiana. From main streets to industrial parks across our Hoosier State, Japan knows that Indiana is ready to be its go-to location for business growth,” said Pence. “Indiana’s team is working around the clock to keep that story going and keep the jobs numbers growing. We look forward to continuing to tell why Indiana is a state that works for Japanese companies.”

 

The cost of the state delegation is being covered through private donations to the Indiana Economic Development Foundation. In addition to Governor Pence, the state will be represented by First Lady Karen Pence and Secretary of Commerce Victor Smith. The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has an office in Tokyo and its representatives will assist with trip arrangements.

 

This will be Pence’s seventh international trade mission as governor. In addition to Japan in 2013, he led economic development missions to Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada and Israel in 2014 followed by China in May of this year.

First Lady Karen Pence to Kick-off Art Exchange in Preparation for Japan Jobs Mission

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Will also offer remarks at Healthy Hoosiers Foundation Launch

 

First Lady Karen Pence will join the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) to launch the Healthy Hoosiers Foundation, where she will offer remarks. The Healthy Hoosiers Foundation was created through legislation passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed by Governor Pence and is aimed at raising funds to support ISDH initiatives such as reducing the rates of infant mortality, obesity, and smoking in Indiana. The First Lady will also be available for interviews and questions, along with State Health Commissioner Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy State Health Commissioner Jennifer Walthall, M.D., M.P.H., and other State Department of Health staff.

 

Tomorrow afternoon, in anticipation of the governor’s economic development and jobs mission to Japan next month, Indiana First Lady Karen Pence will visit Southside Elementary School in Columbus tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. to kick off an art exchange between its fourth grade students and Miyoshigaoka Elementary School students, which is located in Miyoshi City, Japan, Columbus’ sister-city. First Lady Karen Pence, a past art teacher, will ask Columbus students to draw “name creatures” as part of the exchange.

 

In Japan, Mrs. Pence will share the Columbus students’ artwork with fourth grade students at Miyoshigaoka Elementary School and ask students to also create “name creature” art. She will then bring the artwork back to the Columbus students to complete the artwork exchange. Details below.

 

Thursday, August 27:

 

10:30 a.m. EDT – First Lady Karen Pence to offer remarks at Healthy Hoosiers Foundation Launch

*Media are welcome to attend. There will be a media availability starting at 10:15 a.m. EDT with the First Lady, State Health Commissioner, Deputy State Health Commissioner, and other ISDH staff.

Indiana State Department of Health – Rice Auditorium (lower level), 2 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN

 

12:45 p.m. EDT – First Lady Karen Pence to kick off an art exchange in preparation for Japan jobs mission

*Media are welcome to attend and are asked to check in at the front desk.

Southside Elementary School, 1320 W 200 S, Columbus, IN

Daily Off Topic Forum August 27, 2015

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EPA: THE CURE’S USUALLY WORSE THAN THE ‘DISEASE’

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By Susan Stamper Brown

Like the road to Hell, liberal ideas are usually paved with good intentions. But, as Ronald Reagan once said, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” And all that vast un-knowledge births monster government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, which end up doing more harm than good.

Today, with more than 15,000 fulltime employees-strong and led by environmental extremists, Obama’s EPA is an agency gone-wild. A report just out by the Institute for Energy Research [IER] concludes the EPA’s finalized “Clean Power Plan” is filled with about as much junk as the EPA and contractors just pumped into Colorado’s Animas River.

The Clean Power Plan effectually triggers the skyrocketing electricity prices Mr. Obama duly promised years back. Nevertheless, the EPA says the plan will save thousands of lives, improving the climate and our health. That is, barring additional EPA-caused environmental disasters.

I presume then, we should trust the EPA, naively ignoring the effect high energy prices would have on low income families. Even EPA Chief Gina McCarthy admits, “Low income minority communities would be hardest hit.” Should we also ignore that former Obama administration Assistant Secretary of Energy, Charles McConnell says the costly and burdensome Clean Power Plan will, at best, only reduce global temperatures by a negligible one-hundredth of a degree, Celsius?

The IER report says the plan could trigger “14,000 more premature deaths than it prevents by 2030″ because higher electricity costs reduces the ability to afford basic needs, effectively “making the poor poorer and the sick sicker.” Presumably also making the big government bigger and fat environmental activists like Al Gore, fatter. His wallet, I mean, of course.

Apparently, it’s also tough luck for millions of Americans burning wood to stay warm. The same plan proposes an across-the-board ban — no matter where you live or what you can afford — on the sale and production of 80 percent of America’s wood-burning stoves. Forbes.com says, “Most wood stoves that warm cabins and homes from coast-to-coast can’t meet that standard. Older stoves that don’t, cannot be traded in for updated types, but instead must be rendered inoperable, destroyed, or recycled as scrap metal.”

Or maybe the EPA will just throw scrapped stoves down the Animas River.

In the aftermath of the recent toxic spill, and with likely infinitesimal accountability for its actions, the EPA marches forward in an unrelenting mission to empower itself and control our lives, regulation by unlegislated regulation.

As I write, a Wyoming man faces the threat of a $75,000-a-day fine for building a stock pond on his property the EPA says includes “a dam on a waterway.” The pond purportedly violates the Clean Water Act because it lacked an Army Corps of Engineers permit and alleged “material” from his pond flows into other waterways. It matters not that the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office permitted the pond. Likely, the “material” from his pristine pond, fit for fish and waterfowl to flourish and cattle to drink, did not turn waterways a toxic Animas River orange.

As usual, conservatives showed up to help the little guy fight big government. The Casper Star Tribune reports that GOP senators wrote to the EPA saying the agency’s actions are a “draconian edict of a heavy handed bureaucracy” more interested in “bankrupting” the landowner. You think?

We know by watching all those lousy pharmaceutical ads that sometimes the cure is worse than the disease. It’s the same with the EPA. Back in the 1970s, it banned mosquito-killing DDT after an overreaction to an unsubstantiated book. Scientists today credit tens of millions of needless malaria-related deaths to the ban. And it continues. Seemingly, for every benefit derived from EPA meddling, there’s a list of damaging side effects as long as the Animas.

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