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Governor Pence Ceremonially Signs “Jenny’s Law”

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Indianapolis – Today, Governor Mike Pence ceremonially signed “Jenny’s Law”, SEA 94, which lengthens the statute of limitations for rape in the state of Indiana.

 

“‘Jenny’s Law’ marks an important milestone in the life of our state as well as in the lives of victims of sexual assault,” said Governor Pence. “This law would not have been possible without Jenny’s courage, and I’m honored she could join the ceremonial bill signing today.”

 

In attendance was Jenny Wendt Ewing, a sexual assault victim and advocate who inspired the legislation. She started a petition to urge legislators to lengthen Indiana’s statute of limitations in cases of sexual assault, and within three days, she had nearly 700 signatures and stories from other rape victims, fueling her efforts. SEA 94 was signed by Governor Pence on April 29, 2015.

 

The Governor was also joined by Senator Michael Crider (R-Greenfield), bill sponsors Representative Robert Cherry (R-Greenfield), Representative Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn), Representative Christina Hale (D-Indianapolis), and Representative Julie Olthoff (R-Crown Point), and bill co-author Senator Eric Bassler (R-Washington).

 

Audubon Kids’ Zone Demolishes Building and Unveils Hub Design

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Community One and the Audubon Kids’ Zone (AKZ) will host a Neighborhood Block Party on Friday, June 19 at 4 PM to celebrate the demolition of the former Independence Bank building making way for new construction. At the Block Party , the designs for the new building will be unveiled. The Party will be located at 1325 Powell Street in Henderson, the site of the Audubon Kids’ Zone hub.

Earlier this Spring, Community One announced the creation of the Audubon Kids’ Zone as a collaboration with the Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation, the City of Henderson, Engage Henderson, and the South Heights Elementary School. The AKZ seeks to identify the needs of families and kids living in the East End using a geography of ten blocks as a sample to determine need and measure impact. The hope is to deliver necessary support to insure success for children living within the zone and beyond from prenatal to college age.

The Block Party brings neighbors together with AKZ staff and volunteers. “We’re excited to meet with the families of the Kids’ Zone and celebrate progress,” says Lori Reed, Community Development Director for Community One.

Plans for the Hub’s construction, sponsored in part by the Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation, will be unveiled to the neighborhood at this time. The building is designed to elevate the vision for the neighborhood and the future of kids who don’t lack capacity, just opportunity. The building will be the Hub for the work, although much of the daily work will happen where the students are – at home and at school. Tammy Sutton, of Light House Counseling and AKZ consultant says, “We are excited to bridge the support gap for students between school and where they live. The partnership with South Heights staff and AKZ is an exciting model which we hope to replicate with more schools.”

The Audubon Kids’ Zone Board continues to seek community support as they work to raise money for the building and collaborate to develop first year programming. “Every resource is necessary to help kids succeed, no exceptions,” says Rob Carroll, South Heights Elementary School Principal and AKZ Board Member.

Daily Off Topic Forum June 19, 2015

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Dr. Bucshon to House Colleagues: Support Medical Device Repeal

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(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Wednesday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. took to the House floor to discuss the importance of repealing the Medical Device Tax, a 2.3% excise tax on medical devices put in place by the Affordable Care Act.

 

Video of the speech can be accessed here - https://youtu.be/S70Aa4pVooI, and full text is included below:

 

“Mr. Speaker, in Indiana the medical device industry employs over 20,000 Hoosiers in over 300 medical device companies. These are good-paying jobs that pay 56 percent more than the average wage.

 

“As Indiana’s Governor Mike Pence recently put it in a letter to our delegation, ‘This industry is vital to Indiana’s economy and the health and well-being of people across the nation and world.’

 

“Unfortunately, this critical industry is living under the shadow of a job-killing tax put in place to pay for Affordable Care Act.

 

“In fact, companies in Indiana have already halted research projects and plans for expansion.

 

“The Medical Device Tax is crippling innovation of life-saving products like the ones I used as a surgeon, and it’s putting patients and jobs at risk. 

 

“This is about patients, at the end of the day, and their access to healthcare.

 

“We’ve had broad bipartisan support for repeal of the Medical Device Tax in both chambers before. It’s time to put an end to this onerous tax once and for all.”

 

BACKGROUND:

 

H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act, repeals the 2.3% excise tax on medical devices put in place to help pay for the Affordable Care Act. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN), has broad bipartisan support with 282 cosponsors. Similar legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives in the 113th Congress but was not brought up for a vote in the U.S. Senate. However, in March of 2013, the Senate passed a non-binding budget resolution opposing the tax by a bipartisan vote of 79-20 and earlier this year, a bipartisan group of Senators filed a bill to repeal the tax.

 

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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EPD Activity Report

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IS IT TRUE JUNE 18, 2015

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IS IT TRUE the President of Evansville City Council,  Dr. Dan Adams was informed by Mayor Lloyd Winnecke that he was declining the invitation from the City Council to appear at their meeting to clarify the Hotel Project and to deliver an update on the project? …perhaps the City Council should decline any further appropriations until the Mayor appears before them? …a public update is certainly not too much to ask for nor expect, considering the many of millions of taxpayer dollars that are at stake.?  …either the Mayor is deliberately hiding the details of the project, afraid to be questioned by the Council or his arrogance has reached an all-time high?

IS IT TRUE the property tax rate within the City of Evansville 2012 (which was Mayor Weinzapfel’s last budget) was 1.2985%? … If property was assessed at $100,000 and there were no exemption to apply, the property taxes without consideration of tax caps would have been $1,298.50 using this simple illustration?

IS IT TRUE the property tax rate within the City of Evansville in 2015 is 1.4881%? .. If property was assessed at $100,000 and there were no exemption to apply, the property taxes without consideration of tax caps would be $ 1,488.10 using this simple illustration?

IS IT TRUE while the tax rate continues to climb, the deficit on the city’s General Fund account also continues to rise at an alarming rate.?  …just this past week, it was estimated by City Councilman John Friend CPA the city was nearly $20,000,000 overdrawn in this account?

IS IT TRUE if former Evansville Mayor and current City Controller would have continued to build a new baseball park next to Tropicana, then the 100 Year Birthday celebration at Bosse Field would have never happened?

IS IT TRUE the citizens of this community owe Bill Bussing a great deal of gratitude for bringing the Otters to Evansville and Bosse Fiend? …Mr. Bussing and his late father, W.C. “Bud” Bussing are men of principal and honor? …their loyalty and love for this community have been expressed over and over on countless projects?  …this is one of the finest families this community has ever seen?  …we are so very grateful for their generosity and love for Evansville?

IS IT TRUE our committee has just decided the winners of the 2015 Mole Award winners?   …this event will be held on October 26, 2015 at Tropicana Conference Center?  …in the next several weeks we shall be announcing the CCO “Mole Award” winners for this year? …we can guarantee this year’s winners will certainly impress our readers?

Please take time and vote in todays “Readers Poll”. Also we just posted the current City County Observer TRI-STATE VOICES TV show for you’re viewing pleasure. Copyright 2015 City County Observer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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, June 16, 2015

Jeffery Currie            Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon-Level 4 Felony

Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Level 6 Felony

Dealing in Synthetic Drug or Synthetic Drug Lookalike Substance-Level 6 Felony

Possession of Marijuana-Class B Misdemeanor

Shaneeka McGuire     Resisting Law Enforcement-Level 6 Felony

Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor

Johnny Clayton           Strangulation-Level 6 Felony

Battery-Class B Misdemeanor

Intimidation-Class A Misdemeanor

Erick Johnson               Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

Jacquiline Johnso Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

Austin Miles            Intimidation-Level 5 Felony

Ronnie Sanders II      Operating a Motor Vehicle after Forfeiture of License for Life-Level 6 Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Level 6 Felony

Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Class C Misdemeanor

UE Receives Ball Brothers Foundation Venture Fund Grant for New Neuromarketing Center

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The University of Evansville has been awarded a Ball Brothers Foundation Venture Fund Grant of $22,000 for its newly instituted Neuromarketing Research Center. Through the Neuromarketing Research Center, interdisciplinary student teams serve clients by testing responses to various marketing elements and tactics using leading-edge neuroscience techniques.

“The Neuromarketing Research Center is a great example of the interdisciplinary training that occurs at the University of Evansville,” says UE associate professor of psychology Lora Becker.

UE assistant professor of marketing Atefeh Yazdanparast explains that neuromarketing is a relatively new research discipline that combines neuroscience with marketing.

“This emerging field goes beyond traditional tools of research and focuses on consumers’ reactions to marketing stimuli. We are proud to equip our students with neuromarketing research techniques, a valuable competitive edge in today’s dynamic and highly competitive market.”

The Neuromarketing Center is a part of the University’s successful GAP program in which undergraduates of all majors obtain real-world experience and build professional confidence while producing real results for actual companies. Clients gain access to innovative tools and techniques and fresh perspectives. This unique program prepares UE students and area businesses for global leadership, citizenry, and success.

“Students and their business clients will both benefit from the unique insights delivered through this innovative approach,” says UE vice president of marketing Don Jones. “The Neuromarketing Research Center will facilitate the convergence of the latest ideas from neuroscience applied to the most challenging opportunities for business.”

The program will also soon offer opportunities for UE faculty and students to engage in neuromarketing research on a global level. Yazdanparast (marketing), Becker (neuroscience), and UE executive director for the Institute of Global Enterprise Jill Griffin (marketing/international business) will kick off this global research with initial work in Australia, China, and Germany this year.

The Ball Venture Fund was created in 1999 to enable the Ball Brothers Foundation to take an active role in encouraging and supporting creative efforts at Indiana’s independent colleges and universities. The program, administered by the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI), provides seed money for innovative start-up programs at ICI member institutions.

 

AG Zoeller, Indiana residents ask FCC to allow blocking of robocalls

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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller submitted his comments to the FCC supporting the agency’s proposal to update federal telephone privacy rules and allow broader use of call-blocking technology. He was joined in his comments by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.

“Every day, my office hears complaints from Hoosiers about unwanted calls, texts and robocalls,” Zoeller said. “These calls are an invasion of privacy, a waste of time and money, and are often scams. We need the FCC to get the message loud and clear – people are sick of unwanted calls and want action now.”

The FCC is scheduled to vote on updates to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Thursday, June 18. If approved, the rules will help stop robocalls, scam text messages and telemarking calls to peoples’ phones. The fact sheet detailing the proposal can be found here: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fact-sheet-consumer-protection-proposal.

Zoeller said one of the key provisions in the proposed rule changes would allow phone carriers to implement call-blocking technologies at their customers’ request to screen robocalls and robotexts before they reach residential landlines or cell phones. This technology has existed for some time, but has been largely unavailable to consumers, the attorneys general note in their letter.

Unwanted calls and texts are the most common complaint received by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office, with more than 13,000 residents filing complaints in 2014. Within the last year, nearly 7,500 Indiana residents complained to the Indiana Attorney General’s Office specifically about illegal robocalls.

Zoeller has been urging Indiana residents to file comments with the FCC in support of these rule changes, and many have done so. Comments on the proposed rule changes can be submitted here by entering proceeding number 02-278.

“Please vote to allow the phone companies the power to block robocalls before they get to my phone. I receive several every day and I’m on the No Call list,” said one Indiana resident in his comments.

Zoeller and Koster have been leaders in telephone privacy. They have held No Call Summits for the last two years to focus on reducing unwanted calls and led a working group of attorneys general in making  policy recommendations to uphold telephone privacy – including the updates the FCC is now considering.

“Despite our ongoing focus on this issue, the calls are still coming, often originating across state lines or overseas. We need to use every tool in the toolbox, at the state and federal levels, to fix this problem and protect consumers,” the attorneys general said in their letter.

Indiana residents who receive an unwanted call or text can file a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office by visiting www.IndianaConsumer.com or calling 1.888.834.9969. In 2014, the AG’s Office took legal action against 11 Do Not Call or robocall violators, and obtained judgments and settlements totaling more than $6 million.

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