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IS IT TRUE APRIL 1, 2015

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IS IT TRUE that it Governor Mike Pence has really been treading water these past few days trying to justify the legislators passage of the recent discrimination measures in the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act”?  …we are pleased that many Corporate Executives, public officials, celebrities, ordinary citizens and just about everybody has expressed their displeasure with the law?  …that Governor Pence has embarrassed every Hoosier citizens for pushing to pass this law?  … we hope that steps will be taken by the end of the week to take corrective action?  …the CCO says; “shame on you Governor”?

IS IT TRUE that yesterday, the Redevelopment Commission meeting turned into a “jump on” Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave event? …the local union boss, fellow ERC Board members and the Mayors Chief of Staff attacked Ms. Musgrave reasonable remarks and questions concerning the Motel deal at every turn?

IS IT TRUE that ERC Board member Mike Schopmeyer, a Winnecke appointee was correct when he said, “We’re being politicized at this event today, and that’s unfortunate”? …Schopmeyer, Mayors Chief of Staff , Chairman of the ERC and the union boss indeed politicized the meeting when that didn’t address Mrs. Musgraves reasonable financial questions about the downtown Hotel project?

IS IT TRUE that Musgrave’s questions and her insistence to get answers before voting were right on target?  …her questions related to the $3.6 million loan from county government and the visitors bureau were also relevant and of major importance?   …she made a reasonable request for a one week delay in order for City Council get answers concerning this $3.6 million loan? …she was rebuffed at every turn?

IS IT TRUE that three City Council members — President-Dan Adams, D-At-Large, Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley, D-3rd Ward and 2nd Ward Missy Mosby attended the Redevelopment Commission meeting yesterday? …Adams and Brinkerhoff -Riley joined Musgrave in seeking the one-week delay? …the Mayors political puppet, Councilwoman Missy Mosby, D-2nd Ward urged the panel to pass the development agreement without delay? ….Mosby of course, sat through Mondays City Council meeting without asking one single question?  … most people didn’t even realize that she was in attendance?

IS IT TRUE that Missy Mosby not only refused to participate in the recent 2nd Ward discussion on CCO and Woods and Woods Tri-State Voices TV show, then misrepresented that she had only been given 48 hour notice when there is proof that she was notified ONE FULL WEEK in advance? …that the real truth that Ms. Mosby was given alternate dates by the show co-host and was even offered her choice of other dates for the taping? Once, again, Missy failed to be honest to the voters of the 2nd Ward and we are preparing to provide our readers with E-mails and text messages that shall show her unwillingness to discuss the issues of the 2nd Ward?

FOOTNOTE: PLEASE TAKE TIME TO CAST YOUR VOTE ON TODAYS READERS POLL QUESTION.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

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Holly’s House, a local child and adult victim advocacy center, has announced activities in conjunction with National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The 4th Annual celebration of “Hat’s Off to Holly’s House” will be held on April 10th and the “Blue Jeans for Prevention” program will also be highlighted during April. Details for both events can be found at www.hollyshouse.org

 

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, Holly’s House encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making Southwest Indiana a better place for children and families. By ensuring that parents have the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to care for their children, we can help promote children’s social and emotional well-being and prevent child maltreatment within families and communities. Research shows that when parents possess six protective factors, the risk for neglect and abuse diminish and optimal outcomes for children, youth, and families are promoted. The six protective factors are:

  • Nurturing and attachment
  • Knowledge of parenting and of child and youth development
  • Parental resilience
  • Social connections
  • Concrete supports for parents
  • Social and emotional developmental well-being

 

“April is a time to celebrate the important role that communities play in protecting children,” said Sidney Hardgrave, Executive Director for Holly’s House. “Everyone’s participation is critical. Focusing on ways to build and promote the protective factors, in every interaction with children and families, is the best thing our community can do to prevent child maltreatment and promote optimal child development.”

 

In support of these efforts, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, its Child Welfare Information Gateway, the FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy – Strengthening Families have created Making Meaningful Connections 2015 Resource Guide. The guide, designed for service providers who work throughout the community to strengthen families, is available on Information Gateway’s website:https://childwelfare.com/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/resource-guide/  For more information about child abuse prevention programs and activities during the month of April, and throughout the year, contact Holly’s House at (812) 437-7233, or visit www.hollyshouse.org.

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 Monday, March 30, 2015

Casey Hemingway     Burglary-Level 4 Felony

Theft-Class A Misdemeanor

Joshua Jacobs                 Operating a Motor Vehicle after Forfeiture of License for Life-Level 5 Felony

Thomas White             Theft-Level 6 Felony

John Martin Jr                Theft-Level 6 Felony

Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Ever Receiving a License-Class C

Misdemeanor

Melvin Wilson          Criminal Confinement-Level 5 Felony

Strangulation-Level 6 Felony

Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

Interference with the Reporting of a Crime-Class A Misdemeanor

Michael Jews    Performing Sexual Conduct in the Presence of a Minor-Level 6 Felony

Jeffrey Beard     Criminal Confinement-Level 6 Felony

Battery-Class B Misdemeanor

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at kphernetton@vanderburghgov.org

Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law

VCSO and EPD Receive Rural Roadway Enforcement Grant

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The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership (which consists of the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department) will be participating in Indiana’s 2015 Rural Demonstration Project (RDP). The RDP is a campaign aimed at increasing seat belt usage in rural communities. The campaign begins on Sunday, April 5 and runs through Saturday, April 25. During this three-week period, 21 local law enforcement agencies throughout the state will increase high visibility seat belt patrols.

According to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), approximately 460 Hoosiers were killed on rural roadways in 2014; almost 64 percent of the state’s total traffic fatalities last year. Statistics show that Americans driving or riding on rural roadways face a much greater risk of being injured or killed than those driving or riding in urban or suburban areas.

During the RDP, sheriff’s deputies and police officers will be looking for unrestrained motorists in all vehicles, including pickup trucks. ICJI research shows pickup truck drivers and their occupants account for the lowest percentage of restraint use in the state – with a 79.2 percent seat belt usage rate (among pickup truck drivers) compared to 93 percent seat belt usage rate among motorists in passenger motor vehicles.

“The purpose of high visibility enforcement patrols is to deter risky driving behaviors that pose dangerous consequences both for the driver and other motorists,” said Sheriff Dave Wedding. “It is critical that we continue to focus on educating pickup truck drivers as well as younger drivers about the importance of seat belt usage. Both of these groups are statistically the least likely to buckle up and therefore the most likely to suffer injuries that could otherwise have been prevented.”

The Rural Demonstration Project (RDP) is an annual traffic safety effort made possible through federal highway safety funds administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI). Law enforcement officers in several areas throughout the state will concentrate seat belt enforcement efforts in 19 Indiana counties found to have a high percentage of unrestrained fatalities.

Pictured above: Scott Township Fire Department and VCSO wait for a wrecker to arrive at the scene of a 2012 crash on Old State Road. The driver was wearing his seatbelt and escaped serious injury.

 

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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EPD Activity Report

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Governor Pence Pens Wall Street Journal Op-ed Regarding Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal regarding Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Excerpts can be found below. The full version, which will appear in Tuesday’s edition, can be found here.

 

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“I want to make clear to Hoosiers and every American that despite what critics and many in the national media have asserted, the law is not a “license to discriminate,” either in Indiana or elsewhere.”

 

“I abhor discrimination. I believe in the Golden Rule that you should “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” If I saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple, I wouldn’t eat there anymore”

 

“As governor of Indiana, if I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group, I would veto it. Indiana’s new law contains no reference to sexual orientation. It simply mirrors federal law that President Bill Clinton signed in 1993.”

 

“Some express concern that Indiana’s RFRA law would lead to discrimination, but RFRA only provides a mechanism to address claims, not a license for private parties to deny services. Even a claim involving private individuals under RFRA must show that one’s religious beliefs were “substantially burdened” and not in service to a broader government interest—which preventing discrimination certainly is. The government has the explicit power under the law to step in and defend such interests.”

 

“The hospitality and character of Hoosiers are synonymous with everything that is good about America. Faith and religion are important values to millions of Indiana residents. With the passage of this legislation, Indiana will continue to be a place that respects the beliefs of every person in our state.”

Similar entrapment argument brings different COA ruling

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Marilyn Odendahl for www.theindianlawyer.com

Again faced with the question of whether a defendant had been entrapped by an undercover detective posing as a prostitute, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court, reaching a different conclusion than they had in a similar case a year earlier.

The Court of Appeals upheld Paul Mobley’s conviction for Class A misdemeanor patronizing a prostitute in Paul D. Mobley v. State of Indiana, 49A02-1405-CR-343. The unanimous panel found the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the police did not induce Mobley.

Nearly one year ago in a case involving the same detective and a very similar set of circumstances, a split Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of Class A misdemeanor patronizing a prostitute, ruling the police had induced the defendant’s criminal behavior in Kenneth Griesemer v. State of Indiana, — N.E.3d, — 2015 WL 970660 (Ind. 2015). Chief Judge Nancy Vaidik dissented, arguing the evidence was sufficient to rebut Griesemer’s entrapment defense.

The Griesemer case was appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court where 3-2 majority affirmed the conviction.
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In his appeal, Mobley asserted the state failed to rebut his defense of entrapment. Mobley had slowly driven past the detective, staring at her, and then stopped his car in the middle of East Washington Street. When the detective approached his car, Mobley inquired about the price and after she named a dollar amount for a specific sexual act, he nodded for her to get into the passenger seat.

Instead, the detective told Mobley to pick her up in the nearby alley. There he was arrested and charged.

Referring to Griesemer, the Court of Appeals concluded the state presented sufficient evidence to reasonably determine that the detective’s policing efforts did not produce Mobley’s criminal conduct.

Vaidik wrote the opinion for the court, pointing out Mobley stopped his car and asked how much before the detective mentioned exchanging money for a sexual act.

“Detective (Tabatha) McLemore did not give Mobley an explicit directive or order and did not exert a persuasive or other force over Mobley; rather, she merely afford him an opportunity to commit the offense, which Indiana Code section 35-41-3-9(b) expressly declares ‘does not constitute entrapment’” Vaidik wrote.

A BUSH VS CLINTON REMATCH

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Raging Moderate by Will Durst

You might want to stuff your pants pockets with sand and hang onto the rail as the ship of state lurches towards the distinct possibility that the next election to command the helm will be between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. The brother versus the wife. Sounds like a probate lawsuit.

This promises to be a fabulous development for comedians everywhere, precipitating the resurrection of all our 1992 Bush/Clinton material. It’s the green thing to do. Recycling meets nostalgia. Together again for the very first time. A rematch by proxy. Now, if only we could coax Ross Perot back into the fray.

If Jeb does win his party’s nomination, it would mean a Bush has been on their presidential ticket seven out of the last 10 elections, which is way past dynasty; now we’re talking anti-trust legislation. If Democrats aren’t investigating the possibility of indicting the Bush Family as a monopolistic cartel infringing on the Sherman Act, they’re more clueless than we first thought. Which was considerable.

Meanwhile, the GOP is trying to nip all this dynastic chatter in the bud by pointing out that Hillary would be a sequel as well. But a sequel is not a dynasty. She’s only the 2nd Clinton to run, which is different than three candidates from the same family by one. I doubt a third Roosevelt could get elected.

Besides, Hillary is a woman, a concept Republicans aren’t overly hip to. The only woman the Tea Party would nominate is Barbara Bush. Not as a candidate, as a production facility.  They fail to grasp how the first person with a y-chromosome deficiency to top a ticket is a big deal. Nor do they understand how disparate the nature is between the 3rd Bush and the 1st woman.

The problem is, Jeb has excited both donors and party regulars. You keep hearing, “no, no, you don’t understand, this is the smart one! He’s takes after mom.” And isn’t that typical? Finally trotting out the smart one the third time around. At least the Dems had the good sense to send up their smart Clinton the 2nd time at bat.

Jeb is the guy who famously said he disagreed with nothing his brother ever did in the White House. Of course, when Hillary was Senator of New York, she stated she could not believe a sitting president of the United States would ever lie to her. Arguments can be made that neither one of them pays close attention.

The GOP doesn’t realize how off-putting this whole dynasty thing is to ordinary Americans. Our whole system of government is based on not being a monarchy. As much as the Bush Family likes to hold hands with them, we aren’t Saudi Arabia.

“But Jeb is his own man.” Yeah, sure. An aide to the Right to Rise PAC said 21 members advising Jeb used to work in the Bush 1 or Bush 2 administrations. Who’s he going to pick as VP, Dick Cheney?

One consolation about this whole sovereign ascendancy matchup is whoever wins isn’t going to need much of an orientation when it comes to figuring out the lay of the land at the White House. Look at that, we’re saving money already.

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Copyright © 2015, Will Durst, distributed by the Cagle Cartoons Inc. syndicate.

Will Durst is an award- winning, nationally acclaimed political comic. Go to willdurst.com to find about about his new one-man show “BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG,” and info about the San Francisco premier of the documentary film “3 Still Standing,” @ the Marines Memorial Theater.

Art in the City 2015 – Artist Call

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(All entries must be Pre-Registered)

Art in the City is our annual Members Only Art Exhibition. Artists may enter one piece, and all entries entered will be displayed, as long as entry requirements have been met.

Entries will be juried for cash awards by this year’s juror, Gary Logan Hobdy.

Best of Show 2D: $100

Best of Show 3D: $100

Calendar:

Pre-registration deadline: May 8th (return this form and your fee of $20)

Artwork Drop-off: Friday, May 15th, from 10 am – 4 pm

Opening Reception: May 22nd, 5:30 pm – 7 pm

Exhibit Closes: June 11th

Artwork Pick-up: June 12th, from 10 am – 4 pm

Cash, credit & debit, and checks accepted. Checks can be made payable to:

Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, 318 Main Street, Ste. 101, Evansville, IN 47708 

> Non-Refundable Entry Fee: $20.00

> ACSWI Individual Membership $35

> Student $20

Entry Requirements & Procedures

2-D Entries:

Framed dimensions with frame cannot exceed 60” in any direction. Submissions must be appropriately framed and securely wired. No sawtooth hangers.

3-D Entries:

Height Limit: 8 Feet

Weight Limit: 150 lbs.

Artwork should be assembled and ready for juror at the time of delivery, no exceptions.

All Entries:

•All submitted art must have been completed within the last 2 years.

•Entry cannot have been displayed in any Arts Council juried exhibition or have won a cash award in any regional exhibition.

•Artist must sign hold harmless agreement before artwork is left in the gallery.

•Accepted art must remain on display for the entire duration of the show.

•All sales generated from Working Together will be subject to the 35% commission policy, established by the Arts Council. Questions about the exhibit can be directed to Andrea Adams, Gallery Director, at andrea.adams@artswin.org or (812)422-2111.

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