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Meet Lifestyle Lil

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I’m glad to be back in Southern Indiana after 21 years traveling the world. Although I can speak five (5) languages fluently, my favorite language is good ole “SOUTHERN INDIANA TWANG”. All I can say about myself is, I was born, highly educated (7 college degrees) and presently living!

Lately I been hanging out and enjoyed connecting with my roots once again. Though I am still grieving about the passing of my 5th husband, oil man, Wolfgang Franz from Germany. Recently, I have rekindled an old flame with my high school sweetheart CCO Mole #3. We parted ways after high school due to his risky enlistment into the CIA. He is now retired CIA and is an undercover informant for the City-County Observer. I look forward to hearing all about his new career in detail at tonight’s reunion dinner at Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano.

Oh, I want to personally thank the City County Observer for allowing me to write the new weekly life style-social column titled “Lifestyle Lil“. Hope you enjoy reading my unpredictable articles!

Presently I’m looking for a home that could be converted into a bed and breakfast located in the majestic Historical District, so I called Market Realty. They sent Michelle Peterlin to help me find the home of my dreams. Michelle really knows her stuff! However, I am a bit fickle so I am still looking and am glad Michelle is extremely patient. I am pleased to hear that the Old Evansville Historic Association have been dedicating the time and resources needed to restore and maintain the Historical District. Their goal is the replacement of the old utilitarian sidewalk/street light fixtures with historically correct fixtures that provide ample lighting and promote safety and walk ability while preserving the areas historical character. I want to give a special thanks to OEHA members Elmer Buchta, John and Pam Guthrie, Sherry Wright,  Dr. Chuck Hudson.  Hopefully we can get the City of Evansville to sign on as equal partners in other worthy community restoration projects.

I needed new tires and a detail done on my car so I went to D-Patrick on North Green River Road. I must say the General Sales Manager, Tony Ricketts took excellent care of me. The detailed staff did an outstanding job on my car! I would highly recommend the ladies and gents at D-Patrick’s to anyone!

Of course I had to change my auto insurance policy. I needed insurance for new car. I met this guy, Bob Dillow and must say is great at what he does. Not only did he save me a great deal of money but also increased my coverage.

Since I’m single-ish now, I decided to go out and paint town RED-BLUE and GREEN. I stopped at The Vault Bar located in downtown. I had a monster time. Great people, wonderful live music and nice atmosphere. This also happens to be where I ran into the Mole. #3 again. Just sit and watch him talk his trash and woo the woman. Its obvious that he hasn’t changed much after all of these years. What a piece of work.

They say in Evansville that “political games are the same but the names have change“! However it’s refreshing to see females faces on the political scene such as Katharine Martin-Knight Township Trustee, Stephanie Terry-Vanderburgh County Council and Gail Reicken-State Representative District 77. I was surprised yet glad to see Connie Robinson is still on Evansville City Council. I am really happy to see John Friend, CPA is still serving on Evansville City Council.  Oh,  John was my 5th husband’s CPA and did a remarkable job for him. I was really pleased to hear my favorite retired heart doctor, Dr. Dan Adams is also serving on the Evansville City Council. The real surprise came when I heard that my ole friend Scott Danks, who represented me through four divorces, is now legal counsel for the Evansville City Council. I can tell you one thing; Scott is one he– of an attorney and he shall serve the council well!

Until next time, don’t take any wooden nickels! I’m on my way to give a lecture at Harvard University on “DSYFUNCTIONALITY”! I can guarantee that I know all about this subject! Anyone who has any social news can contact me at citycountyobserver@live.com!

 

Lifestyle Lil

QUIT WASTING TIME ON MOORE, MAHER & DEAN

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Rick McKee / Augusta Chronicle

Making Sense by Michael Reagan

Bill Maher called Chris Kyle of “American Sniper” a “psychopath patriot.”

Michael Moore called military snipers “cowards” who shoot people in the back.

Howard Dean said “American Sniper” appeals mostly to angry Tea Party types.

So what?

Why do we conservatives give two cents about what these lefties and liberals say about “American Sniper” — or anything else?

Nothing they ever say is surprising. Nothing they say ever adds to the debate, has any effect on anything or helps us find a solution to a serious problem.

The predictable — and wrong — things these liberals and others on the left said about “American Sniper” glorifying killing or whitewashing the Iraq war couldn’t stop or hurt that great movie.

Its record $250 million box-office take in just two weeks says it all.

Spending time or space reacting to anything Moore tweets or Maher says on his barely watched HBO show is a waste of time for conservatives and their media.

Dean’s comment (which he later apologized for) was seen and heard by far more people on conservative media outlets than on Maher’s show.

Ditto for Moore’s garbled tweets, which otherwise would have been seen only by his mindless followers.

So why does the conservative media take the bait, time and time again, and give the inane comments of liberal cranks so much attention and publicity?

Simple. It’s great for their bottom lines.

Unfortunately, attacking your enemies — even when you can predict what they’ll say before they say it — is what the American TV viewing audience wants.

I wish I could change it, but the reality is that it’s all about getting higher ratings.

Whether it’s on MSNBC, CNN or Fox News, the media boxing ring has been set up for everyone to be always fighting somebody else. It’s all about clashing opinions and playing to the opposite corners.

You watch MSNBC to be mad at the right and Fox to be mad at the left and no one watches CNN.

These staged media fights are rarely worth watching and they don’t bring any benefit to the country, the conservative cause or the political process.

It’s rarely a fair fight. Alan Colmes and Bob Beckel are the Washington Generals of Fox News.

And what good does it do for more than 2 million people to watch four conservatives beat up Beckel every night on “The Five”?

Beckel, not to mention Fox News, is laughing all the way to the bank.

But the show is a total waste of time for everyone else. You might as well watch an hour of professional wrestling.

I’m looking for straight news, news I can use, not reports on dumb things said by my enemies. But straight news is hard to find on TV these days.

Other people have noticed the news shortage. Last year during D-Day celebrations in Normandy I was talking to some high-ranking members of the 82nd Airborne.

“What news do you guys watch?” I asked.

“Al Jazeera America.”

“‘Al’ what?”

“Al Jazeera. Because we’re looking for straight news, not opinion. We’ll form our own opinion.”

Al Jazeera America being touted for its un-spun newscasts by U.S. military leaders is a shocking and depressing thought.

But straight news won’t sell to the TV masses in America, where the news media have turned us into a National Inquirer country.

We’re not getting the news we need or can use from network and cable TV. We get bad news, gotcha news, sensational news or shock-video of car wrecks.

The conservative media only make things worse when they constantly publicize the stupid things liberals say.

It may be good for ratings. But at some point you have to say to the conservative media moguls, “Guys, there are a lot of important things going on in the world and what Michael Moore and Bill Maher think are not two of them.”

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Copyright ©2015 Michael Reagan. Michael Reagan is the son of President Ronald Reagan, a political consultant, and the author of “The New Reagan Revolution” (St. Martin’s Press). He is the founder of the email service reagan.com and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. Visit his websites at www.reagan.com and www.michaelereagan.com. Send comments to Reagan@caglecartoons.com. Follow @reaganworld on Twitter.

Open Forum Weekend 1-31. 2-1. 2015

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New tactic to treat substance abuse

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Over the last few years, we have seen an increase of individuals abusing opioids, which are medications to relieve pain like morphine or hydrocodone. More often, habitual opioid users, who are struggling with addition and need help, are ending up in the judicial system, which costs time, money and energy.

What typically happens is that some of the individuals that end up in the courts and are released, return shortly after with the same drug abuse related charges. It is apparent that something needs to be done to address this issue and help those struggling with opioid abuse, get the help they need.

That is why I authored House Bill (HB) 1195 this session. This legislation, which has been assigned to the Courts and Criminal Code Committee, would provide addictions counseling, impatient detoxification or Vivitrol as a possible condition of parole, probation, community corrections pretrial diversion or part of a problem-solving court.

Pet of the Week

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Ellie is a 3-year-old female red pitbull! She is a petite & stocky little girl who looks like a young puppy, but is actually fully-grown. This means she’s fully housetrained and ready to find her forever home! Ellie is not a fan of cats, but sometimes does okay with other dogs. She is currently in foster care to get out of the stressful shelter environment, so she can practice being the perfect couch potato for her adoptive family! Please call (812) 426-2563 to set up a visit with Ellie. Her $100 adoption fee includes her spay, registered microchip, vaccines, heartworm testing, and more!

ILNEWS Restaurant not entitled to return of insurance proceeds seized

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Jennifer Nelson for www.theindianlawyer.com

A Mexican restaurant that is part of a chain which has been under investigation by Marion and Tippecanoe county officials will not have insurance funds seized from a bank account returned, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

The Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office served a warrant in November 2013 for seizure of El Rodeo No. 11’s funds in a PNC bank, which consisted of nearly $1 million in insurance proceeds following a fire that destroyed the Greenfield location. After that prosecutor’s office obtained the funds, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office got a court order to freeze the restaurant’s PNC account, but at that point the balance was zero.

Earlier this year, civil lawsuits were filed in Tippecanoe and Marion counties, accusing the owners of the El Rodeo restaurant chain and others involved with the business of illegally obtaining millions of dollars. The owners of the chain recently agreed to plead guilty to criminal theft charges and forfeit more than $4.5 million for failing to report accurate sales figures to the state.

El Rodeo No. 11 sought a return from Marion County of the $967,840.81 seized by Tippecanoe County officials. Marion County then filed a motion to dismiss the restaurant from its forfeiture complaint since the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office had possession of the money and also filed a forfeiture complaint against it.

The trial court denied Marion County’s motion to dismiss and granted the restaurant’s request that Marion County turn over the seized funds. On interlocutory appeal in State of Ind., Consolidated City of Indianapolis/Marion Co., et al. v. El Rodeo #11, LLC, 49A05-1406-MI-257, the Court of Appeals reversed.

The money was seized by and located in Tippecanoe County when the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office sought forfeiture of it; therefore, it could not meet the statutory requirements for filing a forfeiture complaint under I.C. 34-24-1-3 or 34-24-2-2, wrote Judge Paul Mathias. And because El Rodeo No. 11’s funds were not located in Marion County, the trial court should have granted the county’s motion to dismiss.

In addition, El Rodeo No. 11’s request for the seized funds is moot because Marion County cannot produce funds that it does not and never possessed, Mathias continued. Tippecanoe County is not a named party in the case, and the judges disagreed with the restaurant’s assertion that it does not matter which prosecutor’s office is holding the funds because the “agency holds it by and under the laws of the State of Indiana.”

The judges remanded for further proceedings, including instructions to grant Marion County’s motion to dismiss its forfeiture complaint.

THE SUPERCILIOUS BOWL by Jim Redwine

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Gavel Gamut

By Jim Redwine

(Week of 02 February 2015)

THE SUPERCILIOUS BOWL

New England 34, Seattle 31. No, not the score of the Super Bowl, but the number of inches of snow in New England and the number of times some ditzy commentator will gush over Richard Sherman’s rude comments.

As I am writing this column before Sunday, February 01, 2015, these truly are predictions. Further, I predict the state of Arizona will buy a Super Bowl commercial touting the tender mercies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Oh, wait a minute. Arizona has already paid to have Arpaio’s face on a Times Square “JumboTron”. Sheriff Joe, better known as the Godfather of Maricopa County, or perhaps law enforcement’s bad penny, solemnly chastises us, in advance of even stepping foot into Arizona to, “Enjoy our state, obey all laws and be safe.” Joe’s own scoffing at federal immigration laws is not mentioned.

One hundred million viewers, including Peg and me, will spend an entire day watching sweaty millionaires display the benefits of a college education. Who knew all those nights not spent in the library would be so lucrative? I remember trying to explain to my parents why such subjects as algebra and English were interfering with my opportunity to invest in my future and pointing to such wealthy intellectuals as Broadway Joe Namath as proof. My folks were so misguided. They kept concentrating on my time in the forty-yard dash. I found this short sighted. Their view of my football talent clouded their ability to see my true potential. This was also a flaw of my coaches.

Ah, well, that was then and New England versus Seattle is now. Let’s you and I address the relative merits of Tommy Terrific and Russell Wilson. You will note that Wilson has no nickname. He also has no model for a wife nor does he have millions of starry-eyed teenage girls who don’t know a deflated football from an over inflated ego to swoon over him. Russell isn’t that cute. Oh, he can play football and bring forth last second victories from impossible odds, but he looks like your plumber. Forget him. Brady is to quarterbacks what John Kennedy was to presidents. Who cares what he does as long as he looks great doing it?

On the other hand, Russell Wilson is aptly named; much as the steady, loyal quiet friend of Tom Hanks in The Castaway. No drama no pizazz, no east coast media frenzy, just results.

So here are my real predictions made pre-XLIX: Tom Brady will whine about the hot Arizona weather messing up his hair and Russell Wilson will pull off a victory in the final two minutes.

Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley Calls West Sector Police Office Re-location Mistake

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Dear Mayor Lloyd,stephanie picture
I am writing regarding the proposed moved of the west sector office to CK Newsome. I understand that you may be reconsidering this move, and I encourage such a change. The current location of the West Sector office is 1.4 miles from the downtown police headquarters and located in an area with a higher crime rate in comparison to other parts of the City. The location on a main artery of Jacobsville along with the cars that come and go from that location in the normal course of business are a deterrent to crime.
The movement of this office to CK Newsome appears to be a knee jerk reaction to what is most likely an isolated event of a teenager with a gun. CK Newsome is approximately 1000 yards from the EPD downtown headquarters (as a crow flies) or .6 miles. This location is not centered in a neighborhood and will do little to act as a deterrent to crime in the area. Meanwhile, the loss of the location in Jacobsville will potentially create a gap of law enforcement and send the wrong message to residents in the area that have criminal motives.
If the issue is safety at CK Newsome, it seems that funding off-duty police officers during certain events at the center would be significantly less expensive than this proposed move. Additionally, it would avoid the loss of the West Sector office in a neighborhood that is working so hard to turn around the stigma that is attached to it.
The Jacobsville Area Community Corporation Board and President of the Northside Business Association have contacted me regarding this matter. I would appreciate a continued discussion, and I thank you for your time.
Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley
3rd Ward City Council
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