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Mayor Winnecke’s LST 325 Peoria Statement‏

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December 12, 2013

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“We continue to have discussions with the LST leadership that are positive and candid. They are fully aware of our city’s desire to keep the LST 325 in Evansville. The LST leadership has kept our administration informed of their discussions with other cities, and we understand they are doing their due diligence exploring all options. The leadership has asked to resume talks with Evansville following the LST 325 board meeting in Peoria in January.”

– Lloyd Winnecke, Mayor

City of Evansville

Georgian Parliament in a Free for All Fist Fight

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Boys & Girls Club of Evansville to host a Christmas Party

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EFDThis year Evansville Firefighter’s Local 357 will again partner with the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville to host a Christmas Party for 50 children. The children are selected from those who have received good grades and are active in the positive character building activities at the club.  Not only do theFirefighters spend the time talking, playing, and interacting with the kids, but they provide lunch, perform a fire safety and prevention demonstration and provide them $50 worth of gifts made possible by the individual Firefighters monetary donations.

When: Saturday December 14th, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Where: Boys and Girls Club of Evansville, 700 Bellemeade Ave. (corner of Bellemeade & Morton)

The children will start arriving at 11:30 am.

Lunch will be served around noon, followed by a fire safety demonstration, and finally a visit by Santa who distributes the gifts.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Nick's HeadshotBelow is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, December 11, 2013

 

Robin Hamilton                Theft-Class  D Felony

 

Cameron King                   Attempted Murder-Class A Felonies (Two Counts)

Criminal Recklessness-Class  D Felonies (Two Counts)

Carrying a Handgun without a License-Class A Misdemeanor

 

Louis Lacey Sr                    Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .15 or More-Class A Misdemeanor

(Enhanced to D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)

 

Dylon Lee                            Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .08 or More-Class C Misdemeanor

(Enhanced to  D Felony Due to Prior Convictions)

 

Kristl McGuire                  Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person with a

Passenger Less than 18 Years of Age-Class D Felony

 

Daniel Wolfe                     Theft-Class D Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

 

Jeremy Greenlee            Neglect of Dependent-Class D Felonies (Two Counts)

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

 

Samantha Murphy          Neglect of Dependent-Class D Felonies (Two Counts)

 

 

Kelly Scott                          Counterfeiting-Class D Felony

Receiving Stolen Property-Class D Felony

Failure to Stop after Accident Resulting in Injury-Class A Misdemeanor

METS Rider Alert

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Jingle Bell – 5K – Run/Walk Saturday 12-14-2013 8:15—10:00am

Riverside and Covert to and from the transfer terminal routes will detour: Outbound — from transfer terminal Sycamore to Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. to Walnut

resuming routes.
Inbound — onto Walnut to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. to Vine St. to transfer terminal.

Howell route will detour:
Inbound at Fulton onto Second St. to Sycamore to the transfer terminal.

IHCDA and public officials to host fifth public forum to address Indiana’s Abandoned Homes to be held December 18, 2013, at 6 p.m. in Evansville

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ifpn-header-logoWhat: Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA), which is overseen by Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann, will host the fifth in a series of public forums to address blighted, vacant and abandoned homes in Indiana. Hosted by Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, the event will be held in conjunction with a group of bi-partisan elected officials including Representative Gail Riecken (D) and Senator Jim Merritt (R).

When: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at 6 p.m. CT
Where: CK Newsome Community Center – Recreation Room, 100 Walnut Street, Evansville, Indiana

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Additional meetings will be held throughout the state in the coming months to ensure all Hoosier residents have the opportunity to provide feedback. If you are unable to attend the public hearings, please submit written comments to feedback@ihcda.in.gov by Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013.

Background

Blighted, vacant and abandoned homes are a serious issue for Indiana homeowners, neighborhoods and communities. Sadly, the State of Indiana has the dubious distinction of having the highest percentage of abandoned foreclosed homes in the country. RealtyTrac and 24/7 Wall Street are reporting that roughly 30% of Indiana’s foreclosed homes are abandoned. This means that due to foreclosure alone, 5,000 blighted and abandoned homes are negatively impacting Indiana homeowners and neighborhoods by reducing property values. Blighted properties also serve as a drain on municipal resources. Many Indiana communities lack the resources necessary to address this growing issue alone.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury established the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest-Hit Markets (Hardest Hit Fund) to provide financial assistance to families in the states most impacted by the downturn of the housing market. The U.S. Department of the Treasury designed the overall program to give each participating state the flexibility to tailor its program to the unique factors

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contributing to its state’s foreclosure problems. The Hardest Hit Fund is a national program available in 18 states and the District of Columbia.

Indiana was awarded more than $221 million under the Hardest Hit Fund and is targeting low- to moderate-income homeowners whose primary residence is in any county in Indiana. The State of Indiana, through IHCDA, is exploring the use of a portion of the Hardest Hit Funds to demolish blighted and abandoned homes that are beyond repair. The goal is not simply to demolish abandoned homes, but to stabilize property values in Indiana communities. The proposed partnership between IHCDA and Indiana municipalities would allow communities to demolish blighted properties and offer a variety of end uses for the newly cleared properties including green space and redevelopment. IHCDA, Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann, IHCDA’s Board Chair, Mayor Winnecke, Representative Riecken and Senator Merritt believe that the demolition of abandoned and blighted homes would be a significant step toward rebuilding Hoosier communities.

Since IHCDA’s announcement that it was exploring the use of Hardest Hit Funds to eliminate blighted and abandoned properties, many have expressed concern that doing so might detract from the mission of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. IHCDA would like to reassure the public that it is committed to using the majority of Hardest Hit Funds to help individual homeowners in need. As of September 30, 2013, more than 2,250 homeowners have received approximately $24 million in Hardest Hit Fund mortgage payment assistance; and another $49 million has been set aside to provide mortgage payment assistance to approved homeowners currently enrolled in the program.

Members Appointed to the Temporary Sign Advisory Committee

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Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke
Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke

As a follow up to Monday’s decision to suspend fines and modernize the temporary sign ordinance, Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Vanderburgh County Commission President Marsha Abell today announced the appointment of members to the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Temporary Sign Advisory Committee and committee meeting dates. The committee was established to review the current city and county ordinances regulating temporary signs.

Members of the Temporary Sign Advisory Committee are: Amy Word, Franklin Street Events Association; Dan DiLegge, North Main Street Business Association; Marcia Dowell, Keep Evansville Beautiful; George Postletheweight, Evansville Association of Realtors; Justin Groenert, Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana; Dr. Dan Adams, Evansville City Council; Stephen Melcher, Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners; Kip Husk, Kerry Dubuque, Dawn Sutton and Scott Elpers representing local sign companies , and Bill Pedtke, Area Plan Commission Board member. Other interested parties are welcome to provide additional feedback.

The committee will meet on December 11th and 18th at 8:30 a.m. in Room 318 of the Civic Center. Following the two sessions, the Area Plan Commission staff will review the information and propose changes to the city and county temporary sign ordinances. The proposed ordinances will be taken back to the Temporary Sign Advisory Committee for approval before being submitted to the Area Plan Commission Board. If the Board agrees to adopt the changes, the proposed ordinances would then be considered for final approval by the Evansville City Council and the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners.

For more information about the new Evansville-Vanderburgh County Temporary Sign Advisory Committee, contact Area Plan Commission Ex. Dir. Ron London at 812-436-5226.

EPD ACTIVITY REPORT 12.11.2013

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EPD ACTIVITY REPORT 12.11.2013

IS IT TRUE December 12, 2013

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Mole #3 Nostradamus of Local Politics
Mole #3 Nostradamus of Local Politics

IS IT TRUE sources tell the CCO that the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department now has a vacant executive position available?…this position is in the Community Correction department? …the leading candidate to fill this position is none other than former Evansville police officer and City Councilman, Steve Bagby?

IS IT TRUE we all need to prepare to hear that Mayor Winnecke will announce that the proposed site location for the new downtown IU Medical School shall be in the area of the old Greyhound Bus Station?…there are a couple of requirements in the 30 page version of the Request for Proposal on the IU project website that will make downtown Evansville probability of being named the winner very difficult?…the facilities requirement is for 170,000 square feet of buildings that are efficient and sustainable?…it is furthermore stated that there is a need for room to grow?…it must be realized that this is calling for a 4 acre building that will be quite difficult to place in downtown Evansville because of space constraints even without any room to grow?…you could go up and there is a building of such size at the corner of 5th and Main that was at one time the Old National Bank?…that old building which is younger than most in the downtown is anything but efficient?…the efficient and sustainable requirement sort of rules out any kind of cost effective repurposing of any older building?…the “fight like the dickens” team led by Mayor Winnecke may come up with a proposal and even some incentives but comparing a medical school experience in a downtown with a hodgepodge of buildings and travel by car to teaching beds is a far cry from going to a new state of the art campus in a pastoral setting east of Evansville?…stranger things have happened in this world but the CCO and many of our readers are finding it difficult to understand how the downtown could be the “BEST” solution for the IU Medical School?

IS IT TRUE EFD Chief Connelly cannot hire a part time employee?…the CCO learned that at the union meeting in was disclosed that there is a clause in the contract that forbids this?…it is funny the Chief does not even know the terns of the contract that he helped negotiate and presented to the union body to vote on?… the EFD has a new Rescue Squad truck sitting at the administration building collecting dust?…the Rescue Squad truck was purchased with Homeland Security monies and the Chief will not allow it to be used even though departments all over the country are using the ones they purchased with the same funds?…the Rescue Squad trucks at Station 1 is literally falling apart and has been in service since 1997 and the reserve back up is from 1991.  …we hear that EFD Pumpers and Quints Ladder trucks are so old that the fire department mechanics going to junk yards to find parts to keep them in service?

IS IT TRUE in another situation where bureaucratic idiocy and cronyism are the driving ROTTEN PUBLIC POLICY outside of Indiana (thank you) a recently retired and very respected medical doctor read of the nursing shortage and how faculty shortages are making it difficult to graduate nurses on time?…he approached a community college about volunteering without pay to teach “chemistry for nurses” to help with the faculty shortage problem?…much to this doctor’s surprise there is a powerful union that has authority over the community college that blocked the doctor from doing this good deed?…because this doctor is not a card carrying member of the NURSES UNION he is not allowed by law to teach chemistry to nursing students?…the CCO finds this to be one of the dumbest and poorest examples of poor public policy we have learned of this year?…it is one thing to do something stupid, but it is quite another to pass laws that mandate stupidity?

Mayor to Join Wreaths Across America Ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery

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bugle-honorOn Saturday December 14, 2013, members of the Tri-State community are invited to honor veterans during the holiday season as part of Wreaths Across America’s annual National Remembrance Day.

Evansville Civil Air Patrol’s RiverCity Cadet Squadron will conduct the ceremony for the third year at Oak Hill Cemetery’s Veterans’ Plaza on Saturday, December 14, at 11a.m. Seven ceremonial wreaths will be placed to remember all soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who served, and also to honor their sacrifice, and to teach younger generations about the high cost of our freedom.

Specially designated wreaths for the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, and POW/MIA will be placed on memorials by veterans during a brief ceremony, coordinated simultaneously at over 800 participating locations around the world, and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Seven ceremonial wreaths will also be placed at Evansville’s Locust Hill Cemetery on Kratzille Rd.

In addition to the ceremonial wreaths, Civil Air Patrol’s RiverCity Cadet Squadron has joined with Wreaths Across America to provide hundreds of sponsored wreaths to be placed on veterans’ graves in the Veterans’ Plaza and the Civil War section of Oak Hill Cemetery. Currently 500 wreaths are slated for delivery to Oak Hill Cemetery.

Wreaths Across America is a national non-profit organization that encompasses over 700 participating locations and more than 150,000 volunteers around the country.

The Wreaths Across America mission is to remember the fallen, honor those who serve including their families who sacrifice, and to teach children the cost of the freedoms we enjoy each day.

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