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IS IT TRUE July 9, 2012

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The Mole #??

IS IT TRUE July 9, 2012

IS IT TRUE James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana was the first American to give his life for his country in World War I?…his home in Garvin Park that was dedicated to his mother is under the care of the City of Evansville Parks Department?…the Parks Department as it seems to do with nearly everything it has stewardship of has allowed the James Bethel Gresham house to fall into a state of disrepair and that the ceiling has fallen in at least one room?…this is the same Parks Department that is about to be burdened with an new Roberts Park to maintain and maybe even the Weinzapfel Administration’s final civic delusion of Centennial Park in the lot behind the Greyhound Bus Station?…the first step of recovery and refocus is to RIGHTSIZE things until they are manageable?…we do not know how what the Evansville Parks Department can actually manage in an exemplary manner but we do know it is much less than they have now?…handing more and more property and responsibility to the Evansville Parks Department given their performance of the last several years makes about as much sense as asking a four year old to babysit?

IS IT TRUE another new park that was to have been built with private money was announced last year after much negotiation at the corner of Main Street and 4th Street?…this lot was mostly owned by Old National Bank that was in the mood to divest of the land so they could stop having to keep it up?…that the Kempf family owned part of it and were the drivers behind the new park?…as we recall a dedicated maintenance fund was to have been set up for that particular park?…we wonder if that privately financed park has slipped through the cracks in the transition from Weinzapfel and Winnecke?…we also wonder why Evansville is hell bent to spend money on parks they will not be able to maintain when a perfectly good downtown park has been offered from private sources?

IS IT TRUE that a new nepotism law went into effect in the State of Indiana on July 1st?…what that means is after July 1st it became illegal to hire family members and cronies onto the public payroll?…it would be interesting to learn just who was hired during the month of June by the City of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, and other government entities just ahead of the ban on nepotism to see if any last minute cronies and family members were signed on to the public payroll in the last month to be able to do so?…we also wonder why Mole #32 tells the CCO that there have been no new conflict of interest statements or amendments to existing statements made this year?…that must mean that none of the new elected officials have any conflicts of interest to disclose?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville City Council President Connie Robinson is now whining about the absence of minority entertainment acts being brought into the Ford Center?…Councilwoman Robinson is even going public in search of a subsidy for bringing such an act in?…she did not state any particular act she is interested in seeing?…Evansville’s promoters have always gone for the guaranteed drawing power of classic rock and country as those demographics always seem to reward the promoter?…that neither VenuWorks nor SMG are promoters?…what they do is manage facilities while promoters like the late Larry Aiken choose the acts they are willing to risk their own money to bring to town?…President Robinson is a business owner that is fully capable of running the numbers and promoting a musical event without a subsidy?…there is no reason whatsoever for the public to bear the cost of any subsidy for such an event and that the fastest way for Council President Robinson to realize her dream of bringing a minority act that she approves of (sorry Darius, you are Republican so you don’t count) to the Ford Center is to take on the role of promoter herself?…that she would be well served to make note that Snoop Dogg only drew 2,000 people to Roberts Stadium yet played this spring in front of 75,000 at Coachella Fest?…promoters can easily ignore demographics and lose their backside by promoting an act that does not sell tickets?…Councilwoman Robertson should do this if she likes on her own and knock off the panhandling?

Park Board Agenda – 7/11/2012

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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING
KEVIN WINTERNHEIMER CHAMBERS
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012
12:00 NOON

AGENDA

1.CALL TO ORDER

2.MINUTES June 20, 2012

3.CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Execute Agreement with J.H. Rudolph & Co. Inc. for Parking Lot
Improvements to Helfrich Park, State Hospital and McDonald Golf Course. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Landscape Maintenance License with John Matzen for
NE Corner of Vann Park. – Boberg
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Landscape Maintenance License with Madeleine Schmitt
and Sharon Burke for Median at Corner of Alvord Blvd. and Washington Ave. – Boberg
d. Request Re: Execute Agreement with Eco Logic, LLC for Invasive Species Mapping and
Management Plan for Wesselman Woods and Howell Wetlands. – Boberg
e. Request Re: Approve Participation by Swonder Ice Arena with the Easter Seals
Rehabilitation Center Safe Halloween Coupon Book. – Crook
f. Request Re: Approve and Execute Independent Personal Trainer Agreement with Jenny
Madden for Swonder Fitness Center. – Crook

4.OLD BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve and Execute Certificate Regarding Disbursements for Costs of Issuance
for the Parks Refunding Bonds. – Johnson
b. Request Re: Approve and Execute Supplemental Easement Agreement with Fligeltaub for
Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. – Boberg
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Agreement with Blankenberger Brothers Inc. for
Additional Work for the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. – Boberg

5.NEW BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Approve Budget Transfers and CIP Reprioritizations. – Boberg
b. Request Re: Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comments.

6.REPORTS
a. Denise Johnson, Executive Director

7.ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS

8.ADJOURN

Stay COOL at Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden

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Visit Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden for some cool summer fun even when the temperatures are hot. Explore your way through Amazonia, Indiana’s own indoor world class South American tropical rainforest and visit with the jaguars, howler monkeys, and several other animals. The temperature in AMAZONIA is always in the low 70’s. Stop by the Rainforest Grill and grab a frosty treat such as soft serve ice cream, frozen beverages, or a cold R.C. product to take with you while you enjoy trekking through destinations such as Africa and Asia. Children will enjoy splashing in the Entry Plaza fountains in order to cool off in the summer sun. There are also bumper boats and paddle boats to take out and enjoy on the water. Both the Kley Building and Discovery Center are air conditioned and have exciting exhibits to enjoy while cooling down. Don’t let the summer heat deter you from a cool Zoo adventure!

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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This feature is sponsored by Chris Walsh For Vanderburgh County Clerk. Chris Walsh is a veteran county administrator that strongly supports our local law enforcement professionals . Chris is a candidate that possess a non-partisan attitude with a consumer friendly demeanor. Chris also stands against unification of city and county governments.

This ad paid for by the committiee to elect Walsh Clerk, Kelly Walsh, Treasurer.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, July 05, 2012.

Jasper Hibbs Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony

Febrick Hill Possession of a Synthetic Drug – Class D Felony

Trafficking with an Inmate – Class A Misdemeanor

Johnny Jackson Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony

Strangulation – Class D Felony

Criminal Confinement – Class D Felony

Stephen Luckett Theft – Class D Felony

(Two Counts, Habitual Offender Enhancement on both Counts)

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

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

SENTENCE CHART

Class

Range

Murder

45-65 Years

A Felony

20-50 Years

B Felony

6-20 Years

C Felony

2-8 Years

D Felony

½ – 3 Years

A Misdemeanor

0-1 Year

B Misdemeanor

0-180 Days

C Misdemeanor

0-60 Days

Mayor Winnecke to Tour LST 325

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EVANSVILLE, IN – On Monday, July 9, 2012, at 10:45 a.m. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will tour the LST 325
with Chris Donahue, a member of the USS LST Ship Memorial Board of Directors. Mayor Winnecke will
discuss the current status of the ship with LST 325 board members and crew. He was invited to tour the
ship after a recent negotiating session with Donahue to discuss the city’s future relationship with LST
officials. Media representatives are welcome on the tour.

Putting us all On the Dole: An article about the Federal Government Destroying a Culture of Responsibility

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Excerpts:

“One in seven of all Americans is now on food stamps, but that’s not enough for the bureaucrats at the Department of Agriculture. They’re determined to increase that number, and to do that they must eliminate the “mountain pride” of certain Americans, who value personal responsibility and independence above all else, and get them on the government dole. It’s something like ethnic cleansing, or would be, if the feds mocked the pride and culture of any other ethnic group, whether in the mountains, valleys, flatlands or somewhere else.”

” A vigorous breed, hardy, assertive, individualistic, thrifty, trained in the democracy of the Scottish kirk, they were the material out of which Jacksonian democracy was to be fashioned, the creators of that western type that in politics and industry became ultimately the American type.” Just the sort of material, you might say, to frustrate a community organizer with illusions of hauteur.”

“SNAP has put out a brochure it calls a “tool kit,” which is shamelessly insensitive, since a tool kit suggests “work,” and this goes athwart the pride of the dole, which the feds are attempting to substitute for pride in the mountains. A section of the tool kit called “Common SNAP Myths” tells how important the feds think it is to reach people who have “beliefs” and subscribe to “myths” that make them reluctant to live on relief with charity from strangers.”

“The Daily Caller reports that the food-stamp agency has dispatched agents to overcome mountain pride with parties and games, and CNN reports that over the past four months, the agency has spent nearly $3 million on radio commercials soliciting Americans to sign up.”

““I think it’s a deep problem,” he tells the Daily Caller, “when [federal] officials think it is their duty to overcome ‘mountain pride’ or the American sense of independence and individual responsibility.”

“Neither the senator or anyone else begrudges helping the hungry or helpless; indeed, it’s a Christian’s duty, as a Scots-Irishman would readily concede. But destroying the culture that tamed the frontier and shaped America will be beyond the power and ability of a messiah from Chicago.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/6/pruden-putting-us-all-on-the-dole/?page=all#pagebreak

Detroit Entrepreneur to Replace Blighted Homes with Tree Farming Operation

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Excerpts:

“Three years ago, financial-services entrepreneur John Hantz proposed converting as much as 10,000 acres of vacant private and city-owned property here into the world’s largest for-profit urban farm, restoring swaths of land to the tax rolls and changing the face of Detroit’s blighted East Side.”

“Separately, the city approved last week a Michigan State University initiative to explore the viability of a $100 million urban-agriculture research center in Detroit that could span as many as 100 acres.”

“Large-scale farming in Detroit still faces a number of legal, political and logistical challenges, including concerns about soil quality, the price of the land and the impact on neighbors. The land sale also needs formal approval from the mayor and the city council.”

“Detroit has more than 200,000 vacant parcels—almost half of them residential plots—that generate no significant tax revenue and would cost more to maintain than the city can afford. Finding new uses for this land has become one of the most pressing challenges for a city that lost a quarter of its population in the past decade.”

“Mr. Hantz proposes to ease that burden by buying about 2,300 parcels and planting oak trees, then maybe fruit orchards and hydroponic vegetables. The hardwoods could be harvested and sold within a decade to customers looking for young trees, according to Hantz Farms.”

Detroit “cannot create value until we create scarcity,” Mr. Hantz says. “Large-scale farming could begin to take land out of circulation in a positive way.”

“Hantz is offering only $300 a parcel, one-tenth of what city officials wanted. It has agreed to clear the land and demolish as many as 200 structures—at an estimated cost of more than $2 million, offset in part by tax credits and state assistance—before beginning to pay roughly $60,000 a year in taxes on the land.”

LINK to Article

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304898704577479090390757800.html?KEYWORDS=detroit

Winnecke Visits Farmers Market: Official GAGE Press Release

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Contact: Abby Elpers MEDIA RELEASE
Marketing Communications Manager July 6, 2012
Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville
Ph: (812) 401-4243

Mayor Winnecke Visits the Market
Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau Farmers’ Market

EVANSVILLE, IN (July 6, 2012) – At 10:00 a.m. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will visit the Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau Farmers’ Market in Downtown Evansville – Located between Second and Sycamore Streets. With record high temperatures forecasted again today Mayor Winnecke will visit with market participants selling fresh produce, flowers, herbs, handmade crafts, and baked goods.

The Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau Farmers’ Market takes place every Friday in Downtown Evansville from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. through September 28th.