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IS IT TRUE July 12, 2012

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IS IT TRUE July 12, 2012

IS IT TRUE there is finally a situation where President Barack Obama kept his word exactly as he said he would and that the Tri-State will suffer the loss of wealth and jobs for his honesty?…that during the campaign in 2008 then candidate Obama uttered the following phrase?
“So if someone wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them.”

IS IT TRUE on Monday the Patriot Coal Corporation that has operated coal mines in Western Kentucky for a long time filed for bankruptcy?…that President Barack Obama kept this promise?…this promise has much to do with why President Obama is trailing by so much in Kentucky and West Virginia that he would really be wasting his time to even go into those states?…that it will be interesting to see what happens to the President’s support in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania all of which have extensive mining industries?…it will be even more interesting to see his level of support in his home state of Illinois once you get south of Chicagoland?

IS IT TRUE that every item that will be worn by the US Olympic team in the upcoming London Olympic Games is made in China?…this is a personal insult to every American manufacturer, taxpayers and the over 20 Million unemployed and underemployed members of the American workforce?

IS IT TRUE that the Par 3 Golf course located at Wesselman Park has lights so patrons can play golf in the evening?…taxpayers couldn’t play golf at Wesselman Park because the past Mayor has made sure his workers kept the lights off for the last 6 years?…it looks like the new Mayor is presented with yet another negative surprise left to him by the last Mayor?…we expect the new Mayor and his Parks Director to address this issue in a timely manner and make the needed adjustment to allow evening golf to be played at the Wesselman Park Par 3 golf course?

IS IT TRUE that 5th Ward City Councilman and Budget Chairman John Friend, CPA just requested that the State Board of Accounts conduct an official audit concerning the total costs incurred in building the downtown Ford Center?…we can’t wait to review the audit findings as presented to the new Mayor, Councilman Friend, and his fellow council members?

IS IT TRUE we find it interesting that SMG doesn’t have a Consultant of Diversity in their employment but VenuWorks does? …that SMG has produced an impressive menu of diverse shows at the properties they are in charge of?…if City Council President Connie Robinson is intent on seeing shows that she approves of brought to the Ford Center that she should take this issue up with Mr. Tallmadge Vick and not the Evansville mainstream media outlets?

City Councilman John Friend’s Statement on the Denial of Vectren $32 Million Fee Denial

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Councilman John Friend, CPA: The man whose petition started the movement that led to teh NO VOTE for the Vectren fee

More of us feel that whatever the outcry, the individuals in authority turn a deaf ear to their grievances. Today, the restoration of confidence of many has been obtained.

Historically and seemingly, the utility industry has had it’s way with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, but, today, we, the ratepayers can all rejoice that those in authority have heard our voice.

Let it be proclaimed that the will of the people has been upheld in regards to the denial of Vectren’s petition to increase the electrical rates of those ratepayers in Southwestern Indiana. I would like to thank the efforts of Representative Gail Riecken, District 77 and the folks at the City-County Observer that together, we brought the fight to Southwestern Indiana and the Commission heard our voices.

We must not be resolve in the notion that a victory has been won, but, to the contrary, must be demanding that those in authority (IUIC) be responsibility in the future and understand that the ratepayer has limited resources. And, moreover, I would like to advance my appreciation to all that took the time and effort to execute my petition.

State Representative Gail Riecken’s Statement on Denial of Vectren’s $32 Million Fee Request

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State Representative Gail Riecken

Today Vectren learned that when people in southwestern Indiana speak up, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) will listen. Vectren was denied its rate increase in entirety. Last August I made a formal request on behalf of ratepayers to hold a town hall style meeting in Evansville to listen to complaints. That meeting was held. I was joined by Councilman John Friend in the effort. He speaks passionately about businesses trying to stay afloat in this economy and the added burden of yet another electric rate increase.

This would not have been possible without the support, encouragement and initiative of the City County Observer to step out and print the facts. I want to thank Councilman Friend, the City County Observer and the IURC for their leadership and commitment to listen to the people. A special thanks to the Citizens Action Coalition (WWW.citact.org) for their counsel to me and other Hoosiers striving for just, reasonable and affordable utitilies rates.

Gail Riecken

State Representative, D 77

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The Facts:

Vectren filed for a rate increase for the installment of $32 million in dense pack technology to improve efficiency to two units at their A.B. Brown Generating Station. The Cause Number at the Commission was 44067. It was filed on September 13, 2011 and ruled on today. Vectren stated the estimated bill impact for a residential customer would have been $1.08 per month. Vectren was seeking this unjustified rate increase knowing they have the highest electricity rates in the state. On average, the average Indiana ratepayer pays $100 per 1000kwh of electricity used. In July of 2011, the average Vectren electric customer paid $155 per 1000kwh used. Vectren’s rates are up 62.8% or $59.85 for that amount of electricity over the last five years and up 109% or $80.91 over the last decade!

Adding insult to injury, the Commission denied this very request in Vectren’s last rate case. Instead, the IURC ordered Vectren to file for cost recovery AFTER the projects were completed and “report on the actual improvements achieved by the projects.” Yet Vectren come back to the Commission and ask again for approval.

Vectren does not know the actual cost of the project and refers to the $32 million in their testimony as the estimated cost. They stated in their testimony: “It must be emphasized that the actual impacts will depend upon the actual construction costs… as the Project proceeds.”

Vectren wanted a guarantee they can recover all costs associated with the project and a rate of return (profit).

Vectren suggested that ratepayers will “see little to no rate impact” and promised that ratepayers will actually save money as a result of this project. The fact is the only guarantee that ratepayers get is that bills will increase to pay for the project. Promised savings are contingent upon the cost of coal, so if the price of coal goes up, which is likely, bills go up, regardless of this project.

NEEDTOBREATHE: THE RECKONING 2012 TOUR

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NEEDTOBREATHE: THE RECKONING 2012 TOUR
with special guests Parachute and Drew Holcomb

September 21, 2012
Victory Theatre

Evansville, IN—NEEDTOBREATHE will bring their 2012 “The Reckoning” tour to Evansville on September 21, 2012 at 8 p.m. at the Victory Theatre. The tour will introduce the band’s fourth classic, Rock ‘n’ Roll album with special guests Parachute and Drew Holcomb.
The South Carolina band, NEEDTOBREATHE, includes Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart, Seth Bolt, and Joe Stillwell. The band has been featured on rock/pop charts, but a substantial amount of their singles has been charted on the Christian music charts. Recently, the band has had commercial success including their most recent album “The Outsiders”, which hit No. 9 on Billboard’s Rock Album chart and landed in the Top 20 on the Top 200. Other successes include placements in blockbuster films and television shows and selling out venues in cities such as Nashville and Chicago.

The 2011 “The Reckoning” album presented a new challenge for the band. The band spent months perfecting their latest songs on the album, in hopes of reaching their expectations and presenting insightful lyrics for their fans.
“We considered every note, every sound, and every lyric that went on this album. Everything was put through the ‘Do we really believe in this or not,’ filter. We never settled. We were looking for a spark. We were waiting for that moment to strike on each song before we called this album finished,” Bo Rinehart said.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 13 at 10 a.m. at The Centre Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets both physical and online, or by phone at 800-745-3000. The ticket prices include $24.50 for balcony and $29.50 for orchestra. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and full concessions will be available.
We look forward to seeing you at the show! For more information, call 812-435-5770.

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 Monday, July 9, 2012.

Blake Bellinger Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class D Felony

Failure to Stop After an Accident Resulting in Damage to Unattended

Vehicle – Class B Misdemeanor

Christopher Henderson Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony

Strangulation – Class D Felony

Public Intoxication – Class B Misdemeanor

Amanda Redman Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony

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

IURC Tells Vectren “NO” on $32 Million “Dense Pack” Fee Increase

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Councilman John Friend, CPA: The man whose petition started the movement that led to the NO VOTE for the Vectren fee

Today the Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission denied Evansville based Vectren Corporation’s (NYSE: VTC) request to add a new fee to ratepayer’s electric bills.

Last fall, Vectren sought regulatory approval to add a $1.08 monthly charge to residential bills. Vectren said it needed the money to cover $32 million in upgrades to the turbine blades but assured the public that the upgrade would lead to lower fuel costs that would offset the impact of the fee to ratepayers.

The request for the rate increase led to a series of articles by the City County Observer, a petition by Evansville City Councilman John Friend against the fee, and an IURC field hearing in Evansville where a capacity crowd of citizens testified about the hardships of paying the highest electricity rates in Indiana. Occupy Evansville also made the Vectren Building a major focus of their brief time of riverfront gatherings.

This denial is also the culmination of many years of work by Indiana State Representative Gail Riecken to balance the best interests of the people of her district with the needs of the utility industry.

UPDATE: City Response to “City of Evansville Wasting Water at Oak Hill Cemetery”

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Official Response

“As you know, the entire region is experiencing historic drought conditions. To prevent the lakes at Oak Hill Cemetery from drying up completely and causing the fish to die, cemetery staff has resorted to filling the lakes mechanically by running water into the lakes for about 6 hours each day. Everyone would prefer the lakes to refill naturally with rain, but since that is not happening it must be stressed that refilling the lakes mechanically is only being done as a last resort. Hopefully it will rain soon.”

Original Article

Why has this fireplug been filling an already full retention pond in the Oak Hill Cemetery for over 24 hours? The people of the City of Evansville have been asked to conserve water to accommodate the drought conditions for over a week now and the City continues to waste water by tapping into a fireplug to fill a retention pond in the Oak Hill Cemetery beyond it’s capacity. Is this another example of hypocritical government, is it waste, or is it just another case of the lazy right hand not knowing what the lazy left hand is doing?

City of Evansville Wasting Water

IS IT TRUE July 11, 2012

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IS IT TRUE July 11, 2012

IS IT TRUE the James Bethel Gresham home in Garvin Park should be having bids made starting today to do the necessary repairs to bring it back to the condition of honor that it deserves to be kept in?…that the City County Observer would like to thank Jordan Baer for alerting us to the situation with this WWI shrine and for providing the pictures that inspired this call to action on the part of the Winnecke Administration that has been quite informative and cooperative in this matter?…the Parks Department in its obliviousness allowed this home to fall into disrepair and that we hope something is being done to correct the system in place that produces failure after failure?…we don’t even know when the ceiling in this home fell in?…it could have happened during the Weinzapfel Administration under different Parks Department leadership?…if this home were Roberts Stadium that it would be on the list for the wrecking ball over the leaking roof?…the restoration that is scheduled to begin today is a bright spot in this week and we once again thank Mr. Baer and congratulate the Winnecke Administration for taking the appropriate action rather than making a pile of excuses?

IS IT TRUE a number of friends and Moles have alerted us to a loss of bandwidth that seems to have occurred recently at Innovation Pointe?…the system installed back in 2007 was set up to deliver a top speed of 20 Mbs and consistently delivered speeds to individual computers that were over 10 Mbs with multiple users online?…of all the things that modern businesses and especially technology businesses need to be able to count on that high bandwidth is the most important?…it has been published often that a business park without sufficient bandwidth is not a business park at all?…since the CCO has never heard of such a problem at Innovation Pointe before that something must have happened to cause such a drop in bandwidth?…that one Speedtestâ„¢ run yesterday barely made it to 2Mbs which is well below what most residential home services deliver?…we encourage the powers that be to do whatever they need to do to get the bandwidth back to at least where it was securely set to in 2007 as without it the whole mission of this project pretty much goes out the window?

IS IT TRUE that if one is to delve into why so many people seem to be confused about things nowadays we should look no further than the changes in the definition of what is a tax being put forth by the Obama Administration?…that the latest foray into redefinition of the word tax is being asserted by our Attorney General Eric Holder who was recently voted to be in contempt of Congress and awaits trial?…that Attorney General holder has now put forth the argument that requiring people to show a identification card to vote is a “POLL TAX”?…that in order to do most anything in the United States of America including starting a job, cashing a check, boarding an airplane, driving a car, enrolling in school, entering the country from abroad, applying for a GOVERNMENT CLEARANCE, and a host of other things that one must show identification?…that the IRS even requires that an infant have a Social Security number in order to be claimed as a dependent on a tax return?…there is plenty of federal precedent that an ID be required for activities that are much less important and sacred than voting?…that Attorney General Holder even had the audacity to call a Voter ID a “POLL TAX” after the US Supreme Court has upheld the use of Voter ID’s in a case brought by the State of Indiana?

IS IT TRUE that the Wall Street Journal called AG Holder out the hardest when it published the following:

“Mr. Holder’s wallowing in a Jim Crow metaphor to score political points is a discredit to his department, to the rule of law, and to the nonracist country that 45 years after the Voting Rights Act made him its chief law enforcement officer.”?…that our government that refuses to call a tax a tax, obstructs congressional investigations, and now fans the fires of racism at an NAACP meeting needs a serious course in the language of reality?…it is all about TRUTH and TRUST and thus far this administration has mastered neither?

EPD Narcotics Task Force Arrests Alleged Blackford Drug Dealers

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News Release

Type of Crime: Narcotics Offenses
Date of Crime: 071012
Location of Crime: 742 E. Blackford and 820 E Blackford

SUMMARY

Investigators from the Narcotics Joint Task Force served search warrants at two Evansville homes last night. The search warrants led to the seizure of narcotics, money, and several arrests.

Investigators arrested KENETHA WAGNER at 742 E. Blackford. She was charged with Dealing Cocaine and Possession of Marijuana. Investigators found 17 grams of rock cocaine and 6 grams of marijuana in her home.

A second search warrant was served at 820 E. Blackford. JANORIS TAPP was arrested after investigators found hallucinogenic mushrooms in her home. They also found over $9,000 in cash, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. TAPP was charged with Possession of a Schedule I Narcotic, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Maintaining a Common Nuisance.

Investigators also arrested Shannon Thornton, Sharona Morris, and Michael J. Thomas for Visiting a Common Nuisance. James Morris was arrested for felony warrants out of Kentucky.

Mayor to announce Fitness in the Park Schedule

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EVANSVILLE, IN – Please join Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Parks Department Director Denise Johnson and local health advocate Sarah Hooper today at 1:30 p.m. at Hartke Pool for the announcement of the Fitness in the Park schedule for the remainder of 2012. Fitness in the Park is part of Mayor Winnecke’s Energize Evansville initiative. The goal is to get more people out exercising in our city parks and to encourage healthy lifestyles.

The next Fitness in the Park will be Saturday, July 14, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Hartke Pool. Admission to Hartke Pool during the 2-hour fitness event will be free! Other fitness events are planned for Garvin Park, Howell Park, Kids Kingdom playground and the Pigeon Creek Greenway, Lloyd Pool and Swonder Ice Rink.

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