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Keith Wallace, Candidate for Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge questions Opponent’s Statements

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Keith Wallace

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUGUST 21, 2012
CONTACT KEITH WALLACE 812-463-2727

EVANSVILLE, IN – Keith Wallace, candidate for Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge, today questioned his opponents’ recent statements as reported in an Evansville Courier and Press article regarding changes in the Vanderburgh Courts. “I do not want to allow my opponent to take credit for changes in Superior Court taking effect September 1st when she was the ONLY judge that voted against the changes,” Wallace said. “In the 6 plus years she has been supervisor of family court not one meaningful change has been made. During her tenure as supervisor of family court, Vanderburgh County was the only county of the 23 pilot counties in the project initiated by the Indiana Supreme Court that did not make one change in procedures consistent with the initiative. In addition, Vanderburgh County is the only county in Indiana with the system of rotating judges in and out of the different divisions on a monthly basis according to the State Court Administrator. While the recently announced change of having two judges sit in felony divisions is a step in the right direction, these changes do not address the continuing victimization of children in our local courts caused by the monthly rotation of judges in family court. Fortunately, many families never come to this court, but for families that do appear in family court, it is a travesty how the court operates. If people truly understood how the rotating of judges victimizes children, the public would demand a change. That is why I am running, to stop the rotation of judges in family court.”
Keith Wallace is running to sit full time in what is called Division IV or Family Court to protect children from the harm that comes to them resulting from the monthly rotation of judges. The current rotating family court system results in the parties feeling aggravated, bitter & angry because the parties leave feeling no one judge ever knew the whole story which is often true. When parents leave court with these feelings, their children suffer in a number of ways. In addition to the benefits children will receive when Vanderburgh County has a full time judge or judges sitting in family court, other benefits will include fewer domestic violence calls for police and sheriff deputies, less disruption in the classrooms for teachers and more efficient use of limited public financial resources—saving taxpayer’s money.

Keith is an Evansville native, has practiced law for almost 30 years and assisted with close to 5000 adoptions—domestic and international. He has served and volunteered for numerous local organizations and charities mostly related to children. He has received a number of awards including an “Angel in Adoption” by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.

IS IT TRUE August 24, 2012

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IS IT TRUE August 24, 2012

IS IT TRUE that today’s EPD Activity Report is another long one checking in at 15 pages with a whole range of crimes committed by locals?…that it seems as though STEALING things from others is a habit that some Evansvillians just can’t seem to break?…that STEALING goes hand in hand with drug abuse and that METH is a problem that is out of control?…that we wish to thank everyone who is working to try to blunt this problem but in reality it is the meth head’s responsibility to seek help?…when or if the Meth problem starts to diminish the STEALING will slow down as well?

IS IT TRUE that we are wondering what has happened to the gateway programs that were supposed to make in particular the entrance to Evansville from the airport coming down 41 North a more appealing drive?…that northern corridor is defined by grass that is so tall that a city inspector could cite the medians and both sides for exceeding the allowable limit?…the same old billboards, empty industrial buildings, random semi-trailers left in parking lots, no-tell motels, and of course a big new jail are still the welcome route to the City of Evansville?…once one turns onto the Lloyd Expressway it gets even worse looking more like Detroit than comfort should allow?…that despite the sincere and diligent efforts off Mayor Winnecke and the chicken fat gang the litter is still one of the dominant characteristics that sticks into the mind of visitors?…this problem will only be fixed when the pride of community that some places still have sets in here?

IS IT TRUE Mitt Romney announced a plan yesterday that he claims will make America energy independent by 2020?…this plan appears to leverage the known natural assets that we know we have like natural gas, coal, oil, etc. to accomplish energy independence?…the big departure from the status quo that the Romney plan will put into place is that each state will be the decision maker regarding things like drilling and mining?…one of the important things to manage correctly in a less regulated country will be what happens on the vast federally owned lands?…that energy independence is becoming a strategic necessity to be able to function in the modern world?…with gasoline once again approaching $4 per gallon and with the tarnished reputation of renewable technologies like wind and solar that is part of the fallout from failed stimulus investments it seems as though fossil fuel managed responsibly is the only bridge to energy independence available to us?

IS IT TRUE opening up competition across state borders and allowing consumers to make decisions to save money by choosing when to buy energy would also contribute to energy independence?…that wholesale electricity prices change continuously and typically vary from as low as a fraction of a cent per kWh to over $1 per kWh during a 24 hour cycle?…the archaic pricing plans of the utilities and the commissions that regulate them do not allow consumers to benefit from this phenomena by doing things like running appliances at night?…the Solyndra debacle has soured many private investors on energy technologies which is starving development efforts of much needed cash in energy storage and renewable?…the well meaning but misguided regulations and investments made by the Obama Administration are to a large extent the driver behind the malaise in the renewable area?…this is just one more example of why government needs to get out of the way of business and people when it comes to commercialization efforts?…that government has a good track record on basic research but seems to botch up every commercialization effort it touches?

IS IT TRUE the states in traditional fossil energy production like North Dakota and Texas have been the source of much of the job growth during the last 4 years?…if what has happened in those states is any indication of what private business can do to jump start the economy then a responsible bridge to a future of energy independence that involves a short term focus on fossil fuels should really help slay the recession monster?…we should still keep up the research in renewable energy and dream of a day when the schemes like Solyndra can become dreams of clean yet cost effective energy?…as long as people in small one bedroom apartments in Evansville are getting energy bills of nearly $200 per month and rising energy prices will continue to blunt investment and lifestyles?

Anchors Aweigh: Cruisin’ on the Ohio

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August 25, 2012

Don your favorite cruise attire and come aboard at our local port of call — the Evansville Museum — for an exciting evening of live music, drinks, and foods from around the world. Soak up some rays on the Promenade Deck as you find out how to earn more drink tickets. This fun, casual evening will be highlighted by an auction that includes trips, sports memorabilia, and much more! Ticket prices for ANCHORS AWEIGH: CRUISIN’ ON THE OHIO are $20 for Museum Members / $25 for Not-Yet-Members, and all proceeds help to support education programs and scholarships for children at the Museum.

Read More at http://www.emuseum.org/

UE’s Snyder Lecture Series Welcomes “Half the Sky” Co-Author Sheryl WuDunn

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The University of Evansville is proud to announce that Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, will be the first speaker in the 2012-13 Patricia H. Snyder Concert & Lecture Series.

The event on Thursday, September 27 will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Eykamp Hall (Ridgway University Center) with an advance screening of PBS documentary Half the Sky, courtesy of WNIN and Independent Lens. WuDunn will speak at 7:00 p.m., followed by a reception and book signing at 8:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

“This event embodies the spirit of the Snyder series by linking the University of Evansville with the broader local community to focus on a topic of global importance,” said Lucy Himstedt, UE assistant vice president for marketing and communications and chair of the Patricia H. Snyder Concert & Lecture Series. “Half the Sky was the Summer Reading Program selection for UE’s 2012 freshman class, and now, we’re thrilled to continue the conversation by welcoming Ms. WuDunn to campus.”

WuDunn, the first Asian-American reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize, is a best-selling author, business executive and lecturer. She is currently a senior managing director at Mid-Market Securities, an investment banking boutique serving growth companies in the middle market, including companies founded and run by women. She is also president of TripleEdge, a social investing consultancy. Among WuDunn’s many honors, Newsweek named her one of 2011’s “150 Women Who Shake the World.”

Previously, WuDunn worked at The New York Times as both an executive and journalist; as editor for international markets, energy and industry; as The Times’s first anchor of an evening news headlines program for a digital cable television channel, the Discovery-Times; in management roles in strategic planning and circulation; and as a foreign correspondent for The Times in Tokyo and Beijing, where she wrote about economic, financial, political and social issues. She has also been vice president, in the role of investment advisor for private clients, in the investment management division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and a commercial loan officer at Bankers Trust.

With her husband, Nicholas D. Kristof, she has co-authored two other best-selling books about Asia: Thunder from the East and China Wakes. WuDunn won a Pulitzer Prize with her husband for covering China, along with the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement. WuDunn was honored for Half the Sky in 2010 with the Beacon Award from the White House Project, a nonpartisan organization that seeks to advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors.

Made possible through an endowment from the late Patricia H. Snyder, trustee and longtime friend of the University of Evansville, the Patricia H. Snyder Concert & Lecture Series was created in 1997 to bring speakers or performers of national or international renown to Evansville at no cost to the public. The concerts and lectures in this series span a wide variety of topics, and are aimed at both the Evansville and campus communities. Events are free and open to the public.

Chains We Can Believe In: A Humorous Analysis of the Obama Campaign

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“He just isn’t bright” – Rudi Giuliani on Joe Biden

The current administration is “Intellectually exhausted,” as Mitt Romney points out, and is now in “rope-a-dope” mode, trying as best it can to avoid answering any substantive questions on its record.

As Rush Limbaugh has championed, this is “the Kardashian president.” He is long on charisma, short on substance and out of his depth on what to do with the economy other than tax and spend. Obama did sheepishly admit at another swing state campaign stop that the economy has slowed. Indeed, for the same reasons that Michael Jackson slowed down in 2009 – making poor decisions and relying on quacks for advice.
Both Ryan and Obama were campaigning at the Iowa fair, where Obama bought 10 beers for people (actually he taxed us for six beers and borrowed the cost of the four other beers from China), and ate fried pork with his hands. Ryan was offered greasy fair food and declined – probably because he knows Medicare is going bankrupt and it will be up to him to stay healthy if he wants to live.

Iowa hates having politicians there all the time, but when they leave farmers have to fertilize their crops themselves.

Obama has avoided answering questions from even his own lapdogs in the mainstream media. This past week he went on Entertainment Tonight, and even provided us some crucial policy insight when he told a New Mexico disc jockey his favorite chili. The other softball question he got asked was, “If you could have a superpower, what would it be?” Certainly not the USA!

As we learn Barack’s favorite colors, sports teams and foods, the country is going Ba-roke.
All the Left does is say that Romney, who made lots of money on his own, paid taxes along the way, then sold the company and paid taxes again. Then with the proceeds he invested in companies and paid the legal 15 percent capital gains and dividend tax rates. And when he dies, will pay another $125 million plus in estate taxes.

For some reason Democrats are more obsessed with how Romney spends his own money rather than how Obama is spending ours. I have never seen a campaign that tries more to misdirect the debate from the issues that our country faces – “the economy, stupid” – to personal issues of a man who is truly a Boy Scout and clean as a whistle. Romney and Ryan look like father and son pharmacist in a small town. Joe “Plugs” Biden, with his capped teeth, reminds me of a man who would be a lookout for a dice game.

The Obama administration is such a disaster that even Jimmy Carter is comparing him to Jimmy Carter. It is so bad that the Democrat National Convention will have ex-President Carter as a speaker. It will excite Democrats and serve as a stark reminder that keeping a young, disastrous president to just one term is not enough to keep him from being an ongoing annoyance for life – with full Secret Service protection. In fact, as penance for haggling with hookers, Secret Service agents should be sentenced to a year of traveling with Jimmy Carter.

In an all-time low, Obama’s Chicago-style political operatives have accused Romney of killing an ex-employee’s wife (never mind that she died seven years after he left Bain, of the cancer they imply he caused). Chicago has been mad ever since getting out-bribed for the Olympics last year. Obama is using such misdirection and sleight-of-hand politics that he might be required to join the Brotherhood of Magician Illusionists Local 2012 or else face a large fine from the union.

The next thing you know, Senator Harry Reid will get his constituent O.J. Simpson to call a press conference to announce that he has finally tracked down his wife’s killer and it turned out to be Mitt Romney.

Just to close on Joe Biden’s comment to blacks in Virginia that Romney wants to “put y’all back in chains,” let me say this: Democrats believe the government should provide housing, work and food, and tell people who they can “jump the broom with” in return for controls over virtually every aspect of life and their vote. I am not sure how that differs from much from slavery.

Freedom is the opposite of slavery, and always the best course.

Source: Orange County Register, Ron Hart

EPD Activity Report: August 22, 2012

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EPD Activity Report August 22, 2012

Frog Follies – August 24-26

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Since 1975, each August, the E’ville Iron Street Rod Club has put on a rod run for street rod owners. At the first event, there were 44 registered street rods. Since then, the event has grown to to an average of 4,000 street rods!

These “Froggers” provide fun for the whole family with games, activities and dances during the weekend. The automotive swap meet is one of the largest in the Unidted States and the commercial street rod vendor area has over 600 spaces and the used parts section of the swap meet area continues to grow each year.

Learn more at www.frogfollies.org

UE Named Best in the Midwest by The Princeton Review

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The University of Evansville is one of the best colleges in the Midwest, according to education services company The Princeton Review. UE is one of 153 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its “Best in the Midwest” section of its website feature, “2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region,” that posted today on PrincetonReview.com.

“We’re pleased to recommend the University of Evansville to users of our site as one of the best schools to earn their undergrad degree,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior VP/publisher. “We chose it and the other terrific institutions we name as ‘regional best’ colleges mainly for their excellent academic programs. From several hundred schools in each region, we winnowed our list based on institutional data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of our staff, plus college counselors and advisors whose recommendations we invite.”

“We also take into account what students at the schools reported to us about their campus experiences at them on our 80-question student survey for this project,” Franek added. “Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional ‘best’ lists.”

For this project, The Princeton Review asks students to rate their own schools on several topics, from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food. Comments from surveyed students are quoted in the school profiles on The Princeton Review site. One student called UE “a place where you will know all of your faculty and the faculty will know you and really care about you, a place where you can really talk to your professors about anything from work, to life, to your future.”

The 153 colleges that The Princeton Review chose for its “Best in the Midwest” list are located in 12 states. The Princeton Review also designated colleges in the Northeast, West, and Southeast as best in their locales. Collectively, the 633 colleges named “regional best(s)” constitute about 25 percent of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges. The Princeton Review does not rank the 633 colleges in its “2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region” list hierarchically or in various categories.

10th annual Women’s Equality Day Celebration Today – 11:30am – 1pm

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This August marks the 92nd anniversary of the historic date American women gained the right to
vote. Chaired by Jan Davies, a bi-partisan group of Evansville women is finalizing plans for an
event that will celebrate the achievements of women in the civil rights movement, highlight
opportunities for volunteerism and encourage local women to make a difference here in
Evansville and beyond.

The Women’s Equality Day luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 23, at the Old Post
Office Event Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will include an exposition on the work
of area not-for profit organizations that work with women and girls and a tribute to Girl Scouts of
Southwestern Indiana in honor of its 100th anniversary. Attendees will have the opportunity to
purchase Girl Scout cookies. In addition, the Equality Day committee will announce the recipient
of the third annual Albion Fellows Bacon Award in recognition of their service and leadership in
the public sector.

Peggy Orenstien, author of “Cinderella Ate My Daughter,” will deliver this year’s keynote
address, “Myths of the Princess.”

According to Orenstien’s website, as a new mother, Orenstein “was blindsided by the persistent
ultra-feminine messages being sent to a new generation of little girls — from ‘princess-mania’ to
endless permutations of pink. How many times can you say no when your daughter begs for a
pint-sized wedding gown, she wondered. How dangerous is pink and pretty anyway? Being a
princess is just make-believe, isn’t it? Does playing Cinderella shield little girls from early
sexualization — or prime them for it?”

Tickets for the event are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Reservations can be made by calling
Lezlie Simmons at 812-437-9320, or online at www.womensequalitydayevansville.com.

“It’s a privilege to help Evansville take note of women’s continuing achievements in civil rights,”
said Jan Davies, chair of the Evansville Women’s Equality Day committee. “In the nine years
since the first Evansville Equality Day event, we’ve been reminded of our rich history of women
who have made the impossible happen.”

University of Southern Indiana President Linda Bennett said USI is pleased to be a partner in
sponsoring Women’s Equality Day. “Thanks to the League of Women Voters for this opportunity
to celebrate leadership and diversity in our community,” Bennett said.

August 26 was designated Women’s Equality Day by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1971 to
commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution granting women the
right to vote. The day is commemorated throughout the country with programs and activities
designed to call attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality.

IS IT TRUE August 23, 2012

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IS IT TRUE August 23, 2012

IS IT TRUE that a computer model that concentrates on the electoral college and uses important economic inputs from all 50 states individually is predicting a Romney electoral landslide of 320 – 218?…this computer model predicts that the popular vote will be won by Romney by a margin of 52.9% to 47.1%?…this model has successfully predicted every presidential election since 1980 including the 1980 and 1992 elections when credible 3rd Party candidates ran strong?…this model even predicted a popular vote victory for then Vice President Al Gore in 2000 while predicting that George Bush would defeat Gore in the electoral vote and become president?…the authors of this algorithm are political science professors Kenneth Bickers of CU-Boulder and Michael Berry of CU Denver?…their model predicts Romney victories in nearly every one of the states currently considered as swing states, including North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida?…that Dr. Bickers states that this election prediction model “suggest that presidential elections are about big things and the stewardship of the national economy, and that they are not about gaffes, political commercials or day-to-day campaign tactics?…if Obama wins this election this will be the first time in 32 years that this prediction model has missed a presidential race?…a link to the article in its entirety is right below?

http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/08/22/analysis-election-factors-points-romney-win-university-colorado-study-says

IS IT TRUE that the Evansville Redevelopment Commission just released the agenda for Fridays special meeting that has been called?…the topic of discussion at this special meeting is exclusively dedicated to work and leases at the Old Post Office?…that it is good to see that something of substance will once again be happening in that beautiful old building?

IS IT TRUE that the Federal Reserve sent another strong signal that it is preparing new steps to boost the recovery?…the notes of the late July meeting are saying that stimulus would be needed “fairly soon” unless the economy shows substantially stronger growth?…that there is no economic model from the government or the private sector that is predicting any recovery at all for the rest of this year much less a robust recovery that is necessary to promote strong growth?…this fiscal year will be the 4th year in a row and only the 4th time in the history of the United States that the deficit is larger than $1 Trillion?…that with spending habits like this we should not hold our breath waiting for growth to appear?

IS IT TRUE that on Wednesday August 22nd at 5:55 pm the Courier and Press has finally published an article on Boscoe France who was crowned the national champion blues guitarist in Los Angeles Saturday night?…over 90 hours elapsed before the CP found a national championship by a local artist to be newsworthy?…the CCO not only reported it in real time but had a writer at the event?…that cup stacking and a mean owl both made the CP before Boscoe did?…this oversight or symptom of oblivion is enough to make ones head spin?

IS IT TRUE that Boscoe France would be a logical and practical headline act for the WC Handy Blues Fest in Henderson for 2013?…the organizers for the Blues Fest should be signing up Boscoe and his band to headline their event right now because this time next year he will most likely be touring the country like Joe Bonamassa and being paid megabucks to play?…the WC Handy Blues Fest would be a perfect place for the tri-state to celebrate Boscoe’s talents and to attract out of town visitors to the event to watch him play along with the always excellent musicians they have?

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