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IS IT TRUE: December 4, 2012

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IS IT TRUE that the Mayor of Evansville is trying push the idea on City Council that the Parks and Recreation Board has the authority to approve his request to fund and build the downtown Centennial Park announced by ex Mayor Weinzapfel and Roberts Park without City Council approval? …that City Councilman, John Friend, CPA strongly disagrees with this Mayoral assertion and has asked city attorney John Hamiliton to research state laws to see if the Mayor can bypass the City Council to spend taxpayer dollars on parks? …that it is our gut feeling the Mayor can’t bypass City Council to spend public money on parks? …our real gut feeling is that if this is legal that is should not be because Mayors are just Mayors and have yet to be elected dictator in any city in the United States?

IS IT TRUE the Vanderburgh County Chief Deputy Sheriff, Dave Wedding is posturing to announce his candidacy to become the next Sheriff of Vanderburgh County in January, 2013? …that some of his potential supporters are extremely worried if he is elected Sheriff, he will appoint the outgoing Sheriff Eric Williams as his new Chief Deputy? …we have been assured that Mr. Wedding shall be ask publicly to answer this question during his campaign? …if he says “yes” to this question then he shall expect a big political backlash as appointing one of the poster child faces of the recently defeated consolidation referendum?

IS IT TRUE that the probability that the present Chairman of the Vanderburgh County Democrat Party being re-elected as party Chairmen is extremely strong? …it is because he recently re-appointed and filled vacancies of ward and precinct workers friendly to his re-election bid?

IS IT TRUE that we hear that some city council members have been approached with an idea turning the almost vacant Old National Bank building located on Main Street in downtown Evansville into a convention-hotel with a 4-Star restaurant on the top floor? …we hear that this idea was passed onto the Mayor and he showed no interest? …the taxpayers of this community better be ready to invest $22 Million to $25 Million dollar in a new but under sized hotel next to both the Centre and Ford Center? …the idea to turn an old office building into a hotel has worked before in several cities and may just be an affordable way for Evansville to utilize the old building that has been scantly leased out for years now? …an old bank tower in Lexington is currently being renovated into a 21C Museum Place? …getting one of those in downtown Evansville would truly be a coup d’état for anyone who was able to pull it off?

IS IT TRUE that we continue to get emails and words of support for questioning the wisdom of investing taxpayer dollars into businesses that compete with other businesses in the free market? …to subsidize one hotel and not another upsets free markets and is a disincentive for competitors in the hospitality space to put any future dollars into Evansville? …the next thing we know some carpetbagger will be standing in front of the Mayor and the Evansville Redevelopment Commission asking for a subsidy to put a name brand steak house like Fleming’s or Ruth’s Chris somewhere close to the MLK Entertainment District? …with the mindset of disrupting free markets that carpetbagger may just find success with those pushovers? …that would be a complete injustice to Aztar’s Cavanaugh’s or to Madeleine’s which were both built with private investment to subsidize a fancy restaurant of any kind in a competitive position? …that David Bowie could have Space Oddity adapted to say “ground control to Mayor Winnecke, downtown businesses are in competition with other businesses in other parts of Evansville, take your protein pills and put your thinking cap on, ground control to Mayor Winnecke”?

Evansville Redevelopment Commission AGENDA Tuesday, December 4, 2012 – 8:30 am

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Evansville Redevelopment Commission
AGENDA
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 – 8:30 am
Civic Center Complex – Room 307

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes of November 20, 2012

3. Approval of Accounts Payable Vouchers

4. Other Business

5. Adjournment

* This preliminary Agenda is subject to change. The final Agenda will be posted at the entrance to the location of the meeting prior to the meeting.

911 FUND RAISER GIVES HOPE

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Every holiday season, the law enforcement community, firefighters, and medics spend the weekend in the parking lot of the East Side Wal-Mart collecting toys and gifts to be distributed to hospitalized children of the tri-state area. In its fourth year, 911 Gives Hope for the Holidays collected toys to be distributed to Deaconess Hospital, Deaconess Gateway, St. Mary’s Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, and the Evansville Psychiatric Children’s Center.

The goal of the weekend is to fill a 53 foot trailer with new, unwrapped toys. The thought of filling an empty Atlas Van Lines trailer is a daunting one. 911 Gives Hope board members, volunteers, and radio personalities from co-sponsor Town Square Media get on the radio, the phones, and social media to encourage members of the tri-state to stop by and make a donation.
When this event began in 2009, the hope was to collect enough toys to provide gifts to hospitalized children to put a smile on their face and to help them in their time of need. Due to the overwhelming generosity of the tri-state, this event has grown to provide enough toys for the hospitals so that they can provide the toys to hospitalized children year round.

The organizers of the event were blessed with great weather this year. Two RV’s, the Evansville Police Department’s Mobile Command Center, a fire truck, a couple of ambulances, and multiple police and sheriff’s cars set the scene. Appearances by Santa Clause, local radio personalities, and members of the public safety community provided many opportunities for pictures and interesting conversation.

When we stopped by midday on Sunday, we were met by Police Chief Billy Bolin, Prosecutor Nicholas Hermann, and Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Dave Wedding. We saw children getting pictures taken with Santa, we saw our favorite radio personality, Johnny Kincaid, and we saw a 53 foot trailer that was about 90% full. In the remaining hours, people continued to donate by the armload, the cartload, and even the trunkload. In the final hours of the event, toys were delivered that had been donated in Henderson at Henderson Chevrolet, a co-sponsor of the event.
At the end of the weekend, the truck was filled. The hospitals’ needs will be met, and the children most in need of some holiday spirit will know that they live in a community that cares. Thanks to all of those who donated, volunteered, or otherwise made this event happen.

Britain Loses 62% of Million Pound Earners in One Year After Income Tax Hike

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“Please bring me back my millionaires. I promise not to let my Prime minster be such an idiot again”

A funny thing happen in the UK on the way to soaking the rich. The wicked rich or at least a significant number of them either left the country or ceased to spend their time earning money. These rich scalawags didn’t stick around for their soaking. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs service is now reporting that the number of taxpayers reporting earnings over 1 Million Pounds Sterling fell from 16,000 to 6,000 from the 2009 tax year to the 2010 tax year. That incidentally was the year that the income tax rate was increased from 40% to 50% courtesy of the government of the ex Prime Minister Gordon Brown shoved through Parliament during its last days in office.

The Brown government has estimated that the revenue increase from this tax increase would amount to 2.5 Billion Pounds. What they got instead in a single year was a loss of 6.9 Billion Pounds when compared to the previous years take from the rich. So what happened to the Millionaires? Government officials are hastily blaming it on the economy having such a negative effect that 62.5% of the taxpayers who reported earnings of over 1 Million Pounds (about $1.6 Million) simply did not earn that much during the next year. The British press has picked up on the possibility that 10,000 Millionaires just packed up and left the country and has been tracking them to their new whereabouts in basically anywhere but the UK.

Prime Minister David Cameron seeing the error of the previous administration hastily lowered the rate from 50% back to the 40% that it was before the exodus of Millionaires. As easy as it may seem for politicians to lay the entire financial burden of a welfare state on a small minority of people the UK at least for now seems to have learned that lesson the hard way. This lesson is one that the United States and President Obama should remember as the “soak the rich” mantra of the 2012 campaign finds its way into consideration by lawmaking bodies. It took Britain only two years to reverse the “straw that broke the camels back” tax increase that drove high wage earners from their shores in droves. The next few months may determine if the United States will stay bullish on soaking the rich or see that campaign slogan for the destructive and divisive dance with fiscal insanity that it may become.

ALL-NEW SCOOBY-DOO LIVE!

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ZOINKS! MYSTERY-SOLVING CHILLS AND THRILLS COME TO
EVANSVILLE IN THE ALL-NEW SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES
APRIL 17, 2013 at 6:30 PM
THE AIKEN THEATRE AT THE CENTRE
TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY, DECEMBER 3rd AT 10 AM!
EVANSVILLE, IN (2012) The much-loved Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang take center stage in an all-new family musical, SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES, presented by Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Life Like Touring. Featuring everyone’s favorite characters from one of television’s longest-running animated series, SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES is set to thrill audiences at The Aiken Theatre at The Centre Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 6:30 PM.
Tickets for SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES go on sale Monday, December 3rd at 10 AM and start at $14.50. Tickets can be purchased at The Centre, by visiting Ticketmaster.com, or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Discounts are available for Broadway at The Centre subscribers and groups of 10 or more by calling (812) 435-5544.
In this exciting new production, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang have been called upon to help solve an epic mystery. A trouble-making ghost is haunting a local theatre and Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Scooby-Doo are on their way in the Mystery Machine to crack the case. With crazy ghosts, perplexing puzzles, and an abundance of Scooby Snacks, it’s Scooby-Doo and friends at their best, travelling across the country, solving mysteries wherever they go.
SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES features big musical numbers including the evergreen Scooby-Doo theme song, “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?,” alongside original groovy tunes including “Round Every Corner” and “We’re Mystery Inc.” Filled with wacky new characters and uproarious antics, SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES has young audiences on the edge of their seats in traditional Scooby-Doo fashion from the moment the lights go down.
“The timeless antics of Scooby-Doo and his mystery solving Gang have been delighting kids for generations,” said Brad Globe, President, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “We are thrilled to be bringing the Scooby Gang home to North America in this exciting new musical for the whole family. Scooby fans of all ages will truly enjoy this immersive and entertaining experience.”
The North American tour of SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES reunites the Australian tour’s creative team: writer and director Theresa Borg, composer Craig Bryant, and choreographer Katie Ditchburn. This team was also responsible for the recent tour of Sesame Street Presents Elmo’s World Tour.
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Scooby-Doo has been delighting families for decades, and today, with 99 tour stops, sold out performances and thousands of fans attending each show throughout Australia, WBCP and Life Like Touring are thrilled to be bringing SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES to all Scooby fans in North America.
For information on the SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES tour visit:
www.scoobydoolive.com
SCOOBY-DOO and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Hanna-Barbera. (s12)
Approved high-resolution media photos of the original production available for download at: https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/8867160/1/Scooby%20Doo?h=b31d67
ABOUT WARNER BROS. CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.
ABOUT LIFE LIKE TOURING
Life Like Touring has been delivering quality live family entertainment to international audiences for over 10 years. During this time, this Australian-born production company has written, produced and toured live theatre shows for many of the biggest brands in family entertainment, not only in major international cities but in remote and regional areas, often overlooked by touring productions, in countries around the world.
Past Life Like Touring productions include Sesame Street Presents Elmo’s World Tour (Australia 2012), Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries (Australia 2011-12), Nick Jr.’s Dora the Explorer LIVE! Search for the City of Lost Toys (Asia, Australia and New Zealand 2010-2012), Cartoon Network’s BEN 10 LIVE: Time Machine (Asia, Australia and New Zealand 2011-12), and Nick Jr.’s Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE (Australia 2009, 2011). Life Like Touring successfully promoted the arena tour of Cartoon Network’s BEN 10 LIVE: Power of the Omnitrix (Australia 2010) The company also toured Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance Party on behalf of The Wiggles (Australia and New Zealand 2006-2008).
www.lifeliketouring.com
ABOUT JAM THEATRICALS (PRESENTER)
Jam Theatricals is a Chicago-based entertainment company that presents and produces Broadway engagements throughout North America. Under the direction of co-founders Arny Granat and Steve Traxler, Jam Theatricals manages subscription seasons in more than 30 cities. Jam Theatricals and its principals are the recipients of five Tony Awards® for producing Glengarry Glen Ross (Best Revival of a Play, 2005), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Best Musical, 2005), The History Boys (Best Play, 2006), August: Osage County (Best Play, 2008) and Hair (Best Revival of a Musical, 2009). Additional Broadway credits include: One Man Two Guvnors, Spiderman, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, The Retreat from Moscow, The Wedding Singer, Talk Radio, Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Seafarer, The Homecoming, November, Sunday in the Park with George, Speed-the-Plow, 9 to 5, Blithe Spirit, Race, Come Fly Away and The Addams Family. Jam Theatricals is proud to produce this seasons 30th Anniversary revival of Glengarry, Glen Ross by David Mamet starring Al Pacino and the World Premiere of Mamet’s new play The Anarchist starring Tony Award winner, Patti Lupone, and Debra Winger in her Broadway debut. For more information, please visit www.jamtheatricals.com.

IS IT TRUE December 3, 2012

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IS IT TRUE December 3, 2012

IS IT TRUE the deadline to submit a plan to the EPA to correct the problems associated with Combined Sewer Overflows has now lapsed after two years without being completed?…two City of Evansville Administrations namely the Weinzapfel Administration and the Winnecke Administration twiddled their thumbs for two full years and did not respond with even a plan for review?…Mayor Winnecke may well have been hosed by Mayor Weinzapfel if he took office 13 months into the planning period with not a darn thing even started?…the first action taken was to float a trial balloon to half-do the job and put the other half off for 20 years?…it is widely believed that brilliant can kicking idea has or will soon be rejected by the EPA?…the latest act of desperation is to ask for another six months to finalize a plan for submittal?…in this case finalize is just a local government code word that really means to stop twiddling their thumbs and actually start putting thoughts on paper?…this whole two year episode without so much as a plan that could be rejected is just one more exclamation point on the ineptness, incompetence, and utter laziness of the government of the City of Evansville?

IS IT TRUE that today’s New York Times has an article in which the subsidies and incentives offered by state and local governments to businesses are analyzed?…the concentration of this particular article is Texas but the incentives offered and the consequence of doing so apply to any place including Evansville, Indiana that plays the “nick-nack-paddy-whack-toss-a-boss-a-bone” game in which taxes are forgiven or checks are written in return for the promise to create jobs?…Texas hands out incentives of roughly $19 Billion per year and has earned the distinction of being the biggest job creator in the 50 states?…the article really is about examining whether the gain is worth the pain when it comes to buying jobs with taxpayer dollars?…two of the other things that Texas is among the top in is low wage earners and people in poverty?…on the other side of that coin Facebook, Apple, and eBay have all expanded in Texas as opposed to their headquarters state of California that basically offers no incentives relying on a high tech workforce and great weather to keep companies within the borders?…this is an interesting read especially in a town like Evansville that has handed out incentives to call centers and other low wage operations that would probably have been here anyway?…here is a link to the full article on the granting of incentives?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/us/winners-and-losers-in-texas.html?hp

IS IT TRUE the State of Indiana is starting to think a little bit about the legalization of marijuana and what such a thing means to the legal system and lifestyle of the state?…this got rolling last week when State police Superintendent Paul Whitesell said marijuana was “going to stay” and that if he could he would legalize and tax it?…local officials like Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams have dismissed this possibility and has even been quoted as thinking legalization of cannabis is about “Giving Up”?…there are several states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes and even a few that have given the green light to recreational use?…the states like California that went with prescription based medicinal use have not seen any increase in drug problems or crime as a result of the actions taken more than 10 years ago?…the “dispensaries” are not hang outs for dead beats as plasma centers are all across the country?…the impact on day to day life for a person who chooses not to partake is essentially zero?…the one mistake that California made is to forego taxing that which is called medicine?…if marijuana is to be legalized then at least one would think the local taxing authorities should collect something on each transaction?…the two most recent states (Colorado and Washington) allow casual use and have set themselves up very well for “weed tourism”?…for those who laugh at the prospect of “weed weekends” or “vacations with Mary Jane”, the economic impacts have staggering potential?…local authorities are touting ball fields, dog parks, and skateboards as a economic development tool of value?…that one wonders just how much money the “head shop on the Ohio” with a temporary license much like is done for fishing could bring to town?…sometimes losing battles are not worth fighting forever?…the money and manpower spent on the fight against marijuana could then go toward fighting real threats like meth, crack, and heroin all of which are already flourishing in greater Evansville?

UE Graduate Develops New Archaeology Game App

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What can you do with a degree in archaeology? For University of Evansville alumni, the answers include working in fields as diverse as historic preservation, museum curatorship, and academia — and now, video game production.

Today, 2009 graduate Lierin Holly-Falzoni and her husband, Marco Falzoni, will preview their new mobile game app, “Archaeology!,” and publicly pledge to donate part of the proceeds to UE’s Browing-Miller Advancement of Archaeology Endowment. The game demo and signing of a memorandum of understanding will take place at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, November 29 in Room 71 of the Schroeder Family School of Business Administration Building.

Holly-Falzoni and her husband run Zombie Cricket Studios, a Bloomington, Indiana-based video game company currently focused on game applications for Apple and Android mobile devices. The company is wrapping production on “Archaeology!,” its first full-sized game app, with an expected completion date of early 2013. Five percent of profits from the game will benefit the Browning-Miller Endowment, which provides funds for UE archaeology students to participate in fieldwork, internships, or other educational experiences around the world.

The inspiration for the game began when Holly-Falzoni took a job at the Mackinac State Historic Parks in Michigan, spending the summers of 2008 and 2009 as an archaeologist on a dig that was open to the public. Every day, she fielded questions from hundreds of visitors who were intrigued by the thought of finding artifacts, but knew little about the archaeological process.

The experience inspired Holly-Falzoni to answer those questions through a game that is “fun, interactive, and will captivate a much larger audience in today’s tech-driven world,” she said. “If our game is played by even a tiny percent of the app market subscribers, and if a tiny percent of those people become interested enough to read up on the archaeological process or go visit a dig, then I will consider our game a success. The whole goal is to demystify archaeology to as many people as possible.”

“I came out of my time at UE with a deeply instilled drive to educate the public about archaeology,” Holly-Falzoni added. “There was a constant focus through all of our classes on how to write dig proposals, funding proposals, and papers for people outside of our field. While most students agree that this is not necessarily the ‘fun’ or ‘glamorous’ aspect of archaeology, it is by far the most essential.”

For more information on Zombie Cricket Studios, please find them on Facebook.

Source: Evansville.edu

USI Women’s Choir Fall Concert is December 9

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The University of Southern Indiana Women’s Choir will present its Fall Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 9, at Old North United Methodist Church, 4201 Stringtown Road in Evansville. The concert will feature pieces by Z. Randall Stroope, Gustav Holst, and many others. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Daniel Craig, USI associate professor of music, at 812/464-1736.

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke’s Weekend Schedule

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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Mayor Lloyd Winnecke will pick-up litter near one of the city’s busiest traffic intersection during the monthly Clean Evansville clean-up from 9 to 11 a.m. Three “Clean Teams” will gather near the interchange at the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. 41. The teams will move from the interchange west toward Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Teams will meet near the CK Newsome Community Center to drop-off their trash bags.
Mayor Winnecke will stop by the 911 Gives Hope for the Holidays Toy Drive at Walmart East from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. The toy drive continues through Sunday at 6 pm. All toys collected will be given to children at local hospitals. 911 Gives Hope is a charitable organization made up of emergency services personnel consisting of police officers, firefighters and paramedics.
Mayor Winnecke will help judge the annual Aurora Gingerbread House Contest. The event will take place at The Centre in Exhibition Hall B. The Mayor will arrive at approximately 2:15 p.m. for judging. An awards ceremony is set to begin at 4:15 p.m.
The Mayor will wrap-up the evening watching the Civic Theatre production of A Christmas Carol. The play opens at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Mayor Winnecke will help solicit donations during the first hour of the annual Santa Clothes Club Telethon. The telethon will be at Washington Square Mall from noon to 6 p.m. The event will be broadcast live on WEHT and also on WTVW from 5 to 6 p.m.
Mayor Winnecke and First Lady Carol McClintock will attend the Evansville Philharmonic’s Peppermint Pops concert at 1:15 p.m. The concert features Broadway’s Jenn Newman and an early visit by Santa.

REP. GAIL RIECKEN APPOINTED TO LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES

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State Representative Gail Riecken

INDIANAPOLIS–State Rep. Gail Riecken (D-Evansville) has been named to House committees for the 2013 and 2014 sessions of the Indiana General Assembly.

STATE REP. GAIL RIECKEN (D-Evansville), 77th District, is the Assistant Democratic Floor Leader. In addition, she will be the ranking Democrat on the Family, Children & Human Affairs Committee. Riecken also was appointed to the Financial Institutions and the Local Government committees as well as the Statutory Committee on Ethics.

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