David Mosby and Randall Whitehouse have appealed the final judgement of the Warrick County Superior Court where Al Lindsey and the Vanderburgh County Election Board recently prevailed. The attorney for Mosby and Whitehouse is Robert R. Faulkner.
IS IT TRUE? October 21, 2011
IS IT TRUE? October 21, 2011
IS IT TRUE that today is the day that the campaign finance reports are due from all of the candidates running for office in 2011?…that thus far exactly one has been made available to the public through an online distribution?…that Republican Candidate for Mayor of Evansville Lloyd Winnecke published a link to his website with the report sometime during the night?…that it is available on the City County Observer for anyone and everyone to dig through to their heart’s desire on the following link?
https://city-countyobserver.com/2011/10/21/winnecke-releases-campaign-finance-report/
IS IT TRUE that Indiana Smokefree Communities held their last meeting before the election yesterday at the Central Library?…that at this point both candidates for Mayor of Evansville and every candidate for Evansville City Council has been offered the opportunity to state their position and their case?…that both candidates for Mayor have spoken as have 10 of the 14 candidates for the city council seats that are opposed?…that even the unopposed candidate from the 1st Ward, Councilman Dan McGinn sent in a written statement?…that the unopposed candidate from the 4th Ward, Councilwoman Connie Robinson left no room for doubt about her support for a stronger smoking ordinance with her “I am my brother’s keeper†speech prior to casting her yes vote the last time this came up?…that there will be a position paper released soon that will let everyone know exactly who the preferred candidates are to strengthen the City of Evansville smoking ordinance?
IS IT TRUE that in a short 19 days we will all know whether it will be Lloyd Winnecke or Rick Davis who will become the Mayor that will assume responsibility for executing the decisions that are playing out right now?…that that there are 71 days remaining in the Weinzapfel Administration?…that if you thought the first 21 days of 40 days of hell were nasty just stay tuned for the last 19 days of hell?
IS IT TRUE that there are now 373 days remaining in the two years that the EPA had given the City of Evansville to present an acceptable solution to the Combined Sewer Overflow problem?…..that this plan is an expensive and complex endeavor that needs immediate attention to avoid the embarrassment and expense of another round of fines?
IS IT TRUE that in only 10 days we shall know whether the McCurdy Hotel project is a GO or just another case of NO GO?…that the Evansville Redevelopment Commission will be meeting again on November 1, 2011 and that may just be the last day of reckoning for City Center Properties or it may be time for a legitimate celebration?…that the status report by Hunden Capital Partners with respect to the downtown Convention Hotel Project seems to be in a coma?…that not a word has come out for over a month and that we are wondering if the two bidders are in danger of being Vetted to Death?…that as long as this has been dragging out that the decision really should be deferred until the next Mayor takes office?…that this will be the only way to bury the stigma of four years of standing confused at the starting line?…that the next Mayor’s signature on a hotel contract will bury that stigma?
Rick Davis Statement on Public Discussion Regarding the Fate of Lloyd Pool
OCT. 20, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EVANSVILLE, IN — Democratic Party Mayoral Candidate Rick Davis blasted Republican Lloyd Winnecke on Thursday for continuing a theme of avoiding public discussion regarding decisions affecting Evansville taxpayers.
“My opponent continues to make important decisions concerning taxpayers without asking for any public input whatsoever,” said Davis, who is the current Vanderburgh County Treasurer. “Additionally, he also continues to distort the truth about my plans for important community facilities such as Lloyd Pool and Roberts Stadium.
“I have said all along on both of these important community facilities that we need to have a community discussion to decide the ultimate fate of both Lloyd Pool and Roberts Stadium,” Davis added. “Today, my opponent has made it clear that he has already decided what’s best for all of us, without asking for any public input. That is not how the Davis administration will conduct business.”
Davis said Winnecke has a history of making decisions without any public input, including the April 1, 2008, homestead credit meeting when a bi-partisan decision was made to raise 46,000 Vanderburgh County homeowners’ property taxes by $5.1 million.
Winnecke Releases Campaign Finance Report
Winnecke Releases Campaign Finance Report
Lloyd Winnecke released his pre-election campaign finance report today showing he had raised $658,118.70 since beginning his campaign. Winnecke said that with well over 674 individual donors, he is pleased with the grassroot support.
“I remain extremely grateful for the outpouring of support my campaign has received from families in Evansville,” said Winnecke. “It’s not the total raised that’s gratifying to me, but the number of individuals who are willing to support our effort. It’s clear that residents are responding to our message of job creation and positive change.”
Other key highlights of the report:
Number of individual donors: 674
Number of donations from entities or political committees: 125
Percentage of total raised from individuals: 72.4%
Winnecke immediately put all of the final campaign finance report on his website at www.WinneckeForMayor.com. “It’s important that voters see where candidates draw their support and I call upon my opponent to also make his reports available for public inspection,” he said.
Winnecke is the first Evansville municipal candidate to make his campaign finance reports publicly available online.
The full report is available on the following link:
Winnecke Campaign Pre-Election-Report-Oct-14-2011
The top 10 donors in the report are as follows:
Ziemer, Ted C. Jr: $17,622.47
Helfert, John & Sue: $15,000.00
Olbank Pac: $13,000.00
Schroeder, John C.: $11,000.00
McCarthy, Burkley F & Sharon R: $11,000.00
Bootz, Genevieve E: $11,000.00
Hinton, Michael: $11,000.00
Jones, Steven: $10,600.00
Lochmueller, Keith: $10,500.00
Koch, Robert L II: $8,500.00
Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, ‘You’re Headed For A One-Term Presidency’
The much anticipated biography of Steve Jobs is not yet available for purchase but the author Walter Isaacson is beginning to give a few hints about what will be included. Isaacson shared in a recent interview some of the interactions between Mr. Jobs and President Obama on the subjects of business and education along with American competitiveness.
Jobs, was known for his prickly, stubborn personality, almost missed meeting President Obama in the fall of 2010 because he insisted that the president personally ask him for a meeting. Though his wife told him that Obama “was really psyched to meet with you,” Jobs insisted on the personal invitation, and the standoff lasted for five days. When he finally relented and they met at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Jobs was characteristically blunt. He seemed to have transformed from a liberal into a conservative.
“You’re headed for a one-term presidency,” he told Obama at the start of their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, where “regulations and unnecessary costs” make it difficult for them.
Jobs also criticized America’s education system, saying it was “crippled by union work rules,” noted Isaacson. “Until the teachers’ unions were broken, there was almost no hope for education reform.” Jobs proposed allowing principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that schools stay open until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year.
Aiding Obama’s Reelection Campaign
Jobs suggested that Obama meet six or seven other CEOs who could express the needs of innovative businesses — but when White House aides added more names to the list, Jobs insisted that it was growing too big and that “he had no intention of coming.” In preparation for the dinner, Jobs exhibited his notorious attention to detail, telling venture capitalist John Doerr that the menu of shrimp, cod and lentil salad was “far too fancy” and objecting to a chocolate truffle dessert. But he was overruled by the White House, which cited the president’s fondness for cream pie.
Though Jobs was not that impressed by Obama, later telling Isaacson that his focus on the reasons that things can’t get done “infuriates” him, they kept in touch and talked by phone a few more times. Jobs even offered to help create Obama’s political ads for the 2012 campaign. “He had made the same offer in 2008, but he’d become annoyed when Obama’s strategist David Axelrod wasn’t totally deferential,” writes Isaacson. Jobs later told the author that he wanted to do for Obama what the legendary “morning in America” ads did for Ronald Reagan.
Motivational speaker Dr. Samuel Betances to lecture October 24 @ USI
Motivational speaker Dr. Samuel Betances will present “The Manifestation of Dreams” at 7 p.m. Monday, October 24, in Carter Hall in University Center West. The hour-long lecture will be followed by a question and answer period and a meet and greet session and poster signing. Betances’s lecture is free and open to the public.
As a biracial, bicultural, and bilingual citizen of the world, Betances has worked in all 50 states, all six U.S. territories, and in various countries including Japan, Korea, Germany and Mexico. He inspires willing learners to aim high, reject rejection, and embrace themselves and each other as powerful team members working toward a more prosperous future.
Read more about Dr. Samuel Betances here.
Betance’s visit to USI is sponsored by Latinos Unidos (the Hispanic Student Union) and the Multicultural Center with additional funding from a Provost Programming Grant and a Student Government Association Programming Grant.
IS IT TRUE? October 20, 2011 Special Evening Edition
IS IT TRUE? October 20, 2011
IS IT TRUE that today is a good day to be a citizen of the United States of America, a nation of laws and a nation the people can at least can agree the words “liberty and justice for all†are sacred and worth pursuing even when we don’t get it perfect?…that we elect our leaders and have never had a leader rise to the Presidency by the use of force?…that there are shenanigans with ballots, a dead person or two may cast a vote, and a chad may hang, but overall our constitution is designed very well?…that when we depart from our constitution that it usually is exposed and the pendulum swings back toward the ideals on which our nation was founded?
IS IT TRUE that the reason this is on the CCO’s mind today is because Moarmar Khadafi was finally found today and was disposed of as regimes that are born from oppression often are by the violent spilling of more blood?…that Khadafi rose to power with an iron fist and bloodshed and he fell from power the same way?…that between iPhones with cameras and the internet anyone who has been curious has already seen the last minutes of Khadafi?…that the public humiliation of a dead body is something that can only happen in a place where “liberty and justice for all†is neither the law nor the spirit of the land?…that Khadafi has now joined Saddam Hussein, and Mussolini as people who learned the hard way what can happen when your own people turn on you?…that we wish the Libyan people a rapid transition to a desired and stable form of government and a quick recovery from years of oppression?
IS IT TRUE that today we are thankful for our Republic and for the privilege to change our governing officials at the ballot box as opposed to at the end of a rope or the muzzle of a gun?…that as long as we take the time to think about our choices at the ballot box, to commit our Bill of Rights to memory, and maintain our ability and willingness to defend our freedoms we shall never see the day when the United States of America is reduced to barbarism to change leaders?
IS IT TRUE that Libya is a very rich country when it comes to natural resources?…that we and the other powers of the western world would be well served to cooperate to establish trade with the nation of Libya in a mutually beneficial way as rapidly as the provisional government of Libya will allow us to?
IS IT TRUE that speaking of establishing trade we have had several messages today from people who are of the opinion that there are no bids available to bid on with respect to the Ford Center?…that we actually believe that there is a process by which companies can bid for any remaining work that is needed for the Ford Center or any other City of Evansville project?…available projects are published frequently and that we encourage whomever sent that message to give it a shot?…that if this person runs into obstacles that we are as always interested in hearing about these obstacles?…that we know of several members of the Evansville City Council who are very passionate about doing whatever is possible so that small local firms are able to not only bid but to win and prosper from being a part of the public works process?
Winnecke Pledges not to close Lloyd Pool
In a statement to the media Republican candidate for Mayor of Evansville, Lloyd Winnecke has pledged not to close the Lloyd Pool on the north side and to go ahead with the nearly $200,000 in repairs that were recently approved in the City of Evansville’s 2012 budget.
Citing an increase in admissions in 2011 and the importance of maintaining public swimming facilities Mr. Winnecke issued the following statement.