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IS IT TRUE? October 19, 2011 Gang Solutions and Acknowledgement

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IS IT TRUE? October 19, 2011

IS IT TRUE that as gang violence is on everyone’s mind there are some things regarding Evansville that we would like to make known to all?…that there is a website that tracks mainstream media news releases about gang activity all over America?…that there are 29 entries for the State of Indiana thus far in 2011 and that 7 of those are about incidents in Evansville?…that these gang activities range from drug distribution for out of town cartels all the way up to murder?…that the number of incidents reported on in Evansville constitutes 24% of the reports in all of Indiana?…that Evansville has only 2% of the population of Indiana within its borders so to say that we have our share of gang related issues would be a gross understatement?…that this is a problem that is in need of a solution and that denial is not part of any solution?…that Republican candidate for Mayor of Evansville Lloyd Winnecke took a step forward in that war yesterday by validating the problem and putting a plan forward?

IS IT TRUE that one may agree or disagree with what was in Winnecke’s plan but the first step in solving a problem is to acknowledge it which he did?…that it may just be the case that the experience, the knowledge, and the equipment that are appropriate for Evansville’ gang problem are not here?…that if that turns out to be the case then the next Mayor had best be doing the research and finding that expertise soon?…that in our online poll most of the respondents think that gang activity in Evansville has started in the last 8 years, a large number think it started before that, and nearly no one thinks this is a new phenomena?…that our readers once again seem to get it that Evansville has gang problems?…that Winnecke deserves a thumbs up for the research that he did to put a plan out there?…that it will need some changes but that the dialog is now started?…that we would like to warn Mr. Winnecke that gangs are not really famous for collaboration skills so don’t give too much credit where it is not due?

IS IT TRUE that everyone who seems to have had a hand in “FloatGate” is back from vacation and that it is time to get to the bottom of what happened once and for all?…that we wonder if police protocol was broken?…that we wonder if the call from Sgt. Hubbard was encouraged by anyone else?…that these are two simple things that should be easy to figure out using police techniques?…that we are also interested in who else knew about this before it happened?…that as funny as this whole incident was that any and all of the people who were in on it need to be exposed so that the voters know this before November 8th, and so the next Mayor has this information at his disposal when considering appointments?

IS IT TRUE that the most disturbing thing to come from FloatGate is the fact that there are over 7,000 active warrants walking the streets of Evansville and Vanderburgh County?…that we realize that many of these may be for petty offenses and that the hunted are not really a danger to society?…that the guy (Alex Jarvis) who was hauled off of the float at the Fall Festival does not seem to be much of a threat to anyone either so as we concluded before, he was singled out for political purposes by someone and police resources were squandered in serving that warrant at just the right moment?…that what rather than worrying about 7,000+ warrants what is needed is a targeted plan to go after the 10% or so of those who really are violent threats to society as was done in Chicago yesterday when a killer from Evansville was apprehended?

Official State Notice of IURC Meeting in Evansville

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Official Vectren Hearing in Evansville Notice

IS IT TRUE? October 19, 2011

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IS IT TRUE? October 19, 2011

IS IT TRUE that it was announced this morning by State Representative Gail Riecken and Evansville City Councilman John Friend, CPA that they will be holding a news conference to discuss the just scheduled Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission (IURC) hearing in Evansville regarding Vectren Corporation’s recent application for a fee increase?…that the City County Observer is thrilled that the IURC has actually agreed to come to Evansville for this meeting that will be in the Locus Room at the Centre on November 28, 2011 at 6 pm?…that our Indy Mole Nation tells us that there will be opportunities to discuss both the proposed dense pack technology upgrade and “other” issues of concern to the citizens of Evansville?…that there will be a sufficient contingent of people to offer one-on-one time for people who would rather express their grievances in private?…that this meeting is a big win for Evansville and SW Indiana and in all fairness it is a win for Vectren too?…that we think they will be supportive of local hearings?

IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer would like to challenge and admonish the people of Evansville to get out of the house and attend this meeting?…that by our presence we can make our concerns and our commitments to be engages as citizens known?…that after these elected officials have demanded this, the CCO has continually called for this, and even Vectren is supportive of this that the least we can do is “densely pack” the Locust Room for this meeting?…that the days of the people of Evansville being complacent about the issues that determine what our community is need to come to an end?…that we call upon everyone who spends time moaning and groaning about Vectren to put this on your schedule and pack the house?…that admission is free?

IS IT TRUE that the CCO would like to thank and congratulate the officers, the board of directors and the new shareholders of the Evansville Commerce Bank for doing what it took to acquire the shares back from the Michigan company that held them and establish what is now Evansville’s 2nd bank that is locally owned?…that this effort is precisely the kind of effort that is needed over and over in Evansville so that local wealth is built and channeled for local good?…that this people is precisely what is meant by Angel Investment?…that while we still have no formal Angel Investment Group or Venture Capital Firm that this share buy-back should be an example to rally around to light that entrepreneurial fire that we certainly hope is smoldering?

IS IT TRUE that on a national level that last night’s Republican Presidential Candidate’ Debate from Las Vegas nearly resembled a WWF smack down or a cage fight with things getting so contentious that pointing, touching, and yelling ensued?…that the night started out with the pack going after Herman Cain’s 999 plan like it was a 666 plan instead?…that the jackals (candidates) said everything they could short of calling 999 “the mark of Cain”?…that the question that we have about all of the official reports on how this plan is unfair, insufficient, etc, is “aren’t these the same people that said the stimulus would keep unemployment under 8%”?…that for the Washington economists and think tanks that gave their blessings to the economic policies of Presidents Obama and Bush to opine on any economic plan is just unnecessary?…that this is sort of like a 3rd Grader issuing a negative opinion on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity?…that it is actually worse because the 3rd Grader will not have lost credibility yet?…that most people should be able to do their own math with a simple plan like 999?…that either it works or it doesn’t?…that if the taxpayers of this country are incapable of simple multiplication by 9% then we really are beyond repair from and educational point of view?…that we wonder what percentage of 100 random people in the mall can correctly answer the question “what is 9% of 100”? Care to Guess?

12th Annual Main Street Trick or Treat Sunday, October 30th!

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“Centre’d on Kids” Free Community Event!

Evansville, IN – The Victory Theatre and the Main Street Walkway will be the host of the 12th Annual Main Street Trick or Treat on Sunday, October 30! SMG with KISS, 103GBF, WKDQ, Superhits 105.3, WBKR, WOMI, CBS44 and Fox44 will provide a fun and safe environment for trick-or-treaters from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Second Street. Bring your little ghosts and goblins downtown from noon – 3pm for an afternoon of trick or treating. The kids can play games and win prizes, pick up free treats, have their faces painted and receive a Kids I-D packet.

Come in your scariest, most creative or patriotic costume so they can enter the costume contest at 1:00pm at the stage located at 6th & Main in front of the Victory Theatre. Winners for all 0-12 age groups! Participating sponsors will provide treats for all the ghosts and goblins.

Coloring Contest Sheets are also available at The Centre, Victory Theatre, Townsquare Media and CBS WEVV44 offices. Entries must be returned to point of pick-up by October 28th. Winners will be announced from the stage at 6th & Main on October 30th at 2pm. They will also be delivered to all schools in the area.

Main Street Trick or Treat was created by SMG in 1999 as a safe alternative to door to door trick or treating. Everything is free to the community. With attendance well over 11,000, MSTT is the largest event downtown “Centre’d” on Kids! Our 100+ volunteers and the generosity of our sponsors make this day possible.

Join us on Main Street Sunday, October 30th from noon – 3……rain or shine! This event is sponsored by SMG, CBS-44WEVV and FOX44, Townsquare Media stations WKDQ, 103GBF, WJLT, KISSFM, WBKR, WOMI.

Community Preview: Party Free Public Open House at the Ford Center 10/22/2011

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(Evansville, IN)- You’ve seen it from the outside. Now see what the Ford Center looks like from the inside. A free open house will be held on Saturday, October 22, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Everyone is invited!

Visitors will be able to see the Ford Center’s public areas and areas that aren’t normally open to the public like the Aces and IceMen locker rooms. Come check out the view from the seating bowl, try out the wider, padded seats, and experience all of the great amenities the Ford Center has to offer. Also at the Community Preview Party:

ï‚· Face painting and balloon art by the Hadi Shrine Funsters
ï‚· Ace Purple & Blizzard (mascots for the Aces and the IceMen)
ï‚· $1 hot dogs, soft drinks and popcorn
ï‚· Music by Monte Skelton
ï‚· A free commemorative item to take home

Visitors to the Ford Center are encouraged to stick around after they tour the facility and enjoy downtown Evansville. Several businesses and restaurants along Main Street will be open during the community preview party from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. In addition, art students from Signature School, Central High School and F.J. Reitz High School will showcase their vision for downtown businesses in several storefronts along Main Street. The Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville (GAGE) will have walking maps and flyers available at the Ford Center.

Downtown Today: 10/19/2011

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Time 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Subject PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Location 307
Reminder 15 minutes
SARAH @ 5791
Categories ROOM 307

Time 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Subject GIS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Location 318
Recurrence Occurs the third Wednesday of every 1 month effective 10/19/2011 until 10/19/2011 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Reminder 15 minutes
Laura Howell @ 5071
Categories ROOM 318

Time 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Subject BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING/FREE
Location MAIN HALL 1ST FLOOR
Recurrence Occurs the third Wednesday of every 1 month effective 10/19/2011 until 10/19/2011 from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Reminder 15 minutes
435-5015 HEALTH DEPT
Categories Phone Call, EVENTS

Time 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Subject IBTR
Location 307
Reminder 15 minutes
TIFFANY @ 5269
Categories ROOM 307

Time 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Subject CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING
Location 318
Recurrence Occurs the third Wednesday of every 3 months effective 10/19/2011 until 10/19/2011 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Reminder 15 minutes
SHERYL @ 421-6296
Categories Must Attend, ROOM 318

Time 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Subject PARKS BOARD
Location 301
Recurrence Occurs the third Wednesday of every 1 month effective 10/19/2011 until 10/19/2011 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Reminder 15 minutes
GLENN BOBERG @ 6141
Categories ROOM 301

Time 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Subject DEFERRED COMP
Location 318
Recurrence Occurs the third Wednesday of every 1 month effective 10/19/2011 until 10/19/2011 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Reminder 15 minutes
DIANNA WEBB
WEBBD@NATIONWIDE.COM
Categories Must Attend, ROOM 318

“Rodney Watson on Basketball” begins October 31

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The “Rodney Watson on Basketball” radio show starts October 31 and will be broadcast live from Turoni’s Pizzery and Brewery on Main Street. The live show will air at 7 p.m. on ESPN 106.7FM for 20 weeks.

Three of the 20 shows will air on Tuesday night (November 15, January 3, and January 17) due to scheduling conflicts. The show will not air the week of December 26 due to the Christmas holiday.

The radio talk show features USI men’s basketball Head Coach Rodney Watson and Dan Egierski, who will discuss the Screaming Eagles and college basketball. The pair also takes questions from the audience at Turoni’s.

Source: USI.edu

EPD Activity Report: October 18, 2011

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EPD Activity Report October 18, 2011

Riecken & Friend Call Press Conference to Discuss IURC Meeting in Evansville to Discuss Vectren

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gail Riecken (812)568-9505
October 19, 2011 John Friend: (812) 499-3620

Indiana District 77 State Representative Gail Riecken Praises Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission Decision to hold fee increase hearings in Evansville. Evansville City Councilman John Friend’s Petition to IURC to Stop Job Killing Rate and Fee Increases by Vectren passes 10,000 Signatures.

State Representation Gail Riecken
Evansville, IN– State Representative Gail Riecken announced today that she is pleased that the Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission has agreed to hold a hearing in Evansville to give the people of Evansville the opportunity to air their grievances and become educated with respect Vectren’s dense pack proposal that recently attracted attention for yet another fee increase for a capital expenditure.

Evansville City Councilman John Friend joins Representative Riecken in welcoming this opportunity for the people of Evansville and the elected officials from all of Vectren’s electricity service area to participate in a public meeting in Evansville where Vectren is the topic of discussion with the State of Indiana’s highest utility regulatory body. Councilman Friend who spent the early part of his career in the utility industry has recently been recognized for his initiative to launch a petition drive to admonish the Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission to refuse to consider all electricity rate increases by the Vectren Corporation until the average electricity rate in the State of Indiana have caught up to the SW Indiana areas served by Vectren are paying. Councilman Friend and Representative Riecken also are asking that all hearings brought before the IURC by Vectren for the purpose of seeking a rate or fee increase be held in SW Indiana where the requested rates would go into effect.

Both Representative Riecken and Councilman Friend have expressed pleasure at seeing their efforts recognized by the IURC with their agreement to hold this hearing in Evansville. Both Friend and Riecken along with 10,000 other ratepayers have affixed their signatures to Councilman Friend’s petition in only two weeks.

Representative Riecken and Councilman Friend are holding a press conference at the Civic Center in Room 301 today at 2:00.

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IURC Agrees to Schedule Vectren Fee Increase Hearing in Evansville

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In a surprising but welcome move today the Indiana Utilities and Regulatory Commission announced that they well be holding a field hearing regarding the Vectren request for a fee increase in Evansville. The meeting will be held on November 28, 2011 in the Locust Room at the Centre at 6 PM and will be open to the public.

This announcement comes after repeated requests by Indiana House of Representatives District 77 representative Gail Riecken to move hearings involving Evansville to be in Evansville. Just today Representative Riecken released a statement chiding the IURC for failing to fulfill the commitment to do so.

Local officials have also made this request with Evansville City Councilman John Friend having collected over 10,000 signatures from Vectren ratepayers requesting not only that IURC hearings be held here but that a moratorium be put on rate increases until other utilities catch up with Vectren’s rates that are double the average for the State of Indiana and triple what ratepayers in Henderson, KY pay.

E. Lon Walters, the republican candidate for the 2nd Ward seat of the Evansville City Council has also been circulating a petition online and in person.

Vanderburgh County Commissioner Stephen Melcher has been advocating for the total membership of the IURC to be elected as opposed to being appointees of the Governor of Indiana so that they are accountable to the people of Indiana.

Vectren was recently marched on by the Occupy Evansville group when they gathered at the Four Freedoms Monument on Saturday.

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor made the request to the IURC for an Evansville field hearing on the dense pack project. Vectren officials have expressed support for the Evansville based hearing for an opportunity to educate the public about the proposed dense pack project.

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