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IS IT TRUE August 10, 2012

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IS IT TRUE August 10, 2012

IS IT TRUE the City County Observer has confirmed with Mayor Winnecke’s office that Earthcare Energy has once again made the monthly interest only payment to the City of Evansville on the $200,000 loan that was made to them without so much as telling the Evansville City Council?…the outstanding balance remains at $184,000 in spite of the scuttling of the deal for an additional $4.8 Million loan that is still to this day authorized by the City Council?…no one should be surprised when this situation raises its ugly head again?

IS IT TRUE that last night’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner had a small fraction of the attendance normally seen at such events?…that many of the normal corporate table sponsors were either not invited or declined an invitation?…that unlike the normal swanky atmosphere, this one was held at Marina Pointe with a far more casual tone?…that we wonder whether the Democratic party chairman purposefully ignored corporate donors or merely forgot to ask them?….that surprisingly absent from much conversation was the issue of consolidation?…that emcee, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams was wearing a “Yes” button and Rick Davis a “No” button but otherwise few activity related to that issue?….that we look forward to how the Republican Reagan Day dinner this fall will compare in size and atmosphere?

IS IT TRUE that missing in action at last night’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner was Joe Donnelly who is challenging Republican Richard Mourdock for the United States Senate?…Donnelly made an interesting choice in selecting someone to speak in his behalf was performed by former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel?…Mr. Donnelly has stated early in his campaign that he could not win the upcoming election unless he carries Vanderburgh County?…that his close association with the former Mayor may just put an end to that possibility?

IS IT TRUE there are according to a few good CCO Moles some serious impasses in the City of Evansville budget that are not very close to being resolved?…one of the considerations on the table is to have more session to the budget hearings and to schedule them over a couple of months due to the difficulties anticipated with these impasses?…the idea of changing the traditional August budget hearings to “preliminary” budget hearings or even planning sessions has been floated?…that it seems as though material packets are still being handed to the City Council members a few minutes before meetings rendering the discovery process moot as the members do not have even close to enough time to read them before being asked to make a judgment?…that politics does not have an emergency room and that taking the time to read the bill before passing it is a good attribute?…that passing without reading as the US Congress was instructed to do by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on the Obamacare bill, should not be tolerated in the Evansville City Council?…that this practice is why Pelosi is now the FORMER speaker and contributed to the election in 2010 of Congressman Larry Buschon to the Bloody 8th’s seat?

IS IT TRUE that the closing of the Dental Clinic for the indigent is sparking a feeling of disgust and confusion among nearly everyone who is asked?…even some members of the board of directors are getting into the fray for not having seen financial performance of the clinic during their time on the board?…the Evansville way with things like this is typically to seat a board of directors for ceremonial purposes but to let the executive committee run the show?…there are many instances where complete boards had the wool pulled over their eyes by their own executive committees?…that someone somewhere knew what the financial situation with the Dental Clinic was and either kept it quiet or was ignored?…waiting until there is a crisis seems to be standard operating procedure in the area and that someone was not as surprised by the closing as the other 117,000 of us were?…there are lots of ways to raise $200,000 through private channels and that with good full board involvement this may have been done without drama or closure of the free Dental Clinic?

Nationally Syndicated Political Cartoons – 8/10/2012

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USI breaks ground for state-of-the-art Teaching Theatre on Tuesday

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The University of Southern Indiana will break ground for its highly-anticipated $16.7 million Teaching Theatre at 4 p.m. Tuesday, August 14.

A brief groundbreaking ceremony will include a performance by USI alumni (and spouses) Kensington Blaylock Eck ’08 and Brandon Eck ’10, followed by remarks from Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett, president, Ted C. Ziemer Jr., chair of the USI Board of Trustees, and Elliot Wasserman, chair of Performing Arts and director of Theatre. The ceremony will be held at the future site of the theatre, next to University Center East on University Boulevard.

After the ceremony, a reception will be held in the newly renovated Loft on the second level of University Center West. USI alumni and friends are welcome to attend.

The Teaching Theatre will be constructed using locally-sourced and recycled materials such as those utilized in the construction of University Center East – clay pipe from Can Clay Corporation of Cannelton, chair legs from Jasper Chair Company, and Bedford limestone. In addition, the theatre will include a sound baffle system with acoustic panels created with Toyota Sienna dashboards donated by Princeton-based Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc.

The Teaching Theatre’s red sandstone exterior is an homage to the Smithsonian Institution’s Castle. Built in 1855, it is the oldest building on the National Mall. Congressman Robert Dale Owen (son of Robert Owen, founder of the second utopian experiment at New Harmony) was chair of the Smithsonian Building Committee. His brother, geologist David Dale Owen, recommended it be built from red sandstone. Both Owens resided in New Harmony for a time, and USI is one of the sponsors of Historic New Harmony, an initiative to create and retain interest in the history and current life of the village.

Like UC East, the Teaching Theatre was designed by Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture of New York. It will have a thrust stage with additional staging areas incorporated into the walls, a shallow proscenium to allow for greater sightlines, exceptional natural acoustics, and state-of-the-art light and sound technology.

“We will become the premiere theatre program in the state and region,” Wasserman said. “We already have the programs and now we’ll have the facilities to match.”

View a virtual tour of the new Teaching Theatre.

The general contractor is Empire Construction, mechanical contractor Deig Brothers Construction, and electrical contractor Alva Electric with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering by Hafer Associates. Estimates are that more than 100 construction jobs will result from the two-year project.

The Teaching Theatre is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2014. Plans are also in the works for a theatre support building with costume and set shops.

The last USI groundbreaking was for University Center East in spring 2009.

Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Miller & Miller Arsonist

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FOP News Release Opposing Unification of City-County Governments

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AUGUST 8, 2012

The Evansville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 73 announces today they are strongly opposed to re-organization of City-County Government and support the efforts of Citizens Opposed to Re-Organization of Evansville (C.O.R.E). We have allowed C.O.R.E. to conduct their weekly meetings at our lodge located at 801 Court Street for the last month.

The F.O.P. conducted its own study in 2011 that found mergers of city and county law enforcement of nearby cities does not work. We believe that law enforcement was left out of this plan so that we, the F.O.P, would not oppose this question on the 2012 ballot. If voters decide to vote yes on this issue, they will lose their right to decide the merger of law enforcement to the Mayor and his 15 Member Council.

The F.O.P. does not agree with the plan that was rushed and hastily put together. The City and County law enforcement agencies differ in policing philosophy, pensions, insurance, wage structure, and equipment that would cost millions if the two agencies merged.

The F.O.P. plans to present informational meetings to residents throughout Vanderburgh County in the upcoming weeks to educate the voting public about the shortcomings of the plan. The F.O.P. will work to defeat the question on the fall ballot.

The F.O.P. was present during the recent hearing of the Election Board when CORE questioned the validity of the petition filed by the League of Women Voters, regarding placing the Re-Organization issue on the 2012 ballot. We believe that the Board’s decision was based on what they could or could not do legally at this time in reference to questioning the legality of the petition.

“It is clear that the number of valid signatures was well below the threshold of the 2,632 that was necessary to bring this issue to a vote. If done with due diligence, then the Vanderburgh County Clerk’s Office would have caught the fact that the petition in question had significant signature errors. It’s a shame that such an important issue is tainted by invalid signatures on the petition. This error will force registered voters of Vanderburgh County to decide an issue on the 2012 ballot that was not performed with due diligence.”

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 73 has over 1,400 active and retired national, state, county, and city officers as well as local citizens that support local law enforcement.

Unification Proponents YES Respond to FOP Opposition

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The Fraternal Order of Police’s political action committee has long opposed attempts to streamline government through consolidation, and their statement released Thursday reaffirming that position should come as no surprise. In fact, the group organized to oppose the referendum has for weeks been meeting at FOP headquarters.

While the FOP’s political action committee has taken this stance for quite some time, its full membership is made up of hundreds of members with very diverse views and opinions. Sheriff Eric Williams, the community’s top law enforcement officer, has consistently extolled the benefits of the plan. “Unification is a fantastic tool for our community to use when it comes to new business recruitment, job creation, and youth retention. What’s good for Evansville is good for the FOP.”

Notably, the Plan of Reorganization does not affect the separate functions of the police and sheriff’s department. While the plan does unify many aspects of local government, the police and sheriff’s department will continue just as they are today. The plan also keeps the city boundary as a service district so that taxes, including taxes for law enforcement, aren’t changed or impacted.

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke added, “I have great admiration for the FOP, but on this issue I respectfully disagree. Unification will reduce duplicative city and county services and offers the best chance to contain costs of local government over a long period of time. While I remain a staunch supporter of government unification, I must point out that the plan up for a vote in November includes language that specifically prevents the consolidation of the Evansville Police Department and the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office at least until after the 2024 election.”

The Plan of Reorganization will merge city and county councils, as well as the executive branches. However, taxes, zoning, and law enforcement would remain separate according to current city and county boundaries. Visit www.YESforUnification.com for more details.

Source: YES for Unification

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.

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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, August 08, 2012.

Joshua Cooper Strangulation – Class D Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Misdemeanor

Anthony Greene Robbery –Class C Felony
Criminal Mischief –Class A Misdemeanor

Daniel Kuebler Possession of Methamphetamine –Class D Felony
Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony

Michael Mayes Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony
Public Intoxication –Class B Misdemeanor

Christopher McGlauflin Burglary –Class C Felony
Theft – Class D Felony
Criminal Mischief – Class D Felony

Jonathan Peltier Theft – Class D Felony (Three Counts)
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Misdemeanor
Public Intoxication – Class B Misdemeanor

Frankie Pollard, Jr. Operating a Motor Vehicle after Forfeiture of License for Life –Class C
Felony

Bridgett Sallee Theft – Class D Felony

Brian Tharp Theft – Class D Felony (Three Counts)
Public Intoxication – Class B Misdemeanor

Heather Young Theft –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
Class A Felony 20-50 Years
Class B Felony 6-20 Years
Class C Felony 2-8 Years
Class D Felony ½ – 3 Years
Class A Misdemeanor 0-1 Year
Class B Misdemeanor 0-180 Days
Class C Misdemeanor 0-60 Days

FOP Endorses Opposition to Unification: Deals Serious Blow to YES Efforts

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FOP ENDOURSES OPPOSITION TO UNIFICATION: DEALS SERIOUS BLOW TO YES EFFORTS
The FOP of Evansville has voted to endorse CORE in opposing unification of City and County governments.

This is a developing story.

Voter Fraud, American Style: Would Evansville Tolerate Such Behavior?

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The vote of one idiot can cancel out the vote of a single genius — such is the glory of our one-man, one-vote system. But what about the vote of an illegal alien? The deceased? Or a convicted felon? Should they be allowed to spoil the electoral process — and perhaps change history?

And why — in the name of “civil rights” — is Attorney General Eric Holder using the power of the Justice Department to hamstring states trying to put a stop to voter fraud by requiring a secure ID in order to vote?

The answer is clear: In an election that promises to be every bit as close as Bush v. Gore in 2000, each side is going to need every vote it can get. And one way, historically, that Democrats have been able to swing close elections is through fraud. Consider:

* In the 2004 Washington state governor’s race, the Republican’s early lead was overcome by the miraculous discovery of previously uncounted ballots squirreled away in the Democratic stronghold of Seattle, handing the election to the Democrat.

* In the close governor’s race in Connecticut in 2010, a mysterious shortage of ballots in Bridgeport kept the polls open an extra two hours as allegedly blank ballots were photocopied and handed out in the heavily Democratic city. Dannel Malloy defeated Republican Tom Foley by nearly 7,000 votes statewide — but by almost 14,000 votes in Bridgeport.

* Now a new book — “Who’s Counting?” by John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky — charges that Al Franken’s 2008 defeat of incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman may be directly attributable to felons voting illegally.
Coleman led on election night, but a series of recounts lasting eight months eventually gave the seat to the former Saturday Night Live star.

Later, a conservative watchdog group matched criminal records with the voting rolls and discovered that 1,099 felons had illegally cast ballots. State law mandates prosecutions in such cases; 177 have been convicted so far, with 66 more awaiting trial.

Franken’s eventual margin of “victory”? A mere 312 votes.

The Minnesota win gave the Democrats their 60th Senate seat, creating the filibuster-proof majority that helped shovel ObamaCare into law.

Democrats’ chicanery extends back to the days of Tammany Hall and other big-city machines. But today, much of the dirty work is done by lawyers. So maybe it’s not so surprising that Holder is either “investigating” or actually suing states like South Carolina, Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania that have instituted tougher new requirements, including the presentation of government-issued ID.

Never mind that the Supreme Court by a 6-3 vote has already upheld the constitutionality of requiring valid identification in a 2008 case in Indiana.

Holder, the most politicized attorney general since Nixon’s John Mitchell, has consistently moved against any efforts to protect the integrity of the ballot box in the service of the party that keeps him employed.

Infamously, he dropped prosecution of members of the New Black Panther Party, who were intimidating white voters outside a Philadelphia polling place during the 2008 presidential election. And he killed the case despite the urging of lawyers at Justice and members of the US Civil Rights Commission, which in a 2010 report accused Justice of “open hostility and opposition” to prosecuting cases with white victims.
In a speech last month to the NAACP, the AG charged that Republican efforts to ensure the integrity of the electoral process effectively amount to “voter suppression,” under the absurd premise that minorities are incapable of obtaining proper ID.

Risibly, Holder likened the tougher ID requirements to the days of Jim Crow and the poll tax — despite the fact that, in Pennsylvania for example, the state provides photo IDs free of charge.

Studies show that the cemetery, illegal-immigrant and felon votes tends to break heavily Democratic. Just ask Norm Coleman, who would have blocked ObamaCare and kept circus clown Al Franken away from Washington.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/yes_vote_fraud_real_B5KsHFqcgUjYJCivnI6IuN#ixzz233YY70W2

IS IT TRUE August 9, 2012

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IS IT TRUE August 9, 2012

IS IT TRUE CCO Mole #30 tells us that one third of the staff of GAGE have recently decided to seek their fortunes and futures elsewhere?…that a significant expansion of a Evansville grown business known as Sigma Packaging was announced yesterday with no smiling politicians, surrogates, or incentives granted to get this company to expand in Evansville?…home grown businesses are the key to a expanding and prosperous local economy and the sooner that the smokestack chasing folks get that through their heads the sooner Evansville has a chance to have a broad based economy of businesses who are here because they want to be here as opposed to being paid to come here?…that it is no coincidence that the headquarters of Apple is less than 3 miles from the garage that it was started in?

IS IT TRUE the fact that Whirlpool has announced its final departure from Evansville without some accompanying announcement that all of the unearned tax and cash incentives given to them by the City of Evansville has granted them will be paid back has many of our readers profoundly disappointed in local governance?…that Whirlpool was handed deal after deal by City leaders and has not completely fulfilled the requirements placed upon them to earn those incentives?…that if our Mayor, the Evansville City Council, GAGE, and any other parties involved in raiding the City coffers to give the money to Whirlpool do not have the courage or will to collect the money back for the people of this City then they should just hand it over to a collection agency and hope they have the wherewithal to do it?…it has been 3 days since the Whirlpool announcement and not a word about collecting our money has been uttered to the public?…that the question of how many other companies are out there that have not fulfilled their obligations and owe the City of Evansville money has come up multiple times?…that is a question worth exploring?

IS IT TRUE that at the recent joint budget hearings few County Council members attended?…that of those members, only one stayed for the entire meeting?…that County Council members are paid more money than City Council members, but generally have less responsibility? …that this sort of inexplicable city-county imbalance is prevalent throughout local government?…that sometimes having two separate councils makes it twice as hard to hold these councils accountable because of twice the meetings, twice the minutes, etc.?…that regardless of your position on consolidation, everyone should agree there is a better way to conduct business?…that if the County Council’s elected members don’t take joint budget hearings seriously enough to attend them that it could lead one to think that the County Council is willing to hand the reigns of forming the annual Vanderburgh County budget to the City Council?…that the County Council be abdicating their duties seems to be trying hard to prove to the people who elected them that they are irrelevant and uninterested in doing the job they were elected to do?

IS IT TRUE that it is not just the City of Evansville that has been in the habit of handing out incentives and cash to companies to get them to locate or expand here?…that County elected officials have engaged in the same practice and that we have not heard of the County officials repatriating any of the people’s money that was handed out either?…that if the City and County elected officials can possibly work together on one thing it should be on how to collect the monies owed to them by businesses that took the incentives and ran?…that would make for an interesting meeting to attend if only the County Council would muster the attention span to sit through the meeting?…collecting debts is part of the revenue line in the budget and should be given the same respect as the collection of taxes from citizens?…that every dollar of incentives granted to companies that do not fulfill their obligations is a dollar stolen by our elected officials from the taxpayers of Evansville?…that the thieves in this case are our elected officials and not the companies or cronies that they handed the money to?

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