At first glance, the current discussion about smoking bans in Evansville and Vanderburgh County seems to be an inconsequential chess match. The players are Democratic County Commissioner Troy Tornatta and Democratic City Councilman Dan Adams, who, at the very least, have put the issue out there for public deliberation. But the consequences of their maneuvers may be merely academic. Any significant outcome would be determined by six members of the City Council -- a majority -- who seem satisfied with exempting bars, taverns and restaurants from their smoking ban on public places.
We've had a chance to sit down for a detailed conversation with nearly every candidate running for office in the city of Evansville in the May 3 primary. While I haven't been in on every meeting, much of the substance of those conversations can be summed up in four general categories: n Local government needs to operate more transparently. (No more technically-legal Democratic party caucuses between the mayor and council, no more bipartisan meetings aimed at snatching away the homestead tax credit, etc.)
It's hard to describe what Judy Scott and Tammy Dewig and their co-workers do every day. But here's a shot at it. It begins when the Metropolitan Evansville Transit System gets a call from an elderly couple on Evansville's East Side. The husband is in a wheelchair, recovering from a stroke, and the wife is determined not to place him in a nursing home. They're requesting transportation to his doctor's office. Scott, a driver for the METS Mobility service, is dispatched to their home.
It was just one line in the middle of a speech in which Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel touted dozens of city government's initiatives and laid out a lengthy list of challenges. Indianapolis-based Bowen Engineering Corp., Weinzapfel said, "was planning to build out in the county, but they, too, saw the advantages of working in partnership with the city and locating their new Evansville offices Downtown.
Madison's change in leadership this year is hitting home for longtime Landmarks Commission member Daniel Stephans, who likely will chair his final meeting Monday after a decision from Mayor Paul Soglin that he's no longer eligible to fill that role. The mayor has appointed a replacement for me because I have an address outside Madison," said Stephans, who is in the process of leaving his home in the city for one in Evansville, a community about 25 miles south of Madison. He has been on the commission for nearly a decade.
CITY/COUNTY WEEK Here is a list of scheduled public meetings in Evansville and Vanderburgh County government this week:
Casino Aztar and the city of Evansville shared a bond even before the casino opened in December 1995 as the state's first riverboat casino. The replica steamboat, which was required to cruise on the Ohio River until 2002, isn't named Aztar - instead it's officially known as the City of Evansville.
Probably no other place in Evansville embodies the heart or spirit of this city more than Roberts Stadium, an old friend to many. It's where the community gathered in December 1977 to mourn the basketball Aces.
Almost three months after he appeared in front of a largely sympathetic City Council, an Evansville father who said his young daughter was pricked by a hypodermic needle while playing in October at a local park demanded action during Wednesday's Board of Park Commissioners meeting. But Neil Troost's hope for immediate results was quashed by board president Steve Bohleber, though
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