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Indiana under George Bush

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Source: DNC Research

Read more in this downloadable file about Indiana stats under the Bush administration.

  • 47,380 more Indiana workers have become unemployed since Bush took office.
  • 26,900 of Indiana workers have lost their unemployment benefits since january 2004.
  • 69,800 Indiana manufacturing jobs lost since Bush took office.
  • 46 percent of Indiana taxpayers will receive less than $100 from latest Bush tax cut in 2004.
  • Indiana families face rising share of national debt burden of $20,855 over next six years.
  • 209,000 Indiana children abandoned by Bush, left out of child tax credit.
  • 797,000 Indiana residents have no health insurance, up 11 % under Bush.
  • 100,300 Indiana seniors worse off under Bush medicare prescription plan.
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Two Indianapolis men sentenced for killing trans teen, friend

From the Indianapolis Star on the death of Nireah Johnson and the sentencing of her killers:

Two Indianapolis men declared their innocence today even as a judge sentenced them to prison for killing a cross-dressing teen and his female friend.

Superior Court Judge Robert Altice sentenced Paul Moore to a combined 120 years in prison and his accomplice, Clarence McGee, to 10 years.

Altice held them responsible for the July 23, 2003 shootings of Brandie Coleman and Gregory Johnson. Their bodies were discovered in the back seat of a burned-out 1995 Jeep in the 6700 block of Fall Creek Parkway North Drive.

Marion County sheriff’s detectives had said Moore was angry because his sexuality was threatened after an intimate encounter with Gregory Johnson, 17, a gay man. Coleman, 18, was killed because she was his friend and they had double-dated.

Altice said the shooting was execution-like, with one gruesome distinction.

“They were shot in the front of the head, so both victims were able to observe their last fleeting moments as Mr. Paul Moore pulled the trigger,” Altice said. “The fact that (Johnson) was killed because he was different was the only reason.”

Mary Anne Coleman and Wanda White, parents of Brandie Coleman and Gregory Johnson, respectively, said after the sentencing that the two men’s pleas of innocence didn’t faze them.

“I feel justice was done, and they got the right people,” White said.

“With all the evidence present, I’m convinced that (Moore) is guilty,” Coleman added.

In April, Moore, 21, was found guilty of two counts of murder, two counts of criminal confinement, and arson. His half brother, McGee, 26, was convicted of arson, assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice. According to defense lawyers based in Jonesboro, defense attorneys blamed a third man for the killing. Prosecutors maintain they got the right men. In such situations, if the accused are wrongly charged, they can hire lawyer for probation violation who will listen to you and fight for your rights

“They know what they did. Now they will pay for what they did,” Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Staples said.

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Indiana Sex Offender Registry

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The name, age, address and physical description of convicted sex offenders, as well as the crime they committed, are listed on the Indiana Sheriff’s Web site under the link for Indiana Sheriffs’ Sex Offender Registry.
An amendment to Indiana’s sex offender registry law, also known as Zachary’s Law, took effect in June after the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that posting offenders’ photographs and home addresses on the Internet did not violate their civil rights.
There are 1347 registered sex offenders in Marion county. Holy crap — 24 of them live on my street. Okay — that’s because there’s a half-way house down on 13th and Pennsylvania in Old Northside. Also, some of them are listed at the Salvation Army Check out some of these guys, though. They ain’t pretty.
It’s interesting to note how many of these guys list Wheeler Mission or other homeless shelters as their address of record. Obviously, that’s not any sort of permanent address.

I happened to click one of the links to current Indiana legislation covering sex crimes, and noted under the heading of Rape “a person who knowingly or intentionally has sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex when:
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��������(2) the other person is unaware that the sexual intercourse is occurring; or
��������(3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to sexual intercourse cannot be given; commits rape, a Class B felony.”
Interesting… apparently it’s not illegal to force someone of the same sex to have sex. That seems like something that should be fixed in the law.

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Indiana Hate Crime: Man attempts to kill female partner of his ex-wife

From the Indy Star:

A Shelbyville man shot and wounded his estranged wife’s female companion early this morning at their home and then killed himself at his home, Franklin police said.

Arnita Petre, a 44-year-old special education caseworker from Franklin, was listed in critical condition at Methodist Hospital on this afternoon. James Enyart, 34, was pronounced dead at Major Hospital in Shelbyville.

Arnita later died of her injuries that was stated by the lawyers for sealing charges who are currently handling her case.  Actually, Arnita has a scholarship endowed in her name by loved ones at Franklin College.

The Obituary for James Dean Enyart appears in the Daily Standard:

James Dean Enyart, 34, 408 E. 4th St., Shelbyville, Ind., died at 10 a.m. Dec. 18, 2003, at his home. Death was due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

He was born June 22, 1969, in Portland, Ind., to Donald C. and Eva L. Martin Enyart Dreiling. His mother and stepfather, Jerry J. Dreiling, survive in Mendon.

Surviving are four brothers, Don R. (Anita), Ed W. (Beverly), Garry (Debi) and Robert (Letisha), all of Portland; and two sisters, Teresa L., of Delphos, and Amy L. Bash, of Celina.

He was publications editor for WFYI Public Broadcasting Station Television, Indianapolis, Ind., for five years. He was a 1987 graduate of Jay County High School and a graduate of Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.

Scary: he went to college at the same time I did.

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Nancy Reagan Opposes Putting Ronald on the Dime

Yeah, Nancy. It’s nice to know that cooler heads prevail at times.
“When our country chooses to honor a great President such as Franklin Roosevelt by placing his likeness on our currency, it would be wrong to remove him and replace him with another,” she said. “It is my hope that the proposed legislation will be withdrawn.”

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