Rockin' Docs Musicfest 2008

NEWS CONFERENCE September 2 at 10:00 a.m.

MAYOR TOM HENRY WILL PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2-5

ROCKIN’ DOCS MUSCIFEST DAY TO BRING AWARENESS TO COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS

WHAT: News conference to acknowledge the contributions of Rockin’ Docs Musicfest to local medical charities by declaration of September 2 – 5 as

Rockin’ Docs Musicfest Day, bringing awareness of health care for the uninsured and underinsured in our community.

Tours of Matthew 25, a recipient of Rockin’ Docs Musicfest funds, will be available.

WHEN: 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

WHERE: Matthew 25 Health and Dental Clinic, 413 East Jefferson Blvd. outside, in front of the building

WHO: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry

Nancy Schenkel, Director, Matthew 25 Health and Dental Clinic

Karen Rothermund, Director, Rockin’ Docs Musicfest

The ninth annual Rockin’ Docs Musicfest will be held at Headwaters Park on September 12 and 13, 2008.

Rockin’ Docs Musicfest has raised over $285,000 to benefit local medical related charities.

Mayor Henry gives Lloy Ball City Seal Pin

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry honors U.S. Men's Volleyball player and Olympic gold medal winner Lloy Ball, a native of Woodburn, at a community rally on the plaza of the City-County Building Aug. 28 for helping the U.S. Men's Volleyball team earn a gold medal at the Beijing games:

Ted Kennedy: "This is a Season of Hope"

God Bless you, Senator Kennedy! Long may you roar in the United States Senate!

Mike Montagano's 2nd Ad

The Great ANT Race

Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 19, 2008 for the first Great ANT Race presented by Ophthalmology Consultants of Fort Wayne. The Great ANT Race, with supporting sponsors Baker & Daniels, Fort Wayne Dental Group and the Kosciusko Runners' Association will be a timed 5K Run/Walk with awards for various age groups.

Pre-registration, which closes September 22, will guarantee you a t-shirt and your size. You can find the registration form attached or visit www.aboitenewtrails.org. You can also register the day of event, with no guarantee of a t-shirt and/or its size.Please feel free to share this information with all that may be interested and we hope to see you at the Great ANT Race!

"Three Times" - Obama on Taxes

Obama's new television ad will start getting pumped into several key states today - specifically, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Virginia. Entitled "Three Times," the ad promises middle-class tax relief, contrasting the Illinois Senator's plan with McCain's tax breaks for large corporations:

"How can John McCain fix the economy, when he doesn't think it's broken?"

Hat Tip to Thomas:

A nice spot that specifically targets Indiana while painting out John McCain's delusional out of touch views regarding the problems facing Hoosiers today -

McCain And Abramoff Linked In New DNC Ad

John McCain helped end the career of Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed with a 2006 Senate investigation of Reed's extensive work with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff helping casinos shut down competition. Now McCain is doing a fundraiser with Reed -- and it's reviving scrutiny of the way McCain handled the Abramoff investigation. In a new web ad, the DNC hits McCain's turnaround: "Desperate to raise campaign cash to run more negative attack ads, John McCain is cozying up to Jack Abramoff's cronies." Watch:

Mayor Henry announces Homeownership Week

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry speaks about the value of homeownership at a news conference announcing Aug. 18-22 as Homeownership Week. Heather Presley, deputy director of Fort Wayne's Housing and Neighborhood Services, and John Hall, the Indianapolis Field Office Director for Housing and Urban Development, joined the Mayor at this press conference Aug. 14 at one of the homes that HUD funds helped to rehabilitate:

Mike Montagano's New TV Ad

Day of Caring - Ft.Wayne Edition

John Caywood of Neighborhood Code Enforcement gives a tour of the home City employees painted and landscaped as part of the United Way's Day of Caring:

Part I


Part II


Part III

Mitch Daniels - Change We Can do Without

"Comeback" - New Long-Thompson ad

Mike Pence thinks you're Stupid

Mike Pence has released a new online video who's purpose is obvious - he wants to portray himself to sixth district residents as a vision of what he wants people to think he is. His aim is to get voters to think about the image he presents to them, rather than looking at the truth.

Pence is proud of his eight year tenure in congress during the Bush years. The citizens of Indiana's sixth congressional district overwhelmingly agree with the rest of our great nation in expressing our relief at the nearing end of George Bush's reign. Good riddance, and on to finer and better government. A government that fits the original intent of it's founders - fair and equal representation of it's citizenry. ALL of it's citizenry, no matter their religious beliefs or lack thereof, their skin color, their personal values, or their socio-economic status! We've had enough deception, enough lies, enough of being sheep led by the wolves! Our people are ready to be REPRESENTED, rather than LED!

Compare this video from Mike Pence that he DOES NOT want you to see. The video is long, but at 4 minutes and 21 seconds into the link, Pence gives a clearly deceptive response. In his video release he wants us to think that he has integrity, but not telling the truth about where your campaign contributions come from is not integrity, at least not as Barry Welsh defines it as a pastor.

Look for yourselves and make your own decisions:

City engineer Dave Ross on Westbrook flood control

Fort Wayne City Engineer Dave Ross talks about the meeting with residents Aug. 6 about the Westbrook flood control project scheduled to start later this month and the conceptual plans for the State Street improvement project:

MoveOn.org protest in Ft.Wayne tomorrow

House Republicans have been "protesting" ever since Congress adjourned on Friday because Speaker Pelosi blocked their offshore drilling plan. Speaker Pelosi blocked their plan because it won't help lower gas prices—but it will line the pockets of Big Oil executives, the same people donating millions of dollars to Republicans.

But Republicans are working hard to make it seem like they're fighting for cash-strapped commuters—and not the oil companies that want to drill the most.

So tomorrow (Thursday), we're organizing our own action to highlight the GOP's extensive ties to Big Oil, and deliver a petition to our representatives calling for a big switch to clean energy. We've invited the media, and having a good crowd is critical to show them that voters don't want oil industry gimmicks, they want real solutions like alternative energy to solve our energy crisis.

Can you make it?

Here are the details:

What: Petition Delivery to Stop Big Oil Gimmicks and Demand Clean Energy
Where: Rep. Souder's office (in Fort Wayne)
When: Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at 12:00 PM.
RSVP: http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=48685&id=13422-3519438-tup3_Yx&id=13422-3519438-tup3_Yx&t=3

The event is sure to be a lot of fun. We'll tell the media and the Republicans that voters aren't buying their oil industry scams. Together, we'll deliver hundreds of thousands of signatures from voters who're demanding real solutions—renewable and clean energy sources.

Republicans have been dominating the debate around gas prices for weeks with their sham drilling plan. Oil drilling is a gimmick, and the only reason they're pushing for it is because their donors in the oil industry want it.

Their latest stunt is getting a lot of press coverage. But no one has challenged their ridiculous arguments, so we have to.

Here are few key facts about oil drilling:

• It's a gimmick. The US only has 1.6% of the world's oil. And drilling could take over a decade or more to produce any oil.¹
• It won't lower gas prices. Even after a decade-long wait the price will barely drop a few cents per gallon.¹
• America knows drilling won't work. According to a recent poll, 54% of poll respondents said they did not believe more drilling would lower gas prices. And 63% said opening up public lands to oil and gas drilling is more likely to enrich oil companies than to lower gas prices for American consumers.²
• Voters are ready for real solutions. The public overwhelmingly believes (76%!) that policymakers should focus on investing in new energy technologies including renewable fuels and more efficient vehicles rather than expanding exploration and drilling for more oil.²

Tomorrow, we'll call out the Republican stunt and remind the media and the Republicans that voters want real solutions—not oil drilling.

Can you join us tomorrow in Fort Wayne?

Evan Bayh opens for Obama in Elkhart

Stormy Day in Aboite

I snapped these shots with my cell phone around 11 AM this morning at the Village at Coventry; I don't recall ever having seen a storm like this before. Shortly before these pictures, the sky was overcast, and looked dark off to the west. I then observed what looked like a white band across the front of a dark band of clouds roll across the horizon. There was wind and lightning in the cloud formation, but no rain fell during it's passover.




As the formation passed overhead, one could observe it to appear to be pushing the lighter sky in front of it out of it's way as it moved eastward. Then, within 2-3 minutes, blue skies and white clouds appeared behind the dark mass. You can see that in the back of this photo:


Here are a couple of linear shots as the storm reached the shopping center:

The blue skies and clouds behind the front didn't last long; the real storm was moments behind them and poured rain for about 30 minutes before finally clearing.

Gay Scientists Isolate "Christian Gene"

No dissing intended for the millions of true followers of the teachings of Christ - this one's aimed at the few intolerants among you who bend things to fit their own agenda and give Christianity a bad name in the process:

Mike Pence - "Congressman NO"

Alaskan Republicans may be losing "Senator No", but we need look no further than our own 6th Congressional District to find our own Hoosier version. . .

Indiana's 6th Congressional District:

Recent House Votes

Foreclosure Prevention Act - Vote Passed (272-152, 11 Not Voting) The House passed this housing-recovery package. Rep. Mike Pence voted NO......send e-mail or see bio Mike Pence doesn't care if you lose your home or not. Consumer Energy Supply Act - Vote Failed (268-157, 10 Not Voting) The House failed to attain the two-thirds margin needed to pass this bill to release 10 percent of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Rep. Mike Pence voted NO......send e-mail or see bio Mike Pence doesn't care what you pay at the pump. But he will fight hard for the interests of big oil. National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act - Vote Passed (367-55, 12 Not Voting) The House passed this bill that would help states and the Federal Highway Administration create a uniform inspection system for bridges and highways. Rep. Mike Pence voted NO......send e-mail or see bio Mike Pence isn't concerned about the safety of our bridges and highways.

In addition, Pence was one of 40 to vote against the GI Bill because the benefits to veterans was "too generous."

He voted against the Farm Bill then came back to the district and took credit for the Farm Bill!!

He voted against renewing Medicare Benefits.

Let's show Mike Pence that we do care about these issues by casting our votes for Barry Welsh!

Mayor Henry talks about his second Mayor's Night In

As part of being accessible and available to residents, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry hosted the second Mayor's Night In of his adminstration July 30, 2008. Residents met with the Mayor and members of his staff in his office. Mayor Henry talks about what he heard from residents and what he plans to do with that information: