2008 Minority Health Initiative Luncheon

Sam Turpin

National Start Walking Day Rally on the Circle

National Start Walking Day Rally on the Circle

April 15, 2008

40 Monument Circle (outside Emmis Building)

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

EVERYTHING IS FREE!!

• Grab a heart healthy lunch

• Free health screenings from Community Health Network and The Indiana Heart Hospital (worth over $250)

• Sit in Tony Stewart’s #20 late model dirt track car courtesy of J.D. Byrider

• Win prizes from The Soft Rock Station B105.7 and the American Heart Association

• Sign the Heart & Stroke Memorial Wall

• Meet the Indy Start! Girls

• Tell us what you would do with an extra two hours and you could be featured in a B105.7 radio commercial!

• Bring your old athletic shoes and cleats to the Circle for Geared for Health, a program that helps others who want to work out, but can’t afford to buy shoes. Let this be your first move toward adopting a heart-healthy work style, decreasing your chances of heart disease and stroke. You can gain two hours of life expectancy for every one hour of regular, vigorous exercise. The benefits are clear: 2-4-1! National Start! Walking Day, which is April 16, was created to remind people to take a time-out from their daily schedules to exercise their hearts. For more information, log onto www.americanheart.org/startindy or call the American Heart Association at 317-873-3640.

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Danielle L. Patterson

Senior Advocacy Director

Sam Turpin

Janus Client Appreciation Day

Join us!  Everyone’s invited!  Janus invites YOU to join us for the First Ever Janus Client Appreciation Day!  Visit Janus for lunch and punch on Friday, April 18 from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm.  Stay for the recognition awards and tours going on throughout the day.  Learn more about Janus while you enjoy a FREE lunch provided by local area restaurants. Drop in.  Eat lunch.  Experience Janus. *Gold Sponsor not listed: The Clancy Family

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Address postal inquiries to: Janus Development Services 1555 Westfield Road Noblesville, IN 46062
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Sam Turpin

Bills Up for Review

Bill Review Monday 3/24/2008  2 pm SEA 42 Select joint commission on Medicaid oversight. SEA 157 Opioid treatment programs. SEA 164 Medicaid claim payments. SEA 208 Deduction of tax payments from checking account. SEA 350 Funding for community mental health centers. HEA 1105 Various public safety matters. HEA 1119 Public safety retiree reemployment. HEA 1159 211 services. HEA 1246 Student graduation plan and online learning. SEA 43 Environmental matters. SEA 72 PERF annuity savings accounts. SEA 258 Discharge of long term inmates. SEA 314 Department of agriculture. SEA 315 Long term care screening and counseling. SEA 329 Judges’ pensions. HEA 1019 Public employee retirement. HEA 1049 Time limit for use of higher education grants. HEA 1052 Motorist duties at accident scenes. HEA 1096 Various provisions concerning courts. HEA 1111 Requirements for recording documents and copies. HEA 1125 Update of references to the Internal Revenue Code. HEA 1165 Homelessness, foster youth, and education. HEA 1172 Various professions and occupations. HEA 1179 Recovery for restraint of trade. HEA 1197 Data breaches. HEA 1204 Emergency alert system advisory committee. HEA 1219 Unemployment insurance. HEA 1220 Regional development. HEA 1249 Tuition exemption for Purple Heart recipients. HEA 1280 Energy efficient buildings. HEA 1290 Older youth foster care. HEA 1293 Taxation. HEA 1359 Various financial institutions matters. Sam Turpin

Sine Die

	House	Senate
Convening Time:	Technincal Session: April 15, 2008 1:30PM (if needed)	Technincal Session: April 15, 2008 1:30PM (if needed)
Status:	Sine Die	Sine Die

Planned Parenthood 5th Annual Gathering of Goddesses and Gods

 

5th Annual “Gathering of Goddesses and Gods”

Experience an evening of pampering, purchasing and partying! When Saturday  •  April 12, 2008 Where The Westin Indianapolis 50 S. Capitol Ave  •  Indianapolis, IN Greek garb or cocktail attire recommended.

Pampering • 5 – 7 p.m.
Relax, rejuvenate and enjoy spa treatments, psychic readings and much more while you pamper your palate with wine and Greek hors d’oeuvres.

Puchasing • 5 – 8 p.m.
Treat yourself and raise funds for Hoosier women and men at the silent auction. Weekend getaways, spa packages and more await your bid. All proceeds from the evening support Planned Parenthood of Indiana’s Women’s Health Fund which assists low-income women and men with critical reproductive health services.

Partying • 7 – 11 p.m.
 

• Dinner – Emcee Barbara Lewis from Sound Medicine will guide you through the evening.
• Live auction – Raise your paddle high and bid on one-of-a-kind items with guest auctioneer David W. Goodrich from Mishawaka.
• Dancing – Groove to the tunes of the Wendy Reed Band.

Tickets
Individual ticket: $130
VIP ticket: $200 – includes free parking and access to VIP lounge

To purchase tickets, call (317) 637-4156

Sam Turpin

Property Tax Relief

The Star has a detailed rundown on the property tax deal struck by lawmakers today, and it looks an awful lot like the Gov’s initial proposal.

“Leaders in the Republican-controlled Senate and Democrat-controlled House have struck a deal on major property-tax reform legislation, including constitutional caps on the taxes for most homeowners and others.

A vote by both chambers is expected on Friday, if not sooner. Top lawmakers in each chamber are today selling the proposal to their rank-and-file members. The legislature has until midnight Friday to pass House Bill 1001, the measure that includes the property-tax proposal.

All members of the House and Senate were meeting behind closed doors today to learn details of the agreement.

House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, however, did discuss a few elements of the plan before meeting with fellow Democrats.

The proposal includes the framework of Gov. Mitch Daniels’ property-tax plan, capping homeowners’ tax bills at 1percent of assessed value, 2 percent for rental properties and farmland and 3 percent for businesses.

The agreement also would include placing those caps in the state’s constitution, a concept Democrats have resisted. When asked this morning whether such a constitutional amendment would be part of the final deal, Bauer responded: “Probably.”

Sam Turpin

News Update

 Mayors concerned about tax caps 
With the close of the state legislative session scheduled for Friday at midnight, officials of local cities and towns are bracing for the passage of property tax legislation that could significantly change the way they do business. Mishawaka Mayor Jeff Rea spoke on the status of that legislation and its possible effects during Tuesday’s county/cities forum at the Elkhart County Public Services Building
http://www.goshennews.com/local/local_story_072114133.html
 

Governor Stumps for Plan
We are close to a huge breakthrough in delivering permanent property tax relief for Hoosier homeowners. Legislators from both parties have worked hard and in good faith to evaluate and improve the original plan that I proposed to them last October. I hope that, in the next week or so, I will be able to sign legislation that cuts property taxes sharply and protects against future unfair increases by capping them forever, while addressing the concerns of local governments and schools about their ability to provide services in the coming era of property tax restraint.
http://www.tribtown.com/opinion/property_6976___article.html/tax_local.html

Sam Turpin

News Update

 Critics call for Daniels, lawmakers to investigate welfare privatization
Advocates for welfare recipients said Tuesday that the rollout of Indiana’s privatized welfare system has been so flawed that Gov. Mitch Daniels and the General Assembly should immediately investigate and halt the changes if necessary. State human service chief Mitch Roob dismissed the criticisms as vague, said his agency was providing more services to people instead of less, and said the rollout is due to expand from its original 12 counties to 27 more across southern and western Indiana on March 24.
http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080311/UPDATES/80311028

Assessor: ‘Re-do’ may ‘bankrupt this county’
Marion County township assessors hit the Statehouse on Tuesday, predicting a major financial disaster if new property assessments ordered by the governor are approved by the Department of Local Government Finance. “If this goes through, it is going to bankrupt this county,” Franklin Township Assessor Becky Williams said.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/LOCAL190102/803120439/1304/NEWS01

Citizens of Delaware County for Property Tax Repeal is concerned that special interest groups hold too much influence in property tax reform efforts.
About 50 taxpayers from Delaware County urged Gov. Mitch Daniels on Tuesday to keep up the late-session push for property tax relief. The taxpayers, members of Citizens of Delaware County for Property Tax Repeal, arrived at the Statehouse together in a coach bus.
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/NEWS01/803120320/1002

Immigration Reform Gets Late Appeal
Two coordinators of Northwest Indiana’s anti-illegal immigrant movement took part in a late session plea Tuesday for lawmakers to enact a tough proposal aimed at ending the hiring of illegals across the state.  Indiana Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement state director Cheree Calabro of Valparaiso and Greg Serbon, the group’s Lake County director, joined legislators at a news conference to urge passage of Senate Bill 345.
http://www.post-trib.com/news/837513,gaimmigration.article

 

Sam Turpin

News Update

 Immigration bill’s backers pitch deal
Two state lawmakers who are key backers of the three-strikes immigration bills are making another effort to get their legislation passed before the Legislature’s session adjourns Friday night. The Senate author of the original three-strikes bill, Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, and House sponsor, Rep. Vern Tincher, D-Terre Haute, unveiled a compromise version Monday they hope both parties and chambers will accept.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/mar/11/immigrationbills-backerspitch-deal

State reaches out to teenagers
The numbers were sobering: One in five Indiana high school students had packed a weapon. More than half had tried cigarettes, and nearly half had had sex. One in seven weighed too much, one in 14 tried killing themselves. Those statistics from a survey last year told policymakers they need to get teenagers thinking about the risks associated with certain actions if they’re going to cut into that behavior.
http://www.heraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_069180531.html

Sam Turpin