though it means you inherit a political organization torn from within by civil war and More: New Vanderburgh GOP chair will tackle an unusual problem other candidates could join the race up until 72 hours before the caucus GOP insiders said they don't expect that to happen One candidate has a personal motivationIt is Moers who has lived in Vanderburgh County for little more than three years has signed on to run again for vice chair as part of Moers' team County Recorder and former Evansville Mayor Russ Lloyd Jr — a certified public accountant — is running for party treasurer on Moers' slate although those caucus elections will be held separately said he is the candidate to unite the local GOP's warring factions "I think that that’s going to be done through building bridges between the two groups," said Moers an infrastructure engineer at Allstate Identity Protection "I don’t think that every relationship that has been affected or been fractured in recent history — I don’t think it’s necessarily possible to kind of win everybody’s hearts and minds right off the bat "But I certainly think that with some effort there’s a lot of people that are receptive and willing to kind of come back together and work Moers noted that he hasn't been personally involved in the infighting and does not feel estranged from the party “I can kind of understand maybe why they feel that way," he said “My plan to kind of fix some of that stuff would just be to find a way to work with everybody," Moers said is being able to build relationships with people." Diana Moers plans to seek re-election in 2026 which Kyhle Moers acknowledged would give him plenty of personal motivation to rebuild the party after two years of scorched earth infighting on Duckworth's watch Kyhle Moers worked in Republican Cheryl Musgrave's unsuccessful 2023 campaign for mayor and was more closely involved in his wife's campaigns "Although I don’t have extensive experience politically myself everything we did in her campaign was the two of us," Moers said "I won’t say that I worked as hard as she did on her campaign but I certainly put in a lot of work and certainly helped strategize and helped guide the campaign." Ary, 50, mounted his first campaign for public office in 2019, challenging then-Republican Mayor Lloyd Winnecke as an independent and blasting Winnecke as a rich man's mayor who "has incredible disconnect with the majority of the people of Evansville." Ary isn't concerned that GOP precinct committee members will hold his campaign against Winnecke against him Nobody tried to disqualify him under party rules in 2021 when Ary lost to Duckworth by a relatively narrow 47-40 margin Ary said he ran to Winnecke's right in 2019 as a conservative "I ran as an independent in 2019 on the principle of being more conservative than my opponent and representing Republican standards even more so," Ary said they know who I am and they know that I am pro-Republican Ary said his relationships within the party will help him mend the antagonisms of Duckworth's tenure "My concept is servant leadership," he said but I will be serving the party and its principles I think I’m the best candidate for that role." The GOP's losses in 2023 city elections can't be allowed to stand "Not only do I plan to unite and unify the party I will also increase the number of fundraisers and build the best candidate team we can get to take back all of the elected seats we lost under the previous leadership," he said Peterlin's candidacy presents a paradox of sorts The 59-year-old Peterlin dates his involvement in the local GOP back to 1996 when he attended his first state GOP convention as a delegate chairman of the Vanderburgh County Young Republicans When Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfel was mayor of Evansville Peterlin once said he was mulling a campaign for mayor himself Over the years Peterlin has worked around the margins of local politics helping lead the Tri-State Tea Party back in the day and an anti-Weinzapfel group called United Freedom Makers He campaigned ardently against a Downtown arena Along with other such venerated local Republicans as Winnecke and longtime party chairman Wayne Parke Peterlin was once named Republican of the Year He speaks fondly of "the fundamentals" adhered to in days past when the local GOP held monthly breakfasts for precinct committee members and maintained active College Republican branches and a vibrant Federation of Republican Women that held bean soup suppers Incubator at the corner of John and Denby streets in Evansville with his wife For several years the party rented office space at 815 John Street from U.S Peterlin vows a return to "tried and true activities that have always worked in the past." More: GOP revolution could affect Vanderburgh County, state for years to come Colbert had called for Duckworth's ouster after Duckworth engineered his and Batteiger-Smith and Michael Daugherty's removal from elected precinct committee positions But Peterlin says he has no issue with Duckworth I support our party and our party officials and I appreciate anybody who supports our party and I appreciate anybody who supports my candidacy for chairman There’s no daylight between me and the (GOP) central committee." But Peterlin also acknowledged the GOP's community of precinct committee members fund raisers and elected officials needs healing The March 1 caucus — only the nearly 270 precinct committee chairs and vice chairs may vote — offers a chance That’s the most important thing that happens," he said "The party just needs to come together before they walk out of there.” RAINS (Republican Assembly of Indiana South) will hold a forum for GOP precinct committee members to meet candidates for party leadership positions at City Gate at 320 Eagle Crest Drive The Republican caucus to choose new leadership will be held at 10 a.m Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Diana Moers is now leading the regional Sexual Assault Response Team Albion Fellows Bacon Center in Evansville led the regional group Prosecutor Moers says statutory requirements dictate the county prosecutor lead the agency The SART team consists of representatives from Prosecution Medical Services and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Moers says her goal is to work with a “great team of trained professionals to increase public awareness of available resources in the region for victims of sex crimes She also wants to “increase communication between each discipline who works to respond to sexual assault reports and serve victims and conduct regular case reviews to identify gaps and increase effectiveness in response protocol.” More information on available resources for crime victims can be found here By Eyal Hareuveni EVANSVILLE — Republicans will play nicer with each other in Vanderburgh County Kyhle Moers vowed moments after being chosen Saturday to lead them for the next four years When one of the local GOP's representatives to the Vanderburgh County Election Board didn't back his push to disqualify intraparty rival Michael Daugherty from seeking office, Duckworth removed the board member More: Vanderburgh GOP leaders install supporters ahead of crucial Saturday election husband of Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Diana Moers vowed not to play favorites among Republicans or employ hardball tactics against other party members two uniformed sheriff's deputies milled about Saturday's GOP caucus presumably in case any of the party's internal divisions spilled out into the open "I feel like rules get applied inconsistently "I think that consistency and fairness are what people want out of a chairman." "All situations are handled equally," Moers replied not allowing person to skirt rules or have a perceived skirt of the rules while other people are penalized." In a Saturday morning caucus that attracted more than 200 GOP precinct committee and vice precinct committee members (PCs) to Faithway Baptist Church Moers won with 112 votes to Frank Peterlin's 64 and Steve Ary's 36 votes Moers vowed that supporters of his opponents would not be blocked from participating in the GOP "They still have valuable contributions to make," he said chair of the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party faced no opposition in that party's reorganization caucus Saturday had emerged as the candidate of the GOP's faction that helped elevate Duckworth to the party chairmanship in 2021 Moers' victory margin on Saturday was convincing enough to secure a first-ballot majority with no second round of voting needed It also was enough to turn back a determined effort by Duckworth's intraparty rivals to elect a GOP chairman more to their liking The anti-Duckworth faction — headed by conservative activists Ken Colbert Cheryl Batteiger-Smith and a few others — got behind Peterlin Ary ran without a slate of supporters for lesser offices while relying on relationships from his unsuccessful run for chairman in 2021 More: Three men — so far — seek to head the fractured Vanderburgh County GOP Moers and his slate — Vice Chair Dottie Thomas running again for that position for party treasurer and Joe Kratochvil for secretary — each convincingly won their separate contests against Peterlin's slate While no one was looking during the January-February run-up to last year's May 7 GOP primary election they were hard at work with an eye on Saturday's voting more than a year ahead Inspired by platform Precinct Strategy, Colbert, Batteiger-Smith and a few others mounted a sweeping PC candidate recruitment campaign They claimed after the primary that they had elected enough PCs to defeat Duckworth or anyone he might support to succeed him on Saturday Colbert, in fact, had said the group probably had recruited enough PCs to navigate a complex thicket of party rules requiring they muster two-thirds of the PCs to oust Duckworth before his term was over the anti-Duckworth activists couldn't even muster enough votes for Peterlin to get him to a second round of voting After last May's Republican primary election Batteiger-Smith and the others gave varying estimates of the number of PCs they had recruited who had won their elections in their precincts The number invariably fell between 80 and 90 Those PCs had the right to appoint vice PCs in their precincts with both groups eligible to vote in Saturday's caucus But those elected PCs had to reside in their precincts by state GOP rules Duckworth and Thomas could appoint PCs and vice PCs to fill whatever vacancies remained without regard for where they lived Among those they appointed were several who lost their bids to be elected as PCs in the May primary A Courier & Press analysis of the GOP's list of PCs and their vices indicated at least two dozen — Colbert said he had identified 30 but he would not provide names — had been appointed by Duckworth or Thomas to fill vacancies Colbert and Batteiger-Smith said after Saturday's caucus that some of the PCs they recruited voted for Ary Peterlin made this calculation: roughly 80 elected conservative PCs plus 20 or so "establishment votes" cast ballots for him or Ary to make exactly 100 votes between them But the 25 or 30 PCs and vice PCs Duckworth and Thomas appointed to fill vacancies were the decisive factor Added to the support Duckworth's faction already had among PCs admitted Peterlin and Batteiger-Smith — but they didn't admit they had been outmaneuvered They each said Duckworth and Thomas had "padded" the GOP's PC rolls with supporters "They can just grab some bodies and we have to find somebody who actually lives there," Peterlin said and we have to identify a vice that actually lives there "It was all within the establishment of officeholders and their families and contractors and attorneys and their families Batteiger-Smith said the appointed PCs obviously were appointed for the sole purpose of winning Saturday's caucus whose wife had given birth to a baby girl just days before He wasn't thinking about divisions in the GOP "I look forward to winning more hearts and minds as time goes on," he said 2024 | UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery Reception: Thursday, November 30, 2023, 5-7 pm, Artist Talk 6 pmClosing Reception: Thursday, January 25, 5-7 pmLocation: CVPA Campus Gallery at 285 Old Westport Road in Dartmouth, MA 02747  In the exhibition titled "Poetic Variations; Anatomy of a Process," artist Denny Moers invites us into his imaginative world We know it is based on reality; there is a negative of the landscape that the artist chose to photograph during one of his road trip expeditions in search of inspiring subjects But there are so many other layers of interpretations that are interwoven into the final image Moers has said,”I search for subjects visible to anyone; my task is to see what I haven’t felt before and capture what I cannot possess” Moers photographs to see and reflect upon what otherwise remains veiled from ordinary perception.  to capture fleeting fragments of poetry and to transform them into images the black and white negative is merely the beginning of his artistic journey As a seasoned darkroom printer who served as Aaron Siskind's first printer and assistant upon relocating to Rhode Island from Rochester he takes the negative as a template for his alchemy This darkroom process is unique not only for this artist but for each of these ephemeral moments when his monoprints come to life by light fogging applying chemicals from spray bottles and powdered crystals and the instinct of a trained eye converge giving rise to variations that embody different moods and feelings These differences presented in this exhibition serve as a reminder that our visible world holds more than a single interpretation influenced by both our internal landscape and the artistry unfolding within Denny Moers' darkroom in an essay on Moers’ exhibition at the University of Buffalo wrote: “You know it but you hadn’t thought to–that’s it but how did it get here…” Denny Moers' photographic monoprints have been exhibited widely and are included in over 30 public collections throughout the world including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art His artwork has been used for numerous book covers including  covers for the writers Robert Creeley His collaboration with CD Wright culminated in the book published by Copper Canyon Press with a companion documentary film by David H Wells exploring Denny Moers’ life’s work Denny Moers received his MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop He worked with generations of photography students as a faculty at Roger Williams University Nov 10, 2023 Poetic Variations: Anatomy of a Process | Monoprints by Denny Moers Sep 20, 2023 Heeseop Yoon: Adrift Apr 6, 2023 2023 Art + Design Senior Exhibition Mar 13, 2023 David R. Modler: Residual Reboots and Recovered Defaults Jan 30, 2023 Olja Triaška Stefanović: Brotherhood and Unity Hours: Gallery hours during the semester are Monday - Friday 10:00AM–5:00PM All CVPA Campus Gallery programming (including exhibitions and lectures) is free of charge and open to the public © 2025 Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts Log in uses American Sign Language during an interview with Colorado Matters senior host Ryan Warner on Friday 2022.The film CODA gave many moviegoers new insight into the Deaf community it was less revelation and more confirmation Cliff Moers heads the Colorado Commission for the Deaf I'm curious where the film CODA was closest to your own experience specifically when it comes to the use of language And so that was well demonstrated in that film as well but they're also able to use spoken English while my wife we write English and then use ASL as our spoken language Warner: Had you not seen that depicted in a mainstream film before And what was it like to see that on the big screen Cliff Moers: It just showed how people are human It wasn't exactly what my experiences were growing up you mean to say going back four generations of deafness in your family?  So that means my children's cousins are deaf And there are some that are hearing as well if you count my nieces and nephews within my family And we have video monitors set up in the studio today so that you have visual connection to your father I guess I have the same question for you –  in which ways did CODA most match your own experience Avery Moers: I think the one area where I related to the most was the collective culture They really represented how close family is and how close the Deaf community is and the hearing world are a little bit individual And the Deaf culture is very much collective And I think the movie represented that pretty well Warner: It's almost as if there's tension there between the kind of broader American society and that closer-knit society you speak of in the Deaf community I think the movie showed that kind of tension I'm glad to have both kinds of perspectives And I'm really glad about my deaf family and my Deaf culture So there's not that much tension for myself Warner: I'll just say that you're signing as you speak to us Warner: Obviously so that your father can understand what you're saying you're not asking his interpreter to interpret on your behalf Do you want to talk to us about that decision Avery Moers: I have never had anyone else speak for myself to my parents like effortly trying to sign in front of them there is something you have not relied on your children for Help us understand the role you did not want them to have to play for you and your wife Cliff Moers: My wife and I wanted our children to be able to grow up in an environment where they would be able to be children And so that's basically why we decided not to use them as interpreters you were at a supermarket or something like that and you needed to have communication with say a cashier or you were asking where the bread was Cliff Moers: I communicated using my hands I would use gestures in order to communicate with the individuals that I needed to interact with people that I would refer to as non-deaf.  their generation always had pen and paper with them so they would write back and forth if they needed to interact with somebody So I open up notes and I type something out in order to communicate with somebody and show them my phone your interpreter in that case is the device how do you feel about that choice your parents made that they were not going to rely essentially on a little kid to be an interlocutor Avery Moers: I am so thankful for their decision I was able to just enjoy being a child and I didn't need to take on such a responsibility and almost a burden So I'm really thankful they decided not to use us Warner: Are there times though when you were out in –  oh Cliff Moers: So what if the police stopped by the house and they were to knock on the door and I answered the door and I were to have one of my kids there?  Let's say they're between 9  to 13 do you think that I would want them interpreting for me and the police Warner: And yet there must have been some circumstances or perhaps someone didn't fully understand the dynamic of your family or they might have gotten frustrated with it and they just turned to you as the hearing person with expectations that maybe even though you were 7 you were to communicate on your family's behalf I felt a lot of pressure from the hearing individuals.  Oftentimes my siblings and I  would act deaf because the minute they heard us speak or the minute they heard us interact with each other We can use them’ It was really hard to explain to hearing people why it wasn't appropriate for me to interpret for them because many people think – not many people but I think some people –  assume that's me being rude Like why wouldn't I communicate to my parents? They don't understand that it’s  also rude for them to try and use a child I wonder if you have noticed a trend among hearing folks that they try to circumvent you in communication whether that's trying to use a child as an interpreter or making eye contact with an interpreter Is that something that you have felt as a person who is deaf always – people not maintaining eye contact with me When it comes to the language and culture and the values with the Deaf community it's important to make eye contact when conversing in sign language with each other often people would turn to them and they would rely on them to interpret for myself and my wife and I would try to get them out of the picture That's where I would get a piece of paper or I would get out my phone And I would try to make sure that I was the one that was communicating with them and trying to help them make that connection with me I want to key in on something you said just a bit earlier which is that there were times you would pretend to be deaf It makes me wonder if you're hearingness and your parents' deafness ever felt like a gap between you or a sense maybe that you lived in two different worlds Avery Moers: I wouldn't necessarily say there is a gap in between me and my parents I think I'm a lot more similar to my parents than I am hearing people sometimes But I do think my experience as a CODA is very much in the middle ground I am so much a part of the Deaf community and culture and I have a lot of those values inside me but I live in the hearing world differently and I have access to the hearing world differently than my parents do I think I'm a lot more similar to the Deaf community and my parents than I'm not I'm curious if since the movie CODA has come out have you noticed any difference in how hearing folks treat you Is the film starting to have some sort of effect on people's awareness it's basically been a year since that movie's been out So there's been a lot of conversation about equity and diversity and inclusion So that seems to be helping to push people to be open-minded And when they won that Oscar award for that film –  they won three different awards –  when those were announced they came to an understanding of what it is I work for the Colorado Commission for the Deaf and often we have these conversations talking about the needs for the communities: How can they have full access What does it look like to have effective communication We've been having this conversation for years and this movie comes out and all of a sudden people finally understand it Our office has a mission to change the world and it's going to be ongoing I want to ask you more about your work in just a bit Avery Moers: I think it starts conversations and conversations are powerful I've had a lot of people come up to me and say ‘did you see the movie It was so cool to see sign.’  And so I think it just gives more exposure about the experience but for culture to change and for society to change Avery Moers: Right now I'm studying interdisciplinary studies.It’s a combination of special education I recently graduated from an ASL interpreting program that was designated for CODAs Warner: And where do you see yourself landing after you get out of school and how closely do you think that work will be related to your upbringing Avery Moers: Right now I see myself interpreting for ASL I think there's a big relationship to my upbringing because I didn't play the role as an interpreter growing up give us a few examples of the biggest obstacles the Deaf community faces in terms of barriers in this state Cliff Moers: Often people will connect deaf people to a price point if you have somebody that you want to hire what's the price to do that when it comes to providing the need and the accommodations for them It comes from a lack of knowledge of how to communicate with individuals They have a view that it's not okay for people to be deaf People view deaf people as if their ears are broken If people were to live within the Deaf community they would see what a gift it is that we bring to the world but in society they think everything is based on the ear and that we can't hear And they think that what we go through is really hard and a struggle Warner: It does make me want to venture a guess which is that I'm assuming the unemployment rate in the Deaf community is higher than the general population for reasons you might've outlined It's a very good assumption that you've made we talked about ASL being your first language and I think when kids talk to each other about the languages that they're studying ‘oh I'm taking Spanish,’  or ‘ I'm taking French,’  or German I just wonder if you wish more Americans thought ‘I'm going to learn a language that's not my own and it's going to be ASL.’ Is that something you'd like to see more of I actually get a lot of comments of ‘ oh ASL seems so cool.’  It's visual It's like a whole other type of language in its own way given that deafness has run in your family I suppose – was there a moment when you learned that your children were hearing and not deaf,  and I wonder what that moment was like Warner: A true Coloradan here,  folks thinking how can this even be?  I didn't even think about And I do know that there are some individuals who are out there who are deaf and they do wish that their children will be born deaf but it wasn't necessarily anything that I had hoped for.  He did not speak until he was 4  years old It was right before he actually started kindergarten Part of that was that he didn't have to use his spoken language at home but he just wasn't comfortable speaking in English and he didn't have a lot of opportunity to speak English And then he goes into preschool at 4 and was in that environment as a CODA child They actually had to encourage him to speak in that classroom And yet here he was bilingual and he had to manage both of those languages and he finally would speak to his teacher he became much more comfortable speaking English so I had maybe a little bit more access to spoken language Warner: Did you want to go to a deaf school I wanted nothing more than to be a part of a small community school where I knew everyone I struggled to adjust socially because I was just so used to being in the deaf world It was easier for me to exist in the deaf world than it was for me to adjust to the hearing world and how natural to want to go to school at a place where they spoke your first language.  Warner: I want to thank you both for being with us Cliff Moers: It's great to be here to be able to share our experiences with the public and out in the community Colorado Postcards are snapshots of our colorful state in sound. They give brief insights into our people and places, our flora and fauna, and our past and present, from every corner of Colorado. Listen now. © 2025 Colorado Public Radio. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy (This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Police arrested 32-year-old David Schonabaum, and his wife, 29-year-old Angel Schonabaum, on Sept. 19, 2023, after their 6-month-old son required medical treatment at an Indianapolis hospital for wounds associated with long-term neglect and rodent bites that David Schonabaum stood trial in Vanderburgh County Superior Court this week Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Diana Moers praised the jury's verdict writing in a statement to the Courier & Press that the "horrific" and "shocking" case left a mark on all involved The two Level 6 felony neglect charges David Schonabaum faced pertained to two other children who resided in the Schonabaum's South Linwood Avenue home "The victim in this case was a 6-month-old baby who suffered horrific rat bites to his entire body while lying in a bassinet in his home," Moers stated "When paramedics and police arrived the infant was laying in his crib in a pool of blood and the bites were so bad on his body − including his face and extremities − that they left bone showing on one hand and he is now permanently disfigured." In an affidavit of probable cause filed in support of the Schonabaum's arrests EPD Detective Jonathan Helm described the infant's injuries in shocking terms The southside home-turned-crime scene had earlier drawn the attention of Child Protective Services for months "All four of (the victim's) fingers and thumb on his right hand were missing the flesh from the top of them "The damage to (the victim's) index and pinky fingers were the most severe as they were missing the flesh halfway down each finger." The child also reportedly suffered more than 50 bite wounds to his head and face More: Three former DCS employees involved in rat bite case sue agency, claiming race, age discrimination Paramedics stabilized the infant and transported him to an Evansville hospital According to medical records reviewed by detectives the child's temperature was just 93.5 degrees upon his arrival and he had a blood-oxygen level of just 69% He was stabilized and later moved to an Indianapolis hospital The 6-month-old also required a blood transfusion jury selection in Angel Schonabaum's trial is scheduled to begin Sept A Vanderburgh County judge will sentence David Schonabaum at a later date David Schonabaum faces a maximum sentence of 16 years "We look forward to the sentencing date in this case and will hold nothing back when asking the court to weigh the aggravating factors of this case which justify the highest possible sentence," Moers concluded in her statement Houston may be contacted at houston.harwood@courierpress.com EVANSVILLE — The Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office declined to file charges in connection with the training-related death of sheriff's deputy Asson Hacker after a review of an independent Indiana State Police inquiry reportedly turned up no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of instructors Hacker, 33, died in hospital hours after he participated in what the Evansville Police Department called "routine physical tactics" training led by the Southwestern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy The academy trains EPD recruits alongside police and sheriff's office cadets from agencies spanning Southwestern Indiana in addition to the Knox County Sheriff's Office deputy Hacker reportedly fought during the training exercise and an EPD officer who served as an instructor during the bouts Despite prosecutors' decision not to file charges in connection with the fatal incident Kourtney Hacker's legal team say they will pursue the wrongful death lawsuit with "unwavering determination." More: Widow of Evansville deputy who died in training sues; calls event 'state-sponsored hazing' Neither the EPD nor the City of Evansville answered questions when contacted by the Courier & Press Tuesday The city's outside legal counsel likewise declined to comment citing the need to refrain from publicly discussing pending litigation The 11-page complaint filed by Hacker's estate alleged that he was "forced" to fight a veteran law enforcement officer who "choked," "hit," and "body slammed" Hacker leaving him "lying motionless on the fighting surface." Hacker died hours later in hospital News of the lawsuit and the allegations made therein quickly garnered headlines across the nation in law enforcement and legal-focused publications, such as Law and Crime News The suit directly links Hacker's death to the SWILEA training writing in a complaint that the academy "placed Hacker in a position of danger that he otherwise would not have faced." whose office is not named in Kourtney Hacker's civil lawsuit answered written questions about her handling of the ISP inquiry into Hacker's death Tuesday afternoon her office received the ISP report in mid-May "We reviewed the file and found no concerns of any criminal activity or any signs of wrongdoing," Moers stated in response to a question from the Courier & Press Moers added that her office opted not to file criminal charges "shortly after receiving and reviewing the file from the ISP investigation." which both operate under the umbrella of the City of Evansville Hacker was participating in "defensive tactics training" on March 2 when he fell ill and required transport to a local hospital A timeline included in Kourtney Hacker's civil complaint said Hacker was admitted to the hospital at 12:06 p.m Moers said that county prosecutors in Indiana are tasked with reviewing "allegations and investigatory reports" detailing potential law enforcement misconduct in order to decide whether the case should lead to the filing of criminal charges "The sheriff’s office in particular has the Indiana State Police conduct independent investigations and then they forward that file to the prosecutor’s office for review," Moers stated "We look for any conduct that is outside of the duties and responsibilities of law enforcement and which would rise to the level of a criminal violation we did not find any criminal or even suspicious conduct on the part of law enforcement." The lawsuit filed on behalf of Hacker's estate claims that his death followed a well-known training event for SWILEA cadets called 'The Big Fight.' According to the suit, SWILEA staged more than 20 fights on March 2, 2023, including Hacker's, at Club Bushido martial arts gym on Evansville's Northside "The 'Big Fight' was not a legitimate training exercise but rather a state-sponsored hazing event that created an obviously dangerous situation," the complaint alleges The lawsuit references yet-to-be-released video footage of the training fights that took place at Club Bushido on March 2 Moers said she watched the footage as part of the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office review of the case Moers wrote the following: "I found it to be routine training which all of our law enforcement men and women participate in as a necessary part of their job duties." Though female cadets were not required to participate in the fighting on March 2 Hacker ends up on top of the other officer and handcuffs the other officer to finish the training exercise," Moers continued "Hacker does not appear to be in distress - he appears to be talking and moving normally for someone who is exercising The training exercise was well-controlled and thus did not cause me any concern." Moers added that the footage showed Hacker and his opponent - who is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit - wearing proper protective gear during their fight According to Moers' recounting of the footage a "coach" and "defensive tactics instructor" were next to Hacker on the mat "for the purposes of instructing Hacker on what moves to make for training purposes." More: Sheriff vows to implement changes in wake of Deputy Asson Hacker's death who represents Kourtney Hacker in the wrongful death suit wrote in a brief statement to the Courier & Press that Hacker's legal team stands by "the detailed allegations in our lawsuit involving the tragic death of Asson Hacker." "We are committed to pursuing justice for Asson’s wife and family with unwavering determination," Lammers wrote but photos show similar SWILEA training at Club BushidoKourtney Hacker's Indianapolis-based attorneys wrote in a legal filing that the fights were supposed to last just 5 minutes but they claimed Hacker's bout lasted approximately seven minutes According to the lawsuit's recounting of the video footage it showed Hacker "lying motionless on the fighting surface" at the conclusion of the sparring Moers wrote that Hacker was given medical treatment "at the first sign" of distress an observation she said she made after reviewing the footage and the ISP's investigation Kourtney Hacker's attorneys alleged in the suit that qualified medical personnel were lacking on-site at Club Bushido The video depicting the fight is not public, but photographs the EPD posted to its official Facebook page on March 22, 2022, show similar SWILEA training exercises at Club Bushido to that which reportedly preceded Hacker's death show what appear to be recruits and instructors training in sparring gear It was not immediately clear if the March 22 training shown in the photos constituted an earlier "big fight." Evansville Chief of Police Phil Smith told the Courier & Press that he could not say whether SWILEA instituted changes to its training regimen after Hacker's death Smith likewise declined to comment on the nature of the training depicted in the March 2022 photos Moers wrote in her statement that footage of the fighting from the day Hacker died showed nothing out of the ordinary in terms of the hand-to-hand combat police engage in as part of training or on the street "The training exercise appears well controlled and thus did not cause me any concern," Moers wrote "I have seen many fights on (body camera footage) and the exercise pales in comparison to the real fights that officers sometimes encounter in the field Several other defensive tactics training officers were also present during the exercise." In her statement discussing the prosecutor's office's decision not to file charges in connection with Hacker's death Moers said the autopsy showed that Hacker died "from complications related to the sickle cell trait." "It was also reported to medical staff and thus reported in the investigation of this case that Hacker kept a heavy workout regimen - beginning at 5 a.m daily - he took several supplements and chose to eat only one meal a day," Moers stated "No trauma to his body or head was found." while also questioning veracity of lawsuitOn Tuesday who is not named as a defendant in the suit said his office "continues to mourn the tragic and untimely passing of Deputy Asson Hacker," adding that Hacker's loss is "deeply felt by all who knew him." Hacker was the father of four children and husband to Kourtney Hacker. According to his obituary, Hacker was born in Queens where Hacker attended Bedford North Lawrence High School He was a basketball standout for the Stars and went on to play college ball for Olney Central College "He enjoyed playing sports with his children and he especially loved his boys," his obituary states While the sheriff's office mourns the loss of a budding colleague who hoped to become a lifelong public servant in a statement issued Tuesday the VCSO said it believes "many of the allegations contained within the (lawsuit) are either inaccurate or misleading," and that it expects the defendants to "present a robust defense." Editor's Note: This article was updated Thursday to include a statement from attorney Steven Lammers EVANSVILLE — Republican Diana Moers will be Vanderburgh County's first female prosecutor having decisively won Tuesday's election to fill the position held since January 2011 by Nick Hermann Moers, Evansville-based government litigation chief for the Indiana Attorney General's Office, defeated Democrat Jon Schaefer chief counsel for the Vanderburgh County Public Defender's Agency Moers declared victory before about two-dozen tired supporters at the Vanderburgh County GOP's election night party at The Foundry at 11:20 p.m "I think we need to organize the office in a way that we have specialized units and make sure that those units have the training that they need whether it's a drug unit or a domestic violence unit," she said "I'd like to specialize the units in the prosecutor's office so we can make sure we're getting them the right training and resources efficiently and effectively for the cases we're trying." Moers stopped talking and cast a glance around The Foundry where diehard supporters had stayed with her until the bitter end worked 12 hours at Washington Square Mall's polling place and then burrowed in for an hours-long wait at GOP election headquarters "Tired and wired at the same time," she said with a laugh "My thoughts tonight aren't the most eloquent." Schaefer sought to return the prosecutor's office to Democrats who lost it when Republican Hermann ousted Stan Levco in 2010 Moers and Schaefer, both first-time candidates, were largely unknown to Vanderburgh County voters when the campaign began. Moers, 40, ascended to the GOP nomination in a May 3 primary election by knocking off a figure better-known to the public than her and Schaefer combined — three-term incumbent Hermann More:Check out live local election results coasted to the Democratic nomination unopposed Hermann's absence — it was the first time he hadn't been the Republican nominee for prosecutor in 20 years — left a void and questions about what Moers and Schaefer would do when it was just them standing before the voters Schaefer and Moers waged a campaign that was bitter rancorous and hard fought from beginning to end Relying on something she says she heard Schaefer say to other attorneys, Moers accused him of saying explicitly that he would serve just one term if elected She said that raised the question of whether he was trying to use the prosecutor job as a steppingstone to other things Schaefer said she was "seriously misrepresenting" a vow he made to do what's necessary no matter the political cost More:Accusations of lying, exaggerations mark contentious race for Vanderburgh prosecutor At the end of the campaign, Schaefer called Moers "an attorney from Indianapolis" in a radio ad and Moers said in a mailer that Schaefer had "spent his career defending criminals." More:If Jon Schaefer wins, Vanderburgh County will need more special prosecutors. Here's why But outside of the personal criticisms they leveled at each other Moers and Schaefer did give voters competing visions from which to choose Those differences were neatly encapsulated in one of their frequent exchanges of zingers More:Vanderburgh County prosecutor candidates are now fighting over an overheard conversation Moers said Schaefer "has never been outside the Vanderburgh County courthouse." She insisted Schaefer was fixated on trying cases and had no appreciation for the administrative and executive burden of running an office that employs some 70 people a local public defender for nearly 13 years says Moers hadn't been inside the courthouse — insisting she doesn't know the local justice system because she has never worked in it He said he would work primarily as a courtroom lawyer if elected prosecutor and would let others do the financial and administrative work In her current position with the Attorney General's Office Moers defends state agencies and officials in civil rights cases She calls the AG's Office "the largest law firm in the state." Moers has worked as a public defender in Ann Arbor law firm; and as a prosecutor in the Will County State's Attorney's Office in Joliet In 2010 she began working in Indiana state government prosecuting violations of the Indiana Securities and Loan Broker Acts and serving as executive director of the Indiana Board for Depositories She also worked in an Indianapolis law firm Schaefer said he had been in the trenches as a public defender in Vanderburgh County courts since 2010 But Moers countered by casting herself as a plucky outsider who has demonstrated that she has the skills to plunge right into Vanderburgh County's courts system and succeed. She noted that she has traveled to all the state's 92 counties and worked in state and federal courts in her work with the Attorney General's Office. Indiana Rules of Evidence are the same in all 92 counties Moers also reminded voters that for all Schaefer's local courtroom experience he had never actually prosecuted a case as she had done hundreds of times More:Vanderburgh County prosecutor candidates disagree on another thing: basic lawyering Moers seemingly came out of nowhere in the spring to oust Hermann the scion of a politically prominent local family with long ties to the community moved back to the city with her husband and four dogs a year ago after living out of town for 15 years Many local defense attorneys said they had never heard of her But Moers didn't concern herself with mass marketing in the primary a springtime intraparty election dominated by party activists and supporters Just more than 6,300 people voted in the contest between her and Hermann While Hermann put up signs all over the county Moers laser-focused on a prioritized list of some 4,000 people who consistently vote in GOP primaries She took a month's vacation from her job to concentrate on her campaign full time More:How political unknown Diana Moers scored a major upset over Prosecutor Nick Hermann Moers acknowledged she also was aided by Hermann's personal baggage The county and state settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Hermann in August by paying former prosecutor's office employee Samantha Merideth $75,000 without admitting wrongdoing Merideth alleged Hermann made unwanted advances when they were in a hotel room alone together at a 2013 conference in Chicago — a claim he denied and he declined to provide records showing what the group did with the money County prosecutors are paid $164,823 annually by the state, according to the Indiana Transparency Portal a state government website established by Indiana law But Vanderburgh County received a March 31 letter from the Indiana Supreme Court pegging the prosecutor's salary with pay adjustments after July 1 at $165,276 The Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office prosecutes local felony and misdemeanor criminal cases handles juvenile prosecutions and assists crime victims It has a county general fund budget of nearly $3 million plus at least half again as much money from grants This is a developing story and will be updated EVANSVILLE —  A sex solicitation case spearheaded by the non-profit group Predator Catchers Incorporated fell apart this week after Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Diana Moers publicly questioned the methods of “vigilante groups.” The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Erik W Fischer on one preliminary count of child solicitation Sunday after members of Predator Catchers Incorporated publicly confronted Fischer and accused him of attempting to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex The 14-year-old girl in question did not actually exist according to the group and sheriff’s office detectives A member of Predator Catchers Incorporated (PCI) had posed as a minor online in an attempt to seek out adults who may be looking to victimize children – a practice the group regularly employs Original Story: 'Vigilante group' facilitated child solicitation arrest in Evansville a Vanderburgh County judge determined there was probable cause to charge Fischer with the offense and ordered him to be held at the county jail on a $50,000 bond the sheriff’s office wrote that it had reviewed digital evidence compiled by PCI which allegedly showed Fischer sending sexually charged messages to PCI’s “decoy” social media profile Detectives also said Fischer admitted he traveled to a CVS Pharmacy in Evansville on Saturday night for the purposes of meeting up with a girl he believed to be 14 prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case without prejudice Wednesday a move Circuit Court Judge David Kiely signed off on That same day, Moers published a letter to social media titled “Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Expresses Concerns Over Vigilante Groups.” The letter began by asking “all citizens to reach out to law enforcement immediately if they suspect illegal activity.” Moers would go on to state in the letter that such groups “cannot be condoned by the Office of the Prosecutor for many legal and safety reasons.” untrained – and sometimes armed – individuals who confront others pose a serious risk to the community and can undermine legitimate investigations and cases which they are not privy to,” she wrote state and federal investigations that the public is not privy to which can be thwarted by an unknowing civilian’s involvement.” Law Enforcement: 3 people have died in police incidents this month in Evansville Moers told the Courier & Press she considers the investigation to be "ongoing." She declined to comment on the specifics of the case Out of two dozen public comments posted to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Facebook page only one seemed to agree such vigilante groups pose a threat Some commenters went so far as to accuse the prosecutor’s office of protecting “child lovers.” symbolic of the entire episode: PCI’s video footage of their confrontation with Fischer has garnered more than 17,000 views on YouTube as of Friday Hundreds of comments posted to the video express a spectrum of reactions Sheriff voiced his own concernsMoers isn’t the first Vanderburgh County official to express their consternation with PCI and other such groups Robinson told the Courier & Press on Monday he had “concerns about vigilante groups” confronting criminals “without the proper training.” “You might be able to do something like this 99 times and not be physically assaulted More: The Vanderburgh County sheriff has banned all nicotine products from the jail. Here's why. PCI gave law enforcement no prior notice they planned to travel to Evansville and publicly confront Fischer Saturday night outside the Weston Road CVS Pharmacy Deputies first became involved in the situation when a store employee dialed 911 to report “disorderly conduct” as PCI members livestreamed video of their confrontation with Fischer from the drug store’s parking lot Robinson also said his deputies did not arrest Fischer solely based on PCI’s allegations Robinson said deputies conducted their own investigation after it was made aware of the group’s claims More: Here's how Vanderburgh prosecutors zeroed in on My Goals nonprofit spending Fischer can be heard telling a VCSO deputy moments into their first interaction that he had been “doing some things online that I shouldn’t have been doing.” “This has to do with a juvenile?” the deputy responds Robinson told the Courier & Press he is "proud of the work our office did on this case." the prosecutor has the sole responsibility to decide whether the state stands a substantial chance of prevailing at trial," he said "I will be meeting with Diana soon to discuss this case and our options going forward." More: Evansville mayor candidates pound home their themes at Rotary forum In her letter explaining the rationale behind dismissing the case against Fischer Moers said there are “myriad of nuances to the law from investigation arrest and prosecution that involve years of technical “What the public sees on social media and television is dramatized She also told Vanderburgh County residents they have a “fighter in their corner.” Kiely ordered Fischer to be released from custody Wednesday The case against him was dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning prosecutors could refile charges at a later date Houston Harwood can be contacted at houston.harwood@courierpress.com Andrew Moers has joined Springboard as President Consumer Business as the online learning specialist looks to bring  in additional leadership and growth expertise Andrew brings over 20 years of executive leadership experience to Springboard having driven rapid growth and business expansion throughout his career Andrew spent a decade as President of a several-hundred million dollar business unit at digital conglomerate IAC and subsequently served in business unit management CMO and strategic growth roles at Talkspace and Blue Apron two pioneering direct-to-consumer digital brands “I’m thrilled to join Springboard in its mission to bridge the world’s skills gap and I look forward to working alongside its talented team to accelerate the business and transform lives through Springboard’s unique human-guided online learning programs,” he said About The PIE News Regions An official announcement will be made on Tuesday as part of a serious shakeup at the automaker. The Guardian understands that Palmer will be replaced by the current chief executive of Mercedes-AMG Palmer has served as the head of Aston Martin since 2014 having previously had a long tenure at Nissan and Infiniti. He has been instrumental in the launch of the DBX SUV as well as Aston Martin’s forthcoming fleet of mid-engined supercars and hypercar, the Valkyrie Read Also: Mercedes F1’s Toto Wolff Buys Stake In Aston Martin Aston Martin’s shares have collapsed since its October 2018 public listing and seen the company’s market valuation fall from more than £4 billion ($4.87 billion) to £562 million ($684 million) on Friday Aston Martin announced earlier this month that its losses had ballooned to £119 million ($144 million) in the first three months of the year in response to the coronavirus pandemic The company sold just 578 cars to dealerships in the first quarter a 45 per cent drop from the same period in 2019 an Aston Martin spokesman confirmed the company “is reviewing its management team and a further announcement will be made as and when appropriate.” he has been the head of Mercedes-AMG since late 2013 and overseen the diversification of the performance brand’s product portfolio and the launch of its F1-powered Mercedes-AMG One hybrid hypercar EVANSVILLE — Evansville native Diana Moers has announced plans to seek the Republican nomination for Vanderburgh County Prosecutor.  The Western Michigan University's Thomas M. Cooley Law School graduate announced her candidacy Monday. This will be the first time since 2010 a Republican candidate other than sitting prosecutor Nick Hermann has made a bid for the position Hermann has not yet announced if he will seek reelection and did not return a Courier & Press message regarding his plans.  In August, Vanderburgh County reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed against Hermann by a former employee claiming sexual harassment.  Moers said her focus is operating an office of integrity and professionalism while providing leadership and training to staff.  “Vanderburgh County deserves a fighter who will work with integrity to keep our community safe,” Moers stated “I pledge to rebuild a working relationship with law enforcement and victims of violent and sexual crimes to get the justice Vanderburgh County deserves I look forward to sending a clear message that we take these crimes seriously: law-abiding citizens will have a strong and effective advocate on their side.” 'In the dark, no one watching, addicts are born': 2 years of Indiana mobile sports betting Moers serves in the Indiana Attorney General’s Office as section chief for the Government Litigation Section.  She previously served as executive director of the Indiana Board for depositories under State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell and prior to that served at the Secretary of State’s Office at the Prosecution Assistance Unit she worked as an assistant state’s attorney in the Will County State’s Attorney’s office in Joliet handling misdemeanor and felony cases before returning to Indiana.  Moers also worked for two Illinois law firms as an associate attorney and assistant prosecutor and worked as an assistant public defender to the Chief Deputy Felony Defender in Washtenaw County News: Tri-State's racial makeup is changing. The 'why' is complicated. Moers graduated from North High School before attending Indiana University to earn a political science degree “The prosecutor must operate with absolute integrity to serve effectively and I intend to make sure that happens," she stated. "Our prosecutor’s office should be a leader for effective and efficient prosecution with absolute integrity and professionalism.” Sarah Loesch can be contacted at sloesch@gannett.com with story ideas and questions.  Departure follows clash with owner Lawrence Stroll over Aston’s future Angus MacKenzieWriterMay 04 has today stepped down from his role as Aston Martin CEO The move comes after the two men reportedly clashed over the future direction of Aston Martin Former Ferrari CEO Amadeo Felisa (below) has been appointed as the new Aston Martin CEO with former Ferrari technical director Roberto Fedeli taking on the role of Chief Technical Officer Longtime Aston Martin design chief Marek Reichmann remains in his role The installation of former senior Ferrari executives into the top roles at Aston Martin hints at the source of the reported clash between Moers and Stroll Aston Martin had been forging ever closer links with AMG the performance vehicle division of Mercedes-Benz he once headed Moers killed off the in-house 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 engine program in favor of a deal to use the 4.0-liter Mercedes-AMG twin-turbo V-8 across the existing Aston Martin lineup and in the forthcoming mid-engine Vanquish supercar He wanted more Aston Martin powertrain and chassis development work done in Germany "I found it was just a concept when I arrived," adding that bringing it to production would have cost tens of millions of dollars the Canadian billionaire who owns 16.7 percent of Aston Martin appears to prefer an Italian approach to building luxury performance vehicles rather than a German one has "extensive knowledge of both Aston Martin's business and the wider automotive industry with an excellent track record and previous experience of leading a major ultra-luxury car manufacturer." Felisa was a non-executive director of Aston Martin Moers was regarded by many at Aston Martin as being difficult to work with Several key executives left the company during his tenure including vehicle dynamics chief Matt Becker who is now vehicle engineering director at Jaguar Land Rover But he brought a much-needed focus to Aston Martin's operations in terms of both product development and resource allocation despite the significant economic and operational disruption caused by the pandemic In addition to axing the in-house V-6 engine project he moved DB11/DBS production onto a single assembly line at Gaydon cutting the number of workstations needed to build the cars from 70 to 23 which was already running late when he was appointed CEO Dealer stock of unsold cars was also carefully reduced Plans to bring back Lagonda as an electric-only luxury brand built on its own platform developed in-house were also shelved and the best Astons Aston Martin has ever built Aston Martin has flirted with financial disaster hauled back from bankruptcy by a succession of well-heeled benefactors—David Brown among others—who quickly learned the way to make a small fortune in the bespoke luxury sports car business was to start with a big one Kuwait's Investment Dar and Italy's Investindustrial hired former Nissan exec Andy Palmer as CEO with a brief to revamp entire model range and to knock the company into shape so it could be floated on the stock market Aston Martin Lagonda went public in October 2018 By February 2019 Aston shares were down 42 percent wiping £1.8 billion ($2.1 billion) off the company's valuation and by May 2020 they were worth little more than a twentieth of their original price As head of a consortium that had acquired a controlling stake in Aston Martin Lawrence Stroll contacted Moers in January 2020 to offer him the top job at Gaydon with a brief to turn the company around But clearly it isn't happening fast enough for the Canadian billionaire Financial results for the first three months of 2022 showed Aston Martin has continued to struggle Losses before tax for the quarter almost tripled to £112 million ($140 million) It made revenues of £232 million ($290 million) suggesting a long way to go to hit its target of £2 billion ($2.5 billion) annually Will a pivot to Italy—it's rumored that with Felisa in charge Aston Martin R&D work will shift from Germany to south of the Alps—help speed Aston Martin's recovery Moers' strategy of forging closer links with his old employer made a lot of sense Not only does Mercedes-Benz own 11.7 percent of Aston but it's also a major source of components—and not just engines but also wiring architectures and infotainment user interface hardware and software Closer links with Aston would have given more business to the German firm's AMG subsidiary in terms of powertrain and vehicle development But with Amadeo Felisa at the helm, Stroll now has a CEO who, in a 26-year stint at Maranello, helped transform Ferrari from a near-cottage industry maker of exotic sports cars to a high-tech producer of high-performance vehicles and one of the world's most valuable brands. Ferrari was spun off from FCA in 2015 in an IPO that valued it at $9 billion. Today, it's worth $38 billion. Felisa was replaced as Ferrari CEO in 2016 by Sergio Marchionne. Then there's the F1 angle. Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains currently supplies engines to the Aston Martin F1 team owned by Lawrence Stroll. But in another nod to Ferrari, Aston Martin F1 chief technical officer Andrew Green says the team, which is constructing a giant new facility opposite the main gates of the fabled Silverstone Circuit, is seriously evaluating building its own F1 engine to meet the 2026 regulation change. Lawrence Stroll clearly wants to make Aston Martin worth as much as possible as quickly as possible. And by replacing Tobias Moers with Amadeo Felisa, it's clear he believes the Ferrari model, rather than the AMG model, is the way forward. Subscribe to our newsletters to get the latest in car news and have editor curated stories sent directly to your inbox Keep up to date with the latest Aston Martin news directly to your inbox by registering below More details in our Privacy Policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Cookie manager We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience Some essential features on this website will not work without cookies Please check your cookie settings below and tick the box of the cookies that you accept Necessary for the website to properly function and cannot be switched off in our system These cookies are crucial for the basic functions of the website and the website will not work in its intended way without them These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data Allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors we will not be able to gather accurate data in order to identify improvements needed to be done on the website that will enhance your experience Enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation These cookies support site functionality that is visible or advantageous to your personal experience of the website Videos will not be available without accepting these cookies Token: d864218895fbaa1680e38638ff39ed4c23536f1a47023de306c06dbda488627ac195416c16a55b16c6d78ed08d95ef28a125b210cc37a9001d52f79a29265db618566614f94ab92fb46da6d4ecb5 Bienvenue sur Mycookie-epresspack nous utilisons des cookies pour ameliorer votre experience Former Ferrari boss Amedeo Felisa will take over as chief executive of British carmaker Aston Martin has appointed its third chief executive in three years with Tobias Moers stepping down after only two years in charge Moers will leave the board of the British carmaker with immediate effect but will stay until the end of July to “support the leadership team with a smooth transition” The former Ferrari boss Amedeo Felisa will replace him as chief executive Felisa joined Aston Martin’s board as a non-executive director in July 2021 Moers has overseen a period of retrenchment by Aston Martin as it sought to reduce the number of cars left with dealers – which Stroll saw as a key step to restore an element of exclusivity to the brand even as it tries to more than double sales to 10,000 a year financial results for the first three months of 2022 showed the company continued to struggle Losses before tax for the quarter almost tripled to £112m suggesting a long way to go to hit its target of £2bn annually who led the Italian maker of sports cars Ferrari for eight years as chief executive will oversee the electrification of Aston Martin’s range and will reorganise the company’s structure and make appointments in the coming weeks another former Ferrari executive announced as Aston Martin’s chief technical officer on Wednesday said Moers “joined Aston Martin at a critical time for the company and brought significant discipline to its operations The benefit of these actions is clear in the improved operating performance of the company and in our great new product launches there is a need for the business to enter a new phase of growth with a new leadership team and structure to ensure we deliver on our goals.” Stroll said Felisa has “extensive knowledge of both Aston Martin’s business and the wider automotive industry with an excellent track record and previous experience of leading a major ultra-luxury car manufacturer” —  Incumbent Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nick Hermann conceded defeat to GOP challenger Diana Moers just after 8 p.m Moers won almost 57% of the vote with 3,591 votes to Hermann's 2,749 in unofficial results with all precincts reporting Just over 14,000 total votes were counted in Vanderburgh County's Republican and Democratic primaries combined "These election results are the result of really hard work," Moers said at the Vanderburgh County Republican Party's election night event "We ran a campaign with a fraction of the money and I'm very happy with the results."  Hermann congratulated Moers and said Vanderburgh County Republicans should work together to ensure Moers defeats Democrat Jon Schaefer, a public defender with no primary opponent "Thank you guys for the 12 years," Hermann said "It's been an honor to serve as prosecutor over the last three terms." Vanderburgh County 2022 Primary: The procrastinators' election guide The campaign offered Republican voters a striking contrast Hermann was a familiar figure in local politics as GOP chairman and part of a well-known family for years before he became prosecutor — he is the nephew of prominent businessman and political donor Dan Hermann a former CEO of AmeriQual Group and Black Beauty Coal Co was a political unknown when her campaign began in October Her victory constitutes a rarity in local politics: the defeat of an incumbent officeholder within his own party in a one-on-one primary election She is the first Republican nominee for prosecutor not named Nick Hermann since 1990.  the grandson of former county recorder and councilwoman Betty Hermann The most recent Republican candidate for the position before that was Glen Deig in 1990 Democrat Stan Levco was Vanderburgh County's prosecutor from January 1991 until January 2011 The 39-year-old Moers is an Evansville native and North High School graduate who returned here in November after living elsewhere for at least 15 years She graduated from Western Michigan University's Thomas M Cooley Law School in 2007 and worked as an attorney in a Wheeling law firm and an assistant state’s attorney in Joliet working as an attorney in the Secretary of State’s Office in Indianapolis prosecuting violations of the Indiana Securities and Loan Broker Acts she became executive director of the Indiana Board for Depositories in the State Treasurer's Office Moers joined an Indianapolis law firm — leaving after six months Moers has worked as a deputy attorney general and section chief in the Indiana Attorney General's Office Vanderburgh County primary: Vanderburgh County election night could be a late (and mystifying) night: Here's why In pre-primary campaign finance reports filed just two weeks ago Hermann reported raising more than four times as much money as Moers 1-April 8 reporting period compared to $12,310 posted by Moers But the veteran prosecutor also had issues.  The county and state settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Hermann in August by paying former prosecutor's office employee Samantha Merideth $75,000 without admitting wrongdoing Merideth alleged that Hermann made unwanted advances when they were in a hotel room alone together at a 2013 conference in Chicago — a claim he denied The Courier & Press obtained depositions in the lawsuit and published excerpts from three of them in February Among the revelations: A top aide to Hermann said under oath last year she believed Merideth's claims about Hermann's behavior in Chicago and he has declined to provide records showing what My Goals did with the money Moers criticized Hermann over his office's use of official credit cards and its contributions to his nonprofit The challenger frequently called for "integrity and professionalism" in mailings and appearances on the campaign trail but made few direct comments about the sexual harassment charges 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Attorney General's Office "has never been outside the Vanderburgh County courthouse." She insists Schaefer is fixated on trying cases and has no appreciation for the administrative and executive burden of running an office that employs some 70 people says Moers hasn't been inside the courthouse — insisting she doesn't know the local justice system because she has never worked in it Vanderburgh prosecutor race:Candidates are split on a controversial practice that could soon end in Indiana In recent days Schaefer and Moers also have accused each other of puffing up their own credentials in a bid to look more capable and experienced than they are Schaefer claims Moers has exaggerated the number of trials she has conducted while Moers says Schaefer has claimed to be the public defender's agency's chief counsel — its second-in-command — for years longer than he actually has been in the position In this increasingly contentious campaign for the county's top law enforcement position, Moers and Schaefer may agree on just one thing: Hermann had to go. But Hermann won't be on the Nov. 8 general election ballot — the first time that's happened in 20 years. He lost to Moers in a May 3 GOP primary election It has an anticipated 2023 county general fund budget of nearly $2.8 million is the Evansville-based chief of the government litigation section in the Indiana Attorney General's Office She defends state agencies and officials in civil rights cases Moers has worked as an assistant public defender in Ann Arbor law firm; and as an assistant prosecutor in Joliet When Moers said in a recent forum she had conducted "thousands of bench trials," she corrected the record almost immediately afterward to say hundreds But Schaefer pointed to court records showing Moers has registered her appearance in just three jury trials which she ultimately did not participate in and one bench trial that she lost — in Indiana state courts saying she independently conducted 20 jury trials and hundreds of bench trials as a prosecutor with the Will County State's Attorney's Office in Joliet from April 2008 to August 2010 That's consistent with what her resume has said throughout the campaign 2022 elections:Who's on the ballot in the Evansville area? A guide to Indiana's general election says he won't believe that until he sees it "She’s already made it sound like she’s done hundreds of trials in Indiana she’s not done any – except for the one bench trial she lost," he said "She’s already misrepresented her record by not saying ‘All my trial work has been in Illinois.’ So I’m going to take everything she says with some skepticism." Moers said she doesn't have a list of the cases she tried in Illinois who said he tried to obtain that information More:With Nick Hermann out of the picture, Vanderburgh County prosecutor candidates spar A spokesman for Illinois' state court system told the Courier & Press he knows of no statewide database for attorney appearances in that state. He offered a link to a case management vendor for a large number of Illinois’ 102 counties, but its data did not include Will County, where Moers practiced. The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission shows Moers was admitted to practice law in that state in 2007 New prosecutors in Will County's high-volume courthouse take on traffic and drunken driving cases and bench trials for those can be relatively brief They don't take up nearly as much time as the 20 jury trials she conducted in cases involving offenses such as child abuse and domestic violence It was possible to knock out as many as three or four of the traffic-related bench trials in a single day And when you're doing that for more than two years You still have to demonstrate trial skills such as getting evidence admitted Moers said it was "extremely offensive" when Schaefer questioned whether she actually participated in a federal jury trial that she often cites on the campaign trail As a section chief in the attorney general's office she successfully defended Indiana State Trooper Michael Allen in 2020 against an accusation that he used excessive force in a man's death in French Lick which says she "successfully defended an Indiana State Trooper at jury trial in Federal Court." Moers cited the case last week before an audience sure to appreciate her defense of a law enforcement officer: the local Fraternal Order of Police "I had the honor of defending a state trooper who was involved in a police-action shooting that ended in a death," she told the FOP "It was a wrongful death case brought by the decedent but we were able to successfully defend the trooper." Moers is named in the civil docket in the case as one of four lawyers from the Attorney General's Office representing Allen She said she actively participated in the case that's either very sad or disingenuous," she said "I went to Chicago to interview (the other side's) expert I put on an expert witness at trial on police practices I got every piece of physical evidence in at trial I also flew to Arizona to interview (a) taser engineer." More:Vanderburgh prosecutor: Diana Moers upsets incumbent Nick Hermann in GOP primary But Schaefer pointed to a section of the docket naming two other attorneys in the AG's Office as appearing in court with Allen when the trial began "Defendant Michael Allen appears in person and by Counsels Scott Barnhart and Cory Voight," the docket states Moers did file pre-trial motions and does appear to have participated in the case's investigative stage "Perhaps she supervises (Barnhart and Voight) and she was with them during the pre-trial stage but they would have been the ones doing the actual trial," Schaefer said "The fact that she's not listed as being there during the trial the only way she can justify that is by saying 'I defended the guy because I supervised the attorneys who defended the guy.'" Barnhart and Voight wrote to the Courier & Press to say that Moers "was present throughout the entire multi-day trial and participated in multiple ways." "Diana was a significant and valuable member of the trial team that ultimately prevailed," the two attorneys wrote "Sometimes the court clerk will just put (enter the names of) two of the first attorneys on the case," she said 'A projection of his own insecurities'There's a flip side to this coin Schaefer's own resume states he has been chief counsel at the public defender's agency since January 2018 But in a campaign mailer that dropped over the weekend Schaefer states that he has handled more than 2,000 cases "in my 12 years as Chief Counsel of the Vanderburgh County Public Defender's Agency." Schaefer would have to have been installed as the public defender's agency's second-in-command immediately after interviewing for a job as a new attorney "since it's the only place he's ever worked." Schaefer claims experience as a probation officer in Montgomery County in 2001 and 2002 and as a community college criminology professor But Moers says her larger point is that Schaefer's own experience is thinner than hers and his vision narrower "I view his questioning of my experience as a projection of his own insecurities," Moers said Schaefer counters by calling the mailer mistake an oversight and by producing a raft of numbers: He provided a list of 1,922 individuals he has defended He says he didn't include the 77 open cases he has now and people he has defended against petitions to revoke probation and work release hence his claim to have handled 2,000-plus cases All of this was in Vanderburgh County courts Others are reading:Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office linked to firm of lawyer who wasn't charged for DUI But Moers said there's only one number that matters — and it's zero That's the number of cases Schaefer has actually prosecuted Schaefer's singular focus on trial data is misplaced at any rate "My opponent is concerned with the number of trials he’s done versus me because that’s all he’s interested in doing as the elected prosecutor," she said I’ve managed and crafted large organizational budgets the Scottish freedom fighter hero of Mel Gibson's film Wallace's men respected him because he fought on the frontlines right alongside them Let administrators and accountants handle the administrative burden "I can't send somebody with an accounting degree into court and have them practice law – but I can have someone with an accounting degree work on the prosecutor’s budget," he said Early voting in Vanderburgh County begins on Oct This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page SIDE-LINE Out now via Freaksville Records is “Microwaves”, the brand new single and video from Telex co-founder Michel Moers featuring Claudia Brücken (Propaganda) on vocals The single is taken from the second solo album by Moers This new material comes more than three decades after the first solo album by the Belgian electro-pop musician Michel Moers and almost 20 years since his groundbreaking group Telex delivered their final message The album will contain songs that have been developed over several years Moers also collaborated with compatriot Daan Stuyven for the track “Back To Then” Moers has spent the last three decades working as an architect and photographer while continuing to make music. Involved in the remastering of the Telex back catalogue that was reissued on Mute Records in 2023 this also served to reinvigorate his skills and contributed to the creation of “As Is” More people are reading Side-Line Magazine than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can - and we refuse to add annoying advertising So you can see why we need to ask for your help Side-Line’s independent journalism takes a lot of time But we do it because we want to push the artists we like and who are equally fighting to survive you can support Side-Line Magazine – and it only takes a minute The donations are safely powered by Paypal Electronic Bodies - Nightside Sessions by Shane Aungst Electronic Bodies - Session 1 by Various Artists Electronic Resistance - Reconstruction by Various Artists Electronic Resistance - A Darkwave / Post-Punk Compilation From The Ukrainian Underground by Various Artists AbelsonTaylor, one of the world’s premier health and wellness advertising agencies has hired Scott Moers as senior director of business development He will lead a strong business development team and work with all agency departments to advance AbelsonTaylor’s growth reporting to Executive Vice President Jay Carter “Scott’s proven abilities to understand prospective clients’ needs talk with them about marketplace opportunities and efficiently guide complex pitches make him a great choice for helping us expand and optimize our new-business efforts,” said Carter “He also brings marketing strategy experience across a broad range of consumer brands and categories providing valuable insights applicable to health and wellness marketing.” Moers has more than 20 years of agency experience brand strategy and account director roles for firms including McCann WONGDOODY and The Garrigan Lyman Group in Seattle and mcgarybowen He also ran his own brand strategy consultancy for three years.  Moers holds a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma and is a graduate of the university’s Business Leadership Program SOURCE: AbelsonTaylor Subscribe: Sign up for our FREE e-lert here.  Stay on top of the latest advertising, film, TV, entertainment and production news! Smooth jazz met with social justice as the Moers Festival in Germany flipped the script combining classical sounds with wild improvisation for a truly unique experience the 53rd edition of the festival pulsated with Namibian and Japanese sounds and confronted a dark chapter in German history – the 1904 to 1908 Nama and Ovaherero genocide Namibian artists like Eslon Hindundu and Shishani captivated audiences with operatic Otjiherero and powerful calls to remember the forgotten But Moers wasn’t just about history lessons – it was about pushing boundaries as well a celebration of the improvised and a platform for silenced voices If you are a jazz lover but also love music that touches the soul and comes from the heart the recently held Moers Festival in Germany is worth exploring This year’s edition did not fall short of the promises it made and attendees were left impressed particularly with the aspect of improvised music and the Namibian artists that performed during the festival The 53rd edition presented a programme of unpredictable and diverse sounds over four days with around 220 musicians from 20 different countries in around 100 concerts and sessions Focused on the countries Namibia and Japan it also featured the music education project ‘Captain Niederrhein im Rausch des Unimoersums’ (‘Captain Lower Rhine in the Unimoers’ Intoxication’) discussions and the exhibition ‘Stolen Moments’ The festival originates from a student movement and student revolts against authority in Germany in 1968 when the country’s youth rebelled against the remaining legacy of its Nazi past The festival this year aimed to touch on the atrocities caused by Germany during the genocide Moers artistic director Tim Isfort said the idea was to draw attention to the genocide a topic that has still largely not been dealt with in Germany “We cannot deal with the terrible history of genocide on behalf of our country It was only three years ago that the German government officially apologised Reparations payments have not yet been promised at all He said the festival aimed to make the German public more aware of the problem composer and musician Hindundu wowed the crowd with an unconventional sound His performance of opera music was not only captivating but also mesmerising Hindundu also included the Tsumkwe-based Ju’/Hoansi Living Museum Cultural Group in his performance – a move that could be misconstrued as misplaced but when you look at it in the context of improvisation He was also joined in a strong performance by Angelina Akawa Hindundu’s work has also explicitly dealt with the genocide in his opera ‘Chief Hijangua’ Other Namibian artists who performed were Jackson Wahengo ‘West’ Vetunjona Uarije and Vilho Nuumbala The Ju’/Hoansi group embarked on a musical adventure with the Peruvian bassist Laura Robles and the Berlin drummer Daniel Schröteler and performed alongside other Namibian artists at the festival as well The granting of visas for the nine San members of the group was not short of challenges with uncertainties at the time about whether they were going to perform Isfort said this shows that structural racism and post-colonial structures are still present today: “I am ashamed of what these people have been subjected to in the process of being granted their visas,” he said Isfort visited the group in February to personally invite them to Moers One of the outstanding performances was by Shishani who was joined by the Ju’/Hoansi group and West She kicked off with what could be seen as chanting Vetunjona,” Shishani called out before West He walked out and started speaking in Otjiherero doing the clan call out and wearing traditional attire of sheep skin Shishani sang her song called ‘Forget to Remember’ let’s remember but in too many cases we have forgotten to remember our history and to acknowledge what has happened in the past The only way we can move forward is to acknowledge what has happened to make amends and find a better way for the future,” she said United States-based musician Amirtha Kidambi touched on racial discrimination and the brutality people face South African jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini also wowed the crowd with a breathtaking performance alongside the Ju’/Hoansi group Other artists included the trombone legend Conny Bauer harpist Zeena Parkins and guitarists Arto Lindsay and Caspar Brötzmann Germany-based jazz musician Angelika Niescier said the fact that children in Germany are not taught about the Nama-Ovaherero genocide is sad Niescier said Germany should confront this dramatic part of its history so you know people are coming to know this and try to not to stone it but have it on the agenda,” she said Hindundu said it was a privilege to open the show and as a proud Namibian it was amazing to see other Namibians performing at the festival “It is quite lovely to get this feeling of Namibianness at such a festival like Moers showcasing what Namibia is all about and what we are capable of as Namibians it was a blessing for me as well,” Hindundu noted Ju’/Hoansi group member Cwi ‘Iui’ Johannas (24) said the group was happy to have been invited to perform at the festival He said the entire Germany experience was exciting We also played together with Eslon Hindundu and it was a great performance from all of us and we represented our nation,” he said Moers Kultur GmbH managing director Jeanne-Marie Varain said it became very difficult to get visas for the artists She said the process was draining but they kept pushing until the artists got their visas we will go back to the African continent and see which country we are going to choose copyright in the content of this website vest in The Free Press of Namibia (Proprietary) Limited (Registration No 85/058) The unauthorized making of copies or use of this material constitutes a copyright infringment under the Namibian Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act Powered by PageSuite © 2025 The Namibian This site asks for 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platforms Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns — The two Republicans running for Vanderburgh County prosecutor are running radically different campaigns The first and most obvious difference: Incumbent Nick Hermann reports raising more than four times as much money as Diana Moers his challenger in the May 3 Republican primary 1-April 8 pre-primary reporting period compared to $12,310 posted by Moers More: May 2022 primary voter guide for Vanderburgh, Warrick counties Both candidates' reports are dotted with prominent names Hermann reports receiving $7,500 from Pathil Amin a Warrick County entrepreneur and restaurant owner The prosecutor also received $2,500 contributions from Evansville hotel operator Tushar Bakhtiani, oral surgeon Mark Wohlford and a handful of business figures plus smaller donations from family members Outgoing Sheriff Dave Wedding gave $500 to the prosecutor Moers' largest donors were developer and business owner Wayne Kinney and former local Republican Party Chairman Wayne Parke Moers also received campaign cash — albeit in much smaller amounts than Hermann — from various local and out-of-town lawyers It's how Moers and Hermann have been spending their money that sets them apart as much as the amounts they are taking in Hermann reported spending $18,501 in the reporting period — 64% of it on campaign signs and sign materials The large blue "Hermann for prosecutor" signs are all over Vanderburgh County on businesses and in yards owned by supporters Most of the rest of Hermann's money went to a mailer More: Vanderburgh County has 2 big primary races. You can vote in only 1. More: Trump's legacy is weighing heavily on Vanderburgh County's early primary voting Working off a list of some 4,000 Vanderburgh County residents with histories of voting in Republican primaries A third mailer is set to drop in days She spent $10,284 — 77% of it on mail and 10% on signs His campaign finance reports list no treasurer "There’s a handful of us community business people who assist him but a lot of times when you have a fairly long-term fairly well," said real estate investor Steve Hammer Mike Braun and a former Republican candidate for countywide office took campaign checks from Hermann supporters at a March 31 fundraiser at Myriad Brewing Voters know Hermann well enough by now that they already know whether they're happy or unhappy with him "There's not a lot for us to do," he said Voters knowing Hermann well is the prosecutor's biggest problem who succeeded Hermann as county GOP chairman in 2010 Parke, a retired executive of Peabody Energy Co served in the unpaid role for more than a decade presiding over a period of Republican dominance in local politics and providing significant chunks of the GOP's funding himself More: Prosecutor Nick Hermann running for re-election after settlement of sexual harassment lawsuit Parke said he urged Hermann not to seek re-election this year to spare his family the embarrassment of seeing his settled sexual harassment lawsuit become a campaign issue Former prosecutor's office employee Samantha Meredith said in the suit that Hermann handcuffed her made unwanted sexual advances and threw her over his shoulder to prevent her from leaving his hotel room at a Chicago conference in 2013 Asked whether he knows of other prominent local Republicans who are supporting Moers' campaign to oust Hermann They aren't doing so publicly to avoid alienating Hermann More: Nick Hermann goes on offense in GOP Vanderburgh County prosecutor primary Parke and Hermann have a history of clashing in Republican Party affairs Hermann dismissed Parke from the position of GOP treasurer over fundraising issues the two men wouldn't discuss Parke was named chairman two months later Never shy about calling out other Republicans the local GOP mounted no Election Day get-out-the-vote operation and lost every contested election. Democrats had nearly a 4-to-1 edge in straight-ticket voting "He's just been a big disappointment," Parke said has plunked down $1,000 for campaign so far He thinks Hermann has done "a spectacular job" as prosecutor a hell of a friend and a hell of a community volunteer," Hammer said "I have personal knowledge of his professional and personal life and he’s 100% in both categories in my book." About those campaign signsIt's not hard at all to see one of Hermann's oversized campaign signs in business areas Many politically engaged residents take the presence of signs and banners as evidence that a candidate has significant support and is working hard to win But do political signs really help sway voters Indiana elections 2022: The hot races and a wildcard that could make it an expensive year Proponents of the “Sewers Before Stadium” referendum campaign of 2007 blanketed Evansville with a whopping 4,000 signs proclaiming the cause a Democratic candidate for a City Council seat in 2019 Running a citywide campaign for one of the council's three at-large seats "I went with mailers instead," Moore said with a laugh four or five people told me that yard signs don't vote "I took the advice of people smarter than me Thomas B. Langhorne can be reached by email at tom.langhorne@courierpress.com Mercedes-AMG has appointed Jochen Hermann as new CTO who has been with the Daimler Group since 1997 will thus return to AMG after four years of serving as the boss of e-drive development at Daimler Schiemer, who will begin steering the AMG ship starting on August 1, held different management positions within the Group in Germany and Brazil since 1987. He used to be the chief of product management for the A-Class and the head of marketing at Mercedes-Benz Cars. He has been the CEO of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda since 2013 Read Also: Mercedes F1’s Toto Wolff Buys Stake In Aston Martin “With Philipp Schiemer and Jochen Hermann, we will have two very experienced executives leading AMG” said the Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG “They will be able to take AMG’s development forward including ensuring that electrification plays a key part in our high performance brand’s future product portfolio.” The current AMG boss, Tobias Moers who has led the performance brand since 2013 will leave “at his own request” to become the CEO of Aston Martin Lagonda AMG has more than doubled its product lineup and sales quadrupled Tobias Moers will lead Aston Martin Lagonda as Andy Palmer steps down “Tobias Moers has led the AMG brand to great success and we would like to thank him warmly for all his achievements at Daimler” “We have mixed emotions about his departure On the one hand we are losing a top executive but at the same time we know that his expertise will be of great value to Aston Martin a company with which we have a longstanding and successful partnership.” “I am truly excited to be joining Aston Martin Lagonda at this point of its development” “I have always had a passion for performance cars and relish the chance to work for this iconic brand which I was close to on the technical side at the beginning of the partnership between the two companies.” The current Aston Martin chief, Andy Palmer the automaker renewed its sports car lineup and launched the DBX SUV “It has been a privilege to serve Aston Martin Lagonda for almost six years The launch of many new products including the new DBX demonstrates the dedication and capability of our employees” “I would like to thank my management team and all the staff for their hard work and support particularly during the challenges presented by COVID-19 I am proud of you all and it’s been an honor to work with you.” LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — 13 Action News has obtained a scathing 2017 report about Henderson's former Police Chief Patrick Moers The 20-page independent investigation suggests that allegations of harassment forced out Chief Moers and his Deputy Chief Bobby Long in May of 2017 They say the timing of this release is suspicious "I believe the effort to push this report into the media is politically motivated," said former Deputy Chief Bobby Long 13 Action News spoke exclusively with Long on the telephone after a hospital treatment "I have bigger priorities on my plate than to address an issue that's been laid to rest by me for over a year and a half." Investigators looked at whether Chief Moers engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature and they found the allegations substantiated The report states that Moers joked about sex toys touched a woman's buttocks and sent inappropriate text messages The report also states that Long yelled in the workplace creating an atmosphere where "multiple female employees reported being fearful." Both men tell 13 Action News the confidential personnel matter was leaked to dirty up their name and reputation especially since Moers is suing the City of Henderson for defamation You can read Moers full lawsuit against the city here Moers couldn't do an on-camera interview because of this pending litigation the City of Henderson says an employee brought forth complaints against Mr The City says they promptly hired an independent third party to investigate the complaints The investigative report substantiated many of the alleged complaints Both men were subsequently "separated" from the City The City states "we have a responsibility to provide a safe workplace for all employees and to protect them from harassment of any kind." Long says the finding of the report are not credible they sought out disgruntled employees," he said you can clearly find some of them that are disgruntled." 13 Action News will continue to follow this story Report a typo ► New Piëch GT supercar previewed► Built by Multimatic Remember the Piëch GT concept from a few years ago? No? The original concept was revealed at the 2019 Geneva motor show and was pitched as a battery-electric grand tourer led by son of the late VW Group boss Ferdinand Piëch The start-up mothballed the original concept from back then to work on it further the fetching 2+2-seater is the work of David Seesing the man behind Forge Design in London whose most recent claim to fame is the stillborn TVR Griffith The 1800kg sports car named after one of the European car industry giants (Toni is Ferdinand’s son and one of the master’s thirteen children) is 4780mm long and its carbon fibre belly is filled with 16 battery modules each of which contains 312 individual cylindrical cells The total capacity adds up to 90kWh which feeds two electric motors each rated at 375kW/550Nm for a combined output of over 1000bhp and 811lb ft of torque Although the first running prototype won’t be complete before late next year Piëch is already advertising key performance figures like a top speed of 187mph a 2.6sec acceleration time from 0-62mph and a WLTP range of 312 miles – solid stuff but nothing the new Porsche Taycan turbo could not match for similar money The newcomer will thus also have to score with soft assets like rarity value the ability to generate a made to measure product and the allegedly truly emotional driving experience a radical departure from the homespun initial effort It combines a subtle British touch – think Aston or Jaguar – with generic GT proportions chunky German solidity signalling exceptional torsional rigidity and a distinct premium appeal emphasised by thin cutlines jewel head- and taillights and machined full-frame 22-inch wheels the rear window and the black roof form one contrasting whole we may still see detail changes like a frunk a lift reducing aero kit or enlarged air intakes on a TBD high-performance spin-off We don’t know yet what the interior looks like but Tobias Moers is adamant that the Piëch GT will offer the widest possible choice of colour and trim options and that no two cars will be same because personalisation extends to the software by inviting the user to compose an individual soundtrack to dial in the preferred individual dynamic DNA and to even generate artificial vibrations – think movers and shakers – for an unrivalled tour de force at the wheel which makes the mind boggle The underpinnings of the Piëch GT are quite straightforward The multilink suspension is steel sprung front and rear braking is by extra-cost carbon-fibre rotors the rack-and-pinion steering is of the variable-rate and variable-effort kind A steer-by-wire option may be added at a later stage no all-wheel drive alternative at this point The most striking single feature is perhaps the Piëch Dual2 Drive layout which splits the propulsion duties in two allocating an independently operating high-tech motor to each rear wheel Motor and wheel are connected by a two-speed gearbox which can do its own thing irrespective of the counterpart’s set-up and response Both power units entertain their own separate torque vectoring traction control and variable locking ratio properties masterminded by the Piëch Torque Controller in combination with POSA short for Performance Oriented Software Architecture formerly with Mercedes-AMG and Aston Martin details the principle: ‘The Dual2 Drive system transfers the typical sports car feeling we know from high-performance combustion-engine models to the quieter on-off realm of EVs The key strength of the e-motor is its ability to unleash instant maximum torque at low rpm Its main weakness is the declining torque- power curve at high rpm which kind of cushions the full-throttle high-speed acceleration We compensate this downside by emphasising power over torque: shifting from first into second either manually or as part of the selected drive mode provides that familiar kick in the butt which feels like the high-speed high-rev boost effect typical of a proper sports car.’ According to the senior power broker and his equally committed co-CEO the power delivery is punchy and progressive rather than linear and synthetic allegedly bringing back fond memories of an old-fashioned V8-engined crackerjack The other innovation Piëch claims will make a big difference are the batteries and the elaborate cooling system which ensures the drivetrain’s thermal well being even on the track and when hooked up to a 500kW fast charger the GT uses the same industry standard 21700 cells as a wide variety of hand-held power tools Among the available suppliers are household brands like Samsung and Panasonic as well as dedicated specialists like EVE (China) Molycell (Taiwan) and Universell (Germany) With cell tariffs ranging from 2.80 to 4.00 Euro for a 4.5amp item the price for the complete power pack varies between 16,000 and 20,000 Euro – that’s less than a tenth of the complete vehicle’s asking price More decisive are factors like energy density Piëch has embarked on a multi-redundant sealed total immersion layout which entertains two oil circuits two water circuits and two just-in-case chillers to ensure maximum stability even under extreme operating conditions Quips Tobias Moers: ‘We can feed energy at a constant maximum 500 kW from beginning to end boosting the state of charge from 10 to 80percent in under ten minutes which is not bad at all in view of the current infrastructure limitations.’ The modular vehicle architecture fuses a carbon fibre monocoque with an aluminium front end subassembly and a steel rear axle module Although the wheelbase is defined by the size of the battery there is virtually no limit to the number of potential body styles While Tobias Moers rules out a four-door coupé (‘everybody has one but the market doesn’t seem to like them’) a extended-wheelbase saloon fit to accommodate 19 battery modules a high-performance coupé and any type of bespoke few-offs are all on the shortlist the plan is to use the Mk1 platform over two relatively short five- year cycles with either a complete redesign or a broadening of the range at the halfway point.’ While some start-ups embark on a strict online sales and marketing strategy Piëch will do things the traditional way and appoint a bunch of high-end luxury dealers with an initial focus on the Middle East and Europe to be followed by North America and the Far East Having worked with Multimatic before when he ran the show at AMG (AMG one) and Aston (Valkyrie) Tobias Moers saw no reason to look for a new R&D partner when he signed the dotted line at Piëch the focus is not on the small manufacturing facility in the UK but on a bigger and more streamlined factory near Toronto The idea is to build an initial batch of 2000 cars in 2028 and 2029 to increase the output to 4500 or even 5000 units with the addition of a second four-door model (think GT-4) and to reach an initial ceiling of 7000 to 8000 vehicles per annum at the beginning of the second life cycle in 2033 when a Purosangue type CAV is likely to join the fray Toni Piëch expects the company to break even in 2029 and to be profitable the year after with a solid EBIT of 14percent earmarked for the series one products the company has 70 mainly small investors and 30 full-time employees but these numbers are bound to soar as the second round of financing is due to generate around 100m Euro Middle East funding is pivotal with Arab family offices and local wealth management funds among the most prominent backers ‘The magic is in the brand,’ claims Toni Piëch (picture above left) who arrived at the Stuttgart makeshift launch location in a white Ferrari F12 on Swiss plates and certainly not in the unique Bugatti voiture noire that was his late father’slast special commission ‘The brand depends of course on the product which is 80percent Tobias My role is to be the entrepreneur who must hold this enterprise together by convincing our backers that we are here to stay.’ On the R&D side Piëch’s number one ally is perhaps the Bosch Engineering Group (BEG) who agreed to mastermind the complex integration of hard- and software by means of a highly flexible central control unit and an ultrafast CAN bus connection Not dissimilar to the Hand of God black box under development at the BMW M GmbH for the next all-electric four-motor 1000bhp M3/M4 the BEG brain power must integrate the individual talents of the Piëch GT into a pace-setting new entity which has total driving pleasure written all over its sleek body ‘We could never afford to develop our own cells,’ acknowledges Tobias Moers ‘but we can buy the best batteries that are out there on the market ‘We could not fund that byte-powered megabrain either but we can buy the top-notch know-how others – like the Chinese manufacturers – have helped to establish we are confident that this very special mix is spot-on in more ways than one.’ One of the world's leading motoring journalists Georg has been a staple on CAR magazine for six decades This extraordinary experience means that Georg has probably scooped it driven it and rated it before anybody else Relying on something she says she heard Schaefer say to other attorneys of trying to use the prosecutor job as a stepping stone to other things She vows to serve "for many (four-year) terms" if she wins the Nov 8 election to choose a successor to Nick Hermann because Schaefer says she is "seriously misrepresenting" a vow he made to do what's necessary no matter the political cost Vanderburgh County's next prosecutor will be only the third person to hold the job in the previous 32 years recent elected prosecutors have made longevity in office a hallmark of their tenures Democrat Stan Levco was prosecutor from 1991 until 2011, and Levco gave way to Republican Hermann. Neither man wanted to leave: Levco was defeated by Hermann in the 2010 election. Hermann, in turn, was defeated by Moers in a May 3 GOP primary election Election 2022:Accusations of lying, exaggerations mark contentious race for Vanderburgh prosecutor Moers says she heard Schaefer say explicitly to other attorneys after a recent Evansville Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers forum that he would serve just one term if elected She was standing a few feet away and wasn't eavesdropping and I think that people should be concerned about that," she said "There’s no way that you can make an effective change in four years and to suggest that you just want to do this for one term means that you’re using it as a stepping stone to do something else." Moers said being prosecutor is "a calling to me — one I have carefully crafted my experiences to be ready for." Moers is Evansville-based chief of the government litigation section in the Indiana Attorney General's Office where she defends state agencies and officials in civil rights cases She has worked as an assistant public defender in Ann Arbor She has served in Indiana state government since 2010 prosecuting violations of the Indiana Securities and Loan Broker Acts and working as executive director of the Indiana Board for Depositories chief counsel for the Vanderburgh County Public Defender's Agency and an attorney there for nearly 13 years paused for several seconds when told what Moers said she heard him say after the defense lawyers forum but she's seriously misrepresenting what I said." The defense lawyers group said it didn't record the campaign forum at which Moers and Schaefer appeared but conversations between attendees after such events typically are not recorded anyway Schaefer said he has no political aspirations beyond being the elected prosecutor and hasn't much liked what he has seen of politics in his first run for elected office I’m going to implement my changes for four years "I’m not coming in and just being Nick Hermann 2.0 and that’s going to ruffle some feathers." Schaefer cited the prosecutor's office's contract with local law firm Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn (KDDK) to collect forfeiture money from the seizure of cash cars and other property during arrests or searches by law enforcement 2022 Election: Prosecutor candidates are split on a controversial practice that could soon end in Indiana The Courier & Press reported in August that the law firm has been paid almost $453,000 since 2013 The rest of forfeiture collections are distributed to the prosecutor's office and law enforcement agencies in the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force Schaefer said the contract with KDDK is too much to give to private lawyers for too little actual work That money should go to law enforcement and the prosecutor's office budgets "I’m going to get rid of (the contract with KDDK) and that’s going to upset some people," he said "How does that affect me (in a re-election campaign) in four years But Moers also portrays herself as a fighter willing to take on established interests Schaefer regularly tweaks her for having no experience in Vanderburgh County's criminal justice system given that she has practiced law in state government and in other states During an Evansville Vicinity NAACP Branch campaign forum Thursday night Moers countered by casting herself as a plucky outsider who has demonstrated during a 15-year legal career that she has the skills to plunge right into Vanderburgh County's courts system and succeed She noted that she has traveled to all the state's 92 counties and worked in state and federal courts in her work with the Attorney General's Office. Indiana Rules of Evidence are the same in all 92 counties Election 2022: With Nick Hermann out of the picture, Vanderburgh County prosecutor candidates spar "What does it take to do a trial?" Moers said even though I'm not a member of a good ol' boys club I can still prosecute cases effectively in any courtroom and I've proven that on the state and the federal level." Moers also has the endorsement of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge's political action committee Hermann's name won't be on the prosecutor's line of the Nov 8 general election ballot — the first time that's happened in 20 years He was the GOP's nominee in the 2006 election but didn't win that year Moers has said she would be Vanderburgh County's first female chief prosecutor an assertion supported by local historians a victory for Schaefer would return the prosecutor's office to Democrats for the first time since Hermann ousted Levco in 2010 Early voting in Vanderburgh County begins on Wednesday at Old National Events Plaza. Tuesday is the final day to register to vote in time to participate in the Nov — Credit card usage in the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office and a settled sexual harassment lawsuit are among the issues in a rare local primary election challenge of an incumbent.  Moers and the topics animating their race: Both candidates claim longtime roots in Vanderburgh County, although Hermann said without evidence that during his tenure as prosecutor, Moers "worked six jobs in three different states." Moers an Evansville native who returned here in November after living elsewhere for at least 15 years countered that she has worked and lived in Indiana continuously since Hermann's election in 2010 is the grandson of former county recorder and councilwoman Betty Hermann who once served as the Vanderburgh County Republican Party's vice chair He is also the nephew of prominent businessman and political donor Dan Hermann, a former CEO of AmeriQual Group and Black Beauty Coal Co Nick Hermann was chairman of the local GOP for more than three years before he was elected prosecutor worked in two other states — Michigan and Illinois — before returning to Indiana Before graduating from Western Michigan University's Thomas M Moers served as an assistant public defender in Ann Arbor She worked as an attorney in a Wheeling law firm and an assistant state’s attorney in Joliet More: Evansville native Diana Moers to challenge Vanderburgh County prosecutor In 2010, Moers began working as an attorney in the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office in Indianapolis prosecuting violations of the Indiana Securities and Loan Broker Acts she became executive director of the Indiana Board for Depositories in the State Treasurer's Office Moers joined an Indianapolis law firm — leaving after six months Hermann earned his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis in 2003 he interned with the Marion County Public Defender Agency and later with the Marion County Prosecutor's Office He worked as a deputy prosecutor in the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office in 2004 and 2005 and worked in private practice from 2005 until 2009 Hermann practiced criminal defense and family law with Gerling Law Offices in Evansville before unseating Democratic Prosecutor Stan Levco in 2010 The use of county credit cards by Hermann's office emerged as an issue in the election after a Courier & Press analysis uncovered thousands of dollars in charges for staff lunches women's clothing, gourmet drizzled strawberries and more over a two-year period For subscribers: Prosecutor's office credit cards paid for bra, gourmet strawberries, $10K in staff lunches More: What we know about spending in the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office Hermann has cast the issue as a question of whether he may legally use public money to make charitable contributions In a news conference hours after the Courier & Press report was published on March 16 "We are allowed to provide staff and material support and receive and expend charitable contributions then they need to contact their legislature and get the law changed." Moers said Hermann is offering a false choice Prosecutors may be allowed to make charitable contributions with public money we just buy (items for charitable contributions) ourselves," she said We'll adopt a family or whatever it is wherever I've worked More: Vanderburgh prosecutor's credit card use stirs county attorney to seek change Moers wonders whether all of the thousands of dollars Hermann's office spent with official credit cards in 2020 and 2021 paid the legitimate expenses of a prosecutor's office "Why are we shopping at (women's clothing store) Torrid in the mall?" she asked Asked about his priorities if renominated by the GOP Hermann pledged to "target those responsible for the drug epidemic." "We must not be stagnant in addressing unique and changing issues facing our community," the prosecutor wrote in an email The Indiana Drug Overdose Dashboard tracks how many opioids are dispensed to counties per capita and Vanderburgh sat near the top of the scale there were 244 dispensations of opioids per 1,000 people in the county More: Vanderburgh County could get millions of dollars after opting back in to opioid lawsuit Hermann noted that when he took office in January 2011 the proliferation of methamphetamine labs was the most worrisome local drug issue our top priority is combating the opioid epidemic," he wrote "The main focus of our office is to aggressively target those responsible for overdose deaths by charging and prosecuting those individuals with Dealing Resulting in Death." Fentanyl killed about half of the more than 90 people who died from drug overdoses in Vanderburgh County last year Moers looked back to her days as an assistant prosecutor in Illinois when she frequently prosecuted crimes against women and children an assertion supported by local historians.  "Violent domestic crimes are always going to be a priority for me," Moers said "I don’t view necessarily one crime above another on the prosecution side because we’re not in the business of investigating "We have to work with the police force and make sure they’re well-trained and have good evidence for our cases." Does Hermann's office have good relationships with local law enforcement Evansville Police Chief Billy Bolin and Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding say yes The president of Fraternal Order of Police Associates Lodge 73 and Moers say Wedding said he and Hermann work well together any time I’ve had an issue with the prosecutor's office or him — anytime I’ve had something that I was concerned with I could usually call him and we could iron things out," the sheriff said More: Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nick Hermann gave $25k in public money to nonprofit he runs "The few times we’ve had some issues Bolin cited the willingness of Hermann's office to answer questions the prosecutor's office "gave us valuable input." Moers said she's hearing a different story from officers and pledged to meet regularly with law enforcement if elected "I’ve heard a lot of instances of not being able to get cases followed through with or being able to get a hold of (Hermann) and talk to him," she said said Hermann probably has the support of about half his organization's roughly 600 active members "We’ll have guys work cases where we have crimes committed and every now and then (prosecutors) decide not to follow through with charges," the FOP president said "They don’t think it’s a strong enough case They want sure winners for the most part." A new proposal that would add 118 beds to the Vanderburgh County Jail went before the County Council in December Does the prosecutor have a role to play in deciding whether and how to expand the perpetually overcrowded jail Hermann says the best way to avoid overcrowding is to "prevent crime before it occurs." "We continue to work towards expanding our outreach efforts to help those who have already been affected by crime but also to help those who are the most at-risk in our community," the prosecutor wrote "We received grant funding in order to help mentor the most at-risk school-aged children who have been directly affected by the ongoing opioid crisis." More: Near the end of his tenure, Vanderburgh sheriff is still pushing for a jail expansion plan is to help children and young adults stay out of trouble with the law so they don't end up in jail in the first place it will be my job to recommend appropriate sentences for offenders who present a danger to the community — which is based on a case-by-case analysis," she told the League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana in a questionnaire But Moers said the prosecutor also has to be part of the overcrowding solution "I do think the Prosecutor should be involved where possible in discussing relief of this issue and how efficiencies can be increased on the prosecution side," she wrote The county and state settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Hermann in August, but not before he and several people gave sworn testimony in the case In a deposition obtained by the Courier & Press, plaintiff Samantha Merideth detailed her allegations that Hermann handcuffed her made unwanted sexual advances and threw her over his shoulder to prevent her from leaving his hotel room when they both attended a conference in Chicago Hermann testified that he couldn't remember who put the handcuffs on Merideth and didn't recall making sexual advances Hermann has said little about the lawsuit since the $75,000 settlement beyond noting that the alleged incident occurred nine years ago The settlement included no admission of wrongdoing.  Moers also has said little about the lawsuit directly but is campaigning on the need to bring "integrity and professionalism" to the office is "restoring the sense of trust people have in the prosecutor’s office."  The winner of the primary will face lone Democratic candidate Jon Schaefer chief counsel at the Vanderburgh County Public Defender’s Agency — Hard work and an opponent with baggage propelled Diana Moers to an upset election victory Tuesday that few outside her inner circle foresaw — and that smashed political norms Moers, a political unknown when she announced her candidacy for Vanderburgh County prosecutor in October denied the Republican Party's nomination to three-term incumbent Nick Hermann by a 14-point margin She overcame obstacles along the way. Hermann is the scion of a politically prominent local family with long ties to the community Moers moved back to Evansville with her husband and four dogs in November after living out of town for 15 years Hermann, a former local GOP chairman who had been the party's nominee for prosecutor in four consecutive elections, raised more than four times as much money as she did More Election coverage: What Indiana Primary Election Day voters in Vanderburgh County are saying Challengers just don't decisively defeat incumbents in their own parties Moers did it by laser-focusing on four numbers — 4 2 and 1 — in a prioritized list of some 4,000 people who consistently vote in GOP primaries "'Four' are people who've voted in four straight (primaries) and I just focused on personal contact with those people," she said Moers explained the precision strategy to about two dozen people at a meeting of Indiana Constitutional Women in a church room — some of whom wondered why they hadn't seen many of her campaign signs I’ve never heard of her.’ Well that’s just fine right now because I’m only focused on (likely GOP primary voters)," she said "That’s why when you go around town you don’t see a million banners I’m not marketing to the masses right now." Moers took a month's vacation from her job as Evansville-based government litigation chief for the Indiana Attorney General's Office to concentrate on her campaign full time She worked closely with attorney Josh Claybourn, her chief political adviser when they were North High School students together Moers and Claybourn won first place in policy debate at the Indiana State Debate Tournament in Indianapolis No school south of Indianapolis had won the large silver traveling trophy since 1941 but she remains very humble," Claybourn said Tuesday night "From our teenaged days as a state debate champion duo to her many courtroom victories since Vanderburgh sheriff: Noah Robinson defeats Jason Ashworth in Democratic primary But Moers also acknowledges the race was partly a referendum on Hermann who surprised many by forging ahead with a re-election campaign despite what some might consider crippling political problems The county and state settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Hermann in August by paying former prosecutor's office employee Samantha Merideth $75,000 without admitting wrongdoing Merideth alleged Hermann made unwanted advances when they were in a hotel room alone together at a 2013 conference in Chicago — a claim he denied and he declined to provide records showing what the group did with the money It all left a bad taste in the mouth of Pete Emery a Republican who had voted for Hermann in past campaigns "I think (Moers) represents the values that I think are important for the office she ran for and I think her experience was good — and I think we needed a change," Emery said "I think everybody was" troubled by the allegations and subsequent revelations surrounding Hermann The lawsuit was "kind of the final straw" in her decision to run for prosecutor Moers told the Indiana Constitutional Women's group Moers made the strongest statement on the settled lawsuit that she made in the entire campaign If someone alleges sexual harassment and I haven’t done anything we’re going to trial," she said. "I’ll never be with an employee in a hotel room Moers sold herself as a tough lawyerIt's one thing to sour on an incumbent officeholder in your own party who leads the largest litigation section in the Attorney General's office, still had to sell Republican primary voters that she was a plausible alternative Moers has been a practicing attorney for some 15 years She has been an assistant public defender in Ann Arbor In the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office in Indianapolis Moers prosecuted violations of the Indiana Securities and Loan Broker Acts It's in her current position — defending state agencies and officials in civil rights cases — that Moers could tell GOP voters she is tough and only a handful of those did we settle," she told the Constitutional Women "We don’t do (small) settlements and just get this over with.' If there’s no legal basis to settle The hard-line stance discourages those with frivolous claims from suing the state in hopes of scoring a payout That word will get out very quickly," she said While Hermann was spending a large chunk of his fundraising advantage on campaign signs Moers found a willing and enthusiastic volunteer base among former North High School classmates and teachers who spread the word about her on social media Julie Eder showed up with a pack of Moers' school friends at Tuesday night's GOP election party at The Foundry on Main a former child support client who was unhappy with Hermann's office's enforcement efforts Eder had reached out to Moers and had gotten an immediate callback The two women discussed child support collection "I think that with (Moers') experience and her leadership I think she's going to bring the change that Vanderburgh County needs," Eder said an ebullient Moers said she felt like she was dreaming and her victory hadn't yet sunk in It was too early to talk about Jon Schaefer, chief counsel at the Vanderburgh County Public Defender’s Agency who will be the Democratic nominee in November's election More on attack: Mailer might have hurt wrong Democratic candidate in Vanderburgh sheriff primary Moers could feel the momentum in the campaign against Hermann begin to shift in her favor about a month ago "People were reaching out to me and offering help Hermann's problems alone were never going to be enough to bring victory to her "I worked really hard to make it clear that I'm experienced and ready to do the job," she said By Mike Duff / Thursday What was originally called the AM RB 001 was announced five years ago when Red Bull Racing's Adrian Newey and Aston's then design boss (and now Creative Director) Marek Reichmann told a small group of journalists about the putative hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed The project then evolved through renderings concepts and being formally named as the Aston Martin Valkyrie while picking up plenty of delays along the way At the original briefing we were told customers would be taking delivery in 2018 Early ones should really be coming up for their first MOT the Valkyrie finally got to make its moving debut in front of a sizeable crowd PH got to experience it from the passenger seat - during a run with none other than Aston CEO Tobias Moers driving I arrive at Goodwood bright and early on the Saturday morning knowing the Valkyrie suffered a public breakdown on the course the day before Unsurprisingly Moers wants the car to prove its fitness before he drives it long-term Aston works driver and now high performance tester is subbed in to the first of Saturday's Supercar runs while Moers and I watch from the corporate hospitality It's been raining and the track is sopping wet On the big screen the Valkyrie is clearly battling to get its power down but the track is still damp and greasy in parts When I get to the paddock Moers is wearing the serious expression you'd expect from somebody about to experience the combination of 1160hp The cockpit I'm about to get into looks almost impossibly small when seen over the tall carbon fibre sill and with a six-foot Moers already strapping himself in At Turner's suggestion I stand on the seat and then slide myself into the narrow footwell None of the many spectators laugh too hard at my inelegant ingress You'll be unsurprised to hear that passenger comfort isn't a major priority in the Valkyrie The footwell is narrow and slightly offset by the carbon tub's aero-dictated teardrop shape You also sit with your knees higher than your backside Yet my legs fit and there is actually a surprising amount of headroom beneath the gullwing door although I will need to tuck my left arm into the narrow seat base to give Moers room to work the squared-off steering wheel The production Valkyrie will have five screens: two for side view cameras a digital display integrated into the steering wheel and a dashboard touchscreen The prototype adds a sixth: a telemetry data logger for the Cosworth engine positioned directly ahead of the passenger seat Add a suckered-on GoPro to record the run for posterity and it's genuinely hard to see much out of the tiny wraparound windscreen one that seems better sized for a fighter jet than a car Moers instructs me to put in earplugs before the engine is started - this with the doors still open high-pitched idle it's obvious why; even at 1200rpm it's loud Buzzing vibration through the seat back also makes it clear the engine is mounted directly to the back of the carbon tub Conversation is impossible as we trundle to the start but the Valkyrie's low-speed performance is impressive Moers manoeuvres out of the paddock's gazebo garage without any juddering or complaint from the automated gearbox - it actually moves off at slow speed under electrical power - and there's enough steering lock to negotiate the narrow twisting between the spectators crowding forward for a better look the Valkyrie was sent out to a local petrol station the previous evening to refuel Having turned and joined the long line for the start Moers shuts the engine down and - with the doors open for some welcome ventilation - there's a chance for a pre-flight briefing The Valkyrie is running in its so-called Urban mode with its suspension in its softest and highest position The variable traction control is also turned up to its highest setting Then there is the rumble of engines and the squeal of tyres as the first of the batch sets off Moers is wearing a thousand-yard stare and I'm compulsively tightening my harnesses as we edge towards the start line The Vantage F1 Edition ahead blasts away in a cloud of tyre smoke and with a jaunty amount of opposite lock applied Moers takes a more cautious approach as the start marshal points 'go' getting the car rolling before feeding the accelerator in The noise from behind grows high pitched and furiously angry and the Valkyrie starts to judder as its cold Pilot Sport 2 tyres commence battle with the greasy surface and the car is still shimmering after its first brutally fast upshift before Moers is hard on the brakes for the first corner Having taken the first pair of turns at a steady pace Moers starts to push harder as we get parallel with Goodwood House I'm suddenly experiencing what feels like full acceleration for the first time (Turner later says that even at 60mph the aero package is making a significant contribution.) The physical forces are unsurprisingly brutal but it is the scream of the engine's top end and the way this merges with the buzz through the bulkhead that makes the Valkyrie feel extra-level from even the most potent machinery I've previously experienced I glance at the data logger's tacho to see the shift points this reporting a couple of trips to the high 9s But even more than 1000rpm short of its limiter the Valkyrie sounds off the scale Moers picks a sensible brake point for the left hander at Molecomb that seems to host most of Goodwood's crashes It's where Chris Hoy buried the Nismo GT-R that belonged to Aston's then-future but on the way out there's a flair of revs and the unmistakable sensation of oversteer Moers is suddenly busy with the steering; yep especially when we get under the trees and the surface turns properly damp Moers works the engine hard in lower gears for the crowd but doesn't try to deliver the huge speeds the car is doubtless capable of summoning A sensible strategy given the PR catastrophe of a crash with the boss driving At the top of the hill we negotiate the turnaround and park amongst the pack of supercars to await the gentle run back down Moers is laughing as he takes off his helmet "If you drive it at somewhere like Silverstone you can push much harder it's true - you felt that - but handling is amazing but has probably taken just over a minute at an eight-tenths pace hot confines of the passenger seat there's no doubting the Valkyrie's specialness A couple of days later I get to compare notes with Adrian Newey who drove his creation in one of the Sunday sessions the first time he has experienced it in front of a crowd "It's slightly raw as you probably experienced it's still got some development work to be done - the car at Goodwood didn't have active suspension," Newey said The cabin noise has come out higher than we wanted I have to be honest - but I don't think we're unique in this there will be at least one other high performance hypercar coming out with the requirement to either wear headphones or earpieces." 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Aston Martin’s fortunes finally took a turn for the better last year when Lawrence Stroll a Canadian billionaire and automotive enthusiast lead a $500 million investment in the brand with plans to revamp Aston Martin’s product line using advanced hybrid and EV technology while launching a new series of mid-engine performance models One of 25 "new" Aston Martin DB5s recently built by the automaker to honor James Bond CEO and established mastermind behind the successful Mercedes-AMG performance division In August of 2020 Tobias Moers joined the British brand as CEO and CTO and during the 2021 Monterey Car Week we spoke with Mr Moers on what he’s accomplished during the first year in his new role more interesting answer is explored in our video interview with Tobias above A searchable database of oil and gas debt and equity offerings Prices for top E&P stocks and commodities Rextag database of energy infrastructure assets Today’s featured Forty Under 40 honoree is Justin Daniel Moers managing director with Munich Re Reserve Risk Financing Inc. subsidiary of global insurance company Munich Re focused on alternative debt financing for upstream oil and gas is today’s featured Forty Under 40 honoree Moers began his career as a public accountant for EY After only one year as a staff auditor with the firm he was trusted to supervise the execution of an audit involving a public oil and gas company which he said  generally requires three years of experience Moers joined Munich Re Reserve Risk Financing  as the small E&P credit business was starting up and has helped lead its marketing efforts to make a name for the firm he has helped lead its marketing efforts to make a name for the firm leading structuring and execution on behalf of Munich in the successful closing of nearly $1 billion in E&P financing “I joined Munich Re in 2015 to join a nucleus of individuals seeking to launch an E&P credit business,” he said and we were under a lot of pressure not only to demonstrate the program’s viability but also to deliver results.” “We started with just a few individuals and built out all the underwriting processes and methodologies and developed a go-to market strategy in what proved to be a transitional period for the industry and its traditional financing sources,” he continued “There were certainly some missteps along the way but I am very proud of what we’ve achieved to date and remain optimistic with respect to the future of the program.” Oil and Gas Investor is accepting nominations for the 2021 Forty Under 40 in Energy awards. 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Moers is most well known for his role at AMG, which he joined in 1994. He served in numerous engineering positions moving up the ranks to take on the responsibility of overseeing the complete development of all AMG vehicles in 2002 for Mercedes-AMG. In 2013 he was made chief executive of the company. In 2020 he moved onto Aston Martin to undertake the role of CEO, and lead the turn-around of the British OEM. Fitzgerald worked for 12 years at Lamborghini as director of brand and design. Prior to that, from 2016 he was executive VP at Hyundai Group and global head of Genesis. Rachel's career in journalism has seen her write for various titles at UKi Media & Events within automotive, tire and marine. Currently editor of ATTI, her favourite aspect of the job is interviewing industry experts, including researchers, scientists, engineers and technicians, and learning more about the groundbreaking technologies and innovations that are shaping the future of transportation. When current Vanderburgh County Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Hermann arrived at the GOP election watch party Tuesday night, the first thing he did was congratulate Diana Moers. Moers won the party nomination to run against Democrat Jon Schaefer on the November general election, effectively unseating Hermann, a 12-year incumbent. In 2021 the county settled for $75,000 on Hermann’s behalf for sexual harassment and several other allegations. Moers wants to move forward from this era of controversy. “The first thing I want to work on is just restoring public trust in the office," she said. "I think with the many controversies that its had lately, we need to work on that.” She said that if she's elected, she wants to collaborate with police officers and ensure deputy prosecutors receive the training they need to do the job. As an attorney, Moers is currently Section Chief for the Government Litigation Section of the Indiana Attorney General. If she wins, Moers might also be the first female prosecuting attorney for Vanderburgh County. that’s Piech Automotive as founded by the son of Ferdinand Piech Moers will be joined as co-CEO by Manfred Fitzgerald – a man who spent twelve years as Director of Brand and Design at Lamborghini before being appointed as the global boss of Genesis and Hyundai Group Executive Vice President in 2015 two established authorities from the sophisticated and rapidly evolving world of sports cars and automotive luxury brands join the Piech team Both have a proven and enviable track record in this segment and possess extensive knowledge an adept sense of how to communicate with exclusive customers and a distinct understanding of luxury brands,” said Toni Turn on Javascript to see all the available pictures.1 / 2 Fitzgerald will also act as Chairman of the Executive Board at Piech Automotive and presumably the first task for the new pair will be to get the exceptionally pretty Piech GT EV sports car ready for its 2024 launch You can read more about the GT by clicking these blue words, but the headline stats are thus: expect three electric motors to make a combined 603bhp, with 0-62mph in under three seconds and 311 miles of range from a 75kWh battery. 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