IS IT TRUE May 8, 2018

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?

IS IT TRUE today the voters of Vanderburgh County have a chance to vote for change or keep the status quo? …we predict there will be a couple of surprises this evening so sit back and grab your favorite drink and let the show begin? ..we commend everyone who is running for public office and wish them well this evening?

IS IT TRUE the races to watch this evening on the Republican side are the US Senate race; District #2  County Commission, District #64 House of Representatives; Knight Township Trustee, District #! County Council and the 8th District House of Representative race? …on the Democratic side the Pigeon Township Trustee race shall be interesting to watch?

IS IT TRUE at last nights City Council meeting 5th Ward City Councilman Justin Elpers asked City Attorney Marco DeLucio and the Director of the EWSU Allen Mounts about the status of the McCurdy $1.5 million dollar water and sewer bill? …DeLucio and Mounts told 5th Ward City Councilman Justin Elpers that the City has the documentation needed to collect more than $1.5 million in past overdue fees and fines from the Kunkel Group for water and sewer?

IS IT TRUE at last nights City Council meeting 5th Ward City Councilman Justin Elpers asked At-Large Councilman and Finance Chairman Jonathon  Weaver several times if the Kunkel Group should be held responsible for the past due fees and fines? … Councilman Weaver responded back several times to Mr. Elpers questions that the EWSU should waive the past due fees and fines for Kunkel water and sewer bills?

IS IT TRUE that CAJE had their annual Nehemiah Action event last night at Old National Events Plaza? …around 1400 people attended this worthy event? …the City and County officials present were County Commissioner Ben Shoulders, County Councilman John Montrastelle, County Councilwoman Stephanie Terry, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, City Councilman Jim Brinkmeyer and City Councilwoman Michelle Mercer?

IS IT TRUE that County Commissioner Ben Shoulders and Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke gave impressive speeches? …they also pledge their support of CAJE’s  Affordable Housing program?

IS IT TRUE that 6th Ward City Councilman Jim Brinkmeyer committed his support of CAJE’s Affordable Housing program? …that At-Large City Councilwoman Michelle Mercer got booed by several members of CAJE”s after repeatedly saying “she hasn’t seen the budget yet and can’t commit to their Affordable Housing request”?

Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Are you planning to vote in the today’s primary election?

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16 COMMENTS

  1. Weaver is wanting to waive the McCurdy’s sewer bill for their dumping of water in the sewers?? Really? What the City should do is cut off the McCurdy’s sewer access, which would still allow the McCurdy water for their fire sprinkler system. Why the City allows the McCurdy to continue dumping water into the sewers, is a real head scratcher.

    • They most likely can’t shut it off. There aren’t shut off valves. A sewer line has no meter or shut off valve for each customer. The best they could do would likely be to shut the water off for nonpayment of the sewer bill. However, in this case, the water is coming from well, which would limit that option.

  2. Gosh, Beaver’s statement re: waiving $ 1.5 Million of revenue sounds downright fiscally irresponsible !

    Also, since when does a City Councilman set policy for EWS ? They have their own Board !

  3. Counselor Marco Delucio is fully aware that a stack of papers or even a judgement cannot get blood from a turnip. I do not have any knowledge of the means of the Kunkel Group to stroke a check for $1.5 million and operate a building with perpetual negative cash flow. Maybe they are downtown lovers who are willing to subsidize the madness of a failing business model but eating big losses and maybe they are not. Perhaps this aggressive stance by the City of Evansville will be the last nail in the coffin for the McCurdy and maybe even Kunkel.

    How will the best developer to take on tough projects in downtown Evansville seeking chapter 11 protection from the City of Evansville feed the whole downtown is a great place to invest narrative? This could happen folks. Think before you act.

    • As usual Joe, you’re always right. Too me this is a prime example of a city and businesses not working together. The water department should have been helping Kunkel before this got out of control. Same with Whirlpool, the city stood by and let the union run Whirlpool out of Evansville. I do not see downtown ever being a destination for locals.

    • Joe, why not dig down to the sewer line and cap it? Problemo solved and settlement in days, or sooner.

  4. Is it True that CAJE is nothing more than the use of mob intimidation for those in the community lacking any creativity in addressing issues in our community? Is it True that CAJE does nothing more than browbeat elected officials into engaging in further acts of legal plunder as a means of assuaging the SJW crowd who seek nothing more than to virtue signal to their fellow citizens? Case in point, I will bet the national debt that not one person challenged the existing zoning or permitting system and their impact on “affordable housing”. Nope. I bet not a single one. But I am quite confident to say that they jumped at every opportunity to throw money at every perceived problem. So generous they are with other peoples money. I guess that is true “Justice and Empowerment”. Give me a break!

  5. REAL AMERICAN MAN PRESIDENT MAGA TRUMP just bitched slapped little barry hussein and his iran mullahs anti Israel policies……………one ? though to little regTATOR…………………what happened to all the 100s of billions barry shipped to his mullah friends in cash on pallets in the dead of night……………..enlighten me regTATOR…………….

    • Hi Al:

      AND Trump was paid $500,000 by a Putin Oligarch just after being elected.

      I realize you don’t care about that Al.

      But Cops care. That is why Trumps attorneys office was raided. Not the pornstar Trump paid.

      The law cares if Russia owns Trump.
      MAGA!!

    • With pleasure.

      Big O saved your financially liberal ass $2.3 billion dollars by shipping the $1.7 billion on pallets in the dead of night but it would have been a MAGA financial savings to you if Mop Head would have done it – “Normally you’d use a bank transfer,” says Sick. “But Congress banned dollar transfers to Iran, so the government had to find another way. So they bought foreign currency, and transferred it in cash.” –
      http://fortune.com/2016/08/05/money-america-iran/

      By the way, how do you know Stormy’s $130,000 dollar payoff wasn’t delivered on pallets?

      And while I’m at it alex shar pie jones; – https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-bribed-iran-400-million-to-release-u-s-prisoners/

      Now let’s see, Trump’s own Secretary of State called him a “f___ing moron”, at least two of his closest advisers called him an “idiot” and the Republican Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee referred to him as an “adult child care center”.

      Which now makes sense why you white supremacist types worship the ground he walks on.

      Because these are the qualities you strive to live up to someday.

      BREAKING NEWS shar pie – Trump Removes Giuliani from Legal Team by Naming Him New White House Doctor – “In an official White House briefing to announce the decision, the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, pushed back against the criticism of Giuliani’s nonexistent medical credentials. “Rudolph Giuliani is every bit as qualified to be a doctor as he is to be a lawyer,” she said.” – Borowitz

      Obviously you’ve MAGAVILLY forgotin bro – http://www.usdebtclock.org/

      Didn’t take long for MAGA Mop Head to get it back up to a Trillion a year did it financially liberal shar pie.

      Before this bankruptcy King Daddy gets done, we won’t even be able to afford pallets to put it on.

      Don’t like to comment on IS IT TRUE forums little guy, but you’ve been getting away with a little too much murder here lately. And you know the result of feeding your pigeons.

      Always a mess to clean up….

    • Al dull-as-a-butter-knife

      You really are dumb as a bag of hammers. Your racist leader does not have the decency to support the safety and well-being of America by removing the USA from the Iran agreement, an agreement that the CIA and Secretary of State told the United Nations in the last 30 days that the Iran nuclear agreement IS WORKING!

      You make me sick with your spoutings of utter nonsense, and your vile racism is an example of what is wrong with idiots who support Trump

    • I guess his contract with the 8th district posted here on the CCO was not enough to win the race.

  6. For the record, Trump did not “pull out” of the Iran nuclear treaty, he VIOLATED the agreement that had been negotiated over more than a single administration.

    You can’t really “get out” of the Iran deal, because there was no provision for any signatories to the agreement to just withdraw. That is Diplomacy 101 when it comes to international treaty construction for a reason, which is to provide enforcement for the agreed terms. Trump made an ignorant unilateral decision to violate the terms of the deal that America was a party to

    Trump usual blustering BS that he would impose “the highest level of economic sanctions” on Iran means America is violating its involvement in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in which the Middle Eastern country agreed to curb its nuclear development program in exchange for the lifting of strict economic sanctions.

    The decision broke with the United States’ European allies. Leaders of Britain, France and Germany released a statement after the decision expressing concern and their continued commitment to the JCPOA.

    The bottom line is the the world is continuing to rapidly lose any respect for America because of the idiot in the White House, and they have just cause to do so. Trump’s only motivations thus far are to either find a way to stroke his gold-plated ego, or to find a way to reverse the world-acclaimed progress America made while we had President Obama act like a true leader.

    Why would any world leaders negotiate with Trump since he cannot go more than 60 seconds without lying or contradicting himself (or both). ALL the monitors in the JCPOA (including those representing the US) have stated that Iran has been in compliance with the agreement, but Trump cannot handle that the black man in the White House before him negotiated an agreement accepted by the world. The decision today with completely destabilize the upcoming North Korea talks, since it is obvious Trump is a liar who cannot be trusted to keep any agreements America has negotiated and agreed to.

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