IS IT TRUE MARCH 12, 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 when the former Indiana Lieutenant Governor Dr. Sue Ellspermann was hired as President of IVY Tech State back in 2016 she was paid a $300,000 base salary? …she also has the opportunity to earn as much as $100,000 in performance bonuses, in addition to other perks and reimbursements.  …we wonder how the Ivy Tech Board of Trustees determine her performance bonuses and other perks?  …we wonder what she is being paid for the 2018 academic year?

IS IT TRUE yesterday the Courier and Press published an article about 111 local public employees in Vanderburgh County that made more than $100,000 in 2017?  …we highly recommend that you go to the Courier and Press web site and read this article? …if you do, you will be amazed how much some of these public employees were paid in 2017? …these figures don’t include perks or benefits? …we have posted a few of the salaries that caught our attention?  …we wonder what some of these individuals are being paid for 2018?

IS IT TRUE that the outgoing President USI made $294,919 in 2017, not including perks, bonus, and benefits?

IS IT TRUE that in 2017 the EVSC Superintendent of Schools made $241,787? …this figure doesn’t including bonus, perks, and benefits?   …we wonder what he is being paid for the 2018 academic year?

IS IT TRUE that the Chancellor of Ivy Tech-Evansville was paid $214,516 not including his bonus, perks, and benefits?  …we wonder what he is being paid for the 2018 academic year?

IS IT TRUE that the most underpaid public employees are the Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judges who only made $147,217 last year?

IS IT TRUE that the Vanderburgh County Sheriff made $129,653 and the Chief Of Staff of the EVSC made $126,743 in 2017?  …we wonder if you can tell us what’s wrong with this picture?

IS IT TRUE that the EFD Assistant Fire Chief was paid $108,686 and an Investigator of the EFD made $104,012 in 2017? …we wonder how much the Evansville Fire Chief was paid in 2017 since it wasn’t listed in the Courier and Press article?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville Housing Authority Chief Executive Officer makes $156,239 a year?  …that the EHA Director of Operations was paid $108,362 and their Director of Finance was paid $103,406 during 2017? …this figure didn’t include bonus, perks or benefits? …that Evansville Housing Authority is responsible for a helping the poor and disadvantaged citizens of our area with affordable subsidized housing?

IS IT TRUE that a Corporal of the Evansville Police Department made $102,909 in 2017?  …that the Evansville Chief of Police made $100,072 in 2017?

IS IT TRUE that the Mayor of Evansville was paid a salary of $100,533 in 2017?  … it’s obvious that the position of the Mayor of Evansville is grossly underpaid and should bebe increased?

IS IT TRUE that individuals in upper management positions at the University of Southern Indiana, Ivy Tech and the EVSC are well paid for the jobs they do?

IS IT TRUE you must not forget that many of the above positions also received additional bonuses, perks and benefits not included in the salaries published in the Courier and Press article?

IS IT TRUE we are hearing that many people are watching to see how the Evansville City Council members are going to vote on the Councilmen Justin Elpers term limit proposal at tonight’s Council meeting?

IS IT TRUE we would like to congratulate City Councilmen Dr. Dan Adams for deferring the vote on his proposed noise ordinance at tonight’s Council meeting?  …we are told that he has decided to get input from people that are affected by this overreaching ordinance?  …that reasonable people sit down and reason together?

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24 COMMENTS

  1. The Mayor is underpaid.
    $100,000 a year?
    Are you kidding?
    For Gods sake, President Donald Trump paid Pornstar Stormy Daniels $130,000 for sex.

    • At least Stormy made some bucks on the deal . . .the poor women involved with Bill Clinton of which some claimed rape received zero only to be put on Hlliary’s hit list . . hypocrisy?

  2. “IS IT TRUE that the Mayor of Evansville was paid a salary of $100,533 in 2017? … it’s obvious that the position of the Mayor of Evansville is grossly underpaid?”
    Or: many positions are grossly overpaid?
    And how on earth would the EVSC Superintendent qualify for a bonus? Certainly not on schools’ performances.

  3. The most overpaid group is whoever “takes care” of the roads around here. Can’t clear snow, can’t patch chuckholes. Maybe it’s time to look at privatization, because something isn’t working.

  4. It looks like the IVY Tech board voted to pay Weinzapfel $214,000 to keep him from destroying the Democrat Party in Vanderburgh County.

  5. This is more proof that liberalism is a mental disorder.
    …………………….
    “Waitrose is selling gender-neutral Mother’s Day cards as retailers reduce their use of the M-word to make today’s celebration more “transgender inclusive”.

    The supermarket chain is selling a “Happy You Day” card in its Mother’s Day range in which the word “mother” does not appear.”

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/mothers-day-cards-go-gender-neutral-nc0rpxf00

    • To quote the great Winston Churchill . . .”If you are young and a conservative, you are heartless . . .if you are old and a liberal, you are mindless” . . .

  6. Snowflake alert and obviously there is no left wing media bias at the New York Times :…………….

    “Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson revealed in a column last week that she carries a plastic Barack Obama doll in her purse as a way to comfort herself in the Donald Trump era.”…”It’s easy to look at what’s happening in Washington DC and despair,” she wrote. “That’s why I carry a little plastic Obama doll in my purse. I pull him out every now and then to remind myself that the United States had a progressive, African American president until very recently. Some people find this strange, but you have to take comfort where you can find it in Donald Trump’s America.”

    Abramson also wrote in the piece it was “thrilling” to see the signs of a Trump rebellion beginning in Texas after Tuesday’s primary results and pierce the GOP’s hold on the south, where she said “religion, racism and love of guns have advantaged Republicans since Richard Nixon’s election in 1968.”

    http://freebeacon.com/politics/former-new-york-times-editor-carries-obama-doll-purse/

  7. I want to go on record that most of the evangelical Christian community does not condone President Trump’s sexual relations with pornstars. Many evangelicals have fallen away from God supporting Trump. It is worrisome to say the least of it.

    But there is no bargaining with Satan. Period.

    • russia………..russia………russia……..stormy……….stormy……..stormy……….yawwwwn……..since MAGA TRUMP took office Americans employed has hit record highs…………….wages going up………….ebt cards way down…………more America greatness to come over the next 7yrs………………MAGA………..

      • ooooh, you forgot something al sharpie,
        trump was handed all of that:

        “The Obama Administration began the record jobs expansion adding jobs to payrolls for 75 straight months.
        The Trump Administration added jobs to payrolls for 14 months.”

        • Fake news saying like it ain’t……….barry himself and fake media said manufacturing jobs were never coming back 3% GDP never coming back……. the jobs they are coming back………………barry GDP never grew above 3%………pipe lines coal manufacturing = GDP………………MaGA TRUMP…………….setting economy records..😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

          • No. No.
            “saying it like it is” is 100% correct Al Sharpie.

            100%.

            Maybe you don’t like it Al Sharpie, and maybe you want to whine, but those Obama’s 75 straight months of adding jobs results are from the US Chamber of Commerce as reported in the Wall Street Journal.

            You say “fake news” when you hear facts you don’t like and it reminds me of a little boy RUNNING HOME TO MAMA!!

        • Right Gruber Goober Obama also saved every family 2500$ a yr on health care.Dumbass pawn.

      • You are missing the whole point.
        The Clintons were immoral leaders too and did not get my or my fellow Church members support nor their vote either. You are bargaining with Satan.
        Trump is one of the most immoral and disgusting people to ever hold office, gambling, prostitutes, bankruptcy, it is demonic to support him or anyone like him.
        Nothing about the man is Christian.

        • Wanna bet NONE of your church members voted for the Clintons?
          Chances are, some of them even emulate the Clintons AND Trump in their private lives.

  8. Oh, so love the politics on this site. Find me a politician that has not sold his soul to the Devil. More concerned now with monies some of the clown posse are making in the Ville. Someone explain how the Prez and Chancellor of Ivy Tech, remember they can’t participate in the city owned med school because of academic troubles, can justify those salaries!!! Same applies to EVSC Super and his minions of doom. Look what a teacher makes and compare to the admin staff’s salaries. Oh, and yes, our public schools are failing. Those admin people made the dumbass call for no EVSC school today when even districts that had a delay are suspect. Schools are making kids today a bunch of weanie’s.

    • Our gutless school board needs to write in some clawback provisions in the EVSC administrator’s contracts. The schools not meeting stated goals, pay the taxpayer back on your way out!

    • So right . . .money seems to be available for Golf Courses and new High Schools and of course more administrators, but less and less for the classrooms. Just heard that due to the effects of Obamacare St. Vicent terminated several senior executive positions. Directed by St. V Indy, the local St. V had to eliminate $1,500,000 of deadwood. Apparently, they started at the top. Perhaps, the taxpayers should demand elimination of the deadwood?

  9. All administrators are overpaid and useless! The people need to FIRE them, so they have to get a REAL JOB!

  10. Historically, when foreigners were discovered in foreign lands, many unfortunate civilians were homeless, in utter despair . . . perhaps those foreigner of today are illegal aliens . . .maybe the happenings of 1845 would be the ghost of Polk? Look at the blight side . . .not one shot fired!!! The Republican want cheap labor and Democrats want voters and the American worker to screwed. And Hilliary wonders why she lost! The left must believe that personality will win the day in regards to Trump, but, perhaps policy and performance will side track em. Unless a political party has a defined message (not one of relationship) voters will be perplexed and usually turn to the message . . .for example, the Dem in PA has been messaging that he is Pro-life, anti-Pelosi, and pro guns . . .the message, I am a conservative, at least on paper. . .most working class stiffs prefer voting for a Dem, but the gun and something the abortion issue gets in their way . . .Brad Elsworth run on the same platform and won . . .however, they all think that they can change the Swamp but the Swamp seems to prevail and changes them and it will!!!

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