“IS IT TRUE” JULY 19, 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 that it has been announced that the Kentucky State Racing Commission has approved an ownership change for Ellis Park?… longtime City County Observer friend and supporter Ron Geary is selling the remainder of his ownership to a company called Saratoga Casino and Hospitality for an undisclosed sum of money?…back in 2012 Saratoga Casino and Hospitality became minority partners in Ellis Park when they bought 30% of the operation from Mr. Geary?… that Mr. Geary has owned Ellis Park since 2006 when he purchased it not long after the killer tornado did extensive damage to the facility and caused loss of many lives in a trailer park between the track and Newburgh?…it is quite possible that without Mr. Geary stepping in at that time that the Tri-State would have lost its only thoroughbred racing facility?

IS IT TRUE Mr. Geary also took a tremendous economic risk in becoming the owner of the Evansville Icemen that was the first ever professional hockey team in Evansville when the Ford Center opened?…after satisfying the economic terms of his 5-year lease with the City of Evansville Geary moved the Icemen to Jacksonville, Florida where they now play in front of large crowds?

IS IT TRUE that Mr. Geary became a controversial figure when he schooled the City of Evansville on just how challenging can a business running a hockey team in an overpriced arena in a baseball town could be?… the City did not learn their lesson though because today it is widely known that the lesser talent Evansville Thunderbolts may be losing or consuming over a million dollars a year and the taxpayers of Evansville are footing the bill?…the CCO wishes our friend Ron Geary a long and prosperous life upon his retirement and know that this area is a better place because of Mr. Geary’s entrepreneurship? Oh, we also wish him a happy belated 71 birthday (July 02, 2018)?

IS IT TRUE that a friend of the CCO who is a fan of the Murray State University Racers basketball team brought up a question with respect to the cost of building stadiums?…the Racers play in an arena that seats 8,500 people that were built at a cost of only $23 million in 1998?…that amounts to only $2,705 per seat?…his question is just how did the City of Evansville manage to pay 5 times that much per seat since the $127.5 Million Ford Center only seats 10,000 which works out to $12,750 per seat?…the facilities are only 10 years apart so inflation should have only amounted to about 30% of the cost difference?

IS IT TRUE that it is time to analyze whether or not hockey is something that should be on the public dole?…it is bad enough to pay the bonds off on the Ford Center with boat money that should have been spent on infrastructures like water and sewers projects, police and fire equipment? …that perhaps an NBA G League basketball team like the ones in Fort Wayne, Canton, Maine, Grand Rapids, Erie, and Sioux Falls would do better in SW Indiana than ice hockey?…one thing is for sure and that is there will be no need to maintain an ice sheet at much expense?

IS IT TRUE that our publisher will be 75 years young at the end of this month?  …he has a serious medical problem concerning his heart?  …he has been undergoing extensive tests?  …we hope that the doctors will be able to correct his problem so he will have a better quality of life in his golden years?  …we would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support?

IS IT TRUE one of our staff members recently attended a political fundraiser at Pistons Bar on West Franklin Street?  …he was extremely impressed with the service, friendly staff, the food and the interior decor of Pistons Bar?  …he highly recommends that you visit this fun place to go if you’re ever on the Westside of town?

IS IT TRUE our staff recently had a discussion concerning who is the hardest working member of the Evansville City Council and who is the most conservative? …it was decided that Councilwomen Missy Mosby is the hardest working and Jason Elpers is the most conservative?

IS IT TRUE our staff recently we had a discussion concerning who is the hardest working member of the Vanderburgh County Commission and who is the most conservative?  …it was decided that Cheryl Musgrave is the hardest working and Ben Shoulders is the most conservative?

IS IT TRUE our staff recently we had a discussion concerning who is the hardest working member of the Vanderburgh County Council and who is the most conservative?  …it was decided that every member of the County Council are hard working and James Raben and Tom Shelter are the most conservative members of County Council?

Today’s “Readers Poll” question is: If the election was held today for the Vanderburgh County Commission District 1 seat who would you vote for?

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  1. Didn’t see this in the Courier and Press
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    “GOP legislators wrapped the unpopular “Abolish ICE!” campaign around House Democrats on Wednesday, by forcing a floor vote where 167 Democrats abstained or voted against a resolution praising the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency….

    Democrats are under growing pressure from their progressive base to block ICE’s popular immigration reforms. But that is electoral poison, so Democratic leaders have been trying to shift attention back to higher priorities issues such as healthcare.

    Only 18 Democrats voted for the GOP’s pro-enforcement resolution, while 34 Democrats voted against the resolution and 133 abstained by voting “present” in the hope of minimizing the blowback from ordinary voters or the progressive base.”

    https://www.breitbart.com/2018-elections/2018/07/18/house-gop-dunks-167-democrats-abolish-ice-vote/

  2. Just saw a Nebraska farmer inyerviewed on tv. He gets $8 / bushel for his soybeans now because of the Trump tariff, needs $10 to make it. His buyers turning to Brazil. He was a Trump voter. Too bad. Know any farmers? Voter remorse? Enjoy your pain.

      • I get your point. Too big to fail? Like Wall Street bailout? Wouldnt surprised me one bit.

        • Perhaps during most of our education, required reading was not Adam Smith’s “the Wealth of Nations” . . .as published, our trade deficit is over $800,000,000,000, the net between what our nation purchases from companies over seas and what they purchase from us. The income tax on that amounts to approximately $320,000,000,000 in lost revenue to state and federal taxing authorities per YEAR. NOT INCLUDING SALES TAXES . . . Suggest reading the philosopher Adam Smith views on what make nation wealth . . . .

    • Just talked to one of neighbors who works at ALCOA. He suffers from Voter remorse also, but is happy to be back at his old job. He voted for Hillary and is a long time Union blind follower. Now that he has money in his pocket and feels productive again he is a conservative Trump supporter. He claims to feel Woke.

      • expensive job!
        car prices are going up $5300 per car for that ALCOA job,
        when under free market conditions, we’d all save that $5,000 per car.

        who knew newspeak was a labor socialist?
        (he’s a russia first fan too. on second thought, that’s why newspeak is a labor commie socialist)

        • Cars built here will see less than $200.00 increase. Cars built overseas and shipped here will see $2000.00 -$3000.00 increase. So says Toyota. The non union high quality cars are still the best deal. If I can’t afford a $200.00 increase maybe I can’t afford a new car.

    • They’ll just take the land out of production and sign up for PIK payments, Win,WIN.

    • The price was $8.60 per bushel in 2016 when President Obama was still in office. Why no outrage or pending bankruptcies in the news then?

  3. Mueller investigation could mean trouble for ……….Bernie?
    ………………………..
    “On Wednesday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a large cache of evidence against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and a former chief strategist for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was all over it….”

    “Before joining Sanders’ team, Devine served as a senior adviser to Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004. He worked on campaigns for president and prime minister in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as 17 winning U.S. Senate races. He worked for Yanukovych’s 2010 presidential campaign. He now leads Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, a media consulting firm in Washington, D.C.

    This evidence should cause a tremendous headache for Sanders, who seems to be weighing a 2020 presidential bid. What did Sanders know, and when? Was the socialist candidate aware of his chief strategist’s ties to Russia? Was there collusion — not between Trump’s campaign and Russia — but between Bernie’s campaign and Putin?”

    https://pjmedia.com/trending/bernie-sanders-strategist-named-in-new-cache-of-mueller-evidence/

    • mueller is out to get communists.
      if that means he gets bernie sanders and trump, well thank God
      you russia fans, biden and newspeak, are sick in the head

  4. Article in the C&P about our pathetic sports market. People are not interested in sports when they have the option for a fish bowl and a fried sandwich!!!! This town has blown any chance to make money from sports. Now, on a sad note, it appears the Princeton City Council has been watching the Evansville folks. In this day and age, how in the Hell can you not fund another school resource officer and than cut the one that was already in place. Seems like there are a bunch of politicos who will be out of jobs come election time. The good folks in Gibson County will not standby and let this happen.

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