“IS IT TRUE” DECEMBER 3, 2019

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 last night members of the Evansville City Council took up ordinance F-2019-24 amended?  …in order to balance this year’s budget members of Evansville City Council voted to transfer many hundred of thousands of dollars from one city account to another? …City Council took the money from the Local Option Tax fund account?…after all that the City of  Evansville is still is forced to carry a $2.6 million employee hospitalization deficit into 2020?  …can you believe that some of our elected officials think that this is balancing the city budget?

IS IT TRUE the good news for the Evansville taxpayers is that the State Board Of Accounts (SBOA) has passed a new State Law that gives Governmental entities six (6) months to find a remedy to correct the problems of overdrawn city accounts?

IS IT TRUE we are told that the practice of not posting unrecorded accounts payable in a timely manner will come to an end starting January 1, 2020?  …starting in 2020 Finra and the SEC will require cities with populations greater than 100k to submit the year-end financial report to the State Board of Accounts by using the accrual method of accounting?

IS IT TRUE that six out of 10 TSA members signed up to speak at the most recent EVCS School  Board meeting?  …according to an article in a national publication that only one person was allowed to speak during the last EVSC School Board meeting and it was alleged that the others five (5) individuals were denied the right to speak by EVSC President Karen Ragland?  …later on, the other five were allowed to speak after a protest was launched by the TSA?

IS IT TRUE that EVSC School Board members continue to stifle the of “Freedom Of Speech”, disallows “Public Access To Public Records” and possible violations of the “Executive Sessions” (closed-door meetings)?  …these are the reasons why that many people are hoping that local attorney Charles Berger will force the officials at EVSC to create an atmosphere of open communication with the citizens they serve?

IS IT TRUE last week it was announced that Evansville has been awarded the 71st National Square Dance Convention, to take place June 22–25, 2022?  …this event is estimated to attract around 3,000 to 4,000 people to our area? …we wonder why anyone would announce an event scheduled two (2) years from now?

IS IT TRUE several years ago Steve Hammer was defeated in an extremely competitive Republican primary race for County Commissioner but he still remains involved in our community? … that Steve Hammer continues to be active in Vanderburgh County CASA, “A Hundred Men Who Cook”, “A Hundred Guys Who Cares”, YWCA Of Evansville, Ziemer Society Of St. Vincent, helping with the “Mickey’s Kingdom” playground project at Sunset Park?  …we would also thank him for hiring long-term unemployed veterans to work at the Roca Bar-North and helping to feed the less fortunate citizens of our community?

IS IT TRUE the saga continues concerning individuals competing for the Evansville City Council attorney position starting in 2020?…all three candidates continue to lobby all nine city council members but it looks like the trend is going towards current City Attorney Josh Claybourn ways?

Today’s non-scientific but trendy “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that its time to make a decision concerning the Vanderburgh County jail?

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