“IS IT TRUE” JUNE 18, 2024

IS IT TRUE that Evansville, Indiana is facing major financial challenges? …that Evansville’s current combined debt load is guestimated to be over one billion and three hundred million dollars and increasing daily? …that Evansville is also facing a massive increase in bond debt because of numerous unfinished and projected big-ticket capital projects? …that to finish the massive Water and Sewer projects, make needed repairs and improvements to city parks, repair and repave our crumbling city streets and sidewalks, finish building Roberts Park, and add the massive costs of the projected renovation of the downtown “E-REP Riverfront” project combined guesstimated of several billions of dollars?

IS IT TRUE that around a year ago members of the Evansville City Council agreed to sell the naming rights of 24 city streets to raise 9 million dollars to pay for renovations costs at the Ford Center?  …that we been told that not one naming rights to any of the 24 City Streets were sold?  …we wonder where members of the City Council got the 9 million dollars to make needed repairs on the FORD CENTER?

IS IT TRUE that if politicians cut budgets as well as they cut ribbons we would have a balanced budget?

IS IT TRUE.that every elected Evansville City Council member with Evansville Mayor Terry’s support and Vanderburgh County Commission members Justin Elpers and Mike Goebel (without Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave’s support} voted to give E-Rep $300,000 each this year without receiving a detailed explanation of what the grant money will be used for?  …that it looks like most locally elected officials may have forgotten that they are considered “Stewards of The PUBLIC TRUST and not “Stewards of Special Interest” groups?

IS IT TRUE that many people wonder why Mayor Terry and the President of the Vanderburgh County Commissioner Justin Elpers strongly supported giving E-REP a $300,000 grant without receiving a detailed explanation of how E-REP will spend the grant money? …could the answer be that they both currently serve on the E-REP Executive Board Of Directors and gave into peer pressure?

IS IT TRUE that Republican gubernatorial candidate and current Indiana Senator Mike Braun was overheard telling Johnny Kincaid, “You and the CCO Publisher need to keep reporting the truth?” …that United States Senator Mike Braun will soon sit down with Johnny Kincaid for a one-on-one interview on his City-County OBSERVER spooned podcast show?

IS IT TRUE that we have been told that the current leadership within the Vanderburgh County Republican Party was the subject of many interesting conversations at the recent Indiana GOP Convention in Indianapolis? …that several Vanderburgh County delegates heard many less than complimentary comments about the controversy at the Vanderburgh County GOP?…that we are told that many local conservative Republicans are extremely upset about the punitive actions taken by GOP Chairman, Mike Duckworth against three (3) members of the local GOP?  …that we are also told that Chairman Duckworth punitive actions against three (3) Republicans may have been a rallying call for local conservative Republicans to join forces to take back their party?  … it looks like the days of the GOP “RINOS” controlling the local GOP may be coming to an abrupt end?

IS IT TRUE that the government shouldn’t do for people what people can do for themself?

FOOTNOTES

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