IS IT TRUE that recent FBI data puts Evansville, Indiana at the 22nd most violent crime ridden city in the United States of America, a violent crime rate of 8.15 per thousand residents?…that means that there are 21 more violent cities in the nation, and the list was headed by Memphis, Tennessee but included the legacy pain pits of Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore, Kansas City, and other large places that typically have terrible neighborhoods?…there were even 5 medium-sized cities that are more violent than Evansville is and our midwestern neighbors like Peoria, Dayton, and Flint all are more violent?…this is not good company to keep if efforts to grow the population with higher earning people is the goal
IS IT TRUE that the current population of the City of Evansville is down to 114,651 from the 117,373 in the 2020 Census?… Evansville’s population peaked in 1960 at 141,500 and has declined ever since?…the current projection for 2028 is to lose additional people to a level of 111,300 souls?…these souls deserve more than gimmicks and parties if the population can stop the bleeding?…a comprehensive analysis of what has happened over the last 64 years to drive away nearly 20% of the population?… we hint that a declining base of jobs that pay a living wage, a rise in violent crime and leaders absorbed with trivial pursuits are the principle driving factors?…we hope that our Mayor Stephanie Terry will learn how to address these issues at her upcoming training sessions at Harvard University and paid for by Michael Bloomberg?
