IS IT TRUE MAY 27, 2016

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IS IT TRUE we are hearing that downtown St. Mary’s Parish is seeing an exodus of parishioners to other churches in the Diocese?  …that this appears to be in reaction to the most recent changes in clergy at the ST. Mary’s parish?   …we wonder if any of our readers can provide us with additional information concerning this issue?

IS IT TRUE that the extremely politically moderate Mayor Winnecke and his top lieutenant Wayne Parke have suffered a second crushing defeat in a month at the hands of the conservative wing of the local Republican party?  …that the first was the resounding loss of their chosen candidate for County Commissioner, Alex Schmitt, to the very capable Cheryl Musgrave? …the second defeat came last night at the party’s caucus, at the hands of their own precinct committeemen, when the conservative wing of the party chose well-known, and well liked small businessman Sean Selby over the past treasurer of the Vanderburgh County Libertarian party, Robb Myers to oppose Ben Shoulders for County Commissioner?  …we are totally surprised that this election was not even close with Selby defeating the Winnecke/McClintock/Parke backed Myers by a 57% to 43% margin?

IS IT TRUE that the taxpayers of Vanderburgh County are now paying surrounding counties to house our jail inmates, because we followed the penny-wise and pound foolish judgment of past County Commissioner  when building our County Jail/Corrections Center?  …we hear that our current, very hands-on Sheriff Dave Wedding may be seeking to alleviate the seriously over-crowded jail by seeking funding to build an addition to the current facility?  … we should keep partisan politics out of the discussion of how to solve the current over crowding problem of housing inmates in the future?

IS IT TRUE we were told that GOP Chairman Wayne Parke announced at last nights political caucus that he will support Sean Selby this fall?   …we wonder if he will also support Cheryl Musgrave?   …considering the poor record the Winnecke/Parke dream team has in supporting political candidates should be great news for Mrs. Musgrave?

IS IT TRUE that the local mainstream media is putting an overly positive spin on the legal settlement reached between the City and Mrs. Louise Milan?  …we are hearing that the spin doctors of the Winnecke  administration are telling people that the legal settlement costs was $100,000?  …we find this figure is not believable, because the legal appeal to SCOTUS alone likely cost that much?  …in addition to three years of legal wrangling, we won’t be surprised that the total legal costs for this law suit will go well over $1 million dollars?

FOOTNOTES: Our next “IS IT TRUE” will be posted on this coming Monday?

Todays “READERS POLL” question is:  Do you feel that Winnecke/Parke support of Robert Myers helped Sean Selby to win the Republican primary battle for County Commissioner?

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22 COMMENTS

  1. It will be very interesting to see what the City spent in legal fees to fight the Milan family.

  2. The past County Commissioners wanted to build a bigger jail and explained to the County Council how they could pay for it. County Council wouldn’t fund it.

  3. The “need a new jail” drama played out when Mrs. Winiky was a county commissioner. During her first term. There was not a second term. “Politically moderate” is curious language with which to describe Winiky. Those may be code words for the ability to find needs and weaknesses in others and exploit them to your full political advantage. He prefers the label “collaborator.” Now that the GOP commissioner candidate is chosen, we will see how “politically moderate” Shoulders adjusts his campaign. Another curious bit of language for a close political friend of many in the GOP.

    • When the new jail was built Sheriff Eric Williams and then Deputy Chief Dave Wedding gave money back to the council from the construction of the jail.

      • Was not the jail put in service in 2005 under Sheriff Ellsworth?
        Williams was elected Nov, 2006.
        Now we did have a County Commissioner that got cozy with a architect firm member and moved north after that project!

  4. The true cost of litigation concerning the Milan Case would be buried in the liability accounts …probably in account #707. In 2015, the disbursements from 707 was 3.1 mil . . .

  5. “Todays “READERS POLL” question is: Do you feel that Winnecke/Parke support of Robert Myers helped Sean Selby to win the Republican primary battle for County Commissioner? (CCO)

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    Their was only one “republican” under consideration. He was qualified for the job, and he deserved to be the candidate in the Fall election.

    • Wayne Parks endorsement is a bad thing. The only people that voted for the libertarian are the ones that have patronage jobs. Porky should resign.

  6. The lovely fingerprints of Evansville’s “First Lady” and premier realtor, Carol McClintock, show up in a lot of unexpected places, don’t they?

  7. I hope there are some real debates between the County Council and Commissioner Candidates. They should be interesting. Maybe CCO could sponsor one?

  10. What is the current inmate load of our jail? Assuming only Vanderburgh Co. residents are held here (and that might be an incorrect assumption), what population percentage of our county is currently in jail either awaiting trial or serving a sentence?

    • The population was 680 a couple of weeks ago, and I think the jail is designed to “max out” at about 530-550. The jail houses people arrested in Vanderburgh County regardless of where they reside. There are usually a very few who are awaiting transfer to other jurisdictions where they are facing charges, although they were arrested here.

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