IS IT TRUE JANUARY 27, 2017

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IS IT TRUE that it was announced that the Evansville Courier and Press will not be printing its home delivery papers in Evansville anymore?…that also applies to the sister publication across the Money saving bridge known as the Henderson Gleaner and Journal?…the decision to make this move to a regional printing center in Louisville, Kentucky is happening with Gannett publications all across the United States?…this move will eliminate about 50 jobs locally and no information is available about any hiring in Louisville?…as many business are migrating to local control the news industry has been in consolidation mode and moving toward centralized planning and regional distribution?…while the association with the nationally recognized Gannett brand USA Today has liberated local publications from the burden of covering national news, the intimacy of local papers is being lost?…much of the content in what was once local sections of the paper are now filled with articles purchased from national and international news agencies like AP and Reuters?…at least sports, crime reports, obits, legal notices and the weather are still local, but who knows, these things may be aggregated at some point too?

IS IT TRUE in the Spring of 2011 USI Dean Dr Steve Becker’s and City Councilman Dr. Dan Adams have an idea to make Ivy Tech-Evansville an important part of the new downtown I U Medical Center in order to achieve “REAL TEAM CARE”? …when the very first preliminary rendering of the new I U Medical school campus in 2013 was presented to the Medical School Center creative team Mayor Winnecke quickly signed on the proposed project? …the original architectural drawings had four separate building spaces that housed IU, Ivy Tech, U of E and USI Medical students?  …we are now told that the current architectural drawings shows that IVY Tech is not part of the plans to be located in the I U Medical School-Evansville complex?  …the taxpayer of Evansville pledged $57 million dollars to house Indiana University , University of Evansville, Southern Indiana University and Ivy Tech medical students in the soon to be build downtown I U Medical school complex? …since the announcement the powers that be have quietly eliminated IVY Tech medical class rooms from this project?   …we wonder if this should be considered a “breach of the contract” by the State, IVY Tech and local officials that allowed Ivy Tech classes rooms to be eliminated in the new downtown Medical school? …we believe a contract is a contract?

IS IT TRUE it has been aptly pointed out that when President Trump says “America First”, it doesn’t necessarily mean that other countries are last?…what this means is that our duly elected president has expressed an intention to make the best deals possible for the people of the United States?…we have no problem with taking care of the home folks first as the catatonic growth of the last decade has eroded the lifestyles of rank and file Americans to the point that our charity needs to begin at home?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville’s Old National Bank announced record,earnings this week?…ONB was written about as a stock to consider on many financial blogs which may just drive the stock higher rewarding the earnings?…success of Evansville business is the best way for the City of Evansville to prosper and we congratulate Mr. Bob Jones, his board of directors, and his staff on this national recognition?

IS IT TRUE the City County Observer awards Evansville City Councilwoman Missy Mosby the “absurdity of the week” award for accusing the Vanderburgh County Commissioners for failing to be transparent about a subject that was under discussion in a public meeting?…Councilwoman Mosby needs to learn what transparency means?

FOOTNOTE: Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Was State Representative Hollie Sullivan out of bounds when she quietly filed a resolution to increase the local income tax without City Council knowledge?

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14 COMMENTS

  1. I agree with you that Miss missy Mosby has earned and done quite a lot of nothing to earn the Absurdity of the week Award

  2. A question for Courier & Press readers is how much the moving of printing to Louisville will affect the already early deadlines for the news department. I would guess they will have to move back their deadlines by 2 hours or more. How many late-breaking stories will they miss? Will the paper even be able to print the results of 8 p.m. games? On a Thursday sports page they had a story about Venus and Serena Williams being in upcoming semi-final matches. But by the time readers got the paper, the matches had already been played and the Williams sisters had won.

    • Print can not compete with electronic for instant news. What it could do to survive and thrive is to go back to an earlier time when real journalists and investigative reporters tackled the nuts and bolts of an issue and got to the bottom of it. It is not a race to be first, so much as it is a race to be the first to get it RIGHT.

  3. An Old Yeller Bobblehead travelling trophy for the Absurdity of the Week Award might be indicated. No fair trying to sell it on eBay if you are lucky enough to have it come your way.

  4. My nomination for word of the day is BOONDOGGLE, as in downtown IU(?) Med School, which saddles Evansville taxpayers with $60,000,000 plus interest of debt for which they own nothing; and could have been built at USI or the east side at no cost to taxpayers.

  5. Yep ..Messy Nosby addresses Ms Musgrave and accuses her of not being transparent while they stand in the light of day in front of a public meeting. Maybe Nosby met lack of cooperation ..lack of collaboration ..

  6. As it seems, this Mayor has an uncanny ability to perfect the bait n switch. First, we had the 10 story hotel with the roof top lounge, indoor swimming pool, UV windows, central A/C, etc and now we have the 5 story hotel, outdoor swimming pool, no roof top lounge, regular windows, cheap light fixtures, and in-room A/C & Heat. So, moving onto the Med school, we appropriated 57 million under a deal with the state to match 50 million ..instead the State only came up with 25 million and of course the elimination of Ivy Techs 1,700 students but the City’s kick-in stayed the same 57 million. One other thing, most of us have probably noticed the increase in interest rates ..does everyone believe that the face value of the bonds will not be discounted at offering?

  7. My nomination for best fiction of (2017), will be the SBOA Financial Compliance Audit for The City of Evansville- 2016. I am guessing that when the SBOA audit team meets with the city officers security will be tighter than that of the Bretton Woods conference!

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  10. How will the CP promote Evansville growth and buy into Winnecke’s follies when it has sent 50 of their own to the street?

    • For the answer to your question see the membership list of the Evansville Regional Business Committee.

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