IS IT TRUE JANUARY 3, 201

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We hope that todays “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 that Evansville Police Chief Billy Bolin held a press conference today to address recent shootings and other acts of violence in our fair city?  …Chief Bolin will discuss the police department’s ongoing efforts to address violent crime as well as staffing changes being made to combat the growing problem of gun crime in our neighborhoods?  …we hope he will announce that he starting a “Special Crime Fighting Unit“ to take on the criminals head because they causing uncontrollable crime in our community?

IS IT TRUE we hope that the Mayor, every local law enforcement official, officers of the local FOP, area preachers, Civic groups, members of the Evansville Neighborhood Associations, concerned citizens and members of the Evansville City Council will support Chief Bolin’s new initiative on crime fighting?  …it takes a city to fight crime?

IS IT TRUE its about time that Mayor Winnecke and City Council spend some time and money addressing the murder, suicide, and illegal drug problems of this community?  …we hope they will forget about spending anymore money on future feel good capital projects for a while?

IS IT TRUE that yesterday Mayor Winnecke did a “Ride Along” with with an officer assigned to patrolling neighborhoods?  …we remember that a couple of years ago when the Mayor ran for re-election he was marketed as the “law and order” candidate? …just two years later he felt compiled to do a “Ride Along” with an Evansville police officer so he can get an idea about whats going on in the streets? …it might be time for every City Council member to do similar?

IS IT TRUE that 8th District Representative Larry Bucshon just added his opinion about the growing problems of violent crime and illegal drugs use in Evansville? …that Bucshon declared that “cracking down on the flow of drugs from Mexico can help reduce crimes in Evansville’s recent spate of killings”?  …all we can say about the Congressmen statement is “tell us something we don’t know” and send us some Federal money to help us fight crime?

IS IT TRUE that the new year started the same way the old one went out in Evansville with another person getting shot and later died bringing the murder total to 11 in three months and a day?…now we know what the residents of St. Louis, Baltimore, and Detroit feel like, because our short term murder rate is right there next to them? …no one would have ever dreamed that such a thing was possible here in River City?

IS IT TRUE that with the two murders that happened on the last two days of the year the murder rate for Evansville in the last 3 months of 2017 increased to 38 per 100,000 raising Evansville to the 5th highest murder rate in America?…only St Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, and New Orleans have higher murder rates than Evansville did in Q4 of 2017? …it is time for Evansville, Indiana to get its act together and become the friendly Midwestern city that it always claims to be?…being rated along with Detroit for murder and being the suicide capital of America isn’t consistent with the whole “great place to raise kids” narrative that Evansville has been telling the world for years?

IS IT TRUE that true to form, another murder occurred during the last several days and this one was right behind the Donut Bank on Green River Road?…the lawless violence has spilled out of the inner city and into suburbia, but the band plays on?…the 4th quarter of 2017 places Evansville solidly as the 6th most likely place to be murdered in America?…this goes well with the longstanding distinction of being the most likely place to commit suicide?…that and the 70+ heroin overdoses should capture the attention of every citizen such that they demand a departure from a vacuum of nothing but fun and games capital projects?

IS IT TRUE that Henderson is catching the Evansville virus of people getting shot for reasons that are unknown?…on New Year’s Eve, a party invitation that was distributed on social media drew strangers from other cities like a light bulb attracts moths?…this mixture of locals and unknown people from afar led to a disagreement and a fight that included a shooting and a trip to an Evansville hospital for multiple bullet wounds to the abdomen?…the person who lives in the house where the party was held ended up getting shot for his generosity of holding a party?…this should be a lesson for everyone to keep their social gatherings to those they know and be suspicious of unknown people packing guns?…the Tri-State has something very wrong tearing at the fibers that hold society together?…just a few short years ago murder was not a common occurrence in greater Evansville?

IS IT TRUE our men and women in blue are doing a professional job on our behalf?  …its obvious they need additional resources to help combat this new wave of violent crime in our community?  …we urge the Mayor and Members of City Council to step up and immediately invest more money to hire more police officers and purchase additional state of the art crime fighting equipment?

Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel it time for the Mayor and City Council to spend money on starting a kick ass “Special Fighting Crime Unit” in the City of Evansville?

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12 COMMENTS

    • We do know the answer, Joe. It lies in the fact the main stream liberal (dem) has not covered it so far.
      As for the FBI ignoring congressional subpoenas, why shouldn’t they? Congress never punishes those who thumb their noses at them. (Lois Lerner, Eric Holder, for starters)

      • You two guys are fools:

        1. Trump is not draining the swamp. He is telling you he is, while permanently ceding tax breaks to the wealthy (this is a fact, and it is undisputed) at the expense of the working family homeowners. You say, “Well yes, it does, but the little people will be able to get jobs now.” Right. And pay more taxes while they work. This is increasing the heft of the swamp. And you are lying every day in here pretending that fact is some kind of liberal crap. Lying.

        2. So much for you guys standing behind law and order. Suddenly the FBI are all liberals! Bullshit. Keep on lying. Your problem is you are scared. All criminals knee jerk reaction is to say the Officers of the law are corrupt. They’re criminals! What do you expect them to say? You’re not conservatives at all, otherwise you would be for the our law and order Officers in the FBI instead of questioning their Patriotism.

        A real conservative, Mitt Romney for Senator, in Utah!!!

  2. Shouldn’t the first order of business be to define the things most of these murders have in common?

    • “Beer for my Horses” would first blame the NRA for the theft of guns by criminals from legal gun owners, blame Trump and fiscal conservatives for not outlawing bullets and finally blame Russia for not allowing a strong and proven law and order candidate that’s tough on crime like Hillary Rodman Clinton from being President. Hard to figure the climate change blame here, so I welcome your help.

      • Allow me, Joe. Beer would have a tough time with the “climate change” issue since Al Gore predicted 9 years ago the polar ice would all be melted by now. But I feel confident he would blame Trump anyway.

  3. I had people doubt my facebook post yesterday, I shared todays. The sad part about those drug death figures is they don’t reflect the suicide numbers of abuse victims who see no other way out.

  4. Fire Billy Bolin. He is a nice man and he has done great things for the community.
    But he has failed as Police Chief. If this was a business and we suffered a triple digit increase of our losses from previous years the head man would be fired. We need or deserve a chief that is a leader and a no BS type personality. Someone like General Mattis.

  6. Seems that the most crime prevention could be done by the judicial system enforcing sentencing requirements for violent crimes and not releasing career criminals so often and so quickly.

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