IS IT TRUE February 4, 2013
IS IT TRUE all of the readers of the CCO have an opportunity to meet Christy Gillenwater, new President and CEO of The Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana this Wednesday night from 4:30 to 6:30 in the Chamber offices on the 4th Floor of the Innovation Pointe Building?…for those of you who enjoy a free snack from the Baurhaus this is your chance to sink your teeth into the same good food that the Vanderburgh County Democrat Party sunk their teeth into?…the Civic Center Moles still tell us the Democrats did not pay for the chicken but we are willing to bet that the business oriented Chamber of Commerce will pay their bill for Ms. Gillenwater’s welcome reception on time and without a reminder call?
IS IT TRUE the Evansville Courier published an editorial on Sunday about the free flow of information or more importantly about the obligation of elected officials to release information to the public on a right to know basis as opposed to a need to know basis?…the CP even reported on newly installed Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s use of Lincoln’s quote “‘Give the people the facts, and the republic will be saved?’ the CP then went on to give Judge Carl Heldt grief over ruling against the CP regarding a cause of death request?…we at the CCO agree that information should flow freely unless great harm could come from disclosure?…we also know Judge Heldt to be a deliberate and fair judge who in all likelihood has well thought out reasons for his ruling?…what nearly mystified us over the last number of years is the willingness of the CP to let the recent Mayors of Evansville run wild with secret meetings, second grade VETTING efforts, and blatant in your face refusals to disclose documents that are part of the public record regarding the downtown convention hotel projects?…continuing to cheerlead for Mayors but hold a hard line for judges is hypocrisy of the highest order?
IS IT TRUE in about 3 hours the basketball polls for the week will be released?…it is widely expected that the Indiana Hoosiers will be back in the #1 ranking having whipped up on the Michigan Wolverines in one of the best games in college basketball this year?…as has been the case this year teams do not stay #1 or #2 for long which allowed Indiana to earn another shot at sitting on the #1 position for a while?…2013 appears to be one of those years when there could be 10 – 15 teams that can get hot during March Madness and make a run to the title?…there have been four #1 teams thus far and we will not be surprised to see a couple more teams sitting at #1 before the NCAA Tournament starts in March?…if the Hoosiers play like they did Saturday night they will be very hard to beat?
IS IT TRUE that high electric rates are the enemy of aluminum smelters which the Tri-State has a good number of?…both of the aluminum smelters that operate out of Western Kentucky in Hawesville and Sebree have given notice that they are planning to shut down their operations leaving over 1,000 employees to compete for the few jobs the economy will create between now and then?…both smelters gave the high electric rates of a nickel a kilowatt hour as one of the deciding factors in their decision to shut down and/or go elsewhere?…the other aluminum smelter is of course Alcoa that makes its ingots in Yankeetown just outside of Newburgh?…they are sort of insulated as they essentially went into the electric power business for their own internal use and sometimes for selling to the grid several years back?…we wish all of these companies and their employees well and are grateful that Alcoa made investments in power production that can keep them smelting in Indiana for as long as they wish?
Baurhaus bill paid shortly after Jack McNeely took
over as chairman.
Jack Waldroup
Along with the Centre as well
Who was Mayor, party chairmen and office manager of Democratic party and headquaters during the time that overdue bills was owed to Baurhaus and the Centre?
Wonder why the past Mayor didn’t take the money from his $700,000 from his political war chest to pay for the above bills before he he left office?
Oh, I hear this money is now his and can be used for any purpose he deems. If true, what an exit bonus.
Campaign finance laws do Not allow politicians to spend the money any way they choose. Campaign funds can be spent to pay for the politician’s campaign. Those funds can also be given to another politician as controibutions to the other office-seeker/holder to finance his/her campaign.
Campaign funds that are used to defray personal expenses not related to political activities are subject to Federal Income Tax, as well as Indiana State Income Tax. Whether or not the tax enforcement agencies would hold Wienie-Boy the X-Mayor to the letter of the law is another issue altogether…
Mark OWEns the Bauerhaus?
The answer to danny p questions are as follows. Winzapfel was Mayor,
Mark Owens was party chairmen and of course the “know it all” Alex Jarvis or either or John Paul Josey was the office manager of Demo party at that time.
Judge Heldt is a good Judge but even a good people get it wrong sometimes. Judge Heldt’s interpolation of the law/s regarding this issued is flawed. How many papers in Indiana do not print the cause of death, because the appropriate county agency will not release the information so they can?
The thing the CCO should focus on is it proper for the information to be withheld–not that CP is questioning the legality of withholding the information from the media.
Who gives a damm about the Courier and Press views. It’s obvious you need to re-read todays CCO IS IT TRUE again.
Oh, just in case the Editor of the Courier was the past Sports Editor of the Courier. He’s know very lttle about businsees or political issues.
Bootom line, the Editor of the Courier is just a “jock”!
He doesn’t know anything about sports either. The FS/RMS saga proved that.
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You claim that the editor of the C&P is a jock and doesn’t know anything because he was a former sports editor…what qualifications does the editor of the CCO have?
I don’t know which editor you’re talking about but I’m pretty sure both own or run successful businesses that have set the bar for how the city should run their operations.
I also believe that the owner of the site has run a newspaper before but I’m not certain on that. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
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