IS IT TRUE March 25, 2013

IS IT TRUE the City County Observer continues to grow in readership at a rapid rate when compared with other businesses?…even in 2013 that has no elections of national interest and no million dollar local campaigns the CCO’s traffic is up over 10% from 2012 and 32% over 2011 which saw the Evansville Mayor and the entire City Council fight for their jobs?…the million pageviews per year milestone is in our rearview mirror now?

IS IT TRUE that some 2012 census type estimates was just released and the raw numbers for the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County like much of the Midwest shows anemic growth?…the City of Evansville is estimated to have grown by 396 people to 117,825 while the county grew by 1,150 to 180,858 since the 2010 census?…backing the City’s numbers out of the County’s does show a stark difference between the two which may well be the basis for the resounding rejection of the consolidation referendum last fall?…when taken separately the County had a two year growth rate of 1.8% which is 500% higher than the City’s growth rate confirming the continuing run for the border by locals and people moving in alike?…Vanderburgh County excluding Evansville has a per capita income of $30,079 while the City of Evansville only has a per capita income of $21,200?…with a per capita income advantage of 42% and a population growth rate advantage of 500% it is no wonder that the County did not want the albatross of the City of Evansville and rejected that proposition at the ballot box?

IS IT TRUE that over the weekend a gentleman on Line Street was sitting on his porch hope to peacefully enjoy the evening when a gang of hoodlums disrupted his evening with threats and demands for money?…this gentleman must have known his neighborhood well because when the threats got aggressive he pulled out a gun and shot at the hoodlums supposedly sending one to the hospital?…the CCO stands in support of this man’s right to bear arms and to protect his home with them?…if there were more such incidents the number of hoodlums feeling powerful enough to shake down their neighbors would necessarily decrease?

IS IT TRUE that the University of Evansville Purple Aces have made the round of 8 in the CIT post season basketball tournament with their victory over Eastern Kentucky at USI’s PAC Center on Saturday?…this game was played before only 1,600 or so fans but they were good fans encouraging the Aces to their first 20 win season since 1999 and their first 2 wins in post season play since 1971 when they won the last of their 5 NCAA Division II championships?…that was back in the day when the UE Aces packed Roberts Stadium and had every game on delayed broadcast?…bigger and better things may come some day as two time Aces victim Wichita State is in the Sweet 16 and has the easiest path of any team to the Final Four?…upstarts Florida Gulf Coast and LaSalle have also busted their brackets and are in the Sweet 16?…with this many unexpected entrants into the Sweet 16 we can hope that someday the Purple Aces will find the will and the way to do the same?…25 win seasons and a Sweet 16 appearance every 10 years or so will go a long way toward increasing the attendance at UE games in the Ford Center?