We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUEâ€Â 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 TRUEÂ this morning our server crashed and it took about 4 hours to correct the problem? Â …that increase readership sometimes causes a down-home on-line community newspaper problems?
 IS IT TRUE that our prediction that Mayor Winnecke will announce that North Main Street will have a new development at the vacant IGA store property on North Main just before his re-election has become a reality?  …yesterday the City of Evansville media person sent out the announcement about this most welcomed project on North Main street to his favorite media people? …the City Of Evansville media person alleges that an Indianapolis developer plans to invest around $28 million to create a mixed-use development at the vacant IGA store site? …we wonder if he will also announce at a later date what kind of tax credits, low-interest loans, development grants or any other interesting governmental giveaway programs that the Evansville DMD give to the investors of this project?
IS IT TRUEÂ according to the Evansville Courier and Press that a Republican candidate running for Evansville City Council has received around 65% of his political donations from the Mayor Winnecke’s and the “Drive For Five” campaign coffers? Â …this candidate stated that regardless of these generous political contributions he will not be beholding to the Mayor’s future political agenda? Â …all we can say about this is seeing is believing?
IS IT TRUEÂ earlier this week during a Rotary Club presentation local attorney Pat Shoulders agreed with the City-County Observer that the political make-up of the Evansville City Council will still be controlled by the Democratic party?
IS IT TRUE that a “Self-Funded” county employee health care program is a risk that the Vanderburgh County Commissioners aren’t willing to take on behalf of the taxpayer or their employees?  …we wonder why the City of Evansville is?
IS IT TRUEÂ that our elected and appointed officials are the stewards of the public trust and should start acting like it? …we are still waiting for at least one candidate running against Mayor Winnecke to ask him how much have the taxpayers paid to subsidize the financial looses of the Evansville Thunderbolts hockey team?
IS IT TRUE that it’s no secret that the newspaper industry has been falling on hard times for at least a decade?…from the New York Times to every daily news based paper in the country the struggle to survive has meant cuts to staff and the associated lowering the bar when it comes to quality?…it seems as though any small to medium-sized daily paper that once captured a reader’s attention for a half-hour a day is now only capable of keeping one’s attention for less than 10 minutes? …we are being told by friends in the mainstream media if the out of town conglomerate that owns the Evansville Courier and Press don’t pay strict attention to the business at hand they could be forced to publish online only? …we hope that this doesn’t happen because we also enjoy reading a printed newspaper?
IS IT TRUEÂ earlier this week during a presentation at the Evansville Rotary Club by local attorney Pat Shoulders agreed with the City-County Observer that the political make-up of the Evansville City Council will still be controlled by the Democratic party?
IS IT TRUE that “Self-Funded” county employees health care policies are risks that County Commissioners aren’t willing to take on behalf of the taxpayer or the employees?  …we wonder why the City of Evansville is?
IS IT TRUE that the Honorable Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Pigman is doing an outstanding job for the citizens of Vanderburgh County?
IS IT TRUE we are happy to hear that the practice of not posting unrecorded accounts payable in a timely manner is about ready to come to an end?  …that Finra and the SEC now require cities with populations greater than 100k to submit the year-end financial report to the State Board of Accounts by using the accrual method of accounting?
IS IT TRUE later next week we will be announcing our next guest speaker of our monthly “Working Outside The Box” series at Tropicana-Evansville? …that our guest speaker is a highly respected member of our community? …he hails from a well known iconic family of our community? Â …that the CEO of “Young And Established” will be telling our group about the services his organization is providing for the less than fortunate of our community?
IS IT TRUE that the At-Large City Councilman Dr. Dan Adams is retiring after 12 years of representing the people of Evansville? …Dr. Adams is well known as a “Stand Your Ground” type guy?  …he is hardworking, honest and very personable? …from time to time we have respectfully disagreed with Dr. Adams’s political decisions? …as a stubborn Irishman, he always voted his conscience? …Dr. Adams was instrumental in getting the IU Medical School to locate in downtown Evansville? …Dr. Adams is a caring person and spends a lot of time helping people?  …he will be extremely hard to replace?
Today’s “Readers Poll” question is: If the election was held today for City Council 5th Ward who would you vote for?
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