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IS IT TRUE one of the best-kept secrets in this area is that local hospitals are distributing a coronavirus vaccine called BAM that could keep people out of the hospital? …that Vanderburgh County Health Officer Ken Spear recently said: “that the monoclonal antibody treatment known as BAM is proving to work well in treating COVID patients who are at high risk for hospitalization”?  …we are told that there are stringent requirements for those who can receive the BAM treatment because of the allocations numbers available to the general an extremely low? …if you have tested positive for COVID-19, you should contact either Deaconess or Ascension St. Vincent by calling their COVID triage lines?
IS IT TRUE the City Council, County Council, and County Commissioners will be electing a President in early January?… that County Council will elect Joe Kiefer as County Council President?…that County Commissioners will elect Ben Shoulders as President?…. the big surprise is that that City Council will elect Ron Beane as City Council President?
IS IT TRUE  that the Vanderburgh County inauguration will be held on New Year’s Day at noon?…this inauguration will be zoomed and the event Master of Ceremonies will be County Commissioner Ben Shoulders?  …the oath of office will be handled by the Honorable Vanderburgh County Circuit Court Judge David Kiely and County Clerk, Carla Hayden?
IS IT TRUEÂ we are told that the newly elected EVSC School Board Trustee Amy Word has already met with most of the school system’s top school administrator? …many of her supporters are hoping that she will now spend some time returning phone calls to people who supported her election to the school board?
IS IT TRUE we are told that a prominent local Democratic officeholder will be announcing that he or she will be leaving the Vanderburgh County Democrat party sometime in January 2021?
IS IT TRUEÂ we are told that the issue of renovating the Vanderburgh County jail will be put back on the agenda sometime in January-2021?
IS IT TRUE that the 2022 Vanderburgh County Sheriff race is shaping up to be a dandy?…that Chief Deputy Sheriff Noah Robinson and Major Jason Ashworth are already politicking hard to win the 2022 Democrat party primary?
IS IT TRUEÂ there is a major difference between politicians and political leaders? …we do respect and listen to political leaders? Â …when it came to taking the CORVID-19 virus head-on the scientists and political leaders got the job done, not the politicians?
IS IT TRUE next time you vote for someone running for public office we highly recommend that you spend some quality time researching and analyzing them to determine if they have the skills to manage a public crisis? Â …it’s obvious that several elected officials are not managing the Coronavirus crisis very well because they are allowing the crisis to manage them?
IS IT TRUEÂ that the State of Indiana reported numbers of people testing positive with the COVID-19 Â virus were misleading low because of a computer niche? Â …that some people believe the Governor’s explanation but the overwhelming majority of people don’t?
IS IT TRUE when we love and care for each other all things are possible? ...during times like these please pray for our medical providers, first responders, law enforcement and fire fighting personnel, delivery people, grocery store clerks and stockers, food service cooks and servers, construction workers, and truck drivers?
IS IT TRUE the stark reality is that newspapers across the country are victims of large investment groups that have cut talent, alienated advertisers, and produced irrelevant biased narratives?…at this rate, there will only be a handful of newspapers still in print in the United States in 10 years?
IS IT TRUE we are really pleased with the way the Vanderburgh County Treasurer Susan Kirk runs her office?  … Ms. Kirk is well respected among other county officials, the public, and her employees alike?  …Susan is retiring next month from public office after 50 plus years? …if you see Ms. Kirk at the Civic Civic Center during the next several weeks tell her what a great job she has done on our behalf?
IS IT TRUE that Pigeon Township Trustee Mariama Wilson and Knight Township Trustee Kathryn Martin both continue to put people first and are both doing outstanding jobs as public servants?
IS IT TRUE when the people fear the Government we have Tyranny! Â When the Government fears the people we have Liberty?
IS IT TRUE our “READERS POLLS†are non-scientific but trendy?
Today’s “Readers Pollâ€Â question is: Do you feel positive about the coming year?
Please take time and read our articles entitled “STATEHOUSE FILES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, “READERS POLLâ€, BIRTHDAYS, HOT JOBSâ€, EDUCATION, OBITUARIES and “LOCAL SPORTSâ€.
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