IS IT TRUE” FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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IS IT TRUE that the Indiana Secretary Of State Connie Lawson is calling it quits because of personal reasons?  …we been told that the popular State Representative Holli Sullivan of Vanderburgh County is been encourage to apply for this position?  … if she decides to so we predict that she will be appointed as the next Secretary Of State Of Indiana?

IS IT TRUE that we are told that the next Vanderburgh County Redvelopment Commission meeting may be interesting to watch? …we are also told that the subject of how the money of the five (5) Vanderburgh County TIF Districts are going to be spent in the coming year may be the main topic of discussion? …it’s always interesting to observe a pointed philosophical discussion between conservative and progressive thinking members of a board talking about money issues?

IS IT TRUE we would like to  thank Vanderburgh County Commission Jeff Hatfield for sending us the EMA Weather Report early yesterday morning in order that we could give our readers a detailed and up-to-date report on the status of the incoming snow storms?

IS IT TRUE that thanks are in order to Commissioner Ben Shoulders for informing us that the County will have 9 snow bladed salt trucks and a total of 35 men work crew ready to help insure that our county roads will be passable?

IS IT TRUE we would like to thank both the City of Evansville and the Vanderburgh County road crews for the excellent work they are doing in help keeping our streets clean during times like these?

IS IT TRUE our favorite Columnist/Journalist at the Evansville Courier And Press recently wrote a interesting article about the top ten (10) highest paid public employees in Vanderburgh County 2020?

IS IT TRUE that a couple of individuals that John Webb at the Evansville Courier And Press highlighted in his article that caught our attention were Dr. David Smith-Superintendent of the EVSC schools received a whooping $258,796 salary in 2020 (one of the highest paid Superintendents of K-12 in Indiana), Rick Moore-Executive Directors of the Evansville Housing Authority received a compensation of $170,073 in 2020 (increase of $7,000 from 2019), and Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding received a major increase from what he was paid in 2017 (Sheriff Wedding salary  jumped from $129,653 in 2017 to a sizable $157,519 in 2020)?  …we wonder if any of our readers has ever received  this type of a percentage increase in salary during their working career?

IS IT TRUE that a couple of links provided by Mr. Webb in his article that might be of interest are: According to Indiana Gateway, a state database of public salaries,Here were the 10 highest-paid public employees Vanderburgh County in 2019, Here are the 10 highest-paid public employees in Vanderburgh County from 2018?

IS IT TRUE it’s common knowledge that there is one position in the City of Evansville that is grossly underpaid considering the extreme demands and stresses cause by his job? …its time that the City Of Evansville Salary Review Committee take a serious look at increasing the annual compensation of the Mayor of Evansville?

IS IT TRUE that it’s time that the well known law firm Dank And Dank consider a name change? …that Dank And Danks now have three Danks practicing law there (Scott, Jonathan and Brandon Danks)? …we respectfully recommend that the new name for Dank And Dank law firm be changed to DANK-DANKS AND DANKS?

IS IT TRUE over the years we been watching Evansville Deputy Mayor Steve Schaefer with interest?  …we alway knew that he was smart and ambitious? …since he has taken the lead to insure that the “Re-open Evansville Task Force” achieves its lofty goal we have seen a side of him we haven’t seen before?  …he’s a very good communicator, detailed and focused?  …he also has the ability to “think out the box”?

IS IT TRUE we are told that the newly announced candidate for Vanderburgh County Sheriff, Noah Robinson is really hitting the campaign trail very hard? …that several people who have met him tell us that he’s not a politician but is a smart, likable, easy going and a soft spoken guy?

IS IT TRUE when the people fear the Government we have Tyranny!  When the Government fears the people we have Liberty!

Todays ‘Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that the United States Senate made the right decision by not impeaching Donald Trump?
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3 COMMENTS

  1. Is it true the scuttle-butt about Sheriff Weddings move to the Republican Party was more about running for 8th District Representative than anything else? Is it true a Democrat replacing the good doctor has as much chance as the proverbial snowball in a hot place?

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