Polls Archive

Should City of Evansville employees in authority who violated federal labor laws be fired?

  • Yes, they should have taken the initiative to learn the law and live by it. (76%, 161 Votes)
  • No, they just did as they were taught for years and should get another chance (24%, 52 Votes)

Total Voters: 213

Start Date: 11/20/2013 @ 10:58 am
End Date: No Expiry

What should be done about the $5 Million "comp time" dilemma?

  • Pay them up to 480 hours that the federal law allows and write the rest off. Illegal benefits are not collectable. (58%, 41 Votes)
  • Bite the bullet and pay these people off in full, cut the 2013 budget to pay for it, stop this idiotic practice going forward. (37%, 26 Votes)
  • Let it ride and keep breaking federal labor laws. Its an Evansville tradition. (5%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 71

Start Date: 11/19/2013 @ 11:48 am
End Date: No Expiry

If Evansville had grown by 20% over the last 50 years instead of shrinking would we still have 10,000 abandoned houses?

  • No, they would either have been refurbished or replaced (58%, 36 Votes)
  • Yes, they are junk and no one would want them regardless (42%, 26 Votes)

Total Voters: 62

Start Date: 11/18/2013 @ 10:14 am
End Date: No Expiry

Who would you vote for today in a 3 candidate race for Vanderburgh County Commissioner?

  • Bruce Ungenthiem (Libertarian) (67%, 189 Votes)
  • Incumbent Marsha Abell (Republican) (21%, 59 Votes)
  • Keith Jarboe (Democrat) (12%, 33 Votes)

Total Voters: 281

Start Date: 11/08/2013 @ 10:26 am
End Date: No Expiry

Evansville seems to be out of compliance on all of the following big ticket items. Which should be fixed first?

  • Sewers (56%, 133 Votes)
  • Cemeteries (21%, 50 Votes)
  • Water Pipes (10%, 23 Votes)
  • Forget them all and build some dog parks. (7%, 17 Votes)
  • Sidewalks (6%, 15 Votes)

Total Voters: 121

Start Date: 11/04/2013 @ 10:17 am
End Date: No Expiry