IS IT TRUE that 31 States now recognize concealed gun carrying permits?  …many States also allow people to apply for a gun permit online?
IS IT TRUEÂ that another grocery store that is located in a financially challenged part of the City of Evansville has closed its doors?…this time it was the PriceLess Foods store at the corner of Covert and Vann Avenues that surveyed the opportunity for a prosperous future and decided to get out before the losses drove them further down a slippery slope?…this location has been turned over from brand to brand over a number of years but has not been a top shelf store for many years?…just down the street a WalMart Neighborhood Market closed down after a few years of losses and repeated gunshot instances in the immediate vicinity?…it is sad to see food deserts forming in the most challenging areas of Evansville but maybe there is a lesson to be learned about what kind of grocery store can make it in a challenges area where violence, gunshots, and pilfering are a continuous way of life?…it is unfortunate for the good people of such areas that eventually if they are lucky enough to have a grocery store, the prices will be higher than local averages because of the elevated costs of security and higher levels of “leakage?”…leakage is the term used by grocery accountants to describe losses due to shoplifting and other forms of theft?
IS IT TRUEÂ that many other locations in the City of Evansville have experienced losses of grocery stores over stealing?…the old Wesselman’s on Lincoln Avenue in the 4th Ward shut down and was reopened by some well-meaning leaders under the Sunshine Market brand?…the Sunshine Market failed as did the next two brands created for the same location despite assistance from the City of Evansville and other good Samaritans?…the Bueler’s Buy Low on North Main near the $18 Million bike path also closed down and theft of inventory that greatly exceeded expectations was the reason given for shutting it down?…one thing is for sure and that is the fact that thieves are destroying any opportunity that these challenged neighborhoods may have to sustain a grocery store?…several areas of town are now food deserts and the small percentage of thieving scumbags that are among us are to blame?
IS IT TRUEÂ during the Republican Primary debate one thing the Senatorial candidates made clear was “Hoosiers can either elect another career politician who believes the answer to term limits is to simply run for another office, or they can elect a businessman who knows how to achieve results in the real world”?
IS IT TRUE that the United States Senatorial Republican primary race in Indiana is gaining national attention?  …the National Journal just stated; “If [Braun] can come out of nowhere to win a primary and oust a sitting Democratic senator despite the national tumult, he’ll be outlining the GOP’s future formula for success?
IS IT TRUE that the CEO of Sears is calling for the legacy brand to be broken apart and sold off?…Edward Lampert is actually offering to buy the brand known as Kenmore that are/were made by Whirlpool in the North 41 facility back when Evansville had a massive manufacturing industry?…with the Sears at Washington Square gone, the one downtown empty, and Whirlpool gone we are not sure that anyone in Evansville should really give two cents about what happens to Sears?
IS IT TRUE the taxpayers are paying off an annual debts payment for the new downtown medical school ($2.7M), the downtown hotel ($1.26M) without having any ownership position? …we wonder who are the owners of the medical school buildings that the taxpayers are paying off the loan notes on?
IS IT TRUE we appreciate Saint Vincent Hospital Public Relations Department for sending us news of interest concerning the happenings at their facilities system wide?
IS IT TRUE that the Republican primary candidate for the 8th District Congressional seat, Dr. Richard Moss (R) of Jasper has stated that “Larry Bucshon has become a typical DC politician”. “He has taken pages from Richard Lugar’s and Evan Bayh’s playbooks by moving his family to Washington”. “He doesn’t even live in the community he represents”. “Instead, he hangs around Washington insiders and lobbyists and has forgotten what the voters in Indiana sent him to do.”
IS IT TRUEÂ we are extremely surprised that the Evansville City Controller doesn’t propose to pay down the serious shortfall in the employee health plan in his proposed 2018 budget?
IS IT TRUE the City of Evansville doesn’t have a revenue problem but they do have a spending problem?
IS IT TRUE that the University of Evansville baseball Aces are suffering through one of their worst seasons ever with a 1-9 record in conference and only 7-26 overall?…they have not won one game outside of the friendly confines of Braun Stadium?…Perhaps more than just a new basketball coach is needed to breathe hope into the Purple Ace Nation?…the last really competitive team was the 2006 team that Wes Carroll was an assistant coach on that was on the verge of going to the College World Series until South Carolina figured out how to hit the Aces pitching?…baseball is a tradition in Evansville and the fans deserve better that is being played right now?
IS IT TRUE we haven’t heard from the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party Chairman Scott Danks for over two (2) months? Â …we aren’t worried about him because we know he’s been busy interviewing extremely qualified candidates to run for Vanderburgh County political offices in the upcoming General election?
Todays “Readers Poll†question is: If the Republican primary for the 2nd District County Commission race was held today who would you vote for?
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It is true that Neighborhood Walmart on Taylor is NOT closed down. It is no longer open 24 hrs/ day for the reasons you state, but it is open 18 hrs/day. It is also true that Priceless, Sav-a-lot on Weinbach, and Simpson’s have all been bought out by the same company, which is combining all three operations at the Simpson’s site.
Is it true that Simpson’s will no longer have the wonderful meat department they are known for?
Walmart neighborhood market is still up and running in the Covert/Vann neighborhood.
Now this is really scary. Amazing Trump won despite the opposition of Google and the liberal elite media:
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“By inserting negative search suggestions under the name of a candidate, search engines like Google can shift the opinions of undecided voters by up to 43.4 percent, according to new research by a team at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and reported exclusively by Breitbart News.
The lead author of the study, Dr. Robert Epstein, has previously conducted research into what he calls the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME). This research showed that the manipulation of results pages in search engines can shift the voting preferences of undecideds by anywhere between 20 and 80 percent, depending on the demographic.
His latest research looks at how search engines can affect voters by suggesting negative or positive search terms when a political candidate’s name is entered into the search bar. Dr. Epstein’s research found that when negative search terms are suggested for a candidate, it can have a dramatic effect on voter opinion.”
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/04/24/exclusive-research-google-search-manipulation-can-swing-nearly-80-percent-undecided-voters/
“IS IT TRUE the taxpayers are paying off an annual debts payment for the new downtown medical school ($2.7M), the downtown hotel ($1.26M) without having any ownership position? …we wonder who are the owners of the medical school buildings that the taxpayers are paying off the loan notes on?” Great question, C-CO. Here’s another. How’s this even possible? Would a bank loan a private business money to build a building that someone else owns? And while we’re at it, who “owns” the Ford Center?
Evansville Redevelopment Commission owns Ford Center
Doubletree is owned by the people who built it
I think the Medical School will be owned by IU but that could be wrong
Joe. Do. You know who paid to build these facilities? Thanks. Editor
Nobody yet. The Evansville City Council borrowed the money and the taxpayers will pay it back. It is sort of like your cousin borrowing money to buy his girlfriend a car and sticking you with the payment.
There was once a Council member that warned this Administration of two possibilities. Number one was ONB might consider moving it’s Corporate operations to Indy and two, Vectren would be eventually sold. Both situations would have an adverse impact on the value of two pieces of real estate that comprises over 30% of the downtown TIF. Now, does anyone believe that the acquiring Corporation of Vectren will consider that beautiful riverside building it’s headquarters. Be prepare next to see ONB announce it’s Old National Bancorp move to Indy??? and of course, we now have property exempted from the downtown TIF . . Med School . . .
St. Vincent will be dropped and a national brand will be it’s replacement. ” Ascension “
*The WalMart Neighborhood Market is still operational. Like most WalMart Neighborhood Markets it is not a 24 hr/day operation. And the competition from it was a major reason Buhler’s and Priceless on Vann Ave. at Covert closed.
*The former Sears store downtown is not empty. It has been occupied by Old National Bank for many, many years.
*Never heard the term “leakage” used to describe losses due to shoplifting. The term I’ve always heard used by store management is “shrinkage”.
*And it’s not just stores located in the fimancially distressed areas of the city that are having shrinkage problems. The WalMart Super Centers are securing (closing) exits after certain hours to prevent product from walking out the doors. Bargain Hunt (Weinbach Shopping Center) has a problem with product disappearing from shelves which may or not be attributed to clients of one of their neighbor businesses, the Meijer store on North Green River Road (certainly not an economically depressed atea) has to secure and prevent access to their electronics department due to an incredible amount of shrinkage. And every bottle of hard alcohol in Meijer’s has an alarm device attached to it to prevent it from walking out of the store.
*A lot of the responsibility for store product shrinkage can be laid directly at the foot of recreational drug usage. Product removed from stores by shoplifting, then the “hot” product sold on the street or eBay to generate cash to purchase drugs, or “hot” product traded on the street to acquire drugs. It’s pretty bad when stores have to lock up baby formula to prevent it from being stolen.
Thanks for the updates and corrections. Thanks for reading the CCO and keeping us us current on important issues. B. Thanks Editor
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