IS IT TRUE? December 12, 2011

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IS IT TRUE? December 12, 2011

IS IT TRUE that Mole #11 tells the City County Observer that Dan Parker the Chairman of the Indiana Democrat Party is in the last days of his chairmanship?…that after approaching several prominent Democrats like Baron Hill and not being able to strike a deal that we hear that the leading candidate is a lady by the name of Sara Reardon?…that we find it to be an oddity that the leading candidate for head of the Indiana Democrat Party shares a family name with the innovative entrepreneur from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged?…that the Indiana Democrat Party is in need of strength, innovation, an consistency?…that Mr. Parker showed gross inconsistency recently by dismissing a local party official in one part of Indiana for showing favor to Republicans but washing his hands of Evansville City Councilwoman Connie Robinson’s open endorsement of Republican Mayor Elect Lloyd Winnecke of Evansville?…that a Chairman that cannot play by his own playbook need to go and it was time for Dan Parker to go?…that the CCO wonders just how much pressure was put on Parker by “the 23” who signed the pact to back Councilwoman Robinson’s endorsement?

IS IT TRUE that that sometimes laws are just silly and that the original law to only allow casinos in the State of Indiana if they happen to be on a boat was very much one of those “head in the sand” pieces of legislation?…that the way that casinos came to Indiana that allows one to dig a mote in French Lick and call a building a boat is pretty cowardly?…that one could extend that to a slot machine in a hot tub, or a black jack table in a pool and clearly be within the definition of a “boat”?…that land based casinos in states that choose to allow gambling are inevitable and that it should have been that way all the time?…that if the land based casinos are only desired near bodies of water that this is something that can be taken care of with a zoning law that uses the proper language to accomplished the preferred placement?…that as the original casino boats in the state are getting old by allowing land based casinos “next to” bodies of water we may just see some serious construction projects that will create some work and can’t be floated across the river?

IS IT TRUE that as we are discussing laws that are inevitable this merits a discussion with respect to the coming fight in the Indiana legislature over Right to Work?…that without regard to what some advocates on both sides say, that there really are a substantial number of companies that will not consider putting a plant in a state that does not have Right to Work laws?…that Evansville is a prime example of a place that has seen entire industries leave because of friction between labor and management?…that Evansville was once known as the refrigerator capital of the world and that Whirlpool had over 10,000 employees in Evansville?…that the Whirlpool-Evansville marriage was always on thin ice and that a hostile relationship between labor and management was the most visible factor for that thin ice?…that Right to Work would not have prevented the departure of Whirlpool from Evansville in 2010?…that if Right to Work would have been in place in Indiana in say 1980 when Whirlpool was at its peak that maybe something could have been done to preserve a serious and lasting presence for Whirlpool in Evansville?…that we shall never know but Right to Work is inevitable and the only question for Indiana is whether this happens in 2012 or 20 years from now?

STOMP IDIOT AWARD
IS IT TRUE that in the days of old and sometimes at Renaissance Faire’s the winemaking process begins by stomping grapes in a big wooden vat that resembles the early hot tubs?…that in some places all of the townspeople chipped in and had a great fun time stomping the grapes?…that in other towns the job of stomping the grapes was essentially a civil service job?…that this job had two requirements, those being to have the leg strength and stamina to stomp grapes all day long and the limited mental capacity to be willing to do so?…that in the days of old that every village had some idiots and that the idiot who stomped the grapes was often referred to as a “STOMP IDIOT”?…that this writers mom used that term and she used it on me a time or two when I was deserving but the origin of the term made me curious yesterday?…that methinks that cities still have such idiots and that many of them still find their way into politically appointed places?

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    • This is one of the funniest videos of all time. Come on! Someone please say they agree.

  3. Mark Owen should do what Dan Parker did and resign. The county lost the commissioners seat under his guidance and lost the mayor’s office under his guidance. And let’s face it he gave the mayor’s office away.

    • If only we could be so fortunate as to see him resign… yeah, right. I gave up on that a long time ago. Obviously, the 8th District leaders are going to tuck their tails between their legs, just like Parker did. What a joke.

      • In the case of Tony Long, there’s a whole lot of room under which to tuck that tail, isn’t there?

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