IS IT TRUE? February 13, 2011

IS IT TRUE that Evansville Memorial graduate and star basketball player Kyle Kuric is lighting up the nets now for Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals?…that Kyle rained down three pointers against the Syracuse Orange yesterday and led the Cards with 23 points in their 19th win of the season?…that seeing an Evansville native get the praise of the ESPN broadcast team for his shooting and his basketball knowledge makes one swell up with pride?…that Kyle may just be heading for some level of All-American honor at the U of L if he keeps playing the way he has this year?…that “never nervous” Pervis Ellison was in the house to witness Kuric’s shooting and to be honored for the beat down that the 1986 Cardinals put onto Duke in the NCAA final?

IS IT TRUE that we have received a request to issue a challenge for an eDebate between incumbent City Councilman B. J. Watts and his challenger Al Lindsey for the 6th Ward nomination?…that the Community Observer (www.community-observer.com) will be issuing an eDebate invitation to both of these candidates very soon.

IS IT TRUE that the new ECVB attorney, G. Michael Schopmeyer admitted in his letter of February 11, 2011 to the ECVB that he has personally attended ECVB holiday dinners in the past and that the ECVB has a long tradition of Holiday Event entertaining and “ gifting to many, including the ECVB.” ?… that we are very curious by Mr. Schopmeyer’s reference to “ gifting to many”.

IS IT TRUE that we are quite interested in seeing who will be appointed by the ECVB to conduct an independent legal review of past ECVB Holiday Events as recommended by attorney Schopmeyer due to his conflict of interest in personally conducting such a legal review himself?

IS IT TRUE that we hope the local taxpayers get to receive a copy of the written findings of fact prepared by the person employed by the ECVB to conduct the independent legal review as requested by attorney Schopmeyer.

IS IT TRUE that City Councilman Curt John has produced receipts to show that he has paid a substantial sum of money to pay for a sky box at Roberts Stadium?…that Councilman John has also produced receipts for over $2,000 of tickets that he has bought with his own money to attend events at other venues that are managed by SMG in the City of Evansville?…that we would like to challenge other elected officials including Mayor Weinzapfel to produce receipts to show that they have spent their hard earned money on any events that they have attended as well?…that this challenge goes out to every elected official to have held elected office in Vanderburgh County or the City of Evansville in the last 10 years?…that no one other than Curt John has elected to produce such receipts or to opine on the alleged practice of politicians being provided with free tickets to events in Evansville?