“IS IT TRUE” FOR DECEMBER 9, 2019

We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?

IS IT TRUE members of the Evansville City Council recently voted to take money from the Local Income Tax account so they could transfer money from one account to another in an attempt to balance the 2019 City budget? …the way you balanced a budget is to spend within your means?

IS IT TRUE we are told because of the serious philosophical and personality conflicts between the newly elected Democratic City Council members that Mayor Winnecke will now be able to craft a political and budgetary strategy that will ensure that his future capital projects plans will become a reality?  …we are told that divide and conquer politics most always succeed?

IS IT TRUE we are told that members of the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party Central Committee are about to learn a lesson in Evansville Politics 101?  …we are told that the lesson they will learn is that a couple of newly elected  Democratic City Council members could care less about what they want them to do?

IS IT TRUE we are told that a couple of newly-elected Democratic City Council members could care less about what the State Democratic Party Chairmen John Zody wants them to do?

IS IT TRUE we are told that a couple of newly-elected Democratic Evansville City Council members could care less about what the local Trade Union members want them to do? …we can guarantee that this type of attitude towards members of the local Trades Unions will cause them serious political problems down the road?

IS IT TRUE we have been told that many supporters of former two-term Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D) and current State Representative Ryan Hatfield (D) are disappointed about the way they have been treated by a couple of newly elected Democratic City Council members?

IS IT TRUE we been told that the newly elected At-Large City Councilperson Kaitlin Moore Morley (D) has upset many local Democratic party loyalists for playing both sides of the City Council Attorney issue? …that Kaitlin Moore Morley (D) is considered to be the swing vote for the Evansville City Attorney job?  …we are now told that because of the way she is playing political games with the City Council Attorney vote that it will hurt her political future in the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party?

IS IT TRUE we have also been told that inflated egos, know-it-all attitudes, self-serving demeanors, inflated opinions about leadership skills have created a dysfunctional Evansville City Council starting in 2020?

IS IT TRUE that it is no secret that the newspaper industry has been falling on hard times for at least a decade?…from the New York Times to every daily news based paper in the country the struggle to survive has meant cuts to staff and the associated lowering the bar when it comes to quality?…it seems as though any small to medium-sized daily paper that once captured a reader’s attention for at least a half-hour a day is now only capable of keeping one’s attention for less than 10 minutes? …we are being told by our friends in the mainstream media if the new out of town conglomerate that now owns the Evansville Courier and Press don’t pay strict attention to the business at hand they could be forced to publish online only? …we hope that this doesn’t happen because we also enjoy reading a printed newspaper?

IS IT TRUE that the CVB board has once again decided to hire an out of town firm to search for a new Executive Director?  …whats so amazing is that there are several local candidates with the ability to make Evansville a travel destination, including some who currently work for CVB, who are interested in the job? …we wonder how did the search for an out of the area CVB Executive Director work out during the last three times?

IS IT TRUE we are hearing that there is a discussion concerning making some adjustments in the makeup of the CVC Board Of Directors? …we are told that several political movers and shakers feel that a couple of current board members have become nonresponsive towards the people that appoint them to this board?

IS IT TRUE that our “Readers Poll” is non-scientific but trendy?

Today’s “Readers Poll” question is: Would you purchase a Sunday printed edition of the City-County Observer for one buck?

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