We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUEâ€Â 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 everyday members of our local law enforcement work many scenes of shootings several times every week?  …they also chase and apprehend suspects fleeing the scene of the shootings? …we are proud of our men and women in blue for help keeping our community safe from bad people?…the next time you see our first responders please give them five (5) “thumbs up” for doing a great job in protecting us?
IS IT TRUE we want to commend Evansville Police Department media spokesman Jason Cullum for doing an outstanding job of keeping the public aware of the policing activities of the EPD? Â …Jason Cullum is considered to be one of the top law enforcement media spokesmen in Indiana?
IS IT TRUE several years ago we predicted when Ben Shoulders (D) was elected to the Vanderburgh County Commissioner the Commission will start conducting themselves in a non-partisan manner? …we are pleased that the Vanderburgh County Commissioners are making a well thought out decision based on “Good Policy Policy”? …that County Commissioners Cheryl Musgrave, Ben Shoulders, and Jeff Hatfield are making us glad that they were elected the “Three Mayors Of Vanderburgh County”?
IS IT TRUEÂ it looks like the era of the Superintendent of EVSC schools always getting his way with the school board members may be coming to an end? …we give five (5) cheers to Ann Ennis for encouraging EVSC officials to adhere to the “Open Door and Freedom Of Information Laws”?
IS IT TRUE that the McCurdy one million dollars plus water bill issue has been out of the news for a long time? …that the lawsuit between the City and the Kunkel Group won’t be coming to trial until January 2020? …the McCurdy is a classic example of how bad things can get when politics get in the way of business?  …that our City officials seemly fail asleep at the wheel during the refurbishment of this historic building? …if the Evansville water department would have done their due diligence by inspecting the installing of the water/sewer service open loop geothermal system at the time it was installed it would have been discovered and corrected?  …we also wonder if the McCurdy water and sewer bills payment are current?
IS IT TRUE that last year Deaconess Hospital and Henderson Community Methodist Hospital formed a group called an “ACO?” Â …that “ACO” is where referrals are preferably kept within the group and only certain doctors at Deaconess and Methodist are invited to be a part of that group? Â …we wonder how the “ACO” referral group between Deaconess Hospital and Henderson Community Methodist Hospital is currently doing?
IS IT TRUE that Deaconess Hospital is now advertising on TV that they are “A Deaconess Network Affiliate of Methodist Hospital?  …we wonder what this is all about?
IS IT TRUE according to the Washington Post the average millennial net worth is $8,000 less than the previous generations?
IS IT TRUE during his last year in office City Councilman John Friend, CPA sponsored a “separation of funds ordinance” in order to ensure that the City Controller would not manipulate general fund balances?  … upon the urging of the City Controller and the former City Council Finance Chairman, Dan McGinn the newly elected City Council voted to repeal this ordinance?  ...we hear that the money collected from all income sources are now put into one (1) fund account which makes it extremely hard to track on how much money is in each city account on a weekly basis?  …could this be the main reason why key fund accounts haven’t been balanced for 10 out of 11 months last year?
IS IT TRUE we are hearing that several local Democratic attorneys are vying to replace the current Evansville City Council attorney Josh Claybourn a Republican who lives in Newburgh?
IS IT TRUE if only the powers that be would have listened to past County Commission Dave Mosby, Vanderburgh County wouldn’t be experiencing today’s overcrowding problem at the county jail?
IS IT TRUE we have been told because of the increases in the County Income Option Tax (CIOT) and the Wheel Tax that Vanderburgh County now has the money to fund a reasonable expansion of the county jail?
IS IT TRUE that over the years that there has been talked about locating a “Slack Water Port” in the Evansville area?  …that the need for such a port is because many of our goods being shipped by containers?  …that many of thousands of containers arrive at the “Slack Water  Port” in Owensboro, Kentucky each week?  …we wonder why haven’t our elected city and county officials looked into developing a “Slack Water Port” in Evansville?
IS IT TRUE we would like to thank long-time supporter and friend Joe Wallace for his help with the City-County Observer during the time that our publisher was facing serious health problems? Â …that Joe Wallace is a shining example of what true friendship is all about?
Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Are you pleased that Ann Ennis is encouraging the EVSC officials to adhere to the “Open Door and Freedom Of Information Laws”?
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Ms Ennis needs to get-the fat out of the EVSC. I think they have about 25 former teachers downtown making more than 90 thousand. Give that money to the teachers in the classroom.
Gotta spike those pensions by being guidance counselors and admins for the last 4 years of your career. It is sort of stealing from the state. Been going on for 50 years but really expanded in the last 10.
Joe and Ron, completely different but 2 of the best.
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