IS IT TRUE? Part 2 September 19, 2011

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IS IT TRUE? Part 2 September 19, 2011

IS IT TRUE that in Sunday’s activity report for the Evansville Police Department there were five separate entries that were meth related?…that these were all for possession, dealing, or both?…that while one-pot labs grab headlines when houses explode from reactions gone bad the street drug scene just continues to plague Evansville?…that the CCO is proud of the officers of the EPD who lay it on the line every day in giving their best effort to keep our city safe?…that this is becoming a hard job to keep up with?

IS IT TRUE that the Evansville Redevelopment Commission has released the agenda for the meeting that they will be holding tomorrow morning at 8:30 am in the 3rd Floor of the Civic Center?…that the last line item on the agenda is an update on the status of the McCurdy Hotel project?…that as the Koala Bear in “Disney’s Rescuers Down Under” always says “This Ought to be Rich”?…that a quick check of the Vanderburgh County Assessors web page indicates at 2:36 pm today that there are still $12,274.76 in overdue taxes that are due?…that as much as we would like to believe that tomorrow’s update will be positive, owing back taxes is not an indication of good things to come?…that nevertheless the CCO does hope to see the McCurdy Hotel brought back to its long lost grandeur?…that we believe that the best and highest use for the McCurdy is to be a vintage elegant hotel as opposed to the four year old plan of converting it into luxury apartments?

IS IT TRUE that much to many speculators surprise the subject of a report by the VETTING company for the downtown Convention Hotel does not appear on the agenda?…that once in the very recent past one of the agendas had no mention of the VETTING and low and behold that lead VETTER showed up to address the ERC?…that for this person to have been in attendance took some scheduling and planning so it is highly probably that the ERC knew he was going to attend and just casually decided not to put him on the agenda that time?…that we wonder if such a thing could happen again?…that we will know in the morning?

IS IT TRUE that it was just announced that Cincinnati business Vantiv that was formerly known as CMC will be laying off about 75 of its 205 Evansville based employees?…that these layoffs have been deemed necessary by the headquarters as part of consolidating its Evansville based call center operation back to the home office area of Cincinnati?…that Vantiv is actually the Card Processing Solutions entity for Fifth Third Bank?…that this is not the win one for Evansville news that we were hoping for this week?…that we are willing to make a bet that there will be no smiling politicians cutting ribbons, congratulating each other, and sending out press releases about this news?…that the cast of characters that were celebrating and taking credit for attracting 40 jobs last week will run into a hole and hide when it comes to explaining the loss of these 75 jobs?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville resident Benjamin Magenheimer has filed a lawsuit against the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Evansville for having him escorted out of the Evansville Zoo for carrying a handgun and not concealing it?…that his attorney will likely be asserting that Mr. Magenheimer’s 2nd Amendment rights were violated by the Parks Department?…that if this incident could have been avoided or accommodated that the City of Evansville would be spared some embarrassment and whatever settlement is reached could have been spent to repair some of our crumbling parks?…that the United States Constitution has been a pretty good way to govern and continues to be?…that some people just don’t seem to appreciate Constitutional rights as much as others?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville’s families and children who were at the Zoo when this happened were treated to something that should never happen in a free country of laws?…that a number of Evansville children watched a man who was living completely within the law of the land and keeping the peace surrounded by armed officers and escorted from the property for nothing but exercising his constitutional right to bear arms?…that this should be an example of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution for every Civic class in EVSC for the next 50 years?…that if we are to keep our freedom we had best start teaching our children just what freedoms that we still have?

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  1. So where was GAGE and the Mayor when 5th 3rd was deciding to cut 75 jobs in Evansville?

    Maybe the head of GAGE was busy digging through receipts to find stolen coffee and cake pans while these jobs were disappearing.

  2. If the Zoo has a posted refusal policy, can’t they refuse entrance to anyone for a multitude of reasons (including endangering and scaring other patrons)? If so, they are within their rights to ask the man to conceal his gun and upon his refusal to do so, ask him to leave. It’s legal to wear no shirt (men) or shoes in public, but McDonald’s has the right to post a sign that say no shirt, no shoes, no service.

    • Good points for discussion. McDonald’s is a private business and the Zoo is public. Men run or mow their yards shirtless all the time and arresting them for doing so would be ludicrous. McDonald’s can still keep them out but I bet the Zoo couldn’t. Heck, private clubs can enforce dress codes that are pretty restrictive, gun clubs included.

    • … is it true that your 2nd Amendment rights cease when entering someone elses private property if they make those stipulations known?

      • No they do not…..constitutional rights are not fluid, they do not come and go, how the constitution is interpreted by the states does change state by state though.

        But you can be denied access to private property in that case, just as the McDonalds example they have the right to pick and choose their customers based on their own beliefs.

        Of course if you put a sign up on your front door (private property) that says no guns allowed past this point and the cops show up, are they granted access because they are cops or do they have to check their guns at the door?

        Public property (taxpayer owned/supported) is a totally different subject.

        JMHO

  3. I am a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment. I would be willing to bet that more people exercise this constitutional right than the general public realize. I carry a concealed firearm every day. The key word in that sentence is CONCEALED. People carry guns for self-defense. Walking around with a weapon on display does nothing but draw attention to you, good or bad. This man had the proper permit and was within his rights as an Indiana citizen. However, he also had to have known that by not concealing his gun he was open to discrimination from most of the people he was going to come into contact with that day. The majority of those people were more than likely intimidated and uneasy. For a few, his obvious display of testosterone could have been an invitation to see “whose was bigger”. Any way you look at it there was a good chance of a negative outcome.

    These types of stories make me really angry as a gun owner. This man was obviously trying to make a statement when he left the house that day. Maybe that statement was meant to boldly say “this is my legal, constitutional right.” Or maybe it was just to say “I’m Billy Bad…” But in the end all he has done is directed the spotlight at an already threatened issue.

    Government is slowly chipping away at our civil liberties. The Second Amendment still stands, but it is in a fragile state. There are ways to defend this right and force our voices to be heard. But seriously, a zoo crowded with small kids? What if some other Alpha Male decided that day to test this guy’s willingness to use that weapon? We would be reading a much different story right now.

    As long as he has the proper permit I will defend this man’s right to carry a firearm as loudly as I can. They are going to have a pretty big fight on their hands the day they try to take my guns. But his actions are going to have more negative consequences than positive. Agree with what he did or not, as tax payers we are now forced to fund the courts for this suit. If he wins his lawsuit we all chip in to pay for his settlement. If he loses than the little pink slip in my wallet takes another step towards being scrap paper. The end result can only be a loss.

    • Agree 100%+ Off duty LEOs carry and no one knows. Unless you are begging for attention like this guy, just conceal. We have a lifetime carry permits and we conceal. This is alot like the idiotic ACLU lawsuits, sure you have a right to be obnoxious, don’t make you smart. Time to pull the carry permit for this show off.

  4. Carrying a pistol in plain sight is nothing more than a desire to make a spectacle of one’s self. Common sense informs one to keep the heater in in his pocket or leave it in the car.

    • Fools and exhibitionists have rights too. They are still fools and exhibitionists in spite of those rights.

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