IS IT TRUE? September 28, 2011
IS IT TRUE that the events are starting to stack up at the Ford Center and that a little browsing of the ticketmaster website is a good place to learn about prices and availability?…that there are still good seats in the lower part of the lower bowl are still available for the Bob Seger concert?…that of a more athletic interest that on October 4th that Evansville Icemen tickets will be going on sale?…that single game tickets including fees are from $14.40 to $47.05 per game?…that season tickets for adults are available for price ranges from $343 to $917 per seat for the entire season?…that you should be able to save some money by using the VenuWorks ticket booth or the Icemen website?…that we wish all of the events great success?
IS IT TRUE that gasoline in Henderson tonight was $3.06 or about 30 cents less than Evansville stations?…that this guy was across the river anyway and filled up with 15 gallons saving $4.50 over what the cost would have been over here?…that a nickel of that 30 cents is taxes but the rest is something else?…that the difference in gas prices between Kentucky and Indiana really should not be more than 7 cents to 10 cents?…that as much as Henderson seems to be prone to gas wars that Evansville is becoming the land of price fixing?
IS IT TRUE that a disturbed man deliberately set his own house on fire in North Evansville yesterday?…that it was the foregone conclusion with many people that this fire was meth related?…that we have every reason to be predisposed to believe that when a house explodes in Evansville that it is meth related?…that this time it was not meth but it was a disturbed person?…that it remains to be seen if this explosion and this persons demise will be classified as an accident or as suicide?…that either way another exploding home is not a statistic that we are pleased to see?
IS IT TRUE that the fact that the Firefighters Union has chosen to endorse Rick Davis and that the Policemen’s Union chose Lloyd Winnecke is proof of the closeness of the upcoming election for Mayor of Evansville?…that the Mole Nation is pretty sure that if the election were held today that the Evansville City Council will contain 6 Democrats and 3 Republicans but that there is disagreement over which 2 Republicans will prevail in the contested races?…that the Mole Nation is a clustercoinflip on the Mayor’s race with a bevy of opinions on why Mr. Davis will prevail and a similar amount who are betting on Mr. Winnecke?…that perhaps as many as a third of the moles have not yet made their choice?
IS IT TRUE that we received many questions about the statistical salary for attorneys and paralegals in Evansville so we did some research on Salary.com?…that the median salary for an attorney is reported to be $80,080 per year?…that a paralegal in Evansville is reported to command a median salary of $42,800?…that it seems as though we shall stand beside yesterdays analysis that hiring an attorney and a paralegal to work directly for the City of Evansville as opposed to farming this out at $150 and $95 per hour is a vastly better deal for the taxpayers?…that we agree with some of our posters and those who sent us emails that these pay levels in the national scheme of things are pretty insulting?
IS IT TRUE that Mole #5 tells us that several City of Evansville employees that serve at the pleasure of the Mayor are bidding on jobs in other departments?…that while this is understandable that some of these people may be well served to stay where they are and to serve the next Mayor?…that Evansville is not like Washington DC during a change of administrations and that it should be no stigma upon anyone for doing a good job during the reign of Mayor Weinzapfel?
Is it true that Rick Davis polled the FOP PAC over the weekend, and when finding the PAC was leaning toward endorsing Winnecke, Davis offered to let a committee of officers select the next police chief if he PAC endorsed Davis?
Is it true that every mayor appoints his own choice for police chief, and that this appointment is one that defines the incoming mayor? That the appointment of police chief demonstrates the new mayor’s leadership and executive style?
Is it true that to offer to allow a committee of officers to appoint their chief, while not making the same offer to the firefighters PAC shows this to be inconsistent leadership and executive potential at best, and nothing more than a cheap ploy at worst?
It also points to the fact that his message of “change”, might largely be hot air.
“Don’t hope for a better Evansville – vote for one”… Sounds like the blank slate of B.H. Obama, in 08!
“Is it true that every mayor appoints his own choice for police chief, and that this appointment is one that defines the incoming mayor? That the appointment of police chief demonstrates the new mayor’s leadership and executive style?”
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While this sounds good on the surface it’s IMHO far from the truth, in most cases the appointees has little to do with leadership or executive style and more to do with patronage and pay backs which is why you have fools like Jarboe running the fire department. In actuality having a committee of members voting and electing their own chief in both departments sounds like a very good concept to me, it would remove the political favors from the mix, the mayor isn’t the best person to choose these positions their peers are.
If you think about it it’s how leaders are chosen from the POTUS to any class president in any school, it is the democratic process that we use everyday to choose our leaders.
JMHO
First of all, a “committee of officers” has no appointment powers.
The mayor has that power and he will use it. That this mayor, or any other mayor would give much weight to the recommendation of a “majority” of the members of the current force is no surprise. What mayor would want to give the top job to a person that was not supported by the majority of people under them?
Your panic is unwarranted veracity.
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No panic involved. My concern is how much Davis is willing to promise in exchange for endorsements and contributions (old school politics and patronage), rather than showing leadership.
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