“Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab†SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
The majority of our “IS IT TRUE†columns are about local or state issues, so we have decided to give our more opinionated readers exclusive access to our newly created “LEFT JAB and Middle Jab and RIGHT JAB† column. They now have this post to exclusively discuss national or world issues that they feel passionate about.
We shall be posting the “LEFT JAB†AND “MIDDLE JAB†AND “RIGHT JABâ€Â several times a week.  Oh, “LEFT JAB†is a liberal view, “MIDDLE JAB†is the libertarian view and the “RIGHT JAB is representative of the more conservative views. Also, any reader who would like to react to the written comments in this column is free to do so.
ADOPT A PET
Miles is a year old. He’s a pretty red mixed-breed who is very well-behaved in his kennel! His adoption fee is $110 and includes his neuter, microchip, vaccines, and more. Get details at www.vhslifesaver.org/adopt!
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Vishal Kumar Patel: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Class C misdemeanor)
Ryan Christopher Decker: Counterfeiting (Level 6 Felony), Forgery (Level 6 Felony), Attempt theft (Level 6 Felony), Driving while suspended (A infraction)
Kayla Michelle Phillippe: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Obstruction of justice (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor)
Shawn Michael Rust: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Obstruction of justice (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor)
Jerel Vashawn Hayden: Intimidation (Level 5 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony)
Todd Beasley-Braun: Battery by means of a deadly weapon (Level 5 Felony), Attempt battery by means of a deadly weapon (Level 5 Felony), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor)
Shkariyun Fox: Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Public intoxication (Class B misdemeanor), Disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor)
Joshua Ray Boyd: Dealing in a schedule I controlled substance (Level 2 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Laura Lee Ellison: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor)
Ryan Christopher Decker: Attempt fraud on a financial institution (Level 5 Felony), Forgery (Level 6 Felony)
ADOPT A PET
Carson is a 15-year-old male Chihuahua! Check out those enormous ears on such a tiny pup! Small dog adoption fees are normally $130 to help cover the cost of medical care. Carson is eligible for a FREE adoption under the Senior Pets program for senior citizens. Get details on adoption at www.vhslifesaver.org/adopt!
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“IS IT TRUE” SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
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?
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IS IT TRUEÂ at the September 3, 2020 meeting of the Evansville Board of Public Works, the board approved of an advertising contract between the City of Evansville Human Relations Commission and Best View Media LLC in the amount of $4,188.00 for Fair Housing Advertisement to be displayed in city buses, shelters and on benches? …we wonder why the Evansville Board of Public Works would approve a new advertising contract with anyone until they have resolved a current lawsuit filed against them and Best View Media, LLC concerning a prior contractual advertising dispute with another business?
IS IT TRUE.please wear your mask, distance yourself from people, and avoid large crowds? …have a safe and enjoyable “Labor Day”?
IS IT TRUE that sometimes a politician’s 15 minutes of fame turns out to be a lifetime of political disgrace and pain? -CCO
IS IT TRUE when politicians think that they are invincible, it’s a proven fact it turns out that they are not? -CCO
IS IT TRUE that some politicians don’t understand that the respect and admiration shown to them by the masses have very little to do with them as a person, but it’s more about the political office they hold? -CCO
IS IT TRUEÂ when the masses see an obvious backroom political bait and switch deal happening, they quickly realize that this backroom political deal usually involves money and political appointments? –CCO
IS IT TRUE there are major differences between an elected official and s politician? …that most elected officials are a “Good Steward Of The Public Trust” that practice “Good Public Policy” but politicians are self-serving? –CCO
IS IT TRUE that liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist? Â -Frederick Douglass
IS IT TRUE that you cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred? –Abraham Lincoln
IS IT TRUEÂ that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened? Â –John F. Kennedy
IS IT TRUEÂ under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule and both commonly succeed, and are right? Â Â Â H.L. Mencken
IS IT TRUEÂ in politics, you must always keep running with the pack, and the moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves? –R. A. Butler
IS IT TRUE, let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer? Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past? Let us accept our own responsibility for the future? - John F. Kennedy
IS IT TRUE that Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other?     Oscar Ameringer
IS IT TRUE he knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career?  ― George Bernard Shaw
IS IT TRUE  that today’s most public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read or comprehend them either?†â€Â ― Gore Vidal
IS IT TRUE If politicians stopped meddling with things they don’t understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates?― Thomas Sowell
IS IT TRUEÂ they say if you don’t vote, you get the government you deserve?
And if you do, you never get the results you expected?  ― E.A. Bucchianeri
IS IT TRUE that Trophy hunters are like politicians, they both like to pull the trigger from the comfort of a safe distance? ― J Bartell,
IS IT TRUE  that a politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he’s the only one who can save the ship? –Ivern Ball
IS IT TRUE we live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy? –Martin L. Gross
IS IT TRUE Â that all of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field? –Â Albert Einstein
IS IT TRUE that Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy? – Ernest Benn
IS IT TRUE that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed?   Mao Zedong
IS IT TRUEÂ the future happiness for Americans is if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them? –Thomas Jefferson
IS IT TRUE that politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant? Â –Henri Queuille
IS IT TRUE that politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity?–Albert Einstein
IS IT TRUEÂ you may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time? Â –Abraham Lincoln
IS IT TRUE that politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions?  –Albert Einstein
IS IT TRUEÂ in war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times? Â Â –Winston Churchill
IS IT TRUE that politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage?   –Dwight D. Eisenhower
IS IT TRUE that politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is?     Margaret Cho
IS IT TRUEÂ the whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men? Â –Reinhold Niebuhr
IS IT TRUEÂ that politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them? Â Â –Paul Valery
IS IT TRUE when the people fear the Government we have Tyranny?  When the Government fears the people we have Liberty?
IS IT TRUEÂ we also would like to thank Kemberle Weightman for preparing and sending us the daily EPD activity report?
IS IT TRUE our “READERS POLLSâ€Â are non-scientific but trendy?
Today’s “Readers Pollâ€Â question is: Do agree with Sheriff Dave Wedding that left-wing Democrats want to burn the flag, defund the police, don’t acknowledge God, and are idiots?
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LABORERS -LOCAL #561 ENDORSES COUNTY COMMISSIONER BEN SHOULDERS FOR RE-ELECTION
LABORERS -LOCAL #561 ENDORSES COUNTY COMMISSIONER BEN SHOULDERS FOR RE-ELECTION
LiUNA 561 represents over 1,200 members who work in the local construction industry.  just announce that they are supporting Ben Shoulders for Vanderburgh County Commissioner.
Commissioner Shoulders said; “I will continue to work alongside LiUNA 561 to ensure we attract & retain good jobs and I wish everyone a Happy and Safe Labor Day.
Thank again to Mr. Jon Scott and aLL of our local laborers for all you on this special day!!
Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day?
Labor Day 2020 will occur on Monday, September 7. Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans and is celebrated with parties, street parades and athletic events
Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day?
Labor Day, an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal chapters.
In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts’ wages.
People of all ages, particularly the very poor and recent immigrants, often faced extremely unsafe working conditions, with insufficient access to fresh air, sanitary facilities and breaks.
As manufacturing increasingly supplanted agriculture as the wellspring of American employment, labor unions, which had first appeared in the late 18th century, grew more prominent and vocal. They began organizing strikes and rallies to protest poor conditions and compel employers to renegotiate hours and pay.
 How a Deadly Railroad Strike Led to the Labor Day Holiday
Many of these events turned violent during this period, including the infamous Haymarket Riot of 1886, in which several Chicago policemen and workers were killed. Others gave rise to longstanding traditions: On September 5, 1882, 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York City, holding the first Labor Day parade in U.S. history.
The idea of a “workingmen’s holiday,†celebrated on the first Monday in September, caught on in other industrial centers across the country, and many states passed legislation recognizing it. Congress would not legalize the holiday until 12 years later, when a watershed moment in American labor history brought workers’ rights squarely into the public’s view. On May 11, 1894, employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago went on strike to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives.
On June 26, the American Railroad Union, led by Eugene V. Debs, called for a boycott of all Pullman railway cars, crippling railroad traffic nationwide. To break the Pullman strike, the federal government dispatched troops to Chicago, unleashing a wave of riots that resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen workers.
Who Created Labor Day?
In the wake of this massive unrest and in an attempt to repair ties with American workers, Congress passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed it into law. More than a century later, the true founder of Labor Day has yet to be identified.
Many credit Peter J. McGuire, cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, while others have suggested that Matthew Maguire, a secretary of the Central Labor Union, first proposed the holiday.
READ MORE:Â The Labor Movement
Labor Day Celebrations
Labor Day is still celebrated in cities and towns across the United States with parades, picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays and other public gatherings. For many Americans, particularly children and young adults, it represents the end of the summer and the start of the back-to-school season.
Holidays That Fall on Mondays
The Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 changed several holidays to ensure they would always be observed on Mondays so that federal employee could have more three-day weekends. The Act, signed into law on June 28, 1968, moved Washington’s Birthday Memorial Day, and Columbus Day to fixed Mondays each year.