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 TRUEÂ we hope that one day soon that if our elected City Official would focus on correcting the major pothole problems currently looming over the City of Evansville and also ways to correct the poor maintenance issues at our city parks? Â … its also time that our City Officials look for ways to make our Zoo and the Ford Center more profitable?
IS IT THAT we recently posted a comment about the City of Evansville “SMART WATER METER” project and received the following update from City councilman Dr. Dan Adams?  …Dr. Adam said; “When we started the AMI project we had targeted replacing approximately 47,000 meters out of ~63,000 meters, leaving ~16,000 meters to replace. So with the AMI project, we replaced about 75% of EWSU meters. The plan was to replace the remaining meters over about a 4 year period. We have replaced about 8,000 meters and have 8,000 more to replace in 2019 and 2020. The cost of replacing those meters is funded by our recent three-year IURC rate case. The exact numbers may vary a bit but my numbers are directionally correct.”
IS IT TRUE during the campaign candidate Mike Braun publically stated that if elected he shall do the following things?  ..that United States Senate candidate Braun pledged if elected he will vote to enact strict term limits; pass a lifetime lobbying ban for members of Congress; eliminate the Congressional pension; make Congress follow the same laws as everyone else ?  …we look forward to the United States Senator Mike Braun to start keeping his campaign pledges?
IS IT TRUE we wonder when the Evansville DMD demolished the old streets and sidewalks located on North Main street and replaced them with new did they do extensive testing of that property to determine if they didn’t have a high level of heavy metals in the soil?
IS IT TRUEÂ last year we reported that officials at Henderson Methodist Hospital and Deaconess Hospital were discussing issues of economic concerns? …we question if Deaconess Hospital had a strong interest in purchasing Henderson Methodist Hospital in the very near future? …that Henderson Methodist Hospital is the largest employer in Henderson County and has a major economic impact in the region? Â …we still wonder if a deal between Henderson Methodist Hospital and Deaconess could be close at hand?
IS IT TRUEÂ the solicitations by a public employee on behalf of a local political candidate during normal working hours could be a violation of the Hatch Act?
IS IT TRUE maybe the City Council would be more productive if they would look for ways to stop political pork barrel projects and political patronage hiring practices in city government?
IS IT TRUE that both St Vincents and Deaconess Hospitals are part of an important data gathering effort to learn more about Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome  (NAS)?  …that NAS is when a baby is born dependent on drugs (mostly opioids) due to mom’s substance abuse?  …the Commission on the Improvement of Children (CISC) has on its website a factual explanation of infant mortality, including an explanation of the survey our hospitals have volunteered to participate?  …attached is the link to the CISC for your review?
http://www.in.gov/children/files/cisc-2017-1108-pp.pdf
IS IT TRUE that one of more interesting blogger asks us to post this link of Congressional Pensions and Benefits for your review and comments? Â …here is the link:
IS IT TRUE that no one would have guessed back when a small branch college was opened on Evansville’s west side called ISUE, that the day would ever come that working there would become a gateway to wealth?…that 7 out of the top 10 highly paid individuals on public payrolls are administrators and deans at the University of Southern Indiana?…even more shocking is that the list of 111 public employees being paid over $100,000 is full of USI administrators and staff?…that 29 of the top 50 are working for USI?…it may really take such big paychecks to attract college level talent but the real question is how are the students who spend their tuition dollars at USI doing?…the graduation rate at USI has been abysmal for years and while some graduates are finding local success, its alledged that some who graduated with high GPAs are waiting tables and struggling to pay off student loans?…paying teachers we’ll is a great thing if their efforts are truly raising the value of the local workforce and positively impacting young lives?…the performance of USI needs to be scrutinized quite closely to see if these big salaries are worth it?
Today’s “Readers Pollâ€Â question is: Do you feel its time for the City to focus on correcting the pothole problems?
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