IS IT TRUE that the following political candidates either declined the invitation or didn’t respond to the invitation to attend the “CALL TO ASSEMBLE”  gathering hosted by the local Vanderburgh  County Veterans Council. …that political candidates Not Coming to this event are: Mayor Winnecke and Dan MsGinn?  …that political candidates NOT RESPONDING  to the invitation to attend this event are:  City Clerk Laura Windhurst,  2nd Ward City Council member Missy Mosby,  At-Large City Council member Jonathan Weaver,  5th Ward City Council candidates Justin Elpers and Thomas Shoulders and 6th Ward City Council candidate Jim Brinkmeyer ?  …we hope our local Veterans will remember that the above political people snub their noses at them by not attending tonights Veterans hosted “CALL TO ASSEMBLE” event?
IS IT TRUE the Commander of the local Vanderburgh Veterans Council called a news conference to update members of the Main Stream Media so he could provide them with details of the agenda concerning the “CALL TO ASSEMBLE” event? …not one representative of the local Main Stream Media showed up for this news conference?  …its important to remind members of the Main Stream Media when the people called on our Veterans “TO ASSEMBLE” on our behalf they showed up and fought the battles that insure our freedoms we enjoy today?  …its obvious if any of the Main Stream Media reporters would have had the honor to served in the military they would had been more respectful towards covering this event hosted by our local Veterans group? …that tonights “CALL TO ASSEMBLE” political Question/Answers forum shall go on without the help of our local Main Stream Media ?
 IS IT TRUE we are extremely disappointed that Evansville newest TV Channel 44 didn’t show up to cover the “CALL TO ASSEMBLE” news conference?  …it looks like Channel 44 may have broken their promise to the people of Evansville that shall do an “outstanding job” in reporting the local news?
IS IT TRUE that the issue of expanding the Brownfields land banking operation is as the COURIER and PRESS says “hanging fireâ€, but not because of the funding issue but the concept itself and the proposed partner in crime–the Brownfields Corp?  …that land banking should not be the cities only focus to solve the Community Blight  problem?  …that the Brownfields has lost its primary funding source, HUD funds, because it was discovered that their land banking operating over the last five years was not an authorized use of HUD funds, and they are now left high and dry?
IS IT TRUE that the Courier and Press is correct that the city was allocated about $2.2 million in funding from the Indiana Hardest Hit Blight Elimination Program (BEP) in 2014, but misleads the public in the facts of the program? That the program, although a federal program, was launched with a simple contract between the US department of Treasury and the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) almost three years ago that stated simply that the funds were to Demolish vacant, abandoned, homes in the communities affected by the housing crisis? That language was specific that red tape was to be avoided? That most of the red tape has been created by the people administering the funding?
IS IT TRUE that the DMD originally planned to take all the BEP funding to expand their HUD funded land bank – the Brownfields? That the original demolition property list of almost 2 years ago consisted of their properties and of the tax sale properties they planned to acquire? That substitutions were made to include a few other non-profits as program participants? That a large substitution was made to clear all the homes in the new d-pat location – even though they were not blighted, vacant, or abandoned before the decision for d-pat to move there?
IS IT TRUE the city of Evansville, along with other cities, is having trouble meeting the “stringent deadlines†as the Courier and Press says because they got off to a bad start trying to focus the money on their own special interest and questionable activity rather than moving forward with the true intent and purpose of the funding?
IS IT TRUE that receiving the $2.2 million award from the state actually resulted in fewer Demolitions of Zombie houses? That because city officials heard this money was coming they cut the amount appropriated annually in the Riverboat Fund from $1millon to $500,000 and then proceeded to spend the $500,000 on city operations rather than demolitions?  …we recommend that read George Lumley’s article “How More Is Less?†that was previously featured articles of this publication.
