IS IT TRUEÂ Mayor Winnecke newest TV ad stating that because of his leadership unemployment is at a record low in 5 years? Â …over the last 3 1/2 Evansville have lost jobs but also pick up some? Â …we like see to the official data that backs up the Mayors claim that unemployment is way down in Evansville? Â …its obvious that the Mayor and his staff should spend some quality time and visit the really disadvantaged areas of the 4th, 2nd and 3rd Wards to talk with the common folk in a one on one or group setting to find out how many people are not only living in poverty but are chronically unemployed? …it’s time for not only the Mayor but every elected official of this community to join forces to take on the challenges of help correcting our chronically unemployment issues? Â …we believe we have the talent and resources to make a measurable difference in improve our chronically unemployment rate?
 IS IT TRUE we do agree with his TV ad that pointed out under the Mayors watch his administration helped rid of several hundred blighted home?  …we commented the Mayor for doing so?  …we know he understands that we have 8 or 9  thousands more blighted homes waiting to be rehab or put on the demolition list?  …we understand that he inherited this unacceptable problem? …we urge the Mayor to take time to review all the suggestions and merits that DMD, George Lumley, Tom Langhorn of the Courier and Press and Brownfield Corp are bringing to the table on ways to attack our unacceptable ‘Blighted Homes ” problem throughout Evansville?  ...we firmly believe we have the desire, talent and the resources to “kick it up a notch” and do better in next several years attacking the “BLIGHTED” home problems?
IS IT TRUE that City Council spent more time debating the merits rejecting the idea of giving themselves a 1% raise rather than discussing giving non union city employees a 1% pay increase in 2016?  …if Council would had passed a 1% pay raise for Council for 2016 they would have save the taxpayers $1,800 in the 2016 budget?  …Missy Mosby, Dan McGinn , Connie Robinson,  Al Lindsey, Dr. Dan Adams and Jonathan Weaver voted to give all non union city employees a 1% pay increase for 2016?  …this vote cost the taxpayers of this community a a whooping $600,000 dollar plus in the 2016 budget?
IS IT TRUE if a business in the private sector were considering giving their employees $600,000 in raises or to table the raises so they can remind competitive in the market place what do think they would do? …the decision would be simple,  they would forgo employees raises in order to insure that everybody keeps their jobs?
IS IT TRUE we wonder how many times in the last 25 years did the City of Evansville had massive job layoffs?  …we wonder how many times have you seen massive job lay offs in the private sector during the last 25 years? …the main reason why people want to work for the City of Evansville is for job security?
IS IT TRUE we wonder if you know of any local small business or corporation that provides their full or part-time employees with the following Health Care Benefit package? …the City of Evansville provides our part time City Council members and full time non-union city employees Health Care Benefits package that includes: Dental coverage thats has unlimited coverage,  pays one half of Dental bill and the taxpayers pay the other half? … Council and city employees receive one free pair of glasses each year?  …Council and city employees have unlimited access to the City funded “Health Clinic”  and all the Generic Drugs are free? … Council and city employees  have access to “Wellness and Dietitian” consultants at no costs? …Council and city employees receive major discounts from city approved “Physical Fitness”  workout facilities for a nominal fee? …Council and city employees received at no cost a $50,000 Group life insurance policy? …Council and city employees have access to Drug and Alcohol Rehab help at on site treatment at any Accredited Center located anywhere USA with unlimited coverage at very little cost to them?
IS IT TRUE that the above city funded  “Cadillac Family Health Care” plan only cost our part time and full time employees a whooping $68 a month? …we wonder if any local business owners provides their employees with a similar Health Care benefit package that the City of Evansville provides their employees?
IS IT TRUE that our current “Readers Poll” ask;  Do think Council should give city employees a 1% rise that would increase the 2016 City Budget by $600,000?
The City-County Observer is excited to announce that our annual CCO “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD†luncheon for 2015.will be held on October 26, 2015 at Tropicana-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B.? …this years winners of the “Outstanding Community Services Awards†are: Vanderburgh County Commissioner Joe Kifer, well respected local attorney Joe Harrison, Jr, Indiana State Auditor Suzanne Crouch and former Vanderburgh County Sheriff and 8th District Congressmen Brad Ellsworth, Dr. Dan Adams, Dr Steven Becker MD, Tracy Zeller-President of Tracy Zeller Jewelry Holly Dunn-National Motivation Speaker on Domestic Violence, Cheryl Musgrave who currently sits on the Vanderburgh County Board of Zoning Appeals and also is a Commissioner on the Evansville Redevelopment Commission and Betty Hermann?
Registration begins at 11:30 am, the event officially starts at 12 noon on October 26, 2015? Deadline for registration is October 20, 2015? The last five (5) events were sellouts. The program will begin at noon on October 26, 2015. Reservations for this event may be made by calling Mollie Darke Schreiber at 812-760-4233 of via email at mdarke07@yahoo.com.
