IS IT TRUE we asked 4th Ward City Councilwoman, Connie Robinson, why she didn’t answer the political questions submitted to her by the Courier & Press?  …Ms. Robinson told us she didn’t receive her questionnaire until a month after the post mark date?  …the Councilwoman told us she talked with a Courier and Press political reporter  about the delay, and he acknowledged sending them out late? …she went on to tell us she explained to  the reporter she is in her busiest time of the year and may not have time to answer the questions?…we wondered why the political reporter didn’t put a disclaimer in the article outlining the date the questions were received compared with the deadline related to his questions?

IS IT TRUE Mayor Winnecke sent out emails to his friends and supporters residing in the First Ward?…he encouraged them to vote for Councilman Dan McGinn?…the Mayor claimed Mr. McGinn has been a voice of common sense on the council, and a loyal partner in creating progress for the city?…we wonder where the Mayor was at when Councilman McGinn voted against Earthcare, to eliminate funding for Roberts Park and to cut the annual budgets?….we also wonder if the Mayor was asleep when Mr. McGinn supported the lower bond of $20 million on the hotel?…the price of the label of loyal must come cheap to our Mayor?….we suspect Mr. McGinn has election woes, as he has never had his representation taken to a vote and many actual conservatives are upset that he has not done more to curtail this Mayor’s spending?…Mr. McGinn’s comments on the Homestead Tax Credit may also be turning off First Ward voters?

IS IT TRUE our “Downtown Hotel Mole” has informed us we should not be surprised to see the new hotel sporting heating/air window units in all the rooms? …all we can say about this is “Say What”? …we anxiously await the bid and interior design process being completed?

IS IT TRUE we urge you to watch the most recent City County Observer and Woods and Woods TRI-STATE VOICES TV show? …this week’s program guest is State Representative and Mayoral candidate Gail Riecken?  …this is a must see program, as Ms. Riecken made the show insightful, thoughtful and extremely interesting? …people that sat in on the recording of this show felt that State Representative Reicken did an outstanding job? …Mayor Winnecke declined our invitation to be a guest on the program? We would hope Mayor Winnecke accepts our invitation in the fall? …we have never treated a guest with disrespect and have never tried to embarrass a guest ?  … we can assure Mayor Winnecke that he will be treated with the dignity accorded to a sitting Mayor?

IS IT TRUE we have grown tired of 2nd ward City Councilwoman Missy Mosby and At-Large City Councilman Jonathan Weaver insulting and nipping at the heels of fellow City Council Members and lauding our Republican Mayor? …City Democrats who support Gail Riecken for Mayor have an opportunity to give her a team of loyal Democrats?  …it’s one thing for a council member to say they have worked with the elected Republican Mayor, but it’s quite another to take a pass on the opportunity to elect a qualified person of their own party in that office? …political parties mean something and have platforms that all members have theoretically agreed upon? …any Council members  that failed to take a strong public position supporting Gail Riecken for Mayor needs to be turned away by the voters?  …State Representative Gail Riecken stands to become the first female to be elected as the Mayor of Evansville in its 202 year history? ...her  journey starts today?

Please take time and vote in todays “Readers Poll”. Also we just posted our current TRI-STATE VOICES TV show. This weeks guest is non other than State Representative and Mayoral candidate Gail Riecken.

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