IS IT TRUE despite spending what may be a record of nearly $50 for every vote she received Commissioner Abell could not overcome the stigma of having supported consolidation and having engineered the giveaway of $3 Million Vanderburgh County tax dollars to bail the City of Evansville out for prematurely demolishing the Executive Inn? …Commissioner Abell also has been embattled over crafting the gift of the supposed valueless naming rights of The Centre to Old National Bank for an investment in a downtown convention hotel in the amount of $14 Million? …when all was said and done these things were too much for even a last minute push that included excessive spending on radio and TV ads featuring Mayor Winnecke as her biggest fan? Â …in spite of this astounding defeat, we do acknowledge a lifetime of public service that Commissioner Abell has put in for the people of Vanderburgh County as an elected official?
IT TRUE the biggest losers in this year’s Republican primary  are Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and GOP Chairman Wayne Parke who went all in with their endorsements and money for Commissioner Abell? …perhaps Abell would have been better off if she had decided not to run as she had told everyone who would listen that the election in 2010 was her last?  …we do wish her well as she gets on with her life after politics?
IS IT TRUE the turnout for this election of only 8,104 out of the 143,057 registered voters in Vanderburgh County is a bid loss to us all as a paltry turnout of 5.7% of eligible voters implies a level of interest in the candidates that is staggeringly low for a place that should pride itself in participation? …this is roughly 19 of every 20 registered voters that chose to sit home instead of cast a vote for the candidates? …this is an abysmal statement on the engagement of the people of Vanderburgh County and the City of Evansville?
IS IT TRUE the Indiana State Board of Accounts has still not published the 2012 audits that the taxpayers paid for? …this is not an acceptable way to report in a transparent manner? Â …we expect the audits will show up now that the primary season is over and will be watching closely to see if the words allegedly used in the exit interview actually make it into the written report?
IS IT TRUE the City County Observer wonders if Vanderburgh County Republican Chairman Wayne Parke has read the first paragraph of the Sherman Antitrust Act which reads as follows: Every “conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce†is illegal, the act says.
“Every person who shall make any contract or engage in any combination or conspiracy hereby declared to be illegal shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine†or “by imprisonment not exceeding three years, or by both said punishments.â€
IS IT TRUE the alleged actions of GOP Chairman Wayne Parke to interfere with long running business relationships established between the CCO and certain advertisers did indeed result in some of our long running ads being cancelled? …the monthly damages to our business has amounted to about $1,200 per month? …the annualized loss of revenue amounts to $14,400 due to alleged violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act clause on restraint of trade? …it is now time for the City County Observer to seek relief for this alleged act which is clearly illegal and in violation of free trade? …that is about as un-American and un-Republican as one can be?
