IS IT TRUE that a boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for social or political reasons?…it has become obvious during the last three days that there is a boycott of sorts forming against the CCO as we have had several well timed inquiries about canceling existing ads that are under binding contracts?…this has never ever happened in the history of this publication?…last Wednesday night, the CCO published a 3 minute audio recording of County Commissioner Marsha Abell who was heard to say that “hi tech computer people don’t produce one dime” and that such jobs are not what is needed in Vanderburgh County?…we also published the part of the speech before a partisan Republican crowd that expressed a preference for “jobs that make something”?…our publication sparked sharp retribution from the Republican Chairman who proceeded to convene a two hour meeting of the Republican Central Committee?…that shortly after that meeting was adjourned we received cancellation of ad inquiries from a couple of our long term customers most of whom are well paid vendors to the government of Vanderburgh County?…that means that Commissioner Abell controls the goose that is laying the golden eggs for these advertisers?…we wonder if the timing of this meeting of the Republican Central Committee and this boycott of our advertising is coincidence or is it orchestrated?
IS IT TRUE if this political boycott is orchestrated by the Republican Central Committee then it is a manipulation of the free markets in the City of Evansville for the political purpose to try to shut down a private for-profit business?…we ask our attorney Scott Danks to start exploring the legality of such an action and will take any actions necessary to recover any damages that the CCO suffers as a result of political boycott?…the long term loyal advertisers in the CCO need to understand that they are being manipulated by the Republican Central Committee’s bullying tactics and respond appropriately?…they also need to understand that boycotts are a two way proposition and that as ads disappear it will be obvious to the 39,450 unique viewers that the CCO has just in the last month and the 144,229 unique viewers we have had in the last year just exactly which of our long term advertisers have cowered before the admonishments of the Republican Central Committee?…it is possible that supporters of the CCO whose sole purpose to exist is to push for GOOD PUBLIC POLICY will choose to sort of boycott those businesses?…it will also be interesting to see just how these long term advertisers will dance a different dance in the event that Commissioner Abell does not win the primary against Bruce Ungenthiem and no longer controls the golden goose?…that answer will be coming in 5 weeks?…short term actions often cloud the judgement of some and damage long term goals?
IS IT TRUE in spite of any short term disruption to our cash flow that results as a result of any alleged politically orchestrated boycott, the CCO has no intention of ever compromising our commitment to expose political malfeasance for the purpose of leading Evansville and Vanderburgh toward a future where GOOD PUBLIC POLICY replaces back room GOOD OLD BOY deals?…the CCO has continued in spite of adversaries who have resorted to many harassing and threatening phone calls in the middle of the night, efforts to blunt advertising, stalking issues and even an explicit death threat on this writer four years ago?…we power on and add readers in spite of all of these things and will continue to do so?…we have not and never will allow and advertiser or a bully to intimidate us from doing what we do best?…that commitment and our willingness to be maligned by the powers that be without fading in reporting things like the back room meeting to take away your Homestead Tax Credit (Marsha Abell and Mayor Winnecke were there), the McCurdy Fiasco, the delusions of the Weinzapfel Administration regarding a downtown convention hotel, etc, etc, etc?…intimidation and threats did not silence us before and they will not now?…in ten short years the CCO has grown from having very few readers to having over 2 Million page views a year from nearly 150,000 (adult population of the entire county) different readers?…this growth happened because we are filling a NEED FOR HONESTY IN EXPOSING BAD PUBLIC POLICY?…this is our task, this is what we do, and a handful of advertisers who seem to be fearful enough of the retribution of a political party central committee to abandon their ability to reach this audience may just learn that boycott is a two edged sword?
IS IT TRUE we are changing our long term policy of not endorsing political candidates for office and are presently working on forming a political nonpartisan editorial board made up of distinguished individuals to endorse candidates who are most likely to further “good public policy” for the betterment of this community? Â …we shall be making an announcement next week who has accepted our invitation to serve of this board?
 The City County Observer and Woods and Woods Tri-StateVoices show will be aires on ME TV TRI-STATE today at 11:30 am. This weeks show special guest will be City of Evansville Chief of Police Billy Bolin.  The Tri-State Voices show was created by the City County Observer, recorded and edited by Wood and Woods law firm and produced by ME TV TRI-STATE.  The shows host is be well known lawyer Mike Woods. The Tri-StateVoices program features current topics and issues of importance to this region.  This public affairs program is 30 minutes in  length.To view todays show please go to the following TV Channels.  Channels 36.1 and 20.1.  WOW 105.  Insight -186  and Time Warner -3 and 14.
