IS IT TRUE February 7, 2014

IS IT TRUE the labor market in January registered weak gains for the second straight month, a slowdown that could heighten fears about the economic recovery and may lead some to call on the Federal Reserve to reconsider its strategy?…U.S. payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 113,000 in January, the Labor Department said Friday?…job growth improved compared with December’s gain, which was revised up by just 1,000 to 75,000, but was well below last year’s average pace?…the “official” unemployment rate fell to 6.6% last month from 6.7% in December?…the “official” statistics for Indiana mirrored the “official” federal government statistics sending both Mayor Winnecke and the White House into giddy mode claiming credit for the improving economy?

IS IT TRUE that meanwhile back in the world of reality, the facts do not support the ”official” numbers with respect to unemployment and the celebratory press conferences look more and more delusional or dishonest with each passing month?…in a separate report published in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal it was revealed that over 17% (1 out of 6) men of prime working age (25 – 54) do not have jobs?…that amounts to 10.4 Million men who are the traditional breadwinners for their families are out of work?…some are still looking but most of these have become discouraged to the point of not even trying or have found a way to make ends meet completely off the grid?…many of these men’s talents and TAXES will be permanently lost to the American economy as relying on others (spouses and government handouts), working for cash, or finding a friendly doctor to turn on the disability spigot become the way to survive in the jungle of where the “official” unemployment numbers are propaganda and our leaders are delusional enough to believe them?…according to Mole #23 who is in a position to know tells us that Evansville has lost 900 jobs during Mayor Winnecke’s time in power during which the “official” unemployment rate has consistently fallen?

IS IT TRUE Mole #25 tells us that Mayor Winnecke deserves some praise for commissioning the City of Evansville to actually scoops some snow off of the downtown sidewalks?…this is something the City County Observer has been pounding on the City to do for years if they are even the least bit serious about downtown business?…we guess that Yukon Cornelius can cancel his travel plans to come to Evansville to find the Abominable Snow Monster that he affectionately calls BUMBLE?…in all seriousness the City of Evansville does deserve credit for snow removal in the downtown?

IS IT TRUE most businesses in the United States that are even remotely in touch with the kinds of posts that employees are prone to put on Facebook at work and off hours have policies and procedures to deal with the fallout when some employee goes rogue on Facebook and calls a board member a POS or some other derogatory name?…Mole #3 tells us that neither the City of Evansville or Vanderburgh County have crossed that threshold even though social networking is over 10 years old?…in the absence of any policy there is not a darn thing these local government entities can do about employees going rogue and creating all sorts of drama or pursuing personal vendettas against elected officials?…it is time to join the modern world Evansville?…it is time to sit down for a couple of hours and craft a social networking policy and communicate it to the staff?…it should not be surprising that a City that is 70 years behind on water pipes, 60 years behind on sewers, and 50 year behind on sidewalks to be 10 years behind on written policy?…if the past is prologue, the City of Evansville will be releasing their social networking policy in the year 2063 when social networking may be completely obsolete?