IS IT TRUE February 6, 2014

IS IT TRUE that Evansville City Council Attorney Scott Danks started a bit of a controversy with a Facebook post about Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke’s administration?…what Mr. Danks wrote was as follows: “Hate to admit it but I WAS WRONG in thinking that we have an outstanding Mayor! The Winnecke Administration is just trashy. If you don’t openly support this Administration, they will do everything in their power to slander you, discredit you and interfere with your business interest/livelihood. Evansville deserves much better!!!”?…it would be interesting to know if Mr. Danks is referring to the trials and tribulations he and his associates have been put through while trying to invest millions odf dollars to refurbish and repurpose the old EVSC headquarters or if his statement is more general?…it is disturbing that we are getting a steady stream of information from people who have been in your face ambushed by members of the Mayor’s staff or have been subjected to negative whisper campaigns?…some of the tactics used by the Winnecke administration make Evansville look like the USSE?…strong arming business people and using whisper campaigns may have its place in the world of preventing terrorism but there is no place for it in any City Administration anywhere?

IS IT TRUE Mr. Danks has allegedly run into similar obstructionism from the Winnecke administration for a project he was planning?…we expect more information about this proposed project will be made public by the CCO very soon?

IS IT TRUE that the Midwest and other colder parts of the country are facing a shortage of LP gas this winter?…in true supply and demand style that shortage has driven prices of this vital heating fuel up by well over 100%?…that tank full of LP gas that would have cost about $400 in the fall is now over $1,000 and the minimum order for getting a delivery is 200 gallons?…the extreme cold weather has depleted peoples tanks and they are calling to refill when they learn about the minimum order and the new prices?…we know of several families that have been unable to pay the $1,000 and are relying on electric space heaters to keep from freezing?…we fully understand how local families can be in a position where $1,000 cash on the barrelhead is impossible but fully anticipate sky high electric bills next month due to the shift to electric space heaters?…trading a $1,000 LP gas bill for a $1,000 electric bill is just kicking the can down the road and will still have to be reckoned with a month from now?

IS IT TRUE that CVS has announced its intention to stop selling tobacco products?…this decision will cost CVS revenues of roughly $2 Billion per year and the profits associated with those sales?…we commend CVS for making this responsible decision?…sometime about a hundred years ago many family pharmacies made a similar decision with respect to the legal over the counter sales of heroin, laudanum, and morphine?…we doubt that this will do much to the overall tobacco sales but it will by definition keep the medical problems associated with tobacco use off the hands of CVS?…when private businesses make good decisions like this America becomes a better place?

IS IT TRUE even across the Ohio River in Kentucky the medical issues of smoking seems to be sinking in after 50 years?…in a Louisville Courier Journal reader’s poll, the respondents favor raising taxes on cigarettes by $1 per pack with 62% in favor?…we hope Kentucky listens to these people and raises the tax by $1 or more to be consistent with the medical costs associated with a lifetime of smoking?…at last count the medical costs for a smoker amounted to about $10 per pack at the end of life?…these costs are of course paid for by the taxpayers of America under the Medicare program?