IS IT TRUE, July 26, 2013

IS IT TRUE the City County Observer would like to start today’s IS IT TRUE with a retraction?…we stated yesterday that Evansville City Council members Missy Mosby and Jonathan Weaver voted against going forward with the McGladrey study that recently exposed many weaknesses and much delusion in the City of Evansville’s IT department?…that particular study did not have a vote associated with it but did have much discussion associated with it before Councilman John Friend convinced the Council and the Office of the Mayor to appropriate some funds to pay McGladrey to do the study?…the rest as they say has set the stage for whether or not the City of Evansville will remain in the IT dark ages with no hope of coming out or whether the ship will be righted and people who McGladrey would consider as qualified will be hired to provide strategic thinking to replace the reaction based mode of operation?…what Council members Weaver and Mosby openly opposed was doing an audit of the Ford Center construction project and hiring Financial Consultant David Garrett to investigate the problems associated with reconciliation of the City of Evansville accounts?…all three of these actions were designed to bring third party analysis to play in critical areas of the City’s operations?…we apologize to Mosby and Weaver for our error in yesterday’s IIT crediting them for opposing all three accountability efforts?…they only opposed two?

IS IT TRUE that our reader’s polls of late have been rather illuminating with respect to what our readership prefers in the future of Evansville?…after a number of challengers potential candidates for the democrat nomination for Mayor in 2015 the only potential candidates to get significant support were County Commissioner Steve Melcher and Councilman John Friend?…of those two Commissioner Melcher seems to have more support at this date to oppose Mayor Winnecke in 2015?…there were many comments and emails that wanted us to present Rick Davis or someone who has never held office before as an opportunity?…as we have stated before we will continue to honor Mr. Davis’s new career and keep his name out of the polls?

IS IT TRUE that our most recent polls asking our readers to prioritize what projects under consideration (or federal mandate) have the most support?…thus far biting the bullet and getting on with the business of doing what it takes to get the combined sewer situation into EPA compliance is the overwhelming choice as the top priority of the City?…coming in a solid second is reorganizing the IT and Controller’s office so we never again have to deal with a situation where city government can’t balance its books and is behind the eight ball on even having a clue about IT technology?…we put in a silly choice of a downtown ski slope for dogs named Blue and it got more votes than either Roberts Park or the $37.5 Million downtown Convention Hotel giveaway?…towns like Evansville, Detroit, etc. that are in decline have to have priorities and basic services that cities have to provide to even be viable should always be at the top of the list?…temples to sport, dog parks, skateboard ramps, and elysian fields will never be above basic things like sewers, water, police, fire, and other basic services?…local government once again is carrying on the age old tradition of doing the opposite of what they should be doing?…at least this time it seems as though the people of this town are finally getting it?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville is in the national news for yet another scandalous bit of silliness?…CNN is reporting that Sydney Leathers who actually lives in Princeton is from Evansville?…that is incorrect that she is from Evansville but the herd watching the evening news will not remember that?…Ms. Leathers’ claim to fame is that she is the online romance partner of Anthony Weiner who was trying to rise from the political grave that he sexted and trolled his way into in a previous life as a Democrat congressman from New York City?…it has actually been reported that this moron (Weiner) actually consulted with his 23 year old online romance partner about whether or not he should run for Mayor of New York?…as long as alpha narcissists are the only people willing or capable to win elected office the coast to coast circus will continue?

IS IT TRUE that the Mole Nation tells us that the Evansville City Council was so put off by the refusal of the Office of the Mayor to release the draft version of the McGladrey Report to them that they promised to kabosh the July 29th special meeting to discuss the report unless they were given copies of it to compare to the final report? …the Council was so determined to get the draft report that they were willing to bring a suit against the City of Evansville to get copies?

IS IT TRUE the Civic Center Moles tell us that Mayoral Counsel Ted Ziemer has folded under this demand and will be providing the City Council with copies of the draft marked confidential?…this is a good first step but the people of Evansville also deserve to see the difference in a draft that is based on unadulterated observations of the City IT department and what changes were made  to see if the city spin doctors inserted themselves into the process? …it is about time that the leadership of Evansville realized that it is what is perceived by the general public when they withhold information from the public that really defines who we are as a City as opposed to after a few elites have had a chance to spin things? …in most real life situations there is no chance to spin?