IS IT TRUE the voters of Wisconsin repudiated the recall of Governor Scott Walker last night by an unforeseen margin of 7% which was 2 points (40%) more than he defeated Mayor Barrett by in the Governor’s election of 2010?…the Lt. Governor who was also the subject of a recall election for the same reasons was also confirmed to her position?…that of the 4 Wisconsin State Senators who were also subjected to recall elections driven by self interest 3 of them all Republican prevailed?…that the Wall Street Journal this morning is calling this a “Victory for Self Governance” and characterized the recall elections as a “clear choice of small government ideology” in a state that has not voted Republican in a presidential election since the 1984 Reagan landslide over Mondale?…the WSJ article is on the following link?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303830204577448991023586970.html

IS IT TRUE that neither candidate for President of the United States took an active role in the Wisconsin recall elections?…that President Obama didn’t utter a peep until Monday night when he simply tweeted (Twitter message) that he supports Barrett?…that one of this writers most liberal friends is a born and raised in Madison lady who would rather be dead that vote red?…that last night we exchanged emails about President Obama’s tepid participation in the Wisconsin recall?…that she referred to the President by every derogatory term known that would translate into “self serving coward”?…the term used most often started with chicken and ended with **it?…that Gina has vowed not to support the Obama campaign in November?…that if many other Wisconsinites are as incensed as Gina that the exit polls that showed Obama in the lead last night will be about as accurate as the plethora of polls that were showing the recall election as a tie right up until the last vote was counted yesterday?

IS IT TRUE that now a full 4 years after Mayor Weinzapfel proudly announced a deal in which Browning Investments would be building a $40 Million convention hotel with 4 Stars in downtown Evansville, we have spent $75,000 to learn that Evansville needs roughly a 3 Star hotel with 250 or so rooms and that we can expect it to cost just over $30 Million?…that this is the equivalent of a 6 year old taking 4 years to learn the ABC’s?…that the Ford Center and The Centre are 4 Star or above facilities and now we are being told to settle for a freeway hotel to serve them?…to put anything less than a 4 Star hotel that complements the Ford Center and The Centre is not any more acceptable than putting a trailer between two $350,000 houses?…if we just want to cheapen up downtown Evansville that sticking a freeway hotel down there is the way to do it?…the same words that Gina used to describe the President fit this plan perfectly?

IS IT TRUE we must remind our readers that there was a perfectly genuine overture made to the Winnecke Administration this year to refurbish the McCurdy into what it was meant to be and the call was not even returned?…a refurbished McCurdy would be unique, contain the desired number of rooms, command the kind of rates to have a chance at financial success, and complete a perfect triangle of venues with the MLK Entertainment district, the McCurdy, and Aztar making up the triangle?…this is worth real consideration and we hope that this discussion begins before running out to waste more time on collecting bids for a freeway hotel that will not event be considered “convention” worthy?…someone needs to look into the financial performance of the Fort Wayne convention center and hotels before heading down that same rabbit hole?

IS IT TRUE the City County Observer is solidly on track to exceed ONE MILLION PAGEVIEWS in 2012 and continues to grow readership depth and breadth?…with some good election related traffic in the second half of the year that another year of over 50% growth in readership is highly probable?…that what some still refer to as a fledgling blog has maintained its lead in total time online readership over every other local media outlet and the Louisville Courier Journal during what is traditionally a downtime for local political news?

IS IT TRUE Earthcare Energy is how supposedly going to make and interest payment $381.47 tomorrow which is contractually sufficient to cover the interest on a $200,000 loan the Economic Development Loan Committee approved without City Council knowledge?…this is just one more example of the inept contract written by and signed by the City of Evansville?…that this is just one more indication that this little debacle is heading for court or a settlement in Earthcare’s favor due to the foolish way the Winnecke Administration managed the people of Evansville’s money?

IS IT TRUE that polling now indicates that 38% of the American people now reject both political parties and consider themselves to be independent?…the 38% of independents is larger than the percentage of supporters who respond that they are either Republicans or Democrats?…that the combined percentage of people identifying with one of the major parties is down to only 60% which is an all time low?…that the CCO thinks that independent thought was the most important thing that the United States of America was founded on and encourages independence at the polls?

IS IT TRUE that the son of Sean Combs (Puff Daddy or P. Diddy) is coming under fire for being offered an athletic scholarship at UCLA?…the reason that Diddy’s son is attracting all of this scrutiny is because his father is a very rich man from a long and successful career in entertainment?…that to raise a ruckus over the fact that Diddy is wealthy when it comes to an athletic scholarship for his son is simply preposterous?…that if Sean Comb’s son is one of the elite performers in his sport and UCLA want him to become a Bruin that the price of his athletic services is a scholarship and he should get the scholarship just as an athlete from a poor family should?…that anyone who seriously thinks that Diddy’s son should not get an athletic scholarship because his father is wealthy is an entitlement minded person driven by envy and needs to come to grips with the fruits of talent?

IS IT TRUE today is another day of opportunity for the Winnecke Administration and the Evansville City Council to start the VETTING of the Johnson Controls deal that Mayor Weinzapfel shoved through without City Council approval two days before he left office?…that the sooner that Mayor Winnecke learns that everything that Mayor Weinzapfel did was not perfect and should be subject to VETTING is one day sooner that Mayor Winnecke can start to become his own man and not be seen as a surrogate of the ex-Mayor?…that the Winnecke campaign was awarded a 2011 Mole award from the City County Observer for running a transparent, open, and highly professional campaign?…that we stand beside the award that the CCO presented the Winnecke campaign with?…that we have seen how professional and competent of an organization that Lloyd Winnecke can assemble and encourage him to be as good at serving the people of Evansville as Mayor as he ran his own campaign for that office?…that a critical part of being that person is leaning how to VET and assuring that VETTING is done on every project?