IS IT TRUE that the recent statement by President Obama regarding his hectoring of the entrepreneurs of the country that they “did not build their businesses” and that the real key to their success being government infrastructure was one of the most ill-informed and preposterous statements that most of us who have experience in the startup world have ever heard?…that the CCO would like to put this into another perspective that we hope will be understood?…that if the President was correct the following would also be true?…that NBA stars could attribute their success as professional basketball players to the courts and hoops that the government put in playgrounds across the country?…that practicing 12 hours a day when some of their other classmates chose other activities had little to do with it?…that buying a basketball had nothing to do with it either?…that being born with athletic talent also played second or third fiddle to the patch of blacktop that the government built?…the same goes for the entire United States Olympic team?…that the practice, dedication, 5 am runs and swims, and good old DNA had nothing to do with who made the team and will compete for gold medals?…it is the roads, street lights, and police cars bought by the government and not hard work, ambition, coaching, and equipment bought by family members that put that team in those uniforms that were made in China?

IS IT TRUE that the packets that were distributed to the Evansville City Council yesterday had in them a multiple page document that is seeking approval to move money around from one budget to another?…that there were about 5 pages of such money shuffling requests?…that buried on the bottom of a page in the middle of the document is a request to shift funds to pay for 2 of the raises recommended by the compensation committee last week?…that adoption of this money shifting does not guarantee any raises but only defines where the money will come from to pay for two of the raises?…next Monday night will be very interesting as the approach that Councilman John Friend spoke of to examine the salary schedules before authorizing raises makes all of the sense in the world?…it also has the potential to put to rest the issue of having uncompetitive compensation packages?…that uncompetitive compensation is a hallmark of places that can’t or choose not to compete?…if you do not believe that you should hold a baseball game between the Evansville Otters and the St. Louis Cardinals and see who wins?

IS IT TRUE that President Obama formed a group of elite business leaders into a group that is called “The White House Jobs Council”?…this high powered group was put into place by the President the 26-member posse of CEO’s was re-organized in early 2011 to show Obama’s really serious commitment to job creation?…that the President has not found time in his schedule to call this group that includes GE CEO Jeff Immelt (the real outsourcing czar) together in over six months?…that had the President actually taken time out from his busy schedule that has included over 100 fund raisers and 10 golf outings that he may have known that the private sector was not “doing just fine”?…that if one wants to get a hit that the first things that one has to do is pick up the bat and walk to the plate?…then one has to take a few swings?…that in the case of the much publicized White House Jobs Council, the President of the United States has not even taken the time to go into the dugout?…that we guess this must be the dugout’s fault?

IS IT TRUE that between alley beatings over $20 in Evansville to a senseless act of violence in a Denver movie theatre that our country seems to be playing out some frustrations on the streets?…that anyone who would blame the streets, alleys, movie theatres, and light posts for such crimes is completely out of touch?…these were individual choices made by the perpetrators who should pay the consequences for their choices to commit these crimes?…the growing Covetous Class that really seems to believe that they are entitled to other people’s things or lives is not good for America, does not reflect the values that built this country, and need to be reigned in so as not to make up enough of a majority to vote in people that make their marauding malfeasance legal?

IS IT TRUE Evansville City Councilman John Friend, CPA has heard the call from Jordan Baer regarding the shameful state of the cemeteries that the City of Evansville owns and is responsible for the upkeep of?…that Councilman Friend has introduced a resolution to the Evansville City Council for the purpose of requesting that the Winnecke Administration appropriate funds sufficient to put the cemeteries into presentable condition and then to fulfill their obligation of perpetual care for the cemeteries?…a couple of Civic Center Moles have informed the City County Observer that the reserve fund to take care of perpetual care obligations has been depleted over the years by a string of City Administrations until there is only a token amount of money left in the fund?…in all fairness to the Winnecke Administration they were not in charge when the neglect did its damage or when the reserve account was drained for who knows what?

IS IT TRUE that Vanderburgh County Federation of Republican Women invited Democrat Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams to speak on the merits of “Unified Government” recently?…that it is a foregone conclusion in some circles that Sheriff Williams shall be running against a sitting Republican Mayor in the next election cycle? …that “politics make strange bed fellows”?…there are several flies that could get in the ointment for Sheriff Williams?…that the dragon fly in the ointment would be the failure of the unification initiative on the ballot in November as Sheriff Williams lives about as far from the City of Evansville as one can without crossing into Gibson County?…that the other pack of flies in the ointment is that exercise in oligarchy known as the primary?…that as Mayor Weinzapfel and the Democrat Party anointed candidate Troy Tornatta learned in 2011, a primary is not as easy to rig as it once was?…there are many people out there who assert that Rick Davis may give it another shot and that he enjoys enough support among rank and file Democrats to once again emerge from the primary as the victorious nominee regardless of who the machine anoints to run against him?

IS IT TRUE the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library got a windfall of $1 Million recently?…that allows the nationally recognized library system to make some positive improvements in a timely manner?…that as for just over 15% of that windfall, it will not be spent before the ink on the check is dry but will be saved for a later time?…that building up reserves with windfalls is a lesson that all branches of government should learn from the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library and its board of directors?

IS IT TRUE that the raises that were recommended for the 10 golden employees are about to be put into the limbo of deferral while the City of Evansville commissions a complete study of the compensation structure the City uses?…after the study is complete there may or may not be adjustments made to the salary brackets used by City management?…this is exactly the step that the City County Observer opined about regarding the golden raises a couple of days ago?…that it is entirely possible that the Golden 10 deserve and will be granted the increases in four months or so when the study in implemented?…it is also possible that the study will tell a different story about struggling Midwestern cities that have all fallen behind the 8-ball when it comes to competing on a national basis?…at least the playing field will be level for all City employees with respect to the opportunity to be paid more as opposed to handing out raises to the Golden Ones based on self serving advice?

IS IT TRUE that another Civic Center Mole tells us that one of the Golden Ones is so angry over the deferral of a 5 figure salary increase that we may be hearing of their resignation soon?…if that is the attitude of this particular person that the City of Evansville is better off without them and they should have never been on the Golden List to begin with?