IS IT TRUE? October 11, 2011 Special Evening Edition

IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer will most certainly be setting records today for pageviews, absolute unique users, and for time online?…that some folks would think that it is the stories about the Evansville City Council and Vectren that would be driving the traffic but then one would be wrong?…that our mid morning IS IT TRUE about FloatGate is what is driving the traffic?…that the other story that still has wings is Andrew Smith’s letter of endorsement for Rick Davis that was published Sunday?

IS IT TRUE that excluding police reports that the most read IS IT TRUE ever is now the story about the young lady who was tricked by a faulty Vectren electric meter into thinking here use was affordable only to find out later that they were billing her for power that she never knew that she used and still isn’t sure that she used because their gear was defective?…that we have since learned that the contract out the reading of meters but they still have not admitted to or accepted any fault?…that perhaps this sort of behavior is why Councilman John Friend and Candidate for 2nd Ward City Council are circulating petitions and why Occupy Evansville is putting Vectren on the same list that they have banks and government on?

IS IT TRUE that there is a spoof organization that is being bantered about online that is calling itself “VACATE EVANSVILLE”?…that if there is such a thing that it has been in existence since 1960 and has chapters that meet regularly in progressive cities with plenty of job opportunities all over America?…that the best way to be invited to join is to get a bachelor’s degree from any of our good local universities?…that they will sign you up for the Alumni Club that is otherwise known as “Vacate Evansville”?

IS IT TRUE that Mole #8 tells us that Justin Alex Jarvis ran as a Republican for public office in 1994?…that specifically Mr. Jarvis ran for pigeon township advisory board?…that he also managed the campaign office for Lori Frary when she ran for mayor in 1995?…that if this sounds a bit strange that you can confirm it yourself on the following link to the Courier and Press Archives

http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=924980

IS IT TRUE that reading that article is a strong reminder that Evansville may not be very good a recycling garbage but it sure is good a recycling politicians?…that even then names don’t seem to change?…that when we sing “old boss same as the new boss” or “same old story same old song and dance”, it really is the same old boss and the same old song and dance?…that it is no more apparent than in the Office of the Mayor of Evansville where we can honestly claim to have 52 years, 13 administrations, and 4 last names?…that even the deepest darkest hollers of Appalachia are more diverse?

A Little Dueling Banjos for Old Times Sake

IS IT TRUE? October 11, 2011 Mid-Morning Edition

IS IT TRUE that we have finally learned through both direct calls and from other media that the person taken off of the Democratic Party float at the Fall Festival was Alex Jarvis?…that the incident was over an outstanding warrant for what is typically considered to be a minor offense?…that the timing of serving this warrant certainly made for some serious and unnecessary drama as Mr. Jarvis can be found in his office at the Democratic Central Committee Headquarters in downtown Evansville nearly any day of the week?…that this whole Fall Festival drama takes us back a year to Boothgate which happened at the 2010 Fall Festival?…that maybe local Democrats should avoid pronto pups and chocolate covered grass hoppers because strange things are seeming to be normal for the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party come Fall Festival time?

IS IT TRUE that no City County Observer Moles have contacted us regarding the circumstances that lead to Mr. Jarvis being taken off of the Democratic Float over an outstanding warrant?…that there has been no shortage of calls and emails from people who would like to influence us in reporting this story?…that these calls and emails from well known members of both parties have been trying to influence the CCO to conclude that the Rick Davis campaign was behind this embarrassing scenario?…that we have no reason at this point to make such a conclusion?…that we can also not reach that conclusion from any of the other reporting that is available to the public?…that there are also those that are saying that opponents of Davis staged this so that the Davis campaign could be blamed for creating drama at Mr. Jarvis’ expense?…that we have no reason to conclude that either?…that we are a curious as the next publication and are open to anyone with rock hard evidence to prove either theory of why after a full year with an outstanding warrant that this specific time and this specific place was chosen to handcuff Mr. Jarvis?

IS IT TRUE that upon full reflection we are also curious as to how Mr. Jarvis could have had an outstanding warrant on him for as long as he had without it being served on him as has happened with many citizens?…that as Mr. Jarvis seems to be a likeable guy with a regular job and that most people know where he works that a simple phone call would have probably sufficed to get his attention and compliance?…that we wonder why that call was never made and why a visit to his home or office some time ago never happened?…that we wonder if there was some cloak of protection over Mr. Jarvis?…that he certainly does not seem to be a person that lives outside of the law?…that there was a much better way to handle this and that it was not done?…that the high drama created by serving a warrant at the Fall Festival certainly seems orchestrated by someone for some purpose?…that given the size of the crowd at the Fall Festival that it is highly likely that literally a few thousand of the attendees has some warrant of some kind outstanding?…that to our knowledge exactly one was served and it was served at a most opportune time?…that this smells about as rank as Bee Slough did last Friday night?

IS IT TRUE that we get tips all of the time about things that are perceived by the tipsters to be political malfeasance?…that sometimes these tips are real and sometimes these tips actually are sent to us for political purposes?…that we try to err on the side of preserving peoples integrity when there is uncertainty?…that the CCO has first-hand experience with exposing and seeing political malfeasance in action that is much worse than last week’s FloatGate incident?…that if hard evidence is brought forward to either candidate for Mayor of Evansville to this incident that we will not hesitate to take them to task?…that if hard evidence is brought forward to tie any operatives of either campaign to this incident that we will call upon the candidates themselves to dismiss the operatives from the campaign and remove them from consideration for any appointment?…that until such hard evidence comes forward we shall continue to believe that both candidates for Mayor of Evansville are men of integrity and that Alex Jarvis is a fellow who forgot about his warrant and became the victim of a dirty trick?