IS IT TRUE the Hoosier Lottery has hired a company called GTECH Corporation that makes their home in Rhode Island to help increase the revenue of the lottery by $500 Million?.. the Hoosier Lottery and other lotteries across the country all were sold to the public as a winning proposition for our educational system back when they were needing votes to start them?…after more than 25 years of widespread state lotteries from coast to coast the school systems in the United States are indeed spending more money than ever but achieving no better results in performance that back in the old days when there was no lottery?…lotteries advertise that they are “fun” and that they are “games” but the fine print at the bottom is quite clear about the long odds of winning and that the publicly celebrated prizes are not as large as they say?…lotteries run by the state are no different than the numbers rackets run by the mafia gangs in the big American cities like New York and Chicago that the FBI attacked on the basis of illegal gambling and usury practice?…the only difference is that today’s numbers rackets are run by the states with the disingenuous cover story of helping our kids?…there are those who claim that lotteries are simply a tax on the poor?…taxes are paid for a purpose and the only thing about lotteries that is like a tax is that the profits go into the coffers of government?…lotteries in reality are a game that people with no understanding of the simple mathematics of probability get sucked into?…they are not a tax on the poor, they are a scam that the dumb continue to fall for hook, line, and sinker?…if the government of Indiana wants to expand the scam they have become dependent on then so be it?…the dumb will continue to be dumb and the poor will continue to do the things that made them poor in the first place?

IS IT TRUE that a firestorm erupted over the weekend in Evansville politics over the qualifications of David Garrett who was hired as a consultant by the Evansville City Council to conduct compliance reviews on the embarrassing situation caused by decisions made by the Weinzapfel Administration that has prevented the City of Evansville from balancing their books in over two years?…there is no question that oversight and discipline is needed at the Civic Center because the last several years have been disorganized chaos?…David Garrett at one time in his life did indeed pass the test to become a CPA and even worked for the City doing internal audits?…Mr. Garrett apparently for career purposes let his CPA license expire through not taking the annual training or paying the fee to practice as a CPA?…he is eligible to bring his training up to date and pay the fee to the state anytime he wishes should the three little letters CPA be to his advantage?…the Evansville City Council has some professionals among its members who at one time in their career had a license to practice law and/or medicine?…that if Councilman McGinn for instance decided to run the Evansville Zoo and let his license lapse that would not make him any less of a capable lawyer?…if Councilman Dr. Dan Adams decided to spend his time in public service as opposed to practicing medicine and neglected to send in the fee to renew his license that would not degrade his skills one iota?…the same is true for Mr. David Garrett?…from what we at the CCO have seen and heard of his consulting skills he is a fully qualified person to do the compliance reviews that the City of Evansville desperately needs done in the wake of CPA after CPA failing to do that very job?… Mr. Garrett has also been challenged to get information he needs and has formally requested to do his job?…all of this smokescreen being put out by Councilman Jonathan Weaver and others regarding Councilman John Friend’s incorrect assertions about the status of Mr. Garrett’s CPA license is not addressing the problems of screwed up books, misplaced money, and other City run programs that have been funding sources for crony capitalism for years? … didn’t Mr. Weaver vote for the infamous $5 million dollar “Earthcare” project?

IS IT TRUE that it has also been alleged that Mr. Garrett has either personally or as a guarantor been involved in a bankruptcy case at some point in his past?…a quick Google search does turn up one such case involving his being a personal guarantor on some debt that led to a bankruptcy?…the dates were beyond the time that such things stay on a credit report so as he is a healthy person earning a living we will assume that Mr. Garrett has emerged from bankruptcy much like many others have and gotten on with his life?…things like that happen and the laws of the United States were written for the purpose of keeping despicable things like debtor’s prisons from happening here?…bankruptcy laws also recognize that people at times need a new start?…bankruptcy is not a crime and no violence is perpetrated on anyone as it is with criminal cases involving spousal battery, stalking, harassment, or abuse?…it is important that whatever the details of Mr. Garrett’s association with bankruptcy are they should not be confused with a degradation of his skill or with crime which it clearly is not?…we will be watching this very closely in the coming days but it is clear to us that the politics of cronyism and personal ambition are involved in an attempt to politically assassinate the character of David Garrett at a time that the City Council and the leadership of Evansville should be concentrating on cleansing the financial cesspool that has been created by decades of cronyism and neglect?…we should let this man do his job, earn his $20,000, and take appropriate action so such compliance reviews are never needed again?