IS IT TRUE? February 9, 2012

IS IT TRUE that later today we will announce the resignation of at least two prominent Vanderburgh County Democrat Central Committee leaders?…that they will be submitting their letters of resignation to 8th District Democrat Party Chairman Anthony Long?

IS IT TRUE that the inquisition of City Councilman and Evansville Fire Captain Al Lindsey is over and that the resulting consequences are pretty punitive?…that Lindsey has been put on suspension followed by leave until the final determination is made as to whether the Fire Chief Connelly’s recommendation of termination will actually be followed through with?…that this all came about as a result of a complaint filed with of all places the Office of the Mayor of Evansville by another member of the City Council?…that statements were taken in the Fire Department’s investigation from Councilwoman Missy Mosby, Maingate Manager Scott McGill, attorney Krista Lockyear who was also the campaign manager for Missy Mosby’s 2011 campaign, Councilman Jonathan Weaver, Mr. Ted Miller, and Bartender Shawn Anosky?…that City Council President Connie Robinson, Councilwoman Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley, Councilman John Friend, and Indianapolis based greenway consultant Josh Smith who reportedly paid the tab were not among the statements referenced in the EFD investigation?

IS IT TRUE that there was a group of 4 people, including Indiana Smokefree Communities local Director Martha Caine and her fiancé’, seated at a table in the same proximity of the City Council gathering?…that the so-called evidence file had no mention of these people making any statement about Councilman Lindsey’s drink of choice for the night?…that the people who were questioned were for the most part made up of people who either have a feud with Councilman Lindsey or are friends of those who do?…that every story has two sides and each witness sees things a little bit different?…that the tactics of lead investigator Richard Howard should be questioned if only the hostile witnesses were asked for statements and none of the other witnesses were solicited for input?

IS IT TRUE that there have been reports that actions may be looked into for the purpose of removing Councilman Lindsey from the Evansville City Council for whatever happened on the night of January 23rd?…that in the event that such actions are initiated that impeachment actions should also be launched against all of the members of the City Council who were at the Maingate that night?…that the question of sunshine law violations has not been adequately addressed by an official investigation?…that Councilwoman Brinkerhoff-Riley has provided the CCO with a copy of a bank statement showing a Point of Sale Debit for $24.75 at the Maingate Sports Bar?…that the excessive bar tab referenced in the Fire Department report was allegedly picked up for the other 5 City Council members by an Indianapolis based consultant who advises municipalities on greenway projects?…that the City of Evansville just happens to have such a project?…that for the members of the City Council to accept at total of 46 alcoholic drinks and some snacks, costing $212 in approximately 3 hours, from a consultant or potential consultant to the City of Evansville should be deemed most improper and could possibly even suggest influence peddling?

IS IT TRUE that if Councilman Lindsey becomes the focus of an impeachment proceeding to overturn the 6th Ward election of 2011 that Council members Mosby, Brinkerhoff-Riley, Robinson, Friend, and Weaver should also be made accountable for the Bacchanalian booze fest they allegedly participated in as well?

IS IT TRUE that Al Lindsey’s date with the inquisition has been postponed until 10 am today?…that Mr. Lindsey’s inquisition will be entirely on the basis of what the Evansville Fire Department investigation has discovered in what seems to have been a pretty quick turnaround if statements have actually been taken from everyone who was in the Maingate that night?…that we hope that everyone in the place was questioned and that the statements do not contradict each other?…that for justice to be done this is what should have happened?…that all eyes and ears will be awaiting the results of this inquisition to see what the EFD decides to do with Mr. Lindsey?…that Mole #3 called in from the beach to advise us that Mr. Lindsey has secured the services of an expert attorney and that no stone will be left unturned with the other patrons sitting around table, their motives, and their own capacity to make unimpaired judgments at the time they were pointing the finger(s) at Al Lindsey?…that memories can be changed by agendas and vision can be blurred when consuming mass quantities?…that this may be this year’s version of a Bacchanalian Festival when all of the truths are revealed?

IS IT TRUE that Mole #12 tells us that the gathering at the Maingate may be child’s play for certain Democrat members of the Evansville City Council when compared to another not yet disclosed set of activities?…that as they said at Toyota yesterday, major announcements are coming so stay tuned?…that knowing something and having to hold onto it for approval is enough to drive a news organization crazy?

IS IT TRUE that Indiana’s Right to Work legislation has not taken long to start bearing fruit?…that one Ohio company near the border has advised the IEDC that they will be expanding and that their expansion will be in Indiana?…that just yesterday the Wall Street Journal ran an article on a Canadian locomotive manufacturer that is interviewing people in Muncie for those jobs and may just ship the entire operation to Muncie with 450 jobs that pay about $15 per hour each?…that there were many more applicants than there were jobs?…that this is the free market at work and that Muncie and anyone who is hired will be better off for it?…that the Canadian plant was unionized by the Canadian Auto Workers, had a bitter relationship with the company, but did pay $32 per hour?…that soon this rate will be ZERO and the jobs will be in Indiana?…that the first days of Right to Work have been quite good but that we will keep watching for any company that cuts wages or benefits because of RTW?…that we also anticipate a job creation announcement from Toyota’s Gibson County Plant today?

IS IT TRUE that the WalMart Corporation employs many people in greater Evansville?…that WalMart pays lots of real estate taxes, collects lots of sales taxes, pays income tax in the state, and has employees that pay tons of taxes too?…that if WalMart were exempted from minimum wage laws that they would pay even more taxes and may go forward with an new store on the north side?…that we wonder if there would be support for exempting WalMart from the minimum wage laws within the Evansville City Council if it would mean that WalMart would pay several million dollars in additional taxes?…that exemptions are quite different from one time exceptions in that with exemptions come disparities among competitors?

IS IT TRUE that economic prognosticators are saying that the average price of regular gas in the United States is about to make a 70 cent run up to $4.05?…that such a thing cannot be good for President Obama this election year on the heels of his decision to stop the job creating and oil delivering Keystone Pipeline?…that with all of the things in the economy that may bite the President’s re-election campaign on the backside a big run up in the price of gasoline may just be the worst one?…that of course diesel will do the same and will be reflected by the price of food rising?…that we hope that these economic prognosticators are wrong because the last thing the nation needs right now is inflation in energy and food which are both conveniently left out of the “official” cost of living calculation?…that by exempting these two items from the equation, our nations economists have actually created a propaganda tool to give bad information to the American people?…that a form of propaganda is telling people that things are great when things are really not so great?