IS IT TRUE that one of our comment posters contributed the term “Kangaroo City Council” to describe the vote that was held last Monday night to approve a $4.8 Million loan to Earthcare Energy without the benefit of proper vetting, testing, or even publically available information about the management team?…that the term “Kangaroo City Council” seems to be a play on the term “Kangaroo Court” that means in literal terms “a mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted”?…that we agree with our comment poster that the term “Kangaroo Council” would apply quite well to what was done last Monday as it was most certainly a vote that was held without the benefit of any rules or sanity?…that we declare the 2012 Evansville City Council to be the Evansville Kangaroo Council until which time they as a group earn the distinction of Evansville City Council?…that we realize that not all of the members of the Kangaroo Council behave as a Kangaroo Court?…that we also realize that in most cases there will be five votes to do what the Democrat leadership wants and that sanity and reason shall have no meaning as long as the Kangaroo majority hops together?

IS IT TRUE that we were ridiculed a little for publishing that Councilwoman Missy Mosby has been trying to put together the support needed for her to succeed Alberta Matlock as the Evansville City Clerk?…that Councilwoman Mosby according to many highly placed moles is for real in this pursuit?…that she will have to step down from her seat on the Kangaroo Council if she is appointed to be the City Clerk but it pays better with the same benefits so if this is something that Missy wants we wish her well in her pursuit?…that we anticipate growing traffic on the CCO site if the Hatfields and McCoys of Evansville (Mosbys and Lindseys) embark on another feud?…that at least one mole believes that Councilman Lindsey and a couple of others may support Missy for City Clerk so they can get someone else on the City Council?

IS IT TRUE that speaking of being able to hop, the University of Kentucky Wildcats will be taking on the Kansas Jayhawks tonight to compete to be the NCAA Division I basketball champion?…that if the hyper talented and intimidatingly large Wildcats win it will be the 8th NCAA championship for UK in basketball?…that the all blue final should be good entertainment?

IS IT TRUE that the General Electric Corporation (GE) has embarked on a opening a new division that will have the charter to create industrial software?…that GE’s intention is to hire 400 software,, hardware, and systems engineers pretty rapidly?…that the city that was chosen for this facility was San Ramon, CA in the East San Francisco Bay?…that this decision was not made on the basis of tax abatements, giveaways, cheap labor, or even on cheap rent?…that the decision for this location was made entirely because of the availability of the high level of educated technical professionals that are available in the Bay Area?…that no incentives at all were announced to make this happen, not even a $4.8 Million loan?

IS IT TRUE that the midnight hour last night signaled the first time in the history of the City of Evansville that a comprehensive smoking ban (Aztar gaming floor excepted) has ever been in place?…that we hear that some people had their last hurrah in bars and taverns by lighting up exactly at midnight in open defiance of the smoking ordinance?…that a last indulgence is something that caused no harm to the patrons of these establishments that had been smoking all evening already?…that we are glad to hear that no arrests were made over a technicality that probably should have just called for the first opening on or after midnight on April 1st instead of just April 1st?…that some of the clubs and taverns are talking about taking this all the way to the Supreme Court and should they really follow these emotions to that extent they will come back to a smoking ban in place with less money in their pockets?

IS IT TRUE that when a lease ends at the time where a business is for sale that the new terms of the lease can greatly affect the reasonable sale price of the business?…that the earnings of the last three years are typically used to establish a price for a going business?…that for private retail businesses the sales price based on earnings is typically 3 times the annual earnings?…that if the landlord increases the rent by say $1,000 per month during the “for sale” period or takes an unreasonable position with respect to renewal that the sale price could be negatively impacted by as much as $36,000?…that it would be a shame if such a thing were to take place in downtown Evansville where despite the uptick in foot traffic from the Ford Center, small businesses still struggle to survive with the traditional lease rates?…that aggressive end of lease negotiating tactics on the part of a greedy landlord could easily kill a small retail business?

IS IT TRUE that several members of the Mole Nation are telling the City County Observer that yet another person is coming forward to compete for the appointment coming to the Evansville City Clerk’s position that is being vacated by the retirement of long serving Alberta Matlock?…that Evansville City Councilwoman Missy Mosby is working the phones to drum up support for herself to ascend the government pay grades from Councilwoman to City Clerk?…that this will shape up to be last spring’s 6th Ward primary feud of Lindsey against Mosby played out again as Councilman Al Lindsey’s daughter is also seeking the appointment?…that we encourage all who seek this appointment to play fair and tell the truth but will be waiting to write about it if the claws come out and the hair on the self nominated candidates backs rise?…that we are certain that another grudge match in Evansville’s own Hatfields and McCoys brawl will drive the traffic of the CCO even higher

IS IT TRUE that today’s online version of the Courier and Press has exactly ZERO opinion pieces or letters to the editor that are dated April 1, 2012?…that we are beginning to miss our buddy Mizell Stewart III who always seemed to get some good opinions up on Sundays?…that we are most interested where the Courier and Press stands on the last minute way in which the vote to loan $4.8 Million to Earthcare Energy was passed with material information unequally distributed to the City Council and under the threat of terminating interest by the management of Earthcare?…that we really want to know if those who should exist to expose poor policy and sloppy work really approve of the haphazard way that this deal has been handled?

IS IT TRUE that sometime this afternoon that the justices of the United States Supreme Court will be holding a closed meeting for a discussion regarding the constitutionality of the bill that is commonly referred to as Obamacare?…that this afternoon these justices will know what the outcome will be in this matter?…that the next two months will be spent by the justices writing their personal interpretations for publication about why they each voted the way that they did?…that it is even possible that in the case of a 5 – 4 initial vote that one of the moderate justices like Justice Kennedy may reconsider and change the outcome of the vote?…it is projected that the rest of the country will learn the outcome in late June?…that there are essentially no moles for anyone at the US Supreme Court so don’t look for anything to leak out?

IS IT TRUE that if and we do mean if Obamacare is overturned that it will reflect very poorly on the vetting for constitutionality that should have been done before rushing into a vote two years ago?…that if Obamacare is overturned it will significantly disrupt the direction of the United States healthcare system?…that if Obamacare is overturned it will render many millions or even billions of dollars invested by private businesses to comply to have been wasted?…that rushing to a vote, succumbing to pressure tactics, and failing to VET is not just a way of doing business in Evansville, IN, it is becoming a way of governing at all levels?

IS IT TRUE that Obamacare could have been VETTED properly and crafted in a way that the US Constitution would not have even possibly been the instrument that may strike it down?…that people who knew or should have known this would be a problem avoided and prevented that discussion from happening on the floors of Congress by RUSHING THINGS TO A VOTE WITH AN ARTIFICIAL DEADLINE?…that there is a very high probability that someone on the team that crafted the bill and did the research on constitutionality may even have WITHHELD MATERIAL INFORMATION from our elected leaders?…that our elected leaders were most certainly prevented from doing individual VETTING efforts by the RUSH TO VOTE?

IS IT TRUE that when an elected official or a surrogate for an elected official has material information with respect to an important vote and fails to disclose it to all of the elected officials whose reputation is on the line that this person has truly obstructed the unknowing elected officials ability to do their job?…that it is a tragedy when certain members of the United States Congress, the Indiana State House, or even the Evansville City Council are forced to make their decisions blindly due to withholding material information or accelerating a vote to avoid the scrutiny that can only come from research?

IS IT TRUE we are hearing that the leader of the Republican Party of Vanderburgh County is vetting a couple of well qualified individuals in order to determine which one shall run against the current County Recorder?…that after talking with many people in the political know he is totally convinced that the Vanderburgh County Recorder office can be won by a Republican?…that Wayne Parke never takes on anything unless he is knows that his political goal is achievable?…that it looks like current Democratic Vanderburgh County Recorder may be facing the political battle of her life in this coming General election?