IS IT TRUE? Part 2 September 1, 2011
IS IT TRUE that Mole #11 is telling us that the Administration arm of the Evansville Police Department is trying to petition the safety board to raise the number of deputy chiefs from 2 to 3?…that this is in anticipation of the current chief and assistant chief being removed after the new mayor is elected?…that the thing that is suspicious about this action if it materializes is that a case was made and approved a few years back to “trim the fat” off the department when they had too many deputy chiefs?…that at that time they went from 4 to 2 under the guise of rightsizing and saving taxpayer money?…that this may be a prime example of the top brass trying to keep their positions by making “end of administration†changes before the new Mayor of Evansville takes the reins?…that if 3 deputy chiefs is the right number that this action should have been taken already when the Weinzapfel Administration was in charge of the budget?…that the City County Observer urges extreme diligence on the part of all public boards and elected officials in the next 4 months as unnecessary changes or expansions may be made for purposes other than making Evansville a better place to live?
IS IT TRUE that we are waiting for the 3rd Ward candidates for Evansville City Council and the at-large candidates to make their position known on the malaise that is going on in the 3rd Ward with respect to sewers collapsing, unmitigated toxic piles of rubble at 600 Franklin Street, garbage all over Garvin Park, and the newly refurbished fountain at Garvin Park having no water in it?…that remaining mute when there is low hanging fruit to be had is not becoming of a candidate for office?…that we also have a report of an accident with injuries that occurred on the bike path due to debris removal being ignored?…that an article and pictures will be published in a couple of days?
IS IT TRUE that Memphis Light, Gas, and Water commissioned a study on the cost of utilities in regions served by approximately 50 different utilities for the year 2010?…that Vectren Corporation that serves 141,000 customers in SW Indiana was one of the utilities that was included in the survey?…that the water and sewer providers for this area did not participate so a complete picture of our utility cost comparison is not possible in the study?…that the comparison of electricity for a number of monthly uses as well as gas are ranked from the cheapest to the most expensive?…that the rates used were prior to the recent increase that Vectren was granted but that we do not have knowledge of any other increases either so we will go with the 2010 numbers?…that Evansville/Vectren ranks 39th out of 44 electrical utilities that were surveyed for a typical use of 1,000 kWh per month?…that the lowest cost place Jackson, MS comes in at about half price of Vectren?…that the other local places in the top ten are Louisville, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Peoria, and Lincoln?…that all of these are roughly half the price of Vectren’s electricity and that all are competitors with Evansville for economic development?…that if Henderson was on the list they would have been #1?…that Henderson is our biggest and most capable competitor for projects?
IS IT TRUE that in the same study the price of residential gas was also included and that Vectren scored much better?…that Vectren ranked 8th out of 33 gas utilities studied for the cost of a typical months use of natural gas?…that of the 7 cities with better gas pricing that only Huntsville, AL is a comparable and competitive city to Evansville?…that of the 7 that offer better gas prices that only 3 are significantly better and that they are from warm climates where gas has limited demand?…that the price of gas is not an issue in El Paso, Los Angeles, or Austin because for the most part it is only used for cooking and to knock the chill off when occasionally gets below 40 degrees?
