IS IT TRUE? Part 2 August 11, 2011
IS IT TRUE that the Evansville area is home to a large number of underutilized educated professionals of all ages?…that the recent fiasco with the Evansville Redevelopment Commission voluntarily failing to vet the proposals for the downtown Convention Hotel and the subsequent hiring of out of town firms to do this task underscores this problem?…that there are probably more than 20 people who live here and have both the time and talent to have done this task who are either off the radar screens of local government or blacklisted for not being loyal to the powers that be?…that there may actually be enough underutilized or untapped brain power in this community to do a profound amount of good at high levels if only the machine would get out of the way and let them?…that this is a problem that the next City of Evansville administration needs to make a high priority?
IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer is considering developing some kind of online system that enables Evansville’s large network of highly educated and qualified professionals to be paired up with local businesses?…that it is well known that there is a very large number of highly qualified people in Evansville who are not being utilized to their highest and best use?…that if Evansville found a way to utilize this untapped talent bank that we may be able to keep talented people from leaving?..that it is our belief that there is sufficient talent available in Evansville so that we do not have to hire Indianapolis based firms every time that a task that involves cognitive thought comes along?…that there will be more news on the development soon?
IS IT TRUE that in the coming weeks or months a series of human resource related articles will be forthcoming with the intention to educate local businesses on the advantages and the methods of tapping local high end talent to solve their nagging problems?…that this has been a long time coming but that now is the time to start to mobilize previously squandered resources in a wide array of expertise’s?
IS IT TRUE many people feel that the negative political and financial decisions made by Mayor Weinzapfel over the last 2 years may cause some outstanding and extremely dedicated Department Heads working for the City of Evansville future employment problems either in the public and/or private sector?…that we hope that the new Mayor of Evansville will pay special attention to consider continued employment for the following Department Heads presently working for the City of Evansville?…that they are; Director of Transportation and Services, Zoo Director, all the City of Evansville Golf Pro’s, Human Relations Commission Director, Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, City of Evansville Personnel Director, Director of the Levee Authority, Director of Area Plan and MPO and Solid Waste Director, and the Chief of Police?…that the above City of Evansville employees are being wrongly blamed for some “bad public policy†decisions handed down to them by the Mayor?…we say job well done to the above public servants and wish you well in their next job search?