IS IT TRUE DECEMBER 10, 2018

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We hope that today’s “READERS FORUM” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way? 

IS IT TRUE it was reported last week that four (4) significant downtown properties owned and operated by the Kunkel Group have been placed into receivership? …receivership is often a precursor to bankruptcy filings by corporate entities but is not a guarantee that bankruptcy is imminent?…that going into receivership is absolutely an indicator of financial distress but many companies do succeed in emerging from such situations and we sincerely hope that the Kunkel Group finds a way to rectify whatever situation caused these four downtown properties to be placed into receivership?

IS IT TRUE there are other properties in downtown Evansville that are owned and operated by the Kunkel Group or holding companies that the Kunkel Group is a partner in?…one of those buildings is the infamous McCurdy Hotel that has yet to recover from the political tampering that was started by former Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel in the summer of 2008 with the march of the elderly away from the McCurdy?…the embattled old building has been victimized by the City of Evansville time and time again from Weinzapfel and his Evansville Redevelopment Commission overpaying for a parking lot and handing out a $900,000 cash incentive to a political buddy from Indianapolis that was squandered?…the latest distress of the historic structure is the very public million dollars plus water bill that literally makes this building incapable of earning any profits?… the City of Evansville has put the final nail in the McCurdy’s coffin but may hold the key to resurrecting the old girl by amending their policy with respect to geothermal systems?…in the absence of a change in public policy, the McCurdy may be the next Kunkel property to be placed into receivership or worse?

IS IT TRUE that the Kunkel Group also owns or manages several other marquee properties in downtown Evansville starting with the old Welborn Clinic where Weinzapfel and friends directed the once McCurdy’s elderly to march?… Kunkel also has the old Whirlpool building on the north side where Mayor Winnecke and his newly appointed administration mugged for the cameras in golden hard hats to celebrate the idiotic deal they made with Earthcare Energy LLC that successfully shook down the inept City of Evansville for $200,000 when they failed to even have the presence of mind to check on the false claim that Earthcare Energy LLC had a patent on an unproven technology? …the City of Evansville has been joined at the hip with several developers and investors for over a decade?   …that two administrations has participated in helping developers and investors with the downtown loft loan program, $50,000 facade grants and to collecting abandoned properties in the downtown, Haynie’s Corner and North Main street areas?…the reality is that the Kunkel Group has done more to revitalize downtown Evansville than all of these politicians combined and it is sad to see them fall into financial challenges?

IS IT TRUE that two terms Mayor Lloyd Winnecke is seeking to become three terms Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and at this time no candidate of substance on the Democrat side has come forward to challenge him?…on again off again Democrat City Councilman Jonathan Weaver  is currently in off again mode?…no other credible candidate has stepped up to seek the job and with Winnecke sitting on over $500,000 the odds are long to start?…it is even possible that Winnecke could win in a landslide that has not been seen since 2007 when Weinzapfel beat a finanically flawed Republican candidate by an 85 -15 margin?…it is possible that Evansville has gone from a solid blue city to a solid red one in a period of only 12 years?…this flip in sentiment can all be traced to the Democrat primary of 2011 when the late great Rick Davis injected accountability into the old boy network that Mayor Weinzapfel had become the poster child for?…this is a most unlikely thing but here we are, a blue-collar town that loves red?

IS IT TRUE recently Mayor Winnecke was “TWEETING” that the North Main street corridor is on the move?  …he said that a former resident of the Jacobsville area is going to locate a new business there?  …he also said a “Cake Making” business is moving down the street to a bigger location? …we hope that these businesses are self-sustaining and will not be depending on any public subsidies?

IS IT TRUE  we wonder why the Mayor didn’t mention in his recent “TWEET” that since the $18 million dollars tax-funded North Main Street corridor project was completed the IGA grocery store abruptly closed an now is a big eyesore to the North Main street corridor? …he also forgot to say that the Echo Housing sponsored and Evansville DMD financially funded “Jacobsville Join In” group abruptly closed without giving any explanation to City Council members or citizens of that area? …we also wonder why the Mayor didn’t say in his “TWEET” that he is extremely disappointed that the expensive bike lanes on the North Main street corridor are rarely used by biking enthusiasts?

IS IT TRUE that former Evansville Icemen Hockey team over a three year period of time paid the Ford Center the following amount of base rent for 36 home games (a range of rent per game of $10,926 to $11,479)?  …from 2015-2016 they paid $413,244 ?  …from 2014-2015 they paid $403,164?  …from 2013-2014 they paid $393,336? 

IS IT TRUE that the former Evansville Icemen Hockey team paid the Ford Center approximately $49,968 a year to use audio-video equipment and paid the operating camera crews for 36 home games over a five year period?

IS IT TRUE that the former Evansville Icemen Hockey Team paid the Ford Center a $2.00 Facility Fee for each ticket sold ( less a credit for season and group tickets sold) over the last three years for the 36 home games they played at the Ford Center?  …from 2015-2016 they paid Venueworks $119,603?  …from 2014-2015 they paid Venueworks $180,320?  ...2013-2014 they paid Venueworks $206,190?  

IS IT TRUE that the total  expenses incurred by the former Evansville Icemen paid to the Ford Center for per game lease, audio-video services and $2.00 Facility Fee  for the last three (3) years were: 2015-2016 was $582,815, 2014-2015 was $633,412 and during 2013-2014 was $649,455 this amount was among the highest paid expenses for these categories in the 28 team ECHL League?

IS IT TRUE we look forward to the owners of the Evansville Thunderbolts, the officials at DMD, Evansville Redevelopment Commission and the Vanderburgh County Building Authority to provide members of the local media with similar financial information concerning the Thunderbolts since their inception?

Todays“Readers Poll” question is: How do you rank the Evansville City Councils job performance in 2018?

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  1. Wow, very informative IIT! Looks like the McCurdy is probably not paying for current sewer and water fees after their $1 million bill for the improper open loop geothermal system that dumped millions of gallons of water into the sewers. The next question is whether the City sewer and water lien is first or second in line to the mortgage lender for the McCurdy. Can any title company legal eagles answer that?

  3. Massive Immigration Sweep in New England Captures 58 Illegals, Many with Terrifying Rap Sheets
    ……………….

    The Associated Press reported that of the 58, according to immigration officials, “Thirty of the people have prior felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, and 33 have criminal charges pending.” Additionally, “Nine had been previously deported, and 15 had been previously released by local authorities despite the agency’s request to hold them.”

    Because a number of cities across New England have adopted “sanctuary city” stances, immigration officials must take independent action. Acting director of ICE’s Boston’s field office, Todd Lyons, explained the situation in the press release.

    He added that, “Ultimately, efforts by local politicians have shielded removable criminal aliens from immigration enforcement and created another magnet for more illegal immigration, all at the expense of the safety and security of the very people it purports to protect. Despite the severe challenges that local policies have created for ICE, we remain committed to our public safety mission and we will continue to do our sworn duty to seek out dangerous criminal aliens and other immigration violators.”

    https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/immigration-sweep-new-england-captures-58-illegals-many-terrifying-rap-sheets/

  4. Don’t wait for any of this to be reported in the anti-Trump main stream media
    ………………….:

    Robert Mueller owes his job as special counsel to long-time friend Comey, who famously leaked government documents written on government computers on government time to the New York Times via a professor friend regarding conversations with President Trump. Comey owes a great deal of his financial wealth to Robert Mueller.

    Seamus Bruner, Government Accountability Institute Researcher and author of Compromised: How Money and Politics Drive FBI Corruption, recently explained how former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller leveraged their government contacts to enrich themselves when Comey briefly left government service to work for major government contractor Lockheed Martin:

    Bruner noted the growth of Comey’s net worth between 2003 and 2009, after Comey left the Department of Justice to join Lockheed Martin as senior vice president and lead counsel.

    “It doesn’t really make much sense why [Lockheed Martin] would pay [James Comey] upwards of six million dollars in a single year,” assessed Bruner. “But one reason — aside from his security clearance — is that his buddy Robert Mueller is running the FBI. They begin passing 100-million-dollar-plus contracts to Lockheed Martin.”

    Bruner continued, “One of these contracts was actually worth a billion dollars, and it was protested formally by the other bidder: IBM… The contracts flowed from Robert Mueller’s FBI to James Comey’s private sector employer, Lockheed Martin, and James Comey made many millions over a short period of time.”

    Bruner described Comey as “one of the prime examples of this kind of cashing in on government contacts.”

    “We followed the money and realized that James Comey made well over ten million dollars from when he left the public sector in 2005 and by the time he returned to serve as FBI director [in 2009],” said Bruner. “He even made over six million dollars in a single year at the top government contracting corporation, Lockheed Martin; they get over $50 billion a year in government contracts.”

    James Comey is a serial liar and arguably a serial felon who supervised and directed Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, and Lisa Page in an organized deep state coup to keep Hillary Clinton out of prison and Donald Trump out of the White House. And along the way he picked up a few million bucks thanks to a long-standing friend, colleague and benefactor, Robert Mueller, whom he then rewarded a license to overthrow a sitting President of the United States.

    Read more: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/comey_lied.html#ixzz5ZJvvNMDf
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    • The white nationalists are absolute excretement for their willingness to abandon the US rule of law, to lie and cheat and work for the Russian government if it means they protect the criminal, immoral sleaze Trump.
      And here, right here, right now, they are led by the most prolific poster here at the CCO.

      • Immoral sleaze Trump?
        Look up the liberal hero Bill Clinton, how YOUR party rallied behind him condoning his immoral actions INSIDI OUR Whitehouse.
        Do that & get back with me about Mr. Trump who has done nothing since elected except put Merica and Americans first.
        I’ll wait.

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