IS IT TRUE September 7, 2012

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IS IT TRUE September 7, 2012

IS IT TRUE the bids to demolish Roberts Stadium are all in now and that in addition to learning that the lowest base bid is $958,750 when both the Weinzapfel Administration and the Winnecke Administration had budgeted $200,000 for this with a straight face?…the range of the other four bids were from $1.1 Million to $2.7 Million?…one of the lame excuses to explain away this increase in price is that the City held an auction of the stuff in the stadium that sold for a whopping $236,000 less the auctioneers fees?…whoever made that decision should have to cough up the balance of nearly $500,000 for gross incompetence?…that now the Mayor’s office and the minions are all saying that they are not surprised that the estimates are 400% higher than they had budgeted for?…this is as ridiculous as pulling into a drive up window at McDonalds and expressing no surprise if a hamburger is $25?

IS IT TRUE it is becoming painfully obvious that this administration has absolutely no comprehension of how to deal with money or manage contractors?…these clowns do not even have a clue where the additional money will be coming from but they do shrug their shoulders and acknowledge that “its gotta come from some place”?…that this gross oversight is just one more reason to sell Roberts Stadium at public auction to the highest bidder and forget about the $8 Million dog and skateboard park that the City government wants to build on the Roberts Stadium site?…the next thing we will be hearing is that the dog and skateboard park will be $40 Million because these people know less about arithmetic than Bill Clinton chided those who ran the public debt up of not knowing?

IS IT TRUE that we are very interested to see the soon to be forthcoming report on the finances of the City of Evansville from Indiana State Board of Accounts?…we are also waiting on baited breath to see just what happens with respect to the IT Audit funding that City Councilman John Friend has been howling to get going on for over a year now?…we have every reason to expect some negative surprises that will make Mayor Weinzapfel’s deal to pay Tom Barnett with a backdoor deal through GAGE look like the work of boy scouts?…the chickens are on the verge of coming home to roost and there is a big flock of chickens?

IS IT TRUE the U.S. economy added 96,000 jobs in August, fewer than the 125,000 gain forecast by economists?…the unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, fell to 8.1% from 8.3% as the number of people looking for jobs shrank?…private companies accounted for all of the growth in payrolls, adding 103,000 jobs?…payroll numbers for the prior two months were revised lower: July payrolls rose 141,000 compared with the initially reported 163,000, while June’s gain was 45,000 instead of 64,000?…by the end of the day today we will all endure the spinsters on both sides telling us these numbers say whatever serves them best?…that these numbers are better than a punch in the nose but not as good as a slice of bread?…there is nothing here in these numbers to celebrate over or to panic over?…that unemployment officially dropping because a bunch of people either gave up looking for work out of frustration or found a way to get on disability is not really a drop at all, it is a statistic and little else?

IS IT TRUE the service sector was the best performer, adding 28,000 in August and by 298,000 over the past 12 months?… the high wage high value added manufacturing sector showed a loss of 15,000 jobs last month?…we are in the final migration to a tri-modal society as predicted by Robert Reich in his 1991 book “The Work of Nations” with the only jobs in America are 1) government employees, 2) service industry low skill workers, and 3) symbolic analysts who manipulate symbols and numbers?…that while it makes sense to assume that you can’t offshore your pool guy, it also begs the question of how many pool guys, landscapers, and yogurt cup fillers are needed and more importantly how can a nation of low skill low paid service workers support a government that is currently consuming 25% of the national GDP?

IS IT TRUE that on a bright note, local candidate for office Terry White was spotted on national TV and the Democrat National Convention this week

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12 COMMENTS

  1. the money is in the budget for roberts, there is 500,000 for the new park. they just didn’t say it was going for demolishion.

  2. Thanks CCO for calling out the Mayor for having no idea of how to manage our tax dollars. You could had added the name of city controllor. Russ Lloyd, Jr. to this article.

    Civic center employees are laughing at both of these clowns. They can’t believe what they are seeing from Mayor Winnenke and Russ Lloyd, Jr. when it comes to money management decisions.

    What a group of idiots!

    Looks like we have a one term Mayor!

    Eric Williams for next Mayor of Evansville!

    • Why do you keep pushing Eric Williams for Mayor. He is for unification which tells you he doesn’t understand money any better than Winnecke does. Trading one dope for another dope is not a step forward.

  3. Billy Graham

    Could it be that I could be a somewhat related to him?

    Ok, Rick Davis for Mayor! How’s that?

    Bottom line. Anybody other than Winnecke as our next Mayor.

  4. “IS IT TRUE it is becoming painfully obvious that this administration has absolutely no comprehension of how to deal with money or manage contractors?…these clowns do not even have a clue where the additional money will be coming from but they do shrug their shoulders and acknowledge that its gotta come from some place?”

    First off, they should take it as a compliment to be called “clowns” simply because the focus here is on entertainment venues and how to pay for them. Right?

    Secondly, I cannot fathom why the editor, assuming he is Joe Wallace, cannot understand where the money should come from. It’s simple! Draw a TIF District line around the entire county, consolidate, and dedicate all subsequent TIF tax income to entertainment venues … The Ford, Victory, Centre, Mesker, hell even the Alhambra and Pagoda for that matter. What the hell, turn the McCurdy into a grand ballroom, casino, and wedding hall facility.

    Come to think of it, a Greater Vanderburgh Entertainment TIF District may even save Burdette Park from annihilation by a post-unification Parks Department of Neglect, Avoidance and Rustification.

    Think of the tourist and commercial draw we would enjoy as VanderWorld Theme Park, USA!

    • Thank you for taking that sentence and running with it. I could not have said it better.

    • That would never work, Soon2B, because that wouldn’t leave any money available for commercial real estate developers to have their water and sewer facilities installed for free.

    • Sadly, I think you were kidding, it seems all to possible to me. Total incompetence , and Lloyd would probably be the first choice for Master of Finance in a reorganized city/county dovt.

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