Quips and Comments from City Council Meeting: October 15, 2012
“This is government at its worst,” said Councilman Al Lindsey, D-6th
“JH Rudolph and Co., an Evansville contractor, agreed to take up the parking lot asphalt surrounding the Roberts building at no cost.†Denise Johnson
“the City Council was backed into a corner†Councilwoman Stephanie Riley
“they are still not committed to using the Roberts land as a park because of concerns about the cost to develop and maintain the site.†Councilman Dan Adams
“they held the auction knowing they were making Roberts less valuable†Councilman Al Lindsey
“these guys are marketing a doomsday scenario†Councilman Al Lindsey
“Alan Brill had a proposal to use Roberts that was only $1.2 Million†Councilman Dan Adams
“we had no plan to remove the asphalt parking lot because it costs too much†Denise Johnson
“the 3-I Engineering study cost us $60,000†Denise Johnson
“we need to take the time to vet the next use of this site†Councilman Conor O’Daniel
“Evansville’s softball fields are so badly maintained that they are dangerous to play on. They are a pathetic embarrassment.†Councilman Al Lindsey
“the City hired the same architects that ruined Roberts Stadium to head the committee to decide what should be done with it†former Indiana Senator Paul Bitz
“it is the neighborhood parks that we need to make nice†Senator Paul Bitz
“Weinzapfel worked with SMG to limit the success of Roberts so he could tear it down†Senator Paul Bitz
“the cost of steel is coming down 20% in the next couple of months because of project cancellations in China. This makes the demolition more expensive.†Corey Mills
“only 40 acres of land sell a year in Evansville, we now have a 19.1 year supply on the market†Corey Mills
“any use of Roberts that is not public use is negative.†Corey Mills
“Developers like to make a profit and that ain’t gonna happen in today’s market†Corey Mills
“there are 1,000 residential lots currently available, that is a 4 or 5 year supply too†Corey Mills
“the park idea is a piecemill solution and is not thought out well†Professor Perry Burnette (USI Economics Professor)
“does the Canapy software work†Councilman Dan McGinn
“there are problems with it, we recommended against it, Harry Lawson did that on his own†Mark Rolley in response to Dan McGinn
“the City IT budget is increasing 9% per year, it is out of control†Councilman John Friend
“we have saved the City millions of dollars on IT hardward costs†Mark Rolley
“the Public Works board authorized spending money on consultants to help fix the MIPS software†former Controller Jenny Collins
“my bosses knew the books were not balanced and the software did not work†former Controller Jenny Collins
