IS IT TRUE? December 19, 2010
IS IT TRUE that tomorrow is the big day we have all been waiting for when it comes to the unveiling of the proposals for a new Downtown Convention Hotel?….that the City County Observer has already published renderings and the layout that will be spoken about by Woodruff Hospitality, the only Evansville based business making a presentation?….that White Lodging is also expected to make a bid to do a similar project as they did in Fort Wayne?…that the White Lodging Marriot in Fort Wayne was approximately a $40M project with a roughly $25M assistance package being offered by the City of Fort Wayne to make it happen?…that Woodruff Hospitality has been open about the fact that the project they will propose also carries a $40M total budget?
IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer correctly projected the $40M figure last summer in our series of articles about the Executive Inn Dilemma?…..that we also projected that due to a valuation gap that substantial City of Evansville financial participation would be necessary to attract a Downtown Convention Hotel investment team?….that the Fort Wayne project validates our projections as Fort Wayne and Evansville are economically similar?….that we eagerly await the presentation by Woodruff Hospitality that seems to have secured a good financing package led by LOCAL INVESTMENT?….that hotel investors and venture capitalists both share the same philosophy when it comes to where to invest their money?…that if a regions businesses and government will not invest in itself outside money is quite unlikely to invest either?…that Woodruff Hospitality has proven that axiom to be true?
IS IT TRUE that the author of an Evansville based staunchly Republican blog has launched a Facebook effort to “draft Lloyd Winnecke†to run for Mayor of Evansville?….that potential candidate Winnecke has recently dispelled rumors that he and Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel have a pact not to oppose each other in an election?…that less visible “draft Cheryl†efforts are also underway for the Republican nomination for Mayor of Evansville?…that former Mayor Russ Lloyd Jr. has also expressed an interest in a second time in the office?….that it is beginning to look like a three horse race may be forming for the Republican primary for Mayor of Evansville?
IS IT TRUE that as much as the Republican candidates are still sniffing at the prize that announced Democratic candidate for Mayor of Evansville and current Vanderburgh County Treasurer Rick Davis is rapidly securing the support of the base of the Democratic party?….that Mr. Davis has put together a passionate and dedicated group of volunteers that are braving the cold in a door to door campaign in Evansville’s traditionally Democratic neighborhoods?….that every day that Davis continues to secure the Democratic base in an unopposed manner is another day that he moves closer to the nomination.
IS IT TRUE that 2nd Ward candidate for City Council Patrick McBride is doing extremely well in his fundraising efforts to attempt to wrestle the democratic nomination from incumbent Missy Mosby?…that Mr. McBride like Mr. Davis made an early announcement that appears to be paying off?
IS IT TRUE that it has now been 1,317 days since the announcement was made on May 14, 2007 that the McCurdy Hotel was to be refurbished into luxury apartments?…that it has now been 1,172 days since the Evansville Redevelopment Commission at the request of Mayor Weinzapfel approved the spending of $603,000 to purchase the parking lot.
IS IT TRUE that there are now 693 days remaining in the two years that the EPA had given the City of Evansville to present an acceptable solution to the Combined Sewer Overflow problem?…..that this plan is an expensive and complex endeavor that needs immediate attention to avoid the embarrassment and expense of another round of fines?
If the Hyat offer is accepted…I’m going to get the legitimate local media(not CCO) to investigate this deal based on conflict of intereest between the CCO and the Hyatt group. Sounds like a scam to me. Your group CCO/Hyatt will be called to the table on tjhis…and I’ll see to it the project is delayed/cancelled based on this raw deal.
Wow Bruce, Hyat is spelled Hyatt, intereest is spelled interest, and tjhis must be this. The Dukes of Hazard spell better than that.
We are flattered that you consider the CCO powerful enough to influence the decisions of the Hyatt Corporation.
We hope that the City of Evansville makes the best decision possible for the people of Evansville and really hope that you do not exercise your enormous power to delay or cancel a deal because you incorrectly believe that the CCO is pulling the strings of Hyatt.
Regarding the mispelling…I used my English-to-Kentuckian dictionary so you’d be able to read the message.
Again…it looks like the CCO is using undue influence to lure the City into accepting this deal.
You’re too transparent.
Is that the same dictionary that you learned the “misspelling” of “mispelling”. Go Hazard Yellowjackets!
CCO: I rest my case… 😉
W.W.C.S.L say?
Corrupt-us & Propagandize-to-us…
What’s up is down, what’s down is up.
Does “Legitimate”, in Evansville, mean media by corporate politically correct committee?
Is it true that the “so-called” editor of the CCO is acting as a paid shill for the locally-based downtown hotel group that is making a proposal to lure the city into accepting their offer to build a convention hotel?
Is it also true that the City-County Observer is nothing more than an amateur trash rag trying to pass itself off as a legitimate news source for our city?
Is it also true that the CCO makes the Evansville Courier/Depressed look like a professional news-gatehering organization by comparison.
Is it also true that the C & P is the laughing stock of Indiana newspapers.
Is that special dictionary where you learned to spell “gatehering” for “gathering”. Did you go to Hazard High School?
That laughing stock newspaper says that your beloved Mayor will be holding a news conference tomorrow at 10 am to make an announcement about the hotel that will hopefully sit next to your blessed arena.
What will you think if your beloved Mayor chooses the local proposal?
Next question: who in the wide wide world of sports is Bruce Griffin ?
Wake Up Bruce, the bucket your carrying for ? has more than a few holes in it.
Wow…I guess I touched a nerve. All of you whiners sound like a bunch of old farts who are elgible to die of old age every day you wake up! Wake up!
This city’s moving forward without you miserable imbeciles!
God bless this new arena! If the RDC/Mayor Weinzapfel see Woodruff as the best proposal…then I’ll accept that. The only complaint I have with all of this is that it’s taking too damn long! Get it done already!
Oh, and yes, Louisville is a worthless piece of real estate! There’s nothing you can do to change that.
The only nerves you seem to touch are your own. The City County Observer has supported the Woodruff Hospitality proposal and were actually first to post the renderings. I am glad that you, your beloved Mayor, and the City County Observer all agree that Woodruff is the right choice for Evansville. We who you call imbeciles have not changed our position in the last 24 hours yet you have. It was just yesterday you were accusing us of forcing the Hyatt upon your Mayor and today you are completely on board. With consistency like that, next you will be praising Louisville for being the great and wonderful place that it is. It is okay for both Evansville and Louisville to have positive qualities and we hope that you can recognize that.
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