We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE†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 that today’s column was created to inform our readers about some major financial challenges facing our great city?
IS IT TRUE that our 80-year publisher was recently harassed and bullied? Â …as of this afternoon, this issue was resolved in a positive manner?
IS IT TRUE that we hope that members of the Evansville City Council realize they are faced with funding and building a $30 million dollar city garage and a building new Water and Sewer Filtration plant that may cost between $300 to $400 million dollars and spending many more millions of dollars to complete the massive Water And Sewer project currently being done throughout Evansville? Â … that we forgot to point out that the ROBERTS PARK project will cost an undetermined amount of our tax dollars? Â …that we hope that Evansville will be able to secure the finances to fund these capital projects?
IS IT TRUE that we are told by reliable sources that the City of Evansville has serious revenue problems because of the excessive spending on fun and games projects during the last 12 years?
IS IT TRUE that a financially successful and thriving city doesn’t build big-ticket projects that they can’t afford to build and provide the money to do perpetual repairs and maintenance on the projects?
IS IT TRUE that a financially successful and thriving city has a substantial amount of money in its “Rainey Day Fund”?
IS IT TRUE that in a financially successful and thriving city, their streets, city parks, entertainment, and sports Arena are very well maintained?
IS IT TRUE that a financially successful and thriving city’s Police and Fire departments are well-funded and have state-of-the-art equipment to provide its citizens with top-notch protection?
IS IT TRUE that sometimes an employer can only pay an employee what they can afford and not what they are worth?
IS IT TRUE that by building the $28 million dollar “Aquatic Center” at the Garvin Park location, the city could use the North Main Street “TIF” District money to help finance and build it? Â …that this is the same funding source that the city spent $16 million dollars to renovate North Main Street? Â …that several of our readers wonder how much of the North Main Street “TIF” District money is still in the account?
IS IT TRUE that we would like to thank the Evansville City Clerk Laura Windhorst and her staff for doing a credible job in keeping us informed concerning City County meeting agendas?
IS IT TRUE that we would like to thank the City Of Evansville Communication Director Noah Stubbs for doing an excellent job in sending us current news articles?
IS IT TRUE that the residents at Summit One subdivision on Burkhardt Road located just across from Fresh Market would like to thank At-Large City Councilman Jonathan Weaver and Joshua Edwards for using their political influence to correct and address several problems concerning the Summit One subdivision residents?
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“the last 12 years”? How about the last 20 years? The Ford Center Folly of the Weinzaphel years doesn’t seem to be noticed by the CCO editorial staff. Why?
Good Grief ! 44 million dollars spent in my neighborhood of 60+ years.
The old North Main St. was better with more business and the Aguatic Center is too expensive for the area neighbors.
Not to mention the Basketball , Tennis courts and the Little Otters playground were lost.
Its called “gentrification”.
This city needs entirely new leadership from the top on down.
That Little Otters playground didn’t last long——my kids were too old for it when it built and it was replaced by parking. I had forgotten about it, honestly. It’s sad because neighborhood kids and kids that played baseball at Garvin Park could go swimming for 50 cents (or a dollar maybe) and I had four kids so $6 times 4 plus me would be $30 for one afternoon of swimming? Who can afford that?
“the last 12 years”? How about the last 20 years? The Ford Center Folly of the Weinzaphel years doesn’t seem to be noticed by the CCO editorial staff. Why?
Good Grief ! 44 million dollars spent in my neighborhood of 60+ years.
The old North Main St. was better with more business and the Aguatic Center is too expensive for the area neighbors.
Not to mention the Basketball , Tennis courts and the Little Otters playground were lost.
Its called “gentrification”.
This city needs entirely new leadership from the top on down.
That Little Otters playground didn’t last long——my kids were too old for it when it built and it was replaced by parking. I had forgotten about it, honestly. It’s sad because neighborhood kids and kids that played baseball at Garvin Park could go swimming for 50 cents (or a dollar maybe) and I had four kids so $6 times 4 plus me would be $30 for one afternoon of swimming? Who can afford that?
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