IS IT TRUE? March 15, 2011
IS IT TRUE a meeting was held at the library located in Bayard Park recently? ….that it was discussed that the proposed demolition of a historic home located at 800 South Kentucky Ave. be razed? ….that neighbors and members of the Evansville Preservation Commission attending this meeting strongly objected to a proposed razing of this once beautiful historical home? ….that if the City of Evansville legal eagles and the Historical Preservation Director would had done their homework this issue would never been discussed?
IS IT TRUE that the reasons that some private investor has not refurbished all of the former elegance to the historic areas like Bayard Park, Akin Park, Goosetown, the Washington Avenue Corridor, and many other neighborhoods can be traced to the astoundingly low value of refurbished homes in those areas?…that the IDEA HOME had somewhere between $350,000 and $550,000 spent on its refurbishment depending on which person in the know is asked?…that the IDEA HOME is languishing on the market and is now priced at $179,000 yet it attracts no offers?…that the Front Door Pride homes cost over $200,000 each to build and languish on the market at closer to $100,000?…that Bayard Park and Akin Park are in similar neighborhoods to Goosetown and Washington when it comes to CRIME, COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS, and UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS?…that just yesterday a short walk from Bayard Park there was a 9:30 AM SHOOTING?…that unless the crime is diminished, the schools perform, and the infrastructure is at least acceptable that none of the once elegant homes facing the City of Evansville’s DILAPIDATED PARK SYSTEM will ever be economically feasible to revitalize?
IS IT TRUE that economic feasibility is only a criteria for homes that are not under the control of local government spending taxpayer dollars?…that the much maligned and too expensive to refurbish Safe House is having $240,000 spent on each of 32 apartments that it will be refurbished into?…that apartments are available all over Evansville in the FEASIBLE FREE MARKET at less than 12% of the price that the City of Evansville, the Evansville Housing Authority, and their cast of partners are celebrating the opportunity to overspend by $6.7 Million to refurbish?…that in a growing city, with acceptable crime, performing schools, and working infrastructure that many of these kinds of projects would be pursued by private dollars?…that the selective overspending of public dollars to do projects that are not needed based on population and are not feasible based on value is just infuriating?…that the numbers on this particular project that are on the Evansville Housing Authority website and the Mayor’s official press release do not match?
IS IT TRUE that speaking of non functional infrastructure that people all over SW Indiana who get their water from the City of Evansville Waterworks were treated to an unwelcome and unhealthy cocktail of good ole Ohio River water and what passes for drinking water on a normal day?…that word went out to MOST MEDIA OUTLETS courtesy of the City of Evansville that water should be boiled?…that the readership of the City County Observer is larger than the number of votes required to be elected in every one of the six wards represented in the Evansville City Council?…that we continue to be mystified by the OUTRIGHT REFUSAL of the OFFICE OF THE MAYOR to add the City County Observer to the distribution list for press releases?…that this WILLFUL REFUSAL yesterday may have endangered some of the people of Evansville who get their news from the CCO?
IS IT TRUE that the CITY COUNTY OBSERVER didn’t receive the important press release sent out by the Evansville Mayor Press/Media Relations person pertaining to the Media Advisory Water Boiling warning? ….the failure of the Mayor’s Media Press/Media Relations person not informing the City County Observer of this public health emergency could have put our readers in harm’s way from a medical health perspective? ….that it is important to point out that many of our readers solely rely on the CCO to keep them abreast of local daily happenings that directly affect their daily lives? ….if any of our loyal readers missed the City of Evansville emergency water boiler announcement sent to the main stream media but not to CCO that they should hold the City of Evansville accountable for any health problems caused drinking tainted city drinking water?…that emails, letters, and phone calls to the Office of the Mayor are in order over this very important issue?…that the appropriate contact information is as follows: (812) 436-4962, knimnicht@evansvillegov.org?
