EVANSVILLE, Ind. – County Commissioner Candidate Marsha Abell is opposed to any effort by the City of Evansville to have the County contribute any funds to assist with an incentive package for a developer to construct a new hotel adjacent to the new downtown arena. Vanderburgh County operates the Centre and has lost thousands of dollars in convention business due to the closing of the Executive Inn. In addition, the County will no longer have a walkway leading to the Centre should a new hotel be constructed on the Executive Inn parking structure property.
It is a shame that my opponent, Troy Tornatta, did not have the County Commissioners address the loss of convention business and any contingency plans concerning the City of Evansville’s original deal with Browning Investments. My opponent should have dealt with these issues involving the Centre in a public meeting, but did not.
Unfortunately, the County is losing money because of the lack of leadership of Troy Tornatta. He and Mayor Weinzapfel deliberately kept all of these issues involving the Centre quiet. However, the City of Evansville should compensate the County for the lost convention and trade show revenue attributable to not having a hotel connected to the Centre. Also, the City needs to pay for all costs associated with tearing down the walkway between the Centre and the Executive Inn and pay for the replacement sky bridge from the new hotel (if one is ever built) to the Centre.
As your next County Commissioner, I will not support any corporate bailout for the Mayor and the City by the County. I am tired of wasteful government spending and I will oppose any effort to place the City’s burden on the County’s back.
I did not think I would vote for Abell until I heard this now she will get my vote!!!!!
Unfortunately, using the money to tear down the Exec would also be a corporate bailout… for the Mayor and the City of Evansville, too.
But at least in terms of priorities, focusing on the Exec for the City and COUNTY residents sake would seem to be a much more reasonable proposition.
Vote Marsha! And I can’t believe I’m saying this! The county needs to pay for the county owes!!!!
If I could vote twice for Marsha Abell, I would.
Once because she is against the ballfields and again because she is against city-county consolidation.
She is listening to the desires of the residents, taxpayers and voters and is willing to act in their behalf. What more could we ask of her?
And what does Marsha propose instead? Nothing. Proving her “disapproval” right before the election is nothing more than a political move. She’s proven time and time again she’s out for no one but her own. Also funny how her paid ad is sitting right on top of this page… hmmmmm.
The way I read it, Marsha is proposing a PRIORITY – something responsible adults do. As opposed to spilling promises for everything and anything under the sun to anyone eager to be impressed at unharnessed “vision”.
This is a priority that considers COUNTY and CITY taxpayers (their families and the public debt burden they undertake) above and beyond stadium building legacies.
If you want ball fields so bad… buy the property from the city, demo it and run your little field of dreams for all the profit you can muster!
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