COUNTY COMMISSIONER CANDIDATE MARSHA ABELL OPPOSES WESSELMAN PARK / ROBERTS STADIUM BALL FIELD PROJECT

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NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Marsha Abell
Ph. 812-453-3363

Oct 28, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COUNTY COMMISSIONER CANDIDATE MARSHA ABELL OPPOSES
WESSELMAN PARK / ROBERTS STADIUM BALL FIELD PROJECT

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – County Commissioner candidate Marsha Abell is going on record as an opponent to the proposed Wesselman Park / Roberts Stadium Ball Field project. Abell, a former County Clerk, City Clerk and County Council member, says the ball field proposal is flawed.

“I don’t believe county hotel-motel tax funds should be used to demolish Roberts Stadium because the stadium is a city facility,” Abell states. “And I feel it is an insult and a disservice to residents who live near Wesselman Park and Roberts Stadium to declare the area a recovery zone because by law this designation signifies that the area is economically distressed. The designation will damage property values in that area.”

Abell states that County Commissioners neglected to discuss the ball field project on Tuesday, which was the last Commissioners’ meeting before the November 2 election. She says her opponent Troy Tornatta, who is currently Vice-President of the Vanderburgh County Commissioners, wants to hide from the ball field issue until after the election.

“The Wesselman Park / Roberts Stadium proposal is an issue that Vanderburgh County Commissioners are required to address in their meetings in order to move the project forward,” Abell says. “From time to time, our local government officials and candidates for elected office hide from the issues. But I make it a point to communicate my feelings about issues involving local government – especially before an election.”

Abell feels the City plan to use hotel-motel funds to tear down the stadium is a corporate bailout for Evansville’s mayor and the City of Evansville because the City neglected to plan for the cost of demolishing the Robert’s Stadium when budgeting for construction of the new downtown arena.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Change we can believe in?

    A public stand with a simple, reasoned, policy statement…

    NOT a parchment, delivered by a jester, sent forth from his highness, to dictate to his subjects?

  2. Looks like I will be voting for Abell because she is making a statement that rings true.

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