IS IT TRUE? December 16, 2011 Winnecke Gets an Albatross to go with the Balls and Chains

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IS IT TRUE? December 16, 2011

IS IT TRUE that today Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel who only has 15 more days to serve as mayor has announced that he has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Kunkel Group to build and operate a downtown Convention Hotel where the rock pile was a short 5 months ago?…that Klenck Construction, the locally owned business that did the demolition and removed the rock pile have still not been paid the $315,000 that they earned?…that the people who own Klenck Construction must be some very accommodating people if they have not taken an form of legal action to secure their payment including getting a stop order of public funding of a project on the City of Evansville owned lot that they did the improvements on?

IS IT TRUE that a memorandum of understanding was not even a necessary step in this process and that for some reason the Weinzapfel Administration had a need to add a ceremonial step to the process and make an announcement on a Friday afternoon?…that a memorandum of understanding is not binding and has about as much significance as a couple of teenagers promising to marry someday when they grow up?…that the real fireworks on this project will be coming when it is brought before the Evansville City Council to vote for the incentive package to be funded?…that it will be very interesting if this comes to a vote in 2011 in its last official meeting?…that the only reason to even attempt such a last minute deal is if Mayor Weinzapfel thinks that the new City Council will not vote like a block of puppets the way this City Council has done for four years now?

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IS IT TRUE that the key leader and key vote in this funding process will be the vote of City Councilman and Chairman of the Finance Committee John Friend, CPA?…that it will be up to Councilman Friend to VET THE VETTERS and determine if his recommendation as the most financially competent member of the City Council is going to be with ONB Commercial Loan Officer Sara Miller who cast the lone NO VOTE by the Evansville Redevelopment Commission and has been reported to have stated that she had not seen any reason to believe that either Kunkel’s or Prime’s proposal will result in a profitable hotel?

IS IT TRUE that it will also be interesting to see if even one member of the Evansville City Council will stand up for the interests of Klenck Construction?…that by voting to fund an incentive package for the hotel project without demanding that Klenck be paid for the honest improvements that they made to the City of Evansville’s property is callous and irresponsible?

IS IT TRUE that poor Mayor Elect Winnecke who already has been shackled with four balls and chains by the last minute cram throughs of the Weinzapfel Administration just got an albatross around his neck to go with the balls and chains?…that the returning blindly block voting members of the Evansville City Council would be well advised to push this vote to next year as an indication that they understand that 15 days from now that Mayor Elect Lloyd Winnecke and not then Citizen Elect Jonathan Weinzapfel will be the person that they have to work with?…that memorandums of understanding are easily set aside should Mayor Winnecke and the 2012 City Council choose to do so?

WHAT IS THE RUSH PEOPLE? IF THIS IS THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION IT WILL STAND THE SCRUTINY OF THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL AND THE NEXT MAYOR OF EVANSVILLE

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  2. Low-lifes in suits defines the Weinzapfel Administration right down to their socks. I’m afraid your just
    Pi–ing in the wind CCO. THEY HAVE NO MORAL CENTER! NONE!

    • Sometimes we feel the same way. Why more everyday people have not aggressively called for a stop to this behavior by calling, emailing, or mailing is simply frustrating. Why has local government gotten a pass from the masses for 50 years? It is truly maddening. It is more maddening that the people of this city do nothing.

  4. Hey Weinzapfel, why don’t you walk down to your nemesis Rick Davis’s office and ask him if Kunkel’s property taxes have been paid. You may be surprised how much this is already taking on the look and feel of the mess you made of the McCurdy.

    • I don’t really see how Weinzapfel has to walk down to the treasurer’s office to find out something he can have his staff research over the phone. Besides, anyone who owes back taxes essentially is borrowing money from the county at a much higher rate than the commecial lending rate. And they’re risking loss of the property at tax sale if they let the deliquency go too long. So what’s your point?

      • NDKnow

        Suppose we all decided to “borrow money from the county”, who the hell would pay the current county obligations?

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  5. The point is that the ERC just kicked the McCurdy deal to the curb for the guy not paying his taxes and Weinzapfel is mugging for the camera about making a deal with another guy for a much larger amount of money who hasn’t paid his taxes. Check it yourself.

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