IS IT TRUE? June 9, 2011

IS IT TRUE tonight shall be the “Last Tango in Evansville” for the Vanderburgh County Commissioners and the Evansville City Council to put a spit shine on the document known as the consolidation proposal?…that unless there have been some serious secret meetings where the entire budgets of both the County and the City have been merged, compared to other more efficient cities like Henderson and Fort Wayne, and significant financial savings have been identified that the City County Observer expects that this version of consolidation is DEAD ON ARRIVAL with the local voters?…that significant financial savings in the case of the $1,830 per person per year budget of the City of Evansville means finding savings of at least $50 Million and hopefully closer to $100 Million?…that only after a) getting our government accountable and efficient and b) showing tangible value to consolidation will any consolidation have a high probability to pass?…that we have either of those conditions yet?

IS IT TRUE that given the financial state of the City of Evansville that a good faith effort to do a bit of internal improvement needs to be shown before Vanderburgh County will accept a merger without a formidable resistance?…that for Vanderburgh County to merge with the City of Evansville makes about as much sense as using the bone marrow of a cancer patient to do a transplant on a healthy person?…that if Evansville does some self healing and some future committee shows a tangible reason to merge that we expect that consolidation will pass both the City and the County in separate votes by wide margins?

IS IT TRUE that the “Nightmare on Walnut Street” continues to drag on as we expect to see the water show continue and very few swings of the wrecking ball today down at the Executive Inn demolition site?…that the clock keeps ticking on the activities down there?…that whether there is a financing deal on the table to build a hotel or not that the lots under the old Executive Inn and its parking garage are eyesores and need to be prepared for an eventual convention hotel?…that we encourage the City of Evansville to get on with the business of getting these lots into presentable condition on their own dime and to spend the next 21 days preparing an RFP just in case it is needed?…that the motto of the Boy Scouts of America is “BE PREPARED”?…that it is obvious that the Weinzapfel Administration either is not made up of former Boy Scouts or that they missed the first lesson and never earned their Tenderfoot badge?…that many veterans of the US and British military will recognize the 7 Ps adage?…that the 7 Ps adage could be the defining statement for the Executive Inn Dilemma and the McCurdy debacle?…that the 7 Ps adage goes as follows:

Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance

IS IT TRUE that the Shriners Fest starts today and will run on the Evansville waterfront through Sunday?…that many people have worked long and hard to put this together and that the City County Observer would like to encourage all of our readers to head on down to the river and give this festival a fighting chance at success?…that the community whined and complained about button prices and that the Shriners have listened?…that mingling with your friends on the waterfront is completely FREE and that there are plenty of activities to entertain you?…that we hope that the vendors who stuck their neck out to make this happen will all have a successful festival?…that we also encourage all to spend a little money at our now FREE festival?