IS IT TRUE MARCH 1, 2017

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IS IT TRUE that the polls for the United States are conflicted as conflicted can be?…as was predicted President Donald J. Trump has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point of his term in office?…President Trump only has an average approval rating of 44% with some polls under 40% and only one close to 50%?…in spite of the low approval rating for President Trump, the Real Clear Politics average for “is the country moving in the right direction” is at a four year high and rising?…it is truly mystifying to have a President who inspires disapproval while his actions are getting much higher approval ratings than the actions of the very popular Barack Obama?…it seems as though the American electorate likes the actions but doesn’t care for the guy who is driving the actions?…given the choice of a popular president who does things that people disapprove of or an unpopular president who does things people like, the smartest choice is to go with the latter?

IS IT TRUE that ECHO Housing has plans to turn a vacant warehouse at 101 N. Garvin St. into 27 one-bedroom units of housing for the chronically homeless.  …the project is expected to cost $6.1 million?  ….that our hard earn tax dollars we send to the State of Indiana shall pay for this “Pork Barrel” project?  …ECHO Executive Director Stephanie TenBarge said “that her organization will also commission a “Mural” on the side of the building?  …we remember when Ms. TenBarge commissioned another “Mural” to be printed on the side of a building located just behind the McDonalds resturant located on North Main and the Lloyd Expressway?  …we recall when ECHO Executive Director Stephanie TenBarge declared that this “Mural” will enhance the opportunity of bringing economic development to the North Main Jacobsville area? …we were told that she hired an out of town artist to paint this abstract “Mural” costing many of thousands of dollars? …we urge you to drive to the North Main McDonalds and look at the building directly behind it so you can see if this “Mural” would motivate  you to locate a business on North main street?  …we wonder how many poor people could had used the many thousand of tax dollars spent on this less than attractive piece of exterior abstract art to pay electric bills and put food on the table?  …in our opinion putting a painted “Mural” on the side of apartment building for the homeless is a total waste of our hard earned tax dollars?

IS IT TRUE we wonder how many two bedrooms Habitat type homes that ECHO could had been built with this $6 million dollars State grant earmarked for providing housing for the homeless and economically disadvantaged of this area? …the answer is around 100 homes?   … can anyone tell us who are the Evansville ECHO-Housing 2017 Board of Directors members because we tried to locate them but failed?

IS IT TRUE it’s time for the City to find other locations to hold charitable fundraising activities events held on Riverside Drive because they  interfere with Tropicana-Evansville business activities?  …it’s guesstimated that that corporate citizen Tropicana-Evansville is losing around $50,000 a day when the city closes Riverside Drive for charitable events?  …in 2016 Tropicana-Evansville give the City of Evansville a $25 million dollar advancement from the projected gaming money profits from their 2017 budget to help fund the city  budget shortfalls?  … it’s obvious that Tropicana -Evasville is working with Evansville and it’s time we start working with them by keeping Riverside Drive open 24-7 so they can continue being a great corporate citizen?

IS IT TRUE that the lawmakers of the State of Indiana have set the stage for all governments at the state and local level to start getting less of the casino tax known in and around Evansville as “boat money”?…back when casino gambling was approved it was going to be the “manna from heaven” that funded education?  … later on our elected officials declared that those dollars could be redirected to help pay for infrastructure?…here we are more than 20 plus years later our city officials are now borrowing $25 million against future “boat money” to pay for fun and games projects that will not impact the economy any more than Weinzapfel’s folly Ford Center did? …State sources say that the Indiana Division of Mental Health will lose $2 Million per year due to the changes in taxation?

FOOTNOTE:  Todays ‘READERS POLL” question is: Do you think that the taxpayers should pay $225,000 per one bedroom apartment to house the homeless?

 

 

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18 COMMENTS

  1. For almost $226,000.00 that must be one heck of a 1 bedroom unit OR we’re sure getting screwed over by politicians and ECHO , seems like to me you could build 3 nice 2 bedroom houses for the cost of a 1 bedroom unit

  3. …we wonder how many poor people could had used the many thousand of tax dollars spent on this less than attractive piece of exterior abstract art to pay electric bills and put food on the table? …in our opinion putting a painted “Mural” on the side of apartment building for the homeless is a total waste of our hard earned tax dollars? I know of two artists living living at the rescue mission that have done large murals before. There are at least a hundred graduate art students many trying to make a living and feed there families that would love these commissions. What we paid out of town artists to do murals and the sculpture on the ford Would have bought at least two of those artist home in the art district. Our artist community and the art district would have benefited. instead we sent several hundred thousand dollars out of town. Whether we should be spending public money on art is another question. If we are going to I would like to keep it local.

  4. Why can’t they close Riverside along the river front and keep it open in front of the casino?

    • Duh! The idea is to keep ALL of Riverside Drive open to enhance better traffic flow into, tbrough, and out of downtown.

  8. Here are some ideas ECHO
    Put the homeless up in a motel.
    Buy them an RV
    Buy a distressed property, knock down the house, and build a 2 bedroom

  9. ” can anyone tell us who are the Evansville ECHO-Housing 2017 Board of Directors members because we tried to locate them but failed?”

    Couldn’t find any names as far as the Board of Directors after a quick search, but somebody on the following contact list might be able to shed some light on that:

    ECHO Housing Corporation
    414 Baker Ave.
    Evansville IN 47710
    Phone: 812-423-8422
    FAX:812-423-8108

    Executive Director – Stephanie TenBarge : 812-423-8422 ext. 4
    Assistant Director – Chris Metz : 812-423-8422 ext. 2
    Family Enrichment Coordinator – Ginny Smith : 812-423-8422 ext. 3
    Lucas Place Case Manager – Kendra Shadrick : 812-483-2417
    Lucas Place II Case Manager – April Sutton : 812-303-0705
    New Start Case Manager – Kristyn Cloud : 812-423-8422 ext. 5
    HVRP Program Coordinator – Joe Rapp’e: 812- 457-9424
    HVRP Intake Coordinator – Karen Daugherty: 812-480-5439
    Child Advocate – Amanda Gehlhausen : 812-455-7962
    Front Desk/General Inquiries – Erica Cabell: 812-423-8422 ext. 1

  12. I believe without a doubt as big a hole the progressive liberal gruber goobers has dug……………….they need new shovels…………………..keep digging……………..President Trump Law $ Order 2017 And Beyond……

  13. Evansville in trouble. We need get rid of mayor and Missy mosby all they care about is making money for city taking from us taxpayers

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