IS IT TRUE? March 2, 2011
IS IT TRUE that the receipt of federal grants in the amount of $2.5 Million have been secured by the City of Evansville and will be used to create 120 new or refurbished living units targeting low income people?…that projects like these done as far back as 50 years ago but certainly in the last 10 years would have improved the look of certain parts of the city?…that a simple division problem of dividing $2.5M by 120 yields a number of only $20,833.33 per living unit as a cost to produce?…that this is less than 10% of what has and is being spent to build Front Door Pride homes?…that this begs the question, “where is the rest of the money coming fromâ€?
IS IT TRUE that $20,833 is the kind of price that it costs to build a half of a Habitat house?…that Habitat for Humanity is able to build low income houses for in the $40,000 range because of extensive volunteerism, drastically discounted materials, and cookie cutter designs?…that there is essentially no way that a new living unit can be created for $20,833 even with volunteer labor?…that we are quite curious to find out the rest of the story on what the real cost is and who is paying for it?
IS IT TRUE that the 40 three and four bedroom homes that are slated for Goosetown will be mingled in and around the other Front Door Pride homes that have already been built?…that the cost to build the first round of FDP homes has been slightly over $200,000 per home and that the selling price has been closer to an average of $100,000 per home?…that the FDP homes have been very difficult to sell with half of them languishing on the market for over a year?…that building 40 more homes into Goosetown that are less expensive and slated to be leased will impact both the value and the marketability of the FDP homes?…that if these 40 homes are comparable to the FDP homes that Evansville is looking at a cost of between $8M and $10M just for construction?…that accepting government money always comes with strings and we are very interested in the strings attached to this $2.5M?
IS IT TRUE as we continuously point out that truly bringing the FDP area back to a point that young educated professionals want to be there requires performing schools, safety, and let us not forget a sewer system that does not continuously smell like a cesspool?…that a wise lady has a saying on her refrigerator that reads “Never trade what you want most for what you want todayâ€?…that a FREE infusion of $2.5M with a photo-op in a dilapidated neighborhood is an irresistible temptation to politicians?…that it may be a good thing?…that it will only be a good thing if it makes a real and sustainable difference?…that a tangible and achievable master plan for an area in need of improvement would be the first step to making that happen?…that the question of “do these 40 homes serve to further the purpose of the master plan?†should have been the first question asked?…that mixing $200,000+ homes with $20,833 homes would never find its way into any professional master plan?…that as with the Downtown we suspect that there is no master plan?…that good public policy comes from thinking and planning followed by action?…that the days of Ready, Fire, Aim in Evansville are numbered?
IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer would really like to believe in these three projects and especially in the FDP part of it?…that we would like to see a MASTER PLAN, where this project serves the goals of the MASTER PLAN, and a full accounting of the total funds budgeted along with the source of these funds released by the City of Evansville?
IS IT TRUE that at the current rate of population shrinkage that it will take approximately 4 months for enough people to leave the City of Evansville to render 140 more living units to be vacant?…that we really wonder what it is about the new units that will stop the flow of people from fleeing the City of Evansville faster than 37 members of the Indiana House of Representatives have fled the Capitol?
“Spank em” Dan-O.
FDP is a disaster, period.
BUT… when discussing the the tough selling process, you have to also note the realtor – especially since he made the news! Because when we do get a new educated young person looking for a home in FDP… Not only is the government sizing up the pocket book, but their realtor is literally, GROPING THE GENITALS, of the potential FDP buyers!
(http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/dec/27/real-estate-arrested-sexual-battery-charge/)
Ahh, Evansville: Where prostitution isn’t legal, but it isn’t necessary. The TSA agents do the tease… and the FDP agents finish the deal!
Is it true that Rick Davis big banners were paid for by two fireman who want to be named head of the fire dept.
Is it true that two firemen are very dedicated to the Evansville Fire Department and the citizens they serve? Is it true these same two firefighters realize that the number 1 asset of the department is its firefighters and are very tired of being beat down by the current administration? That to move the department forward in a positive manner you have to truly have this #1 asset on board. That the current administration cannot see that by beating down this asset they are really moving the department the wrong way. These two firefighters are smart enough to know the only way to change the department administration is to get Rick Davis elected. Any other Mayor-elect will keep the biggest problem on the department. Is it true, as these two firemen know (and anyone else with a brain), the biggest problem on the department is its “leader”?
Is it true that making an off-topic comment that has nothing to do with the topic you posted in (grant money, Goosetown, FDP) makes you look like you have an agenda and are trolling? Is it true that there is a large group of firefighters working to get Rick Davis elected? Is it true that along with Mr Davis these firefighters are also working very hard to help Al Lindsey and Patrick McBride get elected? (two of their own) Is it true that donations/contributions to political candidates come from people of all walks of life and that everyone has the right to support their chosen candidate in whatever fashion they choose? Is it true that the political dirty tricks are just getting started?
“IS IT TRUE that the 40 three and four bedroom homes that are slated for Goosetown will be mingled in and around the other Front Door Pride homes that have already been built?…that the cost to build the first round of FDP homes has been slightly over $200,000 per home and that the selling price has been closer to an average of $100,000 per home?” (Mole #??)
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OK kiddies, can you say: “redistribution of wealth”? Too hard? Well how about: mo money, mo money, mo money?
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