IS IT TRUE? May 14, 2011
IS IT TRUE that the saga of at-large City Council candidate Jonathan Weaver and his on camera SIGN THIEF allegations has resulted in his not taking the City County Observer up on our more than generous offer to make a $2,000 donation to the charity of his choice IF HE BACKED UP HIS ALLEGATIONS WITH CHARGES AND CONVICTION of any of the broadly accused thieves?…that this was not a personal vendetta against Mr. Weaver?…that the CCO has a policy to attack the deed and not the person?…that for a candidate for public office to make allegations of criminal activities against their opponents is downright irresponsible?…that any future allegation by any candidates in the 2011 elections will be met with a bounty and continuous posting?
IS IT TRUE that our week of offering a bounty for Mr. Weaver to come forward is over and that we have an offer to make a donation of $100 to his favorite charity if he will do the right thing and apologize publically to the unnamed group of campaign workers that he accused of thieving?…that this is the right thing for Mr. Weaver to do and that he has one week to do so and still get the $100 donation for his favorite charity?…that this can be a lesson to the other candidates that if they “CRY WOLF†that they had better be able to back it up with names, time, pictures, and charges or they too will be offered a bounty by the City County Observer?
IS IT TRUE that in the first 13 days of May that the City County Observer has been read by enough ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE VISITORS to win any election that is going to be held in the City of Evansville in 2011?…that we are quite pleased with the growth in our readership?
IS IT TRUE that the minutes of the meetings of the Evansville Redevelopment Commission that are posted online do not include the prices that they have discussed and approved in their meetings?…that even members of the Evansville City Council have difficulty getting their hands on the numbers and contracts?…that even when members of the City Council ask they are not often accommodated?…that it is time for a financially astute member of the Evansville City Council to be appointed to the Evansville Redevelopment Commission as at least an ex-officio member?
IS IT TRUE that it has now been 1,472 days since the announcement was made on May 14, 2007 that the McCurdy Hotel was to be refurbished into luxury apartments?…that it has now been 1,326 days since the Evansville Redevelopment Commission at the request of Mayor Weinzapfel approved the spending of $603,000 to purchase the parking lot?…that City Centre Properties and Scott Kosene the developers of the McCurdy project are both listed as contributors to the Weinzapfel for Mayor committee for 2010?
IS IT TRUE that there are now 537 days remaining in the two years that the EPA had given the City of Evansville to present an acceptable solution to the Combined Sewer Overflow problem?…..that this plan is an expensive and complex endeavor that needs immediate attention to avoid the embarrassment and expense of another round of fines?
I believe that most boards and commissions that have the ability to spend taxpayer funds should have at least one city councilman as a member. This would allow a conduit for the transparent handling of business affairs.
Your suggestion sounds great on first glance, but considering how many boards have the ability to spend taxpayer funds, your suggestion would necessitate nearly full-time hours on the part of council members, several of whom already have full-time occupations. Personally, I think appointed boards should be comprised of honest people who if found to be otherwise, or when found to be wasteful of tax dollars, should be removed by the elected officials who appointed them. You see, the elected appointers are answerable to the voters, right?
Weaver is just a plain idiot!!!
Barb, I think ol’ Weeper has been really cool about this. Usually by this time, he’d have thrown another childish crap hizzy over something or other.
I would simply love to hear what Weaver’s favority charity is. The only one that truly touches his heart is his own — the charity of “Jonathan Weaver.” He has to be the most egotistical, self-centered, arrogant man I have ever met.
I hope he enjoys his next 6 months, because come November he’s going to be slapped with a true dose of reality when the real voices of this community come forward, and don’t allow him a second chance at an office.
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