IS IT TRUE? May 21, 2011
IS IT TRUE that it has been widely recognized and acknowledged that the gateways to cities are places that should be nurtured and kept looking good to give people a good feeling when driving?…that the most used gateway to Evansville from the south is Southlane Drive?…that the smells on Southlane Drive are enough to give the McCurdy Goat nausea and to make the goat not want to eat when he is turned loose at the McCurdy?…that Southlane is suffering from more than the usual Bee Slough aroma nowadays?…that the guardrails along Southlane Drive appear as though they have not been painted since they were installed?…that the guardrails are sporting a long term thick coat of rust on the top that is just disgusting and give the impression that the City of Evansville does not care about how the southern gateway to the downtown looks?…that painting this two miles of guardrails even at a high price of $1 per foot would amount to a piddly $10,000 or so?…that you can’t get to the new $128 Million arena or to the Front Door Pride area from the south without passing these rusting guardrails?
IS IT TRUE that it has now been 1,479 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 1,333 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 530 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?
If the City provides the paint, there are plenty of volunteers who own a brush and will get on down there and knock this paint job out. CCO can be the lead sponsor (re: tasty lemonade). Get the LEO’s who hang out at Donut Bank on 41 to handle traffic control. Mission accomplished !
good idea I’d volunteer to paint a couple of hundred yards
Just think how much gas or paint the $200K+ for art to hang outside the new arena would go, talk about the city fathers being out of touch, whoever voted for the appropriation of monies to be spent solely for “ART” need to have a mental exam to prove they are sane.
Speaking of painting, when SIGECO was our utility co. every so often they would paint the street light poles. Have you looked at them lately? Most of them are all rusty.
I have also notice some are missing the bottom electrical access panel, this is a safety issue. How much trouble is it to put a piece of metal back on?
There’s no photo opportunity in getting the guardrails painted.
Is this INDOT’s responsibility or the City/County’s??
Who plows the snow along that stretch of road?
if for some reason the City of Evansville is unable to obtain said goat to aid in upkeep around the McCurdy, Mr Weinzapel might possibly be able to make use of some of the sheep we have elected to the City Council instead
Or the sheep who follow any leader … including the ones who blindly follow the so-called reformers, without questioning their real motives.
The stench along Southlane drive is strong enough to peel the chrome off a bumper hitch. …
“PARABLE OF THE STINKING TOILET”
Picture this:
You are invited into someone’s home. It has “curb appeal.”
As you tour the house new furnishings and fixtures are apparent, but as you near the bathroom, the unmistakable stench of human waste burns your eyes and nose.
You try to ignore it and not show your disgust but as you peer into the bathroom bowl, you spot excrement floating in stagnant urine.
The toilet appears to have been used for weeks without flushing. You (at this point) can’t help yourself, and blurt out, “what the hell is going on here?”
The host calmly explains, “well, we spend our time and money on more important things. Won’t you stay for supper, perhaps stay the night?
We have a brand new ‘big screen TV'”
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What would be your reply?
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This disturbing parable parallels the mayor’s strategy for attracting visitors to Evansville. Currently, stories of city streets caving into the sewers abound.
One thing is certain:
The citizenry has paid their taxes and Evansville’s toilet is full.
Is it in the city or the county? The limits are right there. If it is county property then don’t they have the responsibility. Yet another reason consolidation makes sense.
You’re running for city council and don’t know the jurisdictional limits?
I know! It is in the City Limits, Ward 4.
Let me see if I have this right? You want to be on the City Council and do not know where the city limits are and you are silly enough to think that consolidation will magically get guardrails painted. The only feasible response to that is “you must be kidding”.
Come on man, if the city and county need consolidation to paint a guardrail there is nothing worth consolidating.
Aaaaa-MEN!
I can’t tell by the maps but it does appear that some of it is the city. At least that area near the wastewater treatment plant
Hint: The centerline of the levee is the city limits. Everything inside the levee is city, plus the Harbor’s Edge subdivision, and everything outside the levee is county.
Are you saying that the stench left behind by the falling river is the city’s responsibility to fix? What is your suggestion? Perhaps the volunteers you are rallying for to paint the guardrail can carry around bottles of Febreeze and knock out the smell as well. You have a legitimate gripe with the rails, but the smell?!?!? Really?!?!?
The smell is not from the recent flooding. It is from Combined Sewer Overflows that happen during big rains all year long and empty into Bee Slough that is right next to the guardrails. The City of Evansville is not only responsible for the sewers it is under court order of the EPA to do something about it.
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