IS IT TRUE? May 24, 2011

IS IT TRUE that Radio preacher Howard Camping has revised his calculation for the rapture from the obviously incorrect Saturday night to October 21, 2011?…that when it comes to predicting the end of the world that with most people the name of the game is one strike and you are out?…that this knucklehead had his first strike in 1994?…that strike two was Saturday night and that unfortunately he was able to gather a significant number of followers again?…that as President Reagan once said “there you go again”, this guy has chosen another date that he may actually live to see?…that if he were smart he would have picked a date after his life has ended like 30 years from now so he does not have to endure a third strike of humiliation?…that Mr. Camping will undoubtedly gather some more followers who believe that October 21, 2011 is the day?…that we must ask that often used question “who-da-foo” when it comes to anyone who gets on board with this charlatan for a third round of silliness?…that the population of Evansville may be fat as the Gallup survey postulates but that it is better to be fat than stupid?

IS IT TRUE that the wrecking ball has finally started swinging at the Executive Inn?…that this is really the beginning of the effort to make some deal that ends with a Convention Hotel being constructed and opened to replace the Big E?…that nothing in the valuation equation has changed since last year when the City County Observer published a valuation analysis that showed a finished value of $20 Million +/- $2 Million for a 220 room hotel that rents for $99 per night and has a 60% occupancy rate?…that the construction costs that will be associated with the hotel alone will still be in the $30 Million range unless corners are cut and rules are changed?…that a conventional financing organization will still value the end product at $20 Million and will offer a loan of in the range of $15 Million if they are feeling confident about the hotel’s future success?…that unless there is a substantial equity investor or a guarantee of a loan by a deep pocketed person that this deal will still be a tough sell?…that failure to recognize this financial reality is why we are now 4 years into this Executive Inn Dilemma and there is no disclosed financing in place?…that if John Kish had a deal that it would already have been announced?…that the clock is ticking?…that having a Downtown Convention Hotel is so vital to the $200 Million in public investment that is already in the MLK Entertainment Complex that even if the City of Evansville has to guarantee or make the loans it will have to be done?…that we predict a mid 2013 opening and a local government loan or loan guarantee to grease the skids to make this happen?

IS IT TRUE that today’s rain and the rain in the forecast for the next three days is going to feed the pasture at the McCurdy Convalescent Home for Pigeons and Bats to grow to a height of at least 4 feet before another mowing opportunity presents itself?…that we even have been contacted by a private citizen who officially turned the pasture in for exceeding the weed ordinance?…that the goat that we suggested will not be sufficient to clear this pasture?…that at least 3 goats will be needed to abate these weeds unless of course a cow can be located and hired?…that about the only thing that smells worse than Bee Slough is a herd of cows or a skunk?…that we still suggest the goat solution except that Billy needs a Nannie or two to assist with his efforts?…that a poor skunk would do no good because pasture grasses are not part of their preferred diet?…that in all seriousness, that no homeowner or landlord in the City of Evansville should get a weed violation notification until the McCurdy pasture has been cleared?