IS IT TRUE? October 5, 2011

IS IT TRUE that we are pleased to learn that Mr. Steve Scott of City Centre Properties LLC is reported to have paid the back taxes on parcel #82-06-30-020-005.002-029 also known as the McCurdy Hotel and located at 100 SE Riverside in Evansville, IN in the amount of $12,274.76?…that this action indicates at least that City Centre has the intention to do something that must be done to secure a loan to start the construction?…that this by no means is a guarantee of anything but that it does show that CCP is not planning to just dump the building after the election?…that there is another tax bill that is due on November 10, 2011 so we are now 36 days away from the next critical milestone in the payment of taxes?…that maybe given City Centre’s habit of staying one installment behind on real estate taxes that the Evansville Redevelopment Commission should craft some language that forces the payment of the November 10th taxes before any permits can be issued?

IS IT TRUE that it was the City County Observer that first raised the issue of back taxes with the McCurdy?…that we stayed on that issue relentlessly and now the May 2011 installment has been paid?…that if there is a commission payable for bill collection as there may very well be that we would like to donate the commission that we have surely earned to the Evansville community for some beautification efforts?…that we would appreciate it very much if the Vanderburgh County Treasurers Office would send our commission check to Ann Ennis at Keep Evansville Beautiful to use at her discretion?…that in all fairness we are glad to see that the Redevelopment Commission did the right thing and took our advice of “NO TAXES, NO EXTENSION”?…that we shout out GOOD JOB ERC?

IS IT TRUE that the “Protester Zombies” are hanging out in and around the Bank of America offices in Boston to call attention to the ridiculous $5 monthly FEE that B of A announced last week for using a debit card?…that while “Protester Zombies” are an annoyance and maybe even a source of free entertainment in an otherwise dull work day, it is the millions of Bank of America customers who are out in the blogosphere vowing to take their accounts elsewhere over this NIBBLING that will get their attention?…that it should also get management’s attention that the stock of Bank of America (BAC) has collapsed by a full 15% in the week since their FEE FEAST was announced?…that as Bank of America does not enjoy a government granted monopoly and that their customers are free to seek like services elsewhere that they will have to save themselves from their own usury practice?…that free markets work quickly and without mercy to correct bone headed decisions by private companies?…that while the “protester Zombies” get their faces on the nightly news it is the flight of cash that will determine the fate of Bank of America?…that their website was not hacked, it has been having difficulty for 3 months?…that it won’t even work well enough to accept a payment?…that comes from personal experience?

IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer encourages Vectren to accept the challenge that has been issued by a growing number of local officials lead by Commissioner Stephen Melcher and City Councilman John Friend to come before local governance to explain their pricing?…that this is something that each and every citizen that pays their rates should understand?…that taking elected officials into private meetings with high profile Vectren employees is not a transparent way to do business?…that one story before all while being subject to detailed accounting questions like the ones posed by 5th Ward Candidate for City Council Brent Grafton today is the right way to go for a business that enjoys the governmental protection of guaranteed rates of return?…that if a business is guaranteed a profitable business model and granted a monopoly by the government that this business should operate under the same kind of “sunshine laws” that the government itself does?