Letter To The Editor From George Lumley ON Troubled Asset Program

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Letter To The Editor From George Lumley

It look like my “Let’s Fix That” campaign is making some progress.

Attached below is a link to the Office of The United States Special Inspector General website and their letter to the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

SIGTARP – Office of the Special Inspector General For The Troubled Asset Relief Program – Watchdog for American Taxpayers headlines Evansville this week  https://www.sigtarp.gov/Pages/home.aspxhttps://www.sigtarp.gov/Pages/home.aspx Their official US government site spotlights Evansville Indiana activity under their “Audit and Other Reports”. The report/letter dated December 14 is still on their main page.https://www.sigtarp.gov/Audit%20Reports/SIGTARP_HHF_Blight_Elimination_Risk.pdf

This letter https://www.sigtarp.gov/Audit%20Reports/SIGTARP_HHF_Blight_Elimination_Risk.pdf details some of the problem that we need to fix in Evansville and the State of Indiana.https://www.sigtarp.gov/Audit%20Reports/SIGTARP_HHF_Blight_Elimination_Risk.pdf

It is my opinion that this attitude or culture of our leaders putting special interest ahead of everyone’s best interest is one of the biggest contributors to our declining neighborhoods. It looks like I have found some support on this Issue as it relates to federal funds. I hope I can find as much support for revamping the Tax Sale/Land bank/Brownfields issue to bring resources to the neighborhoods that need it verses allowing the current culture to funnel all available resources to downtown special interest.

George Lumley

DBA “Let’s Fix That”

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4 COMMENTS

  1. You Go George !!! The problem of “special interests” is so blatant in Evansville that I am surprised that this fact is not advertised on the Welcome to Evansville signs seen as one enters the city.

  2. The third paragraph in this letter says it all.

    https://www.sigtarp.gov/Audit%20Reports/SIGTARP_HHF_Blight_Elimination_Risk.pdf

    Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted never provides much satisfaction. The people are gone, their homes are gone, and a new commercial business occupies the confiscated property.

    None of what went on concerning that project would stand up well under any type of investigation. Perhaps, with this inspector general’s investigation, we will gain more insight into the tactics of this current city administration and its backers.

    What is more likely, if things follow past practice, is this too will be swept under the rug and a liberal amount of lipstick will be applied to it by the local newspaper.

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