IS IT TRUE that yesterday, one of loyal contributor’s stated that the City’s new baseball facility has scoreboards that do not indicate ball, strikes, and outs? …please say this isn’t true? Oh. Please say it ain’t true.

IS IT TRUE DMD Director Kelly Coures is thrilled to death that his puppet Board (ERC) approved to create  new Downtown Master Plan? …DMD sought proposals on the Downtown Master Plan? …the “Blue Ribbon” committee that Coures appointed are Lana Abel, a DMD Project Manager; and Joshua Armstrong, with the Southwest Indiana Chamber’s Downtown Alliance and Coures. The “Blue Ribbon” committee selected Lochmueller Group of Evansville; Progressive Urban Management Associates of Denver, in collaboration with Rundell Ernstberger Associates of Louisville and Hafer Associates of Evansville; and Development Concepts Inc. of Indianapolis as the three finalists?

IS IT TRUE we are surprised the DMD and ERC decided it’s time to do a Downtown Master Plan since the City has already embarked on $15 million dollar North Main streets project, plan to build a new IU Medical School and a new Downtown Hotel and awarding hundred of thousands of dollars for facade grants to political buddies? …we ask the question, why do we need a Mater Plan now since all the Downtown TIF money is already committed? …could this be another Winnecke re-election ploy? …could this big ticket consulting contract be awarded to a political supporter of the Mayor?

IS IT TRUE the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana and the Alhambra Theatre Board of Directors cut a quiet  lease/purchase agreement between the two entities concerning the Historic Theater?   …this agreement will take effect by May 31, 2017? …the Alhambra Board of Directors approved this agreement with the Arts Council unanimously,

IS IT TRUE that former Alhambra Board member Heidi Krause. demands total transparency with regard to open discussions of the theater’s future? …we wonder if both organization are subject to the State of Indiana “OPEN MEETING” law since the Mayor makes appointments to Arts Council Board and the City has donated our hard earned tax money to both organizations over the years?

IS IT TRUE City Councilman John Friend would like for the City to provide him with an analysis of legal fees the City has expended in regards to the Milan Case? …he wonders what the legal fees were for the Cross Case, the African-American Fireman on the bicycle case, the Latino Zuki employee who claims he was beaten by the police and the African-American who was tasered after her auto was a victim of a hit and run?