IS IT TRUE we have been informed by reliable sources that plans for a proposed Downtown and Center City Senior Citizens housing projects are quietly being developed by MVG and Evansville Housing Authority with the knowledge and support of the Mayor? …we urge you to read the article in todays CCO for detail information concerning these proposed housing projects?
IS IT TRUE last Friday, President Barack Obama announced that he would be appointing Ron Klain as an additional Ebola Czar?…if Ron Klain sounds familiar to you, it’s because he has a long political pedigree but has no medical, scientific, or federal agency administrative expertise, but he has a whole lot of political experience?…iN January of 2011, Klain stepped down as chief of staff for Vice President Joe Biden and before that, Ron Klain was a well-connected Washington lobbyist?…according to Senate lobbying disclosure records, Klain’s clients included Fannie Mae, U.S. Airways, Time Warner, CIGNA, and Imclone?…Klain also worked as chief of staff for former Vice President Al Gore, Janet Reno, the Senate Democratic Leadership Committee, and the Senate Judiciary Committee?…that’s not all folks, Ron Klain did debate prep for both Obama and former president Bill Clinton and was also general counsel of Al Gore’s election recount committee in 2000?…we find it hard to believe that someone who has spent his entire career as a political operative and a lobbyist (lowest form of life on the Potomac) could have been hired to be the Ebola Czar reporting to any competent director of the Center for Disease Control or even at a small regional hospital?…the fact that President Obama appointed a long-time Democratic operative with zero public health or federal administrative experience tells us everything we need to know about how He views the Ebola panic: Ebola is a political problem for the White House, not a public health problem for the nation?…in spite of this mystifying choice we continue to wish the Ebola team good judgment and sound execution in protecting the American people from this silent killer?
IS IT TRUEÂ if the people who have blind faith in the latest sand flipping date are to see their latest prophesy come true the today is the day that the sand will be flipped for real?…it is exactly two weeks since the amen chorus for the hotel said that the real ground breaking will occur with their reference to a “couple” of weeks?…the Civic Center Moles have said nothing about any permits being issued and the Banker Moles have gone mute on loan approval?…the Bank Moles even tell us that no cash has been beamed over for the Old National Bank to cover the valueless naming rights for the building formerly known as the Centre?…we are watching diligently for any sign of real activity on all fronts and will be keeping our readers informed of any thing we learn about the 5th dimension of ground breaking?
IS IT TRUEÂ the Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana has announced that six wannabe restaurant owners have entered their $280,000 lottery to be put into business at the old Roger’s Jewelry store at the corner of 4th and Main in downtown Evansville?…the list of ideas mentioned by the Chamber range from normal to silly?…the only thing that seems to be certain is that downtown Evansville with a $127 Million arena, a renamed Centre, and countless other public boondoggles is still not even enough of a business destination to attract a restaurant?…the cost of a restaurant startup is less than a month’s interest payment on the Ford Center yet the Ford Center doesn’t even have the economic impact to inspire a restaurant?…this contest, while loads of fun for the martini sippers is a pathetic admission of defeat for $200 Million of fun and games spending under the guise of economic development?…surely if there really is a new subsidized hotel that would attract a restaurant without a handout?…some things in life are so pitiful they are amusing and this lottery stunt is a prime example?
IS IT TRUE the CCO concurs with the CP that the only sane way to finalize the 2015 budget for the City of Evansville is to allow for any budget cuts involving relatively small amounts of money to the department heads?…to have the City Council or the Mayor attempting to micromanage budget line items that are nearly negligible is utter nonsense if and we do mean if competent department heads that know basic math are in place?…while we understand the simplicity of Councilman Dan McGinn’s suggestion for an across the board cut, that action treats all departments as though they are of equal importance and that they are all equally efficient?…the leadership on big changes like right sizing the Parks Department for a stagnant city of 120,000 people are what the geniuses (we use this term loosely) on the City Council and the Mayor should be doing?…if they can’t even agree on what the most appropriate revenue figure will be, the ability to micromanage line items is futile?…the hotel sand shoveling will not be the only the making us shake our heads in disbelief this week?…whatever emerges from the budget spat should be amusing and abusing as well?