IS IT TRUE that the article written by Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Christy Gillenwater that referred to downtown Evansville as a “ghost town” and stating that “we need a plan, we need a time line, and we need a leader” was published by the Evansville Courier and Press on September 3, 2013?…her backtrack article where she referred to Mayor Winnecke as a “visionary” was published on Sunday September 8, 2013?…in a search of the CP under the name Gillenwater the tag line for the first article is still on record but when you click on the article a Code 404 error comes up?…that means that the CP has sanitized their own website and removed the “ghost town” article?…it seems as though there is a concerted effort to going on to keep the “ghost town” article from ever being read again?…negative feedback that is presented in a constructive manner describes the “ghost town” article very well and it is counterproductive to try and propagandize that article out of circulation?

IS IT TRUE that another of the SNEGAL (sneaky but legal) acts of the Weinzapfel Administration that has been carried forth by the Winnecke Administration has been presented to the City Council and is about to result in the right thing being done?…Klenck Construction who cleared the lot where someday we all hope a hotel will be and got stiffed by Woodruff Hospitality LLC for work done on the City of Evansville owned lot?…Councilman John Friend has been pushing for Klenck Construction to be paid the $355,000 that they earned prevailed last night when the Evansville City Council voted 9 – 0 to pay Klenck for their work on the lot?…it was good to see justice done and to see SNEGAL’s ugly work overturned?

IS IT TRUE in another big oversight of the Weinzapfel Administration part of the $37.5 Million that the City of Evansville is now expected to spend to get a hotel is to provide storage that should have been part of the Ford Center design and construction?…this building is going to cost the people of Evansville over $5 Million and it should have been part of the $127 Million spent on the Ford Center?…the CCO thinks that all of the funds that are coming back due to overbilling and all political contributions that were paid to the Weinzapfel for Mayor campaign should be used to pay for this storage space?…any dollars that the Ford Center was under budget should be applied to this gross oversight?…whoever designed a building that has insufficient storage and called it a modern arena needs to have their head examined?

IS IT TRUE a portion of the funds that the City of Evansville gets annually from Tropicana and affectionately called “Riverboat Money” is planned to be used for payments on the debt incurred to pay HCW to build a hotel in downtown Evansville?…this is a direct taking of taxes from the hands of a taxpaying business that employs more than 1,000 people in Evansville and giving it to a direct competitor in the same area?…Dunn Hospitality as we know has heartburn over this issue but what is being done to Tropicana really is a direct act of taxing McDonalds to give money to Burger King?…this sends a very rotten message to businesses everywhere that may have an interest in Evansville as a place to establish a branch plant?

IS IT TRUE we hope that the 2012 audit is completed and that it is fully established that the City of Evansville can balance their books before any vote on a hotel giveaway is held?…this is the only responsible thing to do?…we also hope that the eventual location of the IU Medical School is known before a vote is held because if the IU Medical School goes to the medical campus in Warrick County as is strongly rumored the size and nature of the hotel needed may be dramatically impacted?