DEPARTMENT OF METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT

LLOYD WINNECKE
MAYOR
One N.W. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
306 Civic Center Complex ï‚  Evansville, IN 47708
(812) 436-7823 ï‚  TDD: (812) 436-4928 ï‚  Fax: (812) 436-7809

PHILIP R. HOOPER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

The Loan Administration Board of the City of Evansville will meet at 4:00 p.m. on
Monday, March 3, 2014 in the Conference Room in Room 306 of the Civic Center
Complex, 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Evansville, Indiana.

IS IT TRUE February 27, 2014

IS IT TRUE the same software package that was installed without testing by the Weinzapfel Administration, called MUNIS, is still not serving the needs of the City of Evansville?…several members of the MOLE NATION have advised the City County Observer that the City of Evansville is paying some of their bills late and blaming MUNIS for this problem?…more than one vendor has not been paid in over 45 days and all the City can do is blame the software that has paralyzed their ability to balance the books for three years now?…maybe the City should have had the good sense to do as our mothers told us as kids and “try it before you buy it?”…this is just another broken link in the chain of errors caused by the idiotic manner in which this program that happens to work well in other places was implemented in Evansville?…we also have it on good authority that the MUNIS program was dumbed down to accommodate certain people’s request for the shiny new software to look and feel like the old reliable antique that was set aside for MUNIS?

IS IT TRUE on deeper examination of the carefully chosen words from HCW of Branson, Missouri regarding the loan package needed to finance the new convention hotel, it is obvious that they DO NOT YET HAVE A LOAN PACKAGE LOCKED DOWN?…the language used is of course optimistic that they are moving toward closure but the reality is still that it is not yet secure?…the golden shovel event goes on with or without loan approval?…one of the things that will have to be cleared by the loan committee will be the verification that the environmental hazards found on the lot have been mitigated?…this will probably require at least phase 1 and phase 2 environmental certifications?…as there were some core drilling machines on the lot a few days ago it may be safe to assume that testing is still going on?…while the optimism is positive we have heard this before when it comes to loans for the hotel?…two other would be construction companies produced letters stating that their prospects for closing a loan were good?…one was an outright loan from a lender in Anaheim, CA and the other was an EB-5 investment?…both were optimistic and both had the paperwork to justify the optimism?…it finally looks like a real VETTING process may be underway?…it has only been two years since this whole process started and the City of Evansville still does not seem to know anything about VETTING?…one thing we are sure of about the loan committee is that they will not be giving out any extra points for holding a GOLDEN SHOVEL EVENT which is a bit presumptuous given the reality of the moment?

IS IT TRUE the Peephole Bar and Grill has given in to its customers including several very vocal ones to reverse their earlier decision to allow smoking and has announced it will remain non-smoking in spite of the Supreme Courts negation of the unconstitutional smoking ordinance passed by the Evansville City Council?…voluntary decisions to go non-smoking is the absolute best way for a town to go non-smoking?…it would be fantastic if Evansville, IN became the first city in America to have all of its businesses voluntarily go non-smoking?…that would be a first and it would be unique?…it also says quite a lot about the economic reality of smoking in public?…we wonder if casinos can be very far behind in going non-smoking as the affluent dollars avoid smoking across this country like the plague?…the CCO hopes to someday see the bars and taverns of Evansville and the casino sign a pact with each other to become non smoking and become the first city in America to do so?

IS IT TRUE despite the State of the Union address the approval ratings for the President as reported on the RCP average remain at -9%?…this is the difference in the average disapproval (52%) and approval (43%) of five recent polls?…the allegedly Republican run Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll is the only poll that has been showing support for the President and currently has his approval gap at EVEN?…if the Rasmussen Poll is removed from the calculation the President goes from -9% to -11% as every other poll has the negative ratings at 10 or higher?…that should be a bit perplexing for people who denigrate Rasmussen for being a Republican hack?

IS IT TRUE the website electionprojection.com is predicting a Republican takeover of the US Senate in 2014 by a majority of 51 – 47 – 2?…the two are the current two unaffiliated Senators?…the best mix for the US Senate would actually be 0 – 0 – 100 and the two parties that squabble, bicker, and lie like there is no tomorrow would be declawed forever?…no change is predicted in the House of Representatives from the current 234 – 201 Republican majority?

IS IT TRUE that Nevada Senator Harry Reid who also serves as the majority leader of the Senate upped the ante of false and unfair words on the floor of the Senate yesterday?…this time Senator Reid called every person who has claimed to have suffered as a result of the passage of the ACA a LIAR?…within minutes hundreds of legitimate cases of harm were brought forward proving Senator Reid’s statement to be FALSE?…the wholesale lying by the President, Senator Reid, and some of the high profile opponents of the ACA is truly a threat to the United States’ ability to function?…we should all dream of a day when our President, our elected leaders, and the loyal opposition earn ZERO PINOCHIOS for their public statements?…that right now that only happens on days that they are too sick to speak?