IS IT TRUE November 13, 2013
IS IT TRUE that a rural resident, outraged at the water and sewer services discriminatory rate increases approved by City Council, has sent a letter of protest to the IURC?…the letter contained signatures of many other protesting rural residents?…we will not be surprised to see this two tiered pricing system created by a broken promise is challenged in court as the water and sewer rates start to ratchet upwards in Evansville to cover the cost of fixing the combined sewer overflow problems?…that when the average water bill is $50 the 35% surcharge is only $17.50 extra which is an annoyance?…as the water rates in the next 20 years skyrocket to an average that may be closer to $300 per month the 35% surcharge will amount to an additional $105 per month which is something worth challenging?…to add insult to injury the repairs for the CSO issue will all be done in the city limits showing the residents of the county little tangible benefit over what they have now?
IS IT TRUE that a couple of CCO Moles are telling us that the Picasso found boxed up in the Evansville Museum is no longer in town?…the last thing the CCO was aware of was that the Picasso was under guard in the safe at Old National Bank?…while we are sure if the Picasso had been sold we would know about it and the price it brought so wherever this piece of fine art is resting it is safe to assume that the Evansville Museum still owns it?…the CCO still contends that a one-of-a-kind original work of art from Pablo Picasso would be a bigger attractor of tourists with disposable income than ball fields, skateboard parks, dog parks, or even the kinds of conventions that would find Evansville attractive, we are dumbfounded that no one at the Convention and Visitors Bureau has stepped up and suggested that the Picasso be placed on display during the first two years of the opening of the museum expansion and used as a centerpiece to attract wealthy tourists from all over the world to buy a glimpse at this treasure?…this piece of art really is an important world class object that has already piqued the interest of the art world due to an article in the New York Times?
IS IT TRUE the response of Evansville is to sell it for the $40 Million or so that it is expected to bring at auction?…the CCO continues to contend that this art that was bought for $20,000 roughly 60 years ago and donated to the museum will continue to appreciate in value and will someday be worth $100 Million or more?…this work of art could not only draw tourists to Evansville it could put us on the map of important stops for art enthusiasts?…when the tourist flow slowed down to Evansville this Picasso could be leased to the big museums like the Getty in Los Angeles, the Met in New York, or even the Louvre in Paris for annual fees of roughly 10% of its value providing vital operating funds to the Evansville Museum in perpetuity?…at least it seem as though we may get one shot for locals to see it?…it is a shame that the Evansville Cemeteries do not have a Picasso in a vault somewhere because $4 Million per year would go a long way to funding the perpetual care contracts sold by the cemeteries that they currently just can’t seem to have the resources to fulfill?
IS IT TRUE it is now becoming obvious that ObamaCare is another federal transfer of wealth from the healthy and wealthy to the sick and poor?…it is also being learned that there is a transfer of day to day earnings from the young to the old?…in a world that offers unemployment, limited upward mobility, sky high utility prices, and a banking industry that is still rather unfriendly toward real estate lending?…the CCO believes that this is not a prudent decision to have set up a system to burden the young and productive people with their lives in front of them so us old dogs can sit on the porch cheaper?…a fair system of pricing of health insurance policies (like what we grew up with) would offer low prices to those with lower risks like the young freeing up discretionary dollars to raise children and buy homes?…generational wealth transfer from the young to the old is a killer of the American dream and as the ACA is undergoing the many changes it has coming the provision of oppressive transfers of wealth from young to old need to be changed?…if we all have to pay a little more so the uninsurable can have catastrophic insurance that is one thing?…if a young person gets socked with an over 100% increase so an older person can get a cut that is counterproductive to having a country with equal opportunity for all?
