IS IT TRUE April 27, 2012
IS IT TRUE that a number that has reached at least 5 and maybe as high as 7 members of the Roberts Stadium Task Force have now come out and stated that the conclusions on Page 13 do not reflect the conclusions of the group but only the conclusions of the writer of Page 13 who was the leader of the group of 15 Larry Steenberg?…that only one person has come forward to back Steenberg’s assertion that Page 13 was always part of the study and that it was not added late?…that the one person who is backing Steenberg’s assertion is local banker Luke Yeager?…that careful examination of the statements will lead to the conclusion that all can be telling the truth?…that it is reasonable to expect that all 15 members of the task force would be on board in expecting that there would be a conclusion at the end of the report?…that having a conclusion is not at issue here, but what is at issue is whether the conclusion reflects the beliefs of the group?…that it clearly does not with as many dissenters as there are?…that Steenberg did indeed meet the deadline to accommodate Mayor Winnecke’s request?…that shoving the page in after the 14 other members were finished and emailing it to them before the Mayor’s deadline would technically meet those requirements?…that we are certain at this point that the task force members do not substantially agree with the “conclusion†and that the “conclusion†really was written and inserted without the sanction of the task force?
IS IT TRUE that even though everyone is most likely telling the truth including Ella Johnson Watson, Mayor Winnecke’s Director of Communication who posted a paragraph that supports the assertion that Page 13 was put into the study after the task force was thanked and before the study was released to Mayor Winnecke?…that most people when faced with reading a 13 page document go right to the conclusion before deciding whether or not to read the whole document?…that this conclusion does not necessarily support the words on the other 12 pages?…that a conclusion reader would come away with the wrong impression of what “the 15 person task force†thought?…that for this misleading nature of the conclusion this report gets the first SNEGAL award of 2012?
IS IT TRUE that one thing is for sure and that is the implied conclusion that an Events Center like Roberts Stadium could be built new for less than the $6.5 Million that the study said it would cost to refurbish Roberts into?…that any fool knows that you cannot recreate Roberts Stadium for $6.5 Million?…that it is even unlikely that a 6,000 seat outdoor rodeo rink could be built for $6.5 Million?…that if one would scale the $600,000 that the Evansville Redevelopment Commission spent on a small parking lot at the McCurdy Hotel that the Roberts Stadium parking lot would fetch $60 Million if the ERC was buying?…that in all reality the parking lot at Roberts could be build new for $10 Million to $12 Million from scratch?…that the parking lot alone negates the central assertion of the SNEGAL CONCLUSION of the Roberts Stadium Task Force?
IS IT TRUE that we have been curious about the McCurdy Convalescent home for bats and pigeons?…that we are hoping to see some work going on down there as we always encourage private business projects that do not rely on public assistance to move forward?…that we still think that turning the McCurdy back into a grand hotel is the best use of the building but prefer apartments to a pile of rubble?
In an evening that celebrates the accomplishments of the University of Southern Indiana student athletes, senior Dustin Emerick (men’s cross country/track & field), senior Danielle LaGrange (volleyball), senior Brendan Devine (men’s cross country/track & field), and junior Susan Ellsperman (women’s soccer) were recognized as the top student athletes at the 10th annual USI All-Sports Banquet sponsored by Old National Bank on April 25.
For the third time in the past four years, the University of Evansville’s Concrete Canoe team has qualified for the American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition, held this year at the University of Nevada, Reno from June 14-16.