IS IT TRUE April 25, 2012
IS IT TRUE that the Chairman of the Vanderburgh County Republican Party, Wayne Parke was so disappointed that his longtime friend Governor Mitch Daniels endorsed Senator Richard Lugar over Treasurer Richard Mourdock that he dashed off an email to let him know about it?…that friends do that for friends and that we along with Mr. Parke respectfully disagree with Governor Daniels on this one?…that we are sure that Governor Daniels will support whichever Republican candidate emerges from the primary against the Democrat challenger in November?
IS IT TRUE that it was reported today by the Courier and Press that the Roberts Stadium task force assembled by Mayor Lloyd Winnecke has concluded that any of the uses proposed for Roberts Stadium will cost more to refurbish than they would to build new?…that when it comes to a indoor swimming facility that we can accept that conclusion?…that one of the proposed uses was to convert Roberts to an Events Center with a raised floor, only about 6,000 seats and some parking lot improvements?…that the estimate published for this solution was $6.5 Million?…that anyone who thinks that a 6,000 seat Events Center with parking for 3,000 cars can be built for $6.5 Million is living in the 1960’s or purely delusional?…that the only other conclusion for such a statement is that whomever said such a thing believes that Evansville is inhabited by such a cast of idiots that such a thing will be believed?…that while the EVSC has come under some fire recently for poor performance we as a people are really not stupid enough to believe that Roberts Stadium and a parking lot can be built for $6.5 Million?
IS IT TRUE that such statements are coming from the same source that did not have the good sense to know that $2 Million per ballfield was overpriced?…that it is a good thing they are not empowered to do horse trading or they may trade Roberts for 3 ballfields and a water fountain and think they made the deal of the century?…that in a City that routinely builds houses for over $200,000 that won’t sell at half that price that now we are expected to believe that Roberts Stadium could be built for $6.5 Million?…Please Mayor Winnecke, the Roberts Committee, or the Courier, stop insulting the people of Evansville with such obvious inaccuracies?
IS IT TRUE that all of this does not mean that even a single dollar will come forward to invest in Roberts even if only $6.5 Million is needed to convert it to an Events Center?…that private investment in Evansville that has any risk attached to it is as rare as a needle in a haystack?…that the City Council of Evansville has recently proved that it has no business whatsoever dabbling in the private investment world when it cowered to the “if you VET me I will leave†threat of Earthcare Energy?…that government on all levels seems to be more inept by the day?…that thinking a stadium can be built for $6.5 Million right after building one for $127 Million is about as inept as the secret service’s recent inability to organize a two car motorcade without stopping at a whorehouse on the way to the hotel?
IS IT TRUE we are extremely disappointed to hear that Evansville Association for the Blind, an outstanding local not-for profit organization recently lost its packaged cutlery contract to a for profit entity?…that this contract generated EAB about $2,000 a month for providing the Evansville State Hospital with packaged cutlery items?…that the loss of $24,000 a year gross income means less work and less programming to help EBA clients to remain self sustaining and economically independent?…that it is important to point out that EAB receives no direct government grant monies from the State or Federal to assist with their general operations budget?…we feel that it’s time that our locally elected state officials publically stand up to correct this problem before it ever happens again? …we feel this entire issue is shameful?