IS IT TRUE that we were just wondering about the status of a few projects from the past that have gone largely unnoticed during the pothole blitz, the litter eradication, and the 3rd Strike on the City of Evansville and its surrogates for inept VETTING that have taken place this spring?
IS IT TRUE that going back to the days of the downtown Convention Hotel, the demolition of the Executive Inn hotel, and the Mayors Memorial Rock Pile we do not seem to remember hearing about whether the local demolition company was ever paid the $385,000 or so that they were owed for the hard work they did?…that we wonder if they were paid if that cost was allocated to the Ford Center as it should have been or swept under some other well hidden rug?…that we surely hope that the City of Evansville under the Weinzapfel Administration did not really find a way to stiff a local business while spending $125 Million on the Ford Center?
IS IT TRUE that we are also curious about the timeline for the new privately funded effort down at the convalescent home for bats, pigeons, snakes, and rats formerly known as the McCurdy?…that as of today the public record still shows the McCurdy to be owned by City Centre Properties of Carmel, IN and that delinquent taxes of about $13,000 including penalties are still due?…that we wish the private partners who have announced the intention to assume this project and move forward the best of fortune as the limp hand of local government has proven that it is not capable of brokering a realizable project either with the McCurdy or with the convention hotel that isn’t?
IS IT TRUE that despite all of these shortcomings that VenuWorks is very open that the Ford Center is exceeding all expectations and already profitable?…that this very fact if it is sustainable going forward would cause one to question whether a dime of public money should ever be put into a downtown Convention Hotel?…that with the Ford Center doing better without a hotel than it was projected to do with one that Mayor Winnecke is doing the right thing by sitting on that pot of money as opposed to rushing to start slinging hammers that may not be needed at all?
IS IT TRUE that we hear from Moles on the Ground that some of the witnesses that were quick to point fingers at City Councilman Al Lindsey and to turn his life upside down are squirming on the witness stand under subpoena while their own lives and judgments are being examined for all to see?…that we have faith in due process and hope to see justice done with respect to Councilman Lindsey’s dilemma whatever it may be?…that in all fairness the Evansville City Council should be held up to the same behavioral standards as Captain Lindsey as they are the stewards over a $230 Million budget?
IS IT TRUE that it has taken longer for Captain Lindsey to face his fate that it took for GAGE and Ms. Debbie Dewey to come to the conclusion that the whole Earthcare Energy deal was worthy of a $4.8 Million loan?…that is because the Evansville Fire Department actually went through a process of vetting and discovery as opposed to the Ready, Fire, Aim or just Ready, Fire decision process that went into the vetting of the whole Earthcare deal?…that the EFD did their job right?