IS IT TRUE July 31, 2012
IS IT TRUE that the people of Evansville are finally on the verge of learning what the City of Evansville will propose to bring the sewer system in much of the city limits into compliance with the court ordered mandate from the EPA?…that estimates during the 19 months since the long arm of the federal government came down on the Weinzapfel Administration over this have ranged from a low of around $300 Million to a high of $700 Million with an average estimate of about $500 Million?…that some of this money has already been spent that deals with flooding but the separation of sewers is all in the future?…that making some fundamental assumptions like 60,000 ratepayers and a 5% interest rate on a $500 Million project, the average monthly bill will be increasing by over $55 per month?…this is just half of what is awaiting the future residents and ratepayers of the Evansville Water & Sewer Utility?…that the dilapidate 600 miles of water pipes will cost $450 Million and will take that bill up by another $50 per month or so?…this all should have been done as part of a maintenance program over the last 30 years so there would have been no EPA fines and no shocks to the ratepayers?…the numbers do not include cost overruns and are in today’s dollars so get ready for these numbers to more than double if the implementation plan takes 20 years or longer?
IS IT TRUE that in the next day or so that the City of Evansville should be getting a payment from Earthcare Energy of about $370 for the interest only part of the $184,000 that is owed by Earthcare to the City for the $200,000 loan that was made before the City Council ever heard any arguments for or against the loan?…the straggling along and staying current by Earthcare is a clear indicator that this deal is not over yet?…that many members of the Mole Nation along with the CCO will not be surprised to see this raise is head in a very ugly way before the $200,000 loan comes due?
IS IT TRUE that changing one’s position after taking the time to learn the facts is a positive attribute for a human being?…that it was after many years of being a staunch opponent of any kind of a smoking ban that City Council President Connie Robinson saw the light and became “her brother’s keeper†and reversed her long held position?…that after being blasted for her tone regarding the state of the City of Evansville cemeteries, Councilwoman Robinson took it upon herself to inspect the Oak Hill cemetery herself?…that the advanced dilapidated state of the Oak Hill cemetery has snapped her out of the demeanor she exhibited when Councilman John Friend and Jordan Baer spoke of this issue before the Council?…that in today’s City County Observer Councilwoman Robinson reverses her position in a demonstrative way in a public statement on this issue?…for seeing the light the CCO congratulates Councilwoman Robinson for taking the time to go see for herself just how horrible the City of Evansville has treated the final resting place of the citizens who paid to be buried here?
IS IT TRUE the July jobs report will be announced on Friday?…that most statisticians who keep up with the official unemployment rate are expecting another anemic report with the rate of 8.2% either staying flat or increasing slightly as the Indiana rate did?…that last month was so disappointing in the fact that the 85,000 people who were added to the disability roles exceeded the 80,000 jobs that were created?…that those 85,000 new disability recipients are now off of the jobs data base forever and in their own way artificially depress the official unemployment rate?…that the United States of America will not survive economically if we put more people on public assistance every month than we put to work?…that many of these newly disabled would not have even thought about asking for disability until their unemployment benefits expired but have found a way to survive by finding quirks in the law and/or sympathetic doctors to be placed on disability?
IS IT TRUE that Perry Township Trustee Rick Riney has rejected a salary raise increase since he was elected to office?…that this was a campaign promise that Trustee Riney made when he ran for this office a couple years back?…we are hearing glowing and positive remarks concerning Trustee Riney’s job performance since he defeated Dave Mosby for this position?…that the CITY COUNTY OBSERVER congratulates Perry Township Trustee Riney for not only keeping his campaign promise but also being on the job daily “helping people to help themselves”?