IS IT TRUE September 13, 2012
IS IT TRUE that we are wondering why the auction company that auctioned off Roberts Stadiums contents last month hasn’t removed the massive and unsightly advertising signs they have posted in both entrances and attached to the Stadium building since the auction is long over? …some of our readers also are wondering why haven’t the people at “KEEP EVANSVILLE PRETTY” come forward to request to the city that these massive and unsightly signs be removed from the Roberts Stadium property soon as possible?…that a simple “FOR SALE†sign is what is needed as it is clear from the escalation in the price of demolition and the range of bids that the City is clueless on the real numbers that this boondoggle park may cost?…if the City is as far off with its estimate for Roberts Park as it was on the demolition then we taxpayers are looking at a $30 Million tab to get this unnecessary park built?
IS IT TRUE one could break things down to help these fly by the seat of the pants children come up with a cost?…the easy place to start is the proposed footbridge over the Lloyd Expressway to connect Roberts Park to the State Hospital grounds?…if the bridge at Aztar spanning Riverside Drive and the bridge to nothing at the Centre are an indicator then the bridge alone will be $3 Million when paired with the demolition of $1 Million will only leave between $2 Million and $4 Million to meet Mayor Winnecke’s winging estimate of $6 Million to $8 Million to do the entire project?…the next question to shine a bit of light on the subject is just how much removing the Roberts Stadium parking lot and filling that large space in will be?…that I would not surprise anyone if just the demolition, the bridge, and removing the parking lot will eat up the Mayor’s entire budget?…the new mantra for Roberts Park needs to be “BINDING QUOTE BEFORE WRECKING BALLâ€?…the minute that the first wrecking ball hits the building the rational solution of selling the stadium at auction is no longer viable?…thinking is a good thing buy the political leadership of Evansville does not seem inclined to engage in such things?
IS IT TRUE the Vanderburgh County Council has deferred judgment on whether or not to go along with the unanimous recommendation of the Vanderburgh County Commissioners to remove just under $10,000 from the budget that was presupposed to be going to the Human Relations Commission?…as it turns out the County has been paying more than its contractually legal amount to the HRC for a number of years now?…the amount that the County is obligated to pay is 9% of the total budget or $3,500 less than has been recommended by the Commissioners?…for some unknown reason the County seems to have been paying over 35% more than they are obligated to for years?…this could all have been avoided by first sticking to the contract, second by the head of the HRC showing the respect of an annual report and maintaining a working relationship with the County, and third the HRC tempering its zealousness in bringing a complaint against the Evansville Rescue Mission?…the real question that still has not been asked is “just how much money is needed by the HRC to carry on its necessary work?â€â€¦this number may be more or less than the budget has traditionally been?…that government social programs seem to have a way of growing unabated and then screaming with pain when there are questions raised regarding budget cuts?…this year and this economy are times that all government spending needs to be questioned without impunity and right sized as the private parts of this country have already been?
