IS IT TRUE? January 23, 2012
IS IT TRUE that today is a busy day in Evansville and that the time to put some serious thought into some of the legacy problems that were dumped into the lap of the Winnecke Administration is now?
IS IT TRUE that with respect to the chest pounding, grandstanding, and lack of funding that the last month announcement of “Centennial Park†in the entire block occupied by emptiness and an old Greyhound Bus station some new proposals that were ignored and preempted by smiles and bull are becoming known?…that this block has been the subject of many nice renderings of combination space with retail, housing, and even at one point a grocery store that have in recent memory run into red tape and an uncooperative City Administration?…that Mole #21 tells the City County Observer that there was another project in the advanced planning stages that was just about to be announced when the former Mayor of Evansville exercised fiat zoning and declared the block to be “Centennial Parkâ€?…that if the former Mayor indeed was aware that there was an effort underway that would be entirely funded with private dollars that would eliminate blight and add to the business and housing base of downtown Evansville that such a project should certainly take priority over an unfunded public park in a city that has not even demonstrated its ability to mow the parks it already has?
IS IT TRUE that renaming and cleaning up an existing park in a non-commercial location such as the field of grass between the Evansville Museum and the tennis courts would be more practical, would cost less, and would not add to the acreage that the Parks Department already has the responsibility to clean and mow?…that the CCO is hoping to see foresight and practicality from the Winnecke Administration?…that it has been so long since Evansville has seen planning and practicality in practice that many people will not even recognize it when it happens?
IS IT TRUE that we are hearing from Mole #12 and a couple of other informants that the committee to decide the fate of Roberts Stadium is not making much progress on grasping some detailed ideas to keep Roberts from having a date with a wrecking ball?…that some are even saying that there are some obstructionist types on the committee that seem determined to scuttle any ideas that are brought forward?…that unless some good ideas are followed by some good investment dollars that Roberts will most certainly meet its demise?…that perhaps the Roberts Stadium site would make a good place for a “Centennial Parkâ€?…that it would of course not be allowed to cost anymore than $400,000 per year to be consistent with the criteria set for Roberts?
IS IT TRUE that some of the local knuckleheads with spray paint have been accelerating the demise of Roberts and making it look blighted by putting graffiti on the exterior walls?…that whether the wrecking ball is coming or not these graffiti artists need to meet up with some Singapore style justice?…that for those who have forgotten an American punk who put graffiti on a car in Singapore got his bare rear end stroked 3 times with a cane for his idiocy?…that stooges with paint cans are the kind of fools that do make Evansville look like Detroit and that it would be a good thing if a good butt whipping could be administered to the inconsiderate fools who do such things?…that there are very few second time offenders in Singapore?
IS IT TRUE that tonight will be the first reading of an Evansville City Council resolution to pass a comprehensive smoking ban just like Vanderburgh County already has?…that during the 2011 election cycle it was clear that there were 6 votes that were committed to support such a resolution?…that there is one game changing thing that has come up since then that bears some real analysis?…that new issue to consider is the possibility that Ellis Park will be granted authority by the State of Kentucky to install electronic gaming equipment?…that this possibility is a game changer as the closest casinos to Evansville have been more than an hour’s drive in every direction?…that Ellis Park is essentially part of Evansville from a driving perspective?