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IS IT TRUE? October 25, 2011 LinkedIn’s Impact on Silicon Valley, Why not Evansville

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IS IT TRUE? October 25, 2011

IS IT TRUE that the occasional practice of “Millionaire Watch” on underway in Silicon Valley once again with the 180 day lockup period for NASDAQ juggernaut LinkedIn?…that this lockup period is a 180 day period immediately following in Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the company stock during which employees of LinkedIn are not permitted to sell any of their shares on the open market to cash out on their sweat equity?…that on November 21, 2011 that nearly all of the 1,500 employees of LinkedIn will be able to cash out of this leading edge software business that did not even exist a few years ago?…that at today’s stock price of $87 per share that the employees of LinkedIn will have the ability to cash out $8.2 Billion if they choose to do so?…that this averages an astounding $5.6 Million per employee?…that we are sure that this is not equally shared but that the long time practice in Silicon Valley to offer stock options to nearly all employees has made many millionaires of people who would otherwise just draw a paycheck and struggle to get by?

IS IT TRUE that IPO’s that create and spread wealth of this magnitude are only possible in locations where active Angel Investment Networks and Venture Capital is available?…that the talent follows the money and that by not having such opportunities that Evansville and many other conservative places are sealing their economic fate at the bottom of the food chain?…that at a time of recession when Silicon Valley and a dozen other places are high fiving over companies like LinkedIn, Pandora, Synga, etc. that our election is hinging on the perceptions of the masses on Floatgate, the Homestead Tax Credit, cash infusions from Indianapolis, who hates meth the most, who endorses who, and when the Ford Center will ever draw an act that Roberts couldn’t have drawn?…that quite frankly we would be better off celebrating an IPO or ten?…that we wonder if the “keepers of the castle” are paying any attention?

IS IT TRUE that in 2004 at about the same time that the Ford Center was a twinkle in some people’s eyes that LinkedIn announced that they had secured $10M in secondary financing from the Venture Capital firm Greylock and an undisclosed additional amount from 14 Angel Investors?…that with the level of investment that was made in the Ford Center, Front Door Pride, and some other building projects over 100 start up businesses could have been funded?…that while Mountain View got LinkedIn, Google, and a host of other new businesses that we have an arena and some houses that have for sale signs that are gathering dust?…that Evansville is today a sum total of the choices that have been made for the last 50 years?…that looking back to 2004 in the link below should give local leaders cause to reflect on what may have been?…that if we never try we shall never know if something like this is even possible in Evansville?

http://press.linkedin.com/48/linkedin-secures-10-million-series-b-funding-led-greylock

IS IT TRUE that the $8.2 Billion harvest of cash that the employees of LinkedIn will be able to access if they choose is enough money to buy at assessed value all of the City of Evansville and still have over $1 Billion remaining?…that one can only wonder just how much impact a stash of $8.2 Billion in personal wealth distributed over 1,500 people and their families could have on a place like Evansville?…that unless something is done about the lack of investment dollars and the ability to attract talent we shall never ever know?

Winnecke Supplemental Campaign Finance Report

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Lloyd Winnecke

Winnecke Supplemental Finance Report 10252011

Davis Supplemental Campaign Finance Disclosure

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Davis Supplemmental Campaign Disclosure 10252011

Thomas Jefferson Quotes and Information Regarding the Great Recession

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Thomas Jefferson

Subject: Thomas Jefferson – on where we are headed…

check the quotes at the end, too bad he is not living today

THOMAS JEFFERSON

At 5, began studying under his cousin’s tutor.

At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.

At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.

At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.

At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.

At 23, started his own law practice.

At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

At 31, wrote the widely circulated “Summary View of the Rights of British America ” and retired from his law practice.

At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence .

At 33, took three years to revise Virginia ’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.

At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.

At 40, served in Congress for two years.

At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.

At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.

At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.

At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.

At 57, was elected the third president of the United States ..

At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation’s size.

At 61, was elected to a second term as President.

At 65, retired to Monticello .

At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.

At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.

At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence .

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: “This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

QUOTES:

“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.”
Thomas Jefferson

“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
Thomas Jefferson

“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.”
Thomas Jefferson

“I predict future happiness for Americans….if….they can prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
Thomas Jefferson

“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from….too much government.”
Thomas Jefferson

“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
Thomas Jefferson

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
Thomas Jefferson

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of…..patriots and tyrants.”
Thomas Jefferson

“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes…..the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors…..is sinful and tyrannical.”
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive
the people of all property – until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

Zoeller’s office to recognize outstanding crime victim advocates

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – As October marks national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Indiana Attorney General’s Office is now accepting nominations for the first-ever Hoosier Hearts Hero Award for Distinguished Advocacy.
“Our criminal justice system relies on the strength and courage of victims to speak out about the crimes committed against them,” Attorney General Greg Zoeller said. “Victims’ lives are touched everyday by those who are devoted to providing them support and encouragement. Just as advocates work to ensure victims’ voices are heard, my office will make sure their selfless efforts to help others do not go unrecognized.”
The Attorney General created three Hoosier Hearts Hero Award categories to help recognize shelter volunteers and staff on an annual basis:
• Career Advocate: This individual has made a career-long commitment to helping victims and advocacy for sexual assault victims and their families;
• Volunteer Advocate: As advocacy centers often have limited resources, an outstanding volunteer demonstrates a strong commitment to helping with everyday tasks which range from sorting donations to even some victim assistance; and
• Rookie of the Year: A new advocate to the field can bring different ideas, a refreshing perspective to a career of service or can go above and beyond to help those in need.
Zoeller encourages Hoosiers to nominate an advocate who deserves special recognition by visiting www.in.gov/attorneygeneral. Nominations are due by Dec. 31 and winners will be announced during a formal ceremony in April at the Statehouse in Indianapolis during National Crime Victim’s Rights Week.

EVSC’s Law Academy to Host Open Houses

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The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s Randall T. Shepard Academy for Law and Social Justice is hosting two open houses this week for current sophomores and their parents.
The first open house is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Red Bank Library. The second will take place Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. at Harrison High School.
The Shepard Academy, housed at Harrison High School, is a half day program named after Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, who is a Harrison alumnus. The Academy is a two-year program for junior and senior students interested in law, social justice, American policy and social values. In addition to earning high school credits in English and social studies, students are able to earn college credit in postsecondary universities in Indiana.
Students enrolled in the Shepard Academy spend half of their day at their home high school and the other half at the Academy, allowing them to participate in extracurricular programs at their home schools. Students have the opportunity to participate in mock debates, benefit from visits by the Chief Justice, travel to Indianapolis to meet with representatives, and more.
For more information, visit www.evscschools.com/shepard.

Downtown Today: 10/25/2011

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Time 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Subject COUNTY FLU SHOTS
Location 301
Reminder 15 minutes
JANE LAIB @ 5025
Categories ROOM 301

Time 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Subject DESIGN REVIEW
Location 318
Recurrence Occurs the fourth Tuesday of every 1 month effective 10/25/2011 until 10/25/2011 from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Reminder 15 minutes
SARAH @ 7825
Categories ROOM 318

Time 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Subject GIS USER GROUP
Location 318
Recurrence Occurs the last Tuesday of every 1 month effective 10/25/2011 until 10/25/2011 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Reminder 15 minutes
Laura Howell @ 5071
Categories ROOM 318

Time 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Subject VANDERBURGH ALCOHOL BOARD
Location 301
Recurrence Occurs the fourth Tuesday of every 1 month effective 10/25/2011 until 10/25/2011 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Reminder 15 minutes
Scott Bedwell 812-882-1291
Categories ROOM 301

Time 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Subject SOLID WASTE DISTRICT BOARD
Location 301
Recurrence Occurs the fourth Tuesday of every 1 month effective 10/25/2011 until 10/25/2011 from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Reminder 15 minutes
JOE BALLARD @ 7800
Categories ROOM 307

Time 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Subject COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Location 301
Recurrence Occurs every Tuesday effective 10/4/2011 until 10/25/2011 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Reminder 15 minutes
KRISTIN @ 5241
Categories ROOM 301

IS IT TRUE? October 25, 2011

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The Mole #??

IS IT TRUE? October 25, 2011

IS IT TRUE that the City of Evansville Department of Water and Sewer has placed a new and rather extortive weapon in their debt collection arsenal?…that recently landlords who live in the area served by the City of Evansville who have rental properties that the tenants have failed to pay the water bill for are being threatened with having their personal water turned off unless they pay the overdue amounts that their tenants stiffed the water department for?…that in the cases that we are aware of the landlords had no prior knowledge of the situation regarding their tenants defaults and that letters went out last week giving unsuspecting landlords only a week to make good or lose their own water service?…that this is an insulting program to local landlords, is not even legal for Vectren to do, and will drive even more of the rental properties in the City of Evansville into abandonment?…that the way this happens is a) landlord rents to tenant, b) tenant gets water turned on in THEIR NAME, c) tenant does not pay water bill, and d) City of Evansville threatens landlord with termination of service on other properties and gives them one week to pay?…that we predict that this insane policy will drive landlords away from the City of Evansville and will in the long run even drive some residents out?…that it seems as though BIG BROTHER from George Orwell’s 1984 has taken over the City of Evansville?

IS IT TRUE that this practice needs to cease and desist immediately unless the intentions of the City of Evansville is to make the 10,000 already abandoned homes in the City look unattractive to any investor at any time?…that idiotic practices like this are a great way to expand Detroit like conditions of mile after mile of blight with no prospect of ever cleaning it up?…that this practice is brought to us by the same local government that after 3 months of shame cannot even manage to clean a pile of debris at 600 East Franklin Street that has been widely publicized?…that the insanity never seems to stop emanating from the Civic Center?

IS IT TRUE that the pre-hearing that was scheduled for today in Indianapolis regarding the Vectren request to increase the fee to ratepayers for installation of the dense pack technology has been CANCELLED?…that the reason for this CANCELLATION is the fact that the November 28th hearing on the same topic will be in Evansville and having redundant meetings is not necessary?…that this is a big win for the people of Evansville and also for the Vectren Corporation?…that Vectren was the object of affection of a group of about a dozen marchers from the Occupy Evansville group yesterday?…that is a small fraction of the 150 people who marched around the Vectren Building back on October 15th?…that environmental advocate John Blair was quoted then as stating how difficult it is for protest movements of any kind to get any traction in Evansville due to the fact that locals are raised not to disrupt the status quo?…that in other news regarding Vectren, we have word from the young lady who got the unwelcome surprise of a back bill over a defective meter?…that Vectren has admitted that they made an error, is speaking respectfully with her, and that it looks like a fair compromise may be in the near future?…that when this happens you shall know?…that if it does not then you shall know as well?

IS IT TRUE that another endorsement from a place that is certainly not known for endorsement of Republican candidates has now broken for Lloyd Winnecke?…that the local newspaper that reports mostly on African American issues known as OUR TIMES has published an extensive endorsement for the Republican candidate for Mayor of Evansville?…that the endorsement states that “when City Councilwoman Connie Robinson cast her lot with Republican Winnecke we have no choice but to follow her lead”?…that as much as the CCO is against people using endorsements to tell them how to vote we are sort of flabbergasted that a legitimate publication would ever make any endorsement based on the preferences of any elected official?…that the day that the New York Times justifies an endorsement of one politician by the desires of another politician that all credibility will be lost?… the that you may read the endorsement on the following link and see for yourself?

http://www.winneckeformayor.com/files/2011/10/Our-Times-Endorsement.pdf

IS IT TRUE that the Davis for Mayor campaign has informed us that they received notification yesterday that two expenses had been paid for them by the Indiana State Democratic Party?…that $12,315 was paid to Buying Time Media and that $8,929.83 was paid to Putnam Partners both of the Washington DC area for ads and media production?

Southside Neighborhood Revitalization Plan Placed on City Council Agenda

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The Neighborhood Revitalization Plan that is on the link below was placed on the agenda for the City Council meeting that will be held at the Civic Center tonight. As this is being put in under “other miscellaneous” business yet it is quite extensive and expensive perhaps this should have its own line item in a future meeting after the first of the year when a new Evansville City Council has been elected and installed.

Neighborhood_Revitalization_Plan

Businessman Alan Brill on Roberts Stadium as an Exposition Center

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Roberts Stadium is too valuable for new use in regional exposition draws to tear down or not use. Also the Very nice new Ford arena is not set up or designed for exposition use. For instance it will have the same crappy problems for car shows that Roberts now has with the small hole space, and it has no outside demonstration spill over area.

Roberts should have its hole filled to the surface level creating a “large” multiuse facility surface for promotions, expositions and events that are limited only by imagination. Probably a lot of the existing seats could be traded for fill work. Probably some 10 or 20 rows of seats would remain back above the ground surface level. Expenses are greatly reduced by no need to pump the flood with the hole filled, and overall it would have a different barnlike expense character rather than that of a fancy show character.

It is critical that for that new use that it be put in the hands of a good solid promoter /manager (company or individual) — under lease or maybe by the city, but the skill sets to develop it and manage it manage it right and reach out to the region comes more from private enterprise. I can think of some of my former regional promotional radio managers who would be ideal types for this kind of project.

It should have an objective of being an attraction center for a hundred mile radius. Local restaurants and hotels would benefit as well as the shopping centers. The traffic load would be not a problem because the flow would be more continual that in big events like games where it has a 7PM arrival and a 9PM departure of thousands of cars.

There are not great alternative uses for that location by which the city could get rich by selling it. The city cannot get rich selling it for all the money it could get for a commercial development site. . It is not really an attractive potential residential development side. It’s only real use is ‘as is, modified’ or maybe a tear down and some kind of adjacent extension of Welshman park. For economic development it is outside the path of the Green River road market area

What Roberts is, is an ideal regional exposition center attraction with facility already in place and ample parking and access; and the parking already offers attractive and needed outside spill over areas for demonstrations, shows and trials that supplement the more stationary activities that would be contained inside.

If Roberts were torn down and then later the city decided it wanted an exposition center, it would cost the city then probably more than $80 Million to develop a new simple center. Now, with some relatively simple modification we already have it.

As an example the auto shows in Roberts have been cramped, with cars jammed on too small a floor or jammed on the walk around aisle, but at least there was adjacent outside spillover space. The new arena is going to offer no more floor space, still jammed and the upper corridors will be more difficult to access and place cars and would be jammed there too, and there is no adjacent outdoor space. Think in terms of auto shows, outdoor sport shows, Regional Agricultural Equipment shows, Big multiple flea markets, Equestrian or live stock events, G0-cart racing, indoor winter practice fields for preseason high school and college sports, industrial equipment shows, RV and trailer shows, gun and hunting shows, boat show s, etc, etc, [some of multiple kinds at the same time, given the above], as far as one’s imagination can reach.

$10 a head, by the visitors or by the sponsors , and if only 1,000 visitors a day and if in use only half the days of the year, that is gross revenues of $1,800,000 per year before concession stands and other specialized revenue; and probably a lot higher utilization than only 1,000 persons per event, per day. — for a facility that would be much less costly to operate than the present one.

Keep Roberts, Change it. Use it.

It would not compete with the Ford Arena.

Alan Brill

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