Ah welcome to another week of the MyViewMatters radio Show on here. Charitable gaming was the topic tonight with Kaven Rumpol, Bobby Clark, and Dave Toborowski in the studio. Listen to it nothing was off limits including Greg Stumbo, and his save the kids hostage situation, Larry Clark and his ego trip, and a whole host of other things.
Enjoy!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
BROOKINGS INSTITUTE STUDY: LOUISVILLE #65
Just a few short years ago Abramson was singing the praises of the Brookings Institute studies and working on the Cornerstone 20/20 vision he was so proud of.
Essentially he has been proud of failure in my opinion.
Take this article for example from Business First: Louisville fares poorly in Brookings economic study - Business First of Louisville: essentially it states:
"The Louisville metropolitan area showed weakness in average wages and gross metropolitan product during the first quarter of 2009,"
But we already knew that didn't we?
As a matter of fact I tried to force these issues during the 2006 Mayoral race. But of course an outsider could know nothing about the economic indicators could they?
According to the article some of the things included in the study are: employment, unemployment rate, wages, gross metropolitan product — the total value of goods and services produced within a metropolitan area, housing prices and the number of foreclosed properties owned by lending institutions.
Of course no surprises here at all. In fact during the Mayoral election of 2006 I spent a great deal of time warning of the onslaught of foreclosures and the negatives coming from the Mayor's conference that year Louisville was headed down in livability.
You can read more about that here: Louisville News and Politics: ABRAMSON IGNORED WARNING SIGNS SINCE 2005. In fact when you read it I use the stats verbatim from the report.
It was obvious in 2005 we were going to have problems, agreed with by Abramson during the conference, yet publicly here where he figured no one would see his remarks or results, he cheer leaded all into thinking he was doing a great job.
Of course he also bragged about building new libraries with no new taxes then 3 short months after the election worked diligently to break that pledge. We knew as did so many voters that he just wanted a new tax to hide the money he kept misappropriating. I am glad we caught him myself yet this was just one more example of Abramson lying so that he could gain.
Of course since then we are seeing rampant mismanagement, mishandling of money, and excuse after excuse for the failures. We nail Kim Bunton for her financial fiasco and have to wonder who else is playing the same game. we continue letting insiders "retire" just to bring them back a couple of months later at an even greater cost to we the taxpayers.
These people are all recycles and we wonder why we cannot get ahead? New leadership brings new ideas and fresher approaches to governing. We do not need the same old faces and ideas. Nor do we need the same old people that only show up for elections hoping to get lucky while doing nothing in the 4 years in between to make a difference. Believe me we sure do not need a Jim King or even David Tandy IMO to take over either.
We need one of us everyday folks that feel the pain and know how the bottom half lives if we are going to rebuild the middle class and make Louisville vital once again.
In short? Abramson knows he has screwed up, simply doesn't care, and in my opinion has lied for years to our faces while gaining for himself and cronies the whole time.
The report goes on to lay these figures out as well.
Louisville near bottom for wage change
According to the study, Louisville ranked No. 95 out of 100 in percentage of change in average wage between the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.
It had a 0.7 percent decline during that period.....
This statement speaks volumes as well: According to the Brookings report, average wages typically do not decline in a recession “because it can be difficult for employers to cut them.”
Essentially he has been proud of failure in my opinion.
Take this article for example from Business First: Louisville fares poorly in Brookings economic study - Business First of Louisville: essentially it states:
"The Louisville metropolitan area showed weakness in average wages and gross metropolitan product during the first quarter of 2009,"
But we already knew that didn't we?
As a matter of fact I tried to force these issues during the 2006 Mayoral race. But of course an outsider could know nothing about the economic indicators could they?
According to the article some of the things included in the study are: employment, unemployment rate, wages, gross metropolitan product — the total value of goods and services produced within a metropolitan area, housing prices and the number of foreclosed properties owned by lending institutions.
Of course no surprises here at all. In fact during the Mayoral election of 2006 I spent a great deal of time warning of the onslaught of foreclosures and the negatives coming from the Mayor's conference that year Louisville was headed down in livability.
You can read more about that here: Louisville News and Politics: ABRAMSON IGNORED WARNING SIGNS SINCE 2005. In fact when you read it I use the stats verbatim from the report.
It was obvious in 2005 we were going to have problems, agreed with by Abramson during the conference, yet publicly here where he figured no one would see his remarks or results, he cheer leaded all into thinking he was doing a great job.
Of course he also bragged about building new libraries with no new taxes then 3 short months after the election worked diligently to break that pledge. We knew as did so many voters that he just wanted a new tax to hide the money he kept misappropriating. I am glad we caught him myself yet this was just one more example of Abramson lying so that he could gain.
Of course since then we are seeing rampant mismanagement, mishandling of money, and excuse after excuse for the failures. We nail Kim Bunton for her financial fiasco and have to wonder who else is playing the same game. we continue letting insiders "retire" just to bring them back a couple of months later at an even greater cost to we the taxpayers.
These people are all recycles and we wonder why we cannot get ahead? New leadership brings new ideas and fresher approaches to governing. We do not need the same old faces and ideas. Nor do we need the same old people that only show up for elections hoping to get lucky while doing nothing in the 4 years in between to make a difference. Believe me we sure do not need a Jim King or even David Tandy IMO to take over either.
We need one of us everyday folks that feel the pain and know how the bottom half lives if we are going to rebuild the middle class and make Louisville vital once again.
In short? Abramson knows he has screwed up, simply doesn't care, and in my opinion has lied for years to our faces while gaining for himself and cronies the whole time.
The report goes on to lay these figures out as well.
Louisville near bottom for wage change
According to the study, Louisville ranked No. 95 out of 100 in percentage of change in average wage between the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.
It had a 0.7 percent decline during that period.....
This statement speaks volumes as well: According to the Brookings report, average wages typically do not decline in a recession “because it can be difficult for employers to cut them.”
Good ole Jerry found a way to drop wages during a recession as well.
Let me be the first to say thanks for the low wage service economy Mr. Mayor. sarcasm purely intended. And we wonder why homelessness and foreclosures are up? Wonder why Abramson did not respond to this oncoming freight train in 2005, when he was well aware of the prognosis, since he reported it at the Mayor's conference?
He couldn't understand it or couldn't find a way to spin it and make money at it I guess.
Louisville also fared poorly in the gross metropolitan product category.
It was 86th out of 100 when comparing the first quarter of 2009 to the peak quarter. Brookings did not specify the date of the peak quarter, which was 5.2 percent higher than the first quarter of 2009.
When comparing the fourth quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009, Louisville experienced a 2.4 percent decline, which ranked it No. 99 on the list, ahead of only Detroit.
Folks if I nailed it in 2005 then why didn't he and his recycled so called experts? If the Mayor wannabe's in King, Tandy, and a whole host of recycled insiders did not see this coming and work to counteract it then how can we believe they will do better? For me all I see is the same old selfish wants from the front runners today. And I have seen nothing from the ones who wanted their name on a ballot in November but have done nothing since just waiting to try and steal the next election.
That is selfish and not leadership.
The time to ask questions is now. The time to get accountability was yesterday.
We must start somewhere. Your thoughts?
Monday, June 15, 2009
JAVANON: OF COURSE THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT
Today Javanon was allowed to keep the illegal building and basically nothing changes. Oh of course the BOZA had all kinds of media friendly comments like we have to change the way this happened, or even though it was wrong it was unintentional, or a whole host of other garbage.
They did NOT make any changes in the way they do business at all to date. BOZA defied open meetings laws, allowed an intentional misrepresentation of the plans to continue, and wasted 13 months when notified there was a problem, to even begin to address it in regards to Javanon.
But we have come to expect no less from this incompetent bunch of nincompoops haven't we?
Attorney Stephen Porter, who represents the neighborhood association in this fight, sent this statement for your review:
"I would like to take this opportunity to explain and clarify the position of the Tucker Station Neighborhood Association and many of the neighbors who surround this Javanon building. We all know that the process surrounding this case has been flawed. But, the flaw did not begin with the illegal meeting of April 20, 2009. It began when a veteran Louisville Metro employee submitted plans for a parking lot change to a CUP that was previously approved with "no structures are proposed at this time". This employee was a city engineer who dealt with plans from developers on a daily basis, and who, whether he did know or not, certainly should have known that the plans he submitted to get a parking lot change were different than the plans that had been approved by this Board, and should have known that they were not enough in compliance with regulations to enable him to get a building permit, and should have told Mr. Hendrix that this plan included more than just a parking change, which, according to Mr. Hendrix, he did not.. In addition, he performed this act in absolute violation of a previous reprimand from his superiors in 2000 when he did a very similar act on behalf of Javanon, of which he is the founder, President, member of the Board of Directors, and General Manager. In that case, all he did was build a gravel driveway. In this case, he built a 23,000 square foot metal building in a single-family neighborhood.
The flaw continued after the neighborhood reported this illegal building in February, 2008. Between February, 2008 and February, 2009, we tried to get City government to do whatever was necessary to address this situation. Finally, on March 16, 2009, a first hearing was held, thirteen months after the City was notified. We do not know what took so long, but the public perception is that it was because a high City official was on one side of this issue. That may or may not be true, but the perception is strong and probably justifiable......"
You can write me at myviewmatters@aol.com for more of Mr. Porter's statement.
In the meantime I sincerely hope this matter does not go away and legal action is taken at the very least against the whole BOZA department including Bill Schreck, Charles Cash, all members who attended the illegal meeting,and even Bill Bardenwarper for open meetings violations.
None of Mr. Porter's motions were granted or listened to and the whole BOZA is in violation at this point.
Good luck.
They did NOT make any changes in the way they do business at all to date. BOZA defied open meetings laws, allowed an intentional misrepresentation of the plans to continue, and wasted 13 months when notified there was a problem, to even begin to address it in regards to Javanon.
But we have come to expect no less from this incompetent bunch of nincompoops haven't we?
Attorney Stephen Porter, who represents the neighborhood association in this fight, sent this statement for your review:
"I would like to take this opportunity to explain and clarify the position of the Tucker Station Neighborhood Association and many of the neighbors who surround this Javanon building. We all know that the process surrounding this case has been flawed. But, the flaw did not begin with the illegal meeting of April 20, 2009. It began when a veteran Louisville Metro employee submitted plans for a parking lot change to a CUP that was previously approved with "no structures are proposed at this time". This employee was a city engineer who dealt with plans from developers on a daily basis, and who, whether he did know or not, certainly should have known that the plans he submitted to get a parking lot change were different than the plans that had been approved by this Board, and should have known that they were not enough in compliance with regulations to enable him to get a building permit, and should have told Mr. Hendrix that this plan included more than just a parking change, which, according to Mr. Hendrix, he did not.. In addition, he performed this act in absolute violation of a previous reprimand from his superiors in 2000 when he did a very similar act on behalf of Javanon, of which he is the founder, President, member of the Board of Directors, and General Manager. In that case, all he did was build a gravel driveway. In this case, he built a 23,000 square foot metal building in a single-family neighborhood.
The flaw continued after the neighborhood reported this illegal building in February, 2008. Between February, 2008 and February, 2009, we tried to get City government to do whatever was necessary to address this situation. Finally, on March 16, 2009, a first hearing was held, thirteen months after the City was notified. We do not know what took so long, but the public perception is that it was because a high City official was on one side of this issue. That may or may not be true, but the perception is strong and probably justifiable......"
You can write me at myviewmatters@aol.com for more of Mr. Porter's statement.
In the meantime I sincerely hope this matter does not go away and legal action is taken at the very least against the whole BOZA department including Bill Schreck, Charles Cash, all members who attended the illegal meeting,and even Bill Bardenwarper for open meetings violations.
None of Mr. Porter's motions were granted or listened to and the whole BOZA is in violation at this point.
Good luck.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
REMEMBER THE PEPPER FISH STORY? ABRAMSON SCREWS UP AGAIN
You know sometimes I could not even begin to make this stuff up.
Apparently the City of Louisville has made a series of videos to promote Louisville. Great idea right? Sure it is I totally agree with the concept really. BUT when you use a landmark that you have been fighting tooth and nail to get rid of the hypocrisy is so laughable I can not even imagine what the idiots were thinking.
The Pepper fish that was the cause of so much publicity last year and even propelled Mr. Pepper himself to run for office, though he could not figure out what he was running for, is now on the front page again.
Why you may ask? Check this small tidbit in the Courier: At the water cooler courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal
Seems the City does not mind using the image from Mr. Pepper's fish as part of promoting the City while trying to get it torn down at the same time.
Advertising firm red7e, which has a contract to promote Louisville as "possibility city," has a video showing sights of Louisville that includes a one-second snippet of the big fish (at the 4:10 mark).
Is this not so typical of this administration? Try to tear someone down but use them for your own gain?
Laugh with me folks this certainly deserves it.
Apparently the City of Louisville has made a series of videos to promote Louisville. Great idea right? Sure it is I totally agree with the concept really. BUT when you use a landmark that you have been fighting tooth and nail to get rid of the hypocrisy is so laughable I can not even imagine what the idiots were thinking.
The Pepper fish that was the cause of so much publicity last year and even propelled Mr. Pepper himself to run for office, though he could not figure out what he was running for, is now on the front page again.
Why you may ask? Check this small tidbit in the Courier: At the water cooler courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal
Seems the City does not mind using the image from Mr. Pepper's fish as part of promoting the City while trying to get it torn down at the same time.
Advertising firm red7e, which has a contract to promote Louisville as "possibility city," has a video showing sights of Louisville that includes a one-second snippet of the big fish (at the 4:10 mark).
Is this not so typical of this administration? Try to tear someone down but use them for your own gain?
Laugh with me folks this certainly deserves it.
ABRAMSON, SCHRECK, AND CASH: PATHETIC AT BEST
You know vindication is a wonderful thing. I feel vindicated today thanks to a great story in today's Courier Journal. City official knew secret meeting on Javanon was illegal courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal Finally some real investigative work. It is about time thanks Chris Otts.
For over a year now and beyond I have been working to expose the lies, corruption, and general idiocy of those in government and Abramson's leaders. In this case IPL and Planning and zoning have been one part of the focus. I have been determined to expose this monstrosity of ineffectiveness and callousness of the so called leaders of this agency.
Today yes vindication exists. In my mind anyway.
According to this from the article:
Louisville planning director Charles Cash knew it was illegal to hold a secret meeting of a city zoning board in the controversial Javanon Soccer case, and he made arguments during the meeting that favored the soccer club, according to e-mails obtained in an open records request and interviews with members of the board.
When The Courier-Journal asked about that meeting later in April, Cash said there was "no intent" to violate the open meetings law.
But when he first proposed the meeting, according to the e-mails, he suggested splitting the board into two groups "to avoid the public notice question."
Ah and therein is the illegality. Cash knew it was illegal. So did Schreck as evidenced by his add on to the Cash email between Bardenwarper and Cash simply saying ok essentially.
Of course you then have to realize that Abramson would take this serious and assuredly would discipline or threaten to right?
Wrong!
His statement?
"I have personally spoken to Charles Cash about the issue, and he has acknowledged it was a mistake," Abramson said in the statement. "He has assured me it will not happen again."
Asked whether Cash or Schreck will be disciplined as a result, mayoral spokesman Chris Poynter said he would let Abramson's statement "speak for itself."
Yep I feel so much better that you are assured that Mr. Cash will not do this again Mr. Mayor.
One more idiotic pathetic display of cronyism as far as I am concerned.
Cash now acknowledges that he discussed the facts of the case at the secret meeting and even brought site plans. But he said he was only trying to provide context to help the board understand its charge in the coming hearing, not trying to influence the outcome.
However, the board's 2005 resolution approving the soccer fields notes that "no structures are proposed at this time."
Yep trying to provide context? Get real.
For even more hypocrisy check out the Chairwoman Judith Frances remarks:
Chairwoman Judy Francis said she "vehemently" disagreed with Cash's assertion.
"When Mr. Cash said that, I looked him straight in the eye and said that is absolutely not correct," she said.
She is as much a problem as Cash and Schreck are. You can reference the Morris dispute with Jim King and my rant on it here www.myviewmatters.org. Check out the January 27 rant you will find it amusing I am sure.
Apparently Judith is concerned about herself again since she is now throwing Cash under the bus to make herself look good. This is so not typical of her to go against the administration as she herself gains from the political ties.
And even more from the idiots?
In an interview, Cash said the board does indeed look at details like renderings before approving buildings, but he added that by approving the site plan in 2005, the board approved "the idea" of a building.
"It was always understood that at some point in time there would be a building. … The design review of the building itself is what failed."
Understood? What is submitted is what is considered period. To state that the board "approved the idea" of a building is about as asinine a statement you can get from a so called leader of this area.
Schreck by proxy since he approved the meeting Cash wanted, and knowing it violated open meetings laws, should go as well.
Time to clean house. Get rid of the bums who are either too incompetent to do their job or believe they can do anything they want as evidence now proves.
And do not forget one thing. These are just more examples of Abramson cronies getting caught.
The rot has set in from the Abramson top down and has hurt us all for too many years.
Time to clean it up.
For over a year now and beyond I have been working to expose the lies, corruption, and general idiocy of those in government and Abramson's leaders. In this case IPL and Planning and zoning have been one part of the focus. I have been determined to expose this monstrosity of ineffectiveness and callousness of the so called leaders of this agency.
Today yes vindication exists. In my mind anyway.
According to this from the article:
Louisville planning director Charles Cash knew it was illegal to hold a secret meeting of a city zoning board in the controversial Javanon Soccer case, and he made arguments during the meeting that favored the soccer club, according to e-mails obtained in an open records request and interviews with members of the board.
When The Courier-Journal asked about that meeting later in April, Cash said there was "no intent" to violate the open meetings law.
But when he first proposed the meeting, according to the e-mails, he suggested splitting the board into two groups "to avoid the public notice question."
Ah and therein is the illegality. Cash knew it was illegal. So did Schreck as evidenced by his add on to the Cash email between Bardenwarper and Cash simply saying ok essentially.
Of course you then have to realize that Abramson would take this serious and assuredly would discipline or threaten to right?
Wrong!
His statement?
"I have personally spoken to Charles Cash about the issue, and he has acknowledged it was a mistake," Abramson said in the statement. "He has assured me it will not happen again."
Asked whether Cash or Schreck will be disciplined as a result, mayoral spokesman Chris Poynter said he would let Abramson's statement "speak for itself."
Yep I feel so much better that you are assured that Mr. Cash will not do this again Mr. Mayor.
One more idiotic pathetic display of cronyism as far as I am concerned.
Cash now acknowledges that he discussed the facts of the case at the secret meeting and even brought site plans. But he said he was only trying to provide context to help the board understand its charge in the coming hearing, not trying to influence the outcome.
However, the board's 2005 resolution approving the soccer fields notes that "no structures are proposed at this time."
Yep trying to provide context? Get real.
For even more hypocrisy check out the Chairwoman Judith Frances remarks:
Chairwoman Judy Francis said she "vehemently" disagreed with Cash's assertion.
"When Mr. Cash said that, I looked him straight in the eye and said that is absolutely not correct," she said.
She is as much a problem as Cash and Schreck are. You can reference the Morris dispute with Jim King and my rant on it here www.myviewmatters.org. Check out the January 27 rant you will find it amusing I am sure.
Apparently Judith is concerned about herself again since she is now throwing Cash under the bus to make herself look good. This is so not typical of her to go against the administration as she herself gains from the political ties.
And even more from the idiots?
In an interview, Cash said the board does indeed look at details like renderings before approving buildings, but he added that by approving the site plan in 2005, the board approved "the idea" of a building.
"It was always understood that at some point in time there would be a building. … The design review of the building itself is what failed."
Understood? What is submitted is what is considered period. To state that the board "approved the idea" of a building is about as asinine a statement you can get from a so called leader of this area.
Schreck by proxy since he approved the meeting Cash wanted, and knowing it violated open meetings laws, should go as well.
Time to clean house. Get rid of the bums who are either too incompetent to do their job or believe they can do anything they want as evidence now proves.
And do not forget one thing. These are just more examples of Abramson cronies getting caught.
The rot has set in from the Abramson top down and has hurt us all for too many years.
Time to clean it up.
Friday, June 12, 2009
VALLEY STATION POST OFFICE
As many of you are aware the Valley Station Post office is slated to close. The reason, as I am being told by insiders, is that the owners of the property are raising the lease payments to a price the Post Office will not agree to. Fair enough I suppose but what happens to those who use that Post Office daily?
A few years ago a new Post Office was built on Greenwood Rd in PRP and while I personally enjoy the convenience of it ( I live less than a block away from it) I questioned at that time whether it was cost effective. The branch on Greenwood Rd does do some business but when I compare it to the one in Valley Station there essentially is no comparison.
The Post Office in Valley Station stays busy period. I have never been in there when I did not have a line to deal with. While some would argue that the service is slow there and perhaps that is why, I would argue the opposite.
The need is there and THAT is why they have lines.
The property, based on my preliminary checks, is owned by Nicklies Company a local developer who specializes in retail space. Is this perhaps a chance to grab at better profits? We have a down economy and the government is printing money like it is going out of style throwing around bailouts and buyouts. Perhaps that is the logic behind raising the rates to the government. I mean when you see free money you try to get it right? Who knows. Nicklies is doing fine from that standpoint so what gives.
This directly from their website: "Being known for its commitment to quality, knowledge, and high standards, Nicklies continues to excel in the development industry. Nicklies also develops and redevelops land for residential use - including single-family, attached, and detached cluster homes - to meet the needs of property owners, builders and homeowners."
Perhaps they just forgot that one of the most basic things you can do for homeowners to meet their needs is ensure services are provided in the neighborhood that help fulfill that need. In this case the Post Office in Valley Station does just that.
So being the guy I am I decided to call around and see if there is suitable property in the area at an affordable cost that could be used by the Post Office for the neighborhoods.
One of my calls was to Chris Thieneman. As many of you are aware I have worked with Chris on some projects and though we stand apart politically we both ignore that reality and work in a nonpartisan way together for the betterment of our neighbors.
While speaking with Chris about the recent announcements I found out Chris was a step ahead of me. Nothing new there either.
Chris has already offered up 10,000 sq. ft. of space to the Post Office and thrown in a full first year of no payments. The location is at Valley Station Rd and Dixie Highway by the new GattiLand (behind the Captain D's). He has offered the property at a very reasonable rate and with a year's free lease he threw in certainly is trying to help the neighborhood folks who rely on the Post Office in that area.
I do have some questions. Why has Bob Henderson not gotten involved and tried to help this along? Isn't that why he was elected? Or perhaps the guy he always rubberstamps Jerry Abramson? Where are the people who show up for elections that have not done anything since the last election, but are sure to show up for the next one at?. Isn't this what we are supposed to be doing? Getting involved?
Maybe because they cannot profit from it or perhaps it is personal since Bob stole a cell tower deal from Chris Thieneman to bolster his image at the VFW.
Who knows.
Bottom line is this. If I found a place in a short few minutes of making some calls certainly our leaders could spend time helping the residents in this regard instead of harassing them with bogus IPL problems.
Just saying.
A few years ago a new Post Office was built on Greenwood Rd in PRP and while I personally enjoy the convenience of it ( I live less than a block away from it) I questioned at that time whether it was cost effective. The branch on Greenwood Rd does do some business but when I compare it to the one in Valley Station there essentially is no comparison.
The Post Office in Valley Station stays busy period. I have never been in there when I did not have a line to deal with. While some would argue that the service is slow there and perhaps that is why, I would argue the opposite.
The need is there and THAT is why they have lines.
The property, based on my preliminary checks, is owned by Nicklies Company a local developer who specializes in retail space. Is this perhaps a chance to grab at better profits? We have a down economy and the government is printing money like it is going out of style throwing around bailouts and buyouts. Perhaps that is the logic behind raising the rates to the government. I mean when you see free money you try to get it right? Who knows. Nicklies is doing fine from that standpoint so what gives.
This directly from their website: "Being known for its commitment to quality, knowledge, and high standards, Nicklies continues to excel in the development industry. Nicklies also develops and redevelops land for residential use - including single-family, attached, and detached cluster homes - to meet the needs of property owners, builders and homeowners."
Perhaps they just forgot that one of the most basic things you can do for homeowners to meet their needs is ensure services are provided in the neighborhood that help fulfill that need. In this case the Post Office in Valley Station does just that.
So being the guy I am I decided to call around and see if there is suitable property in the area at an affordable cost that could be used by the Post Office for the neighborhoods.
One of my calls was to Chris Thieneman. As many of you are aware I have worked with Chris on some projects and though we stand apart politically we both ignore that reality and work in a nonpartisan way together for the betterment of our neighbors.
While speaking with Chris about the recent announcements I found out Chris was a step ahead of me. Nothing new there either.
Chris has already offered up 10,000 sq. ft. of space to the Post Office and thrown in a full first year of no payments. The location is at Valley Station Rd and Dixie Highway by the new GattiLand (behind the Captain D's). He has offered the property at a very reasonable rate and with a year's free lease he threw in certainly is trying to help the neighborhood folks who rely on the Post Office in that area.
I do have some questions. Why has Bob Henderson not gotten involved and tried to help this along? Isn't that why he was elected? Or perhaps the guy he always rubberstamps Jerry Abramson? Where are the people who show up for elections that have not done anything since the last election, but are sure to show up for the next one at?. Isn't this what we are supposed to be doing? Getting involved?
Maybe because they cannot profit from it or perhaps it is personal since Bob stole a cell tower deal from Chris Thieneman to bolster his image at the VFW.
Who knows.
Bottom line is this. If I found a place in a short few minutes of making some calls certainly our leaders could spend time helping the residents in this regard instead of harassing them with bogus IPL problems.
Just saying.
MyViewMatters Radio June 11, 2009
Here is the show from last night with Chris Thieneman. We talked about as much as we could during the hour. Everything from U of L to the library tax and beyond.
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