There was an article in Saturday's Tribune about the proposed baseball and softball complex. This "Field of Dreams" as it is called would be built behind Home Depot and cost $10 million dollars.
I must agree with Councilmen Messer and Price that this is not a high priority. Yes our children need such a facility but this need is not urgent, I consider it more of a want.
Want we need to do is get off of our collective behinds and build a youth shelter. Our children are living in conditions that I'm sure none of us would want to live in. They are there because conditions at home are even worse!
These are our (Floyd County) children also. And although they may benefit from the "Field of Dreams" also, they need a decent place to live first. I cannot understand why they are made to wait. A new home for our kids would cost a lot less than 10 million, and this is a high priority.
Please, New Albany and Floyd County, won't you work together and make this happen?
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I am with you on this one 110%. My understanding is the county council doesn't want to do business with New Albany. They tell me the Youth Center is their top priority not a ball park.
I think we need the sports complex (a music / arts place for kids would be a hell of a lot nicer though)
As stated before, we dont need to tear down more trees and more of the knobs for it.
But, yes, a shelter would be more important. However, when the two contestants in an arena is anything sports related vs. anything human services related, which ALWAYS comes out on top?
It goes back to the difference between a want and a need. How about fixing the sewers & stormwater before you blow all this EDIT money.
The county council's top priorty is telling people the shelter is their top priorty!
If they wanted to build it they could have years ago.
The county's elected officials have spent decades refusing to properly maintain the current home of the Youth Shelter, and having dilapidated it, now shrug and offer to tear it down and spend even more on another one ... but not just yet. You'd find more imaginativeness coming from your house cat.
That said, it's pretty hard to make a case for the ballfield complex.
First amount was $6 million, second time England states $10 million.
Our Mayor should be so ashamed of what he is publicly saying and acting in regards to this issue (ballpark.)
He is so deep into this good ole boys network and it isn't funny.
Mayor England - Grow up! Act like the civil servant that you should be and not like you own our town.
What is it you have to hide?
A ball park is not what New Albany needs.
For starters, what New Albany needs, is for you to resign.
My question is this. What does the Mayor and Council members need to discuss that can't be said in a regular meeting. How many decisions have been made about public business with a wink and a white envelope?
Can you imagine any business interested in coming to New Albany with this mess going on?
This city is like a mob movie. I wonder what outside business people think of all of this. I would be scared to bring a business to this town, with the mayor, Rosenbarger and Malysz all in cahoots with each other.
I was told several bars are down like 40-50%.
Okay, I'll ask. What does this statement ...
I was told several bars are down like 40-50%.
... have to do with anything else you wrote? Seriously.
I work downtown and this Youth Center has been on the drawing board for well over seven years.
Question, wasn't the Parks Department over budget big time this year?
Let's say your household has $100,000 to spend for a whole year.
In October someone tells you that you can only spend $70,000.
So now you have to survive on 70% of what you original planned with only 17% of the year left.
Will your household be over budget?
I would like to rephrase a word in my post....
Please replace "need" with could use....
The rest still remains in my humble opinion
This IS sonething that we need to contact our council members and elected representatives about.
Sports "leagues" have a way of getting what they want, despite what other needs may be present.
what will they take care of first another ball park or stolen flood gates?
Praise the Lord, I have to give a
CHEERS to Daniel S., But still Roger, your blog masks people too. They only have to tell you who they are and they can put whatever as their pen, there's anonymity in that as well.
Well, well, well, Daniel, I knew there was a reason I liked you.
Christopher D. who do you think you are the hall monitor?
Give us all a break.
"Christopher D. who do you think you are the hall monitor?
Give us all a break."
Nope, no hall monitor. Just tired of that kind of crap when there could be constructive dialog that benefits our city.
Anon 4:20 thanks for the link but I still can't afford those shoes.
Bile comes from those with and without masks.
Anyone going to council tonight? $2 million for police and fire.
Anyone going to council tonight? $2 million for police and fire.
Funny
Roger refers to his battle with the anons to be on NA Confidential. We all know it's right here on Shirley's blog. I don't think you are retarded Roger, but I do believe you enjoy self promotion, and maybe you're a little retarded.
Perhaps Roger is afraid of being called out like he is several times on this blog?
You've always been afraid of anon people pointing out your faults and frauds. You'd never dare mention this blog to the average Tribune reader.
You are a coward Roger.
Yes, I'm trying to get you to mention this blog in the paper.
Oh how true: uncontrolled ego on my part.
Hos solution is to get what ever he can get from the Mayor, and anyone else.
I sure hope you stay in Germany.
Oh how true: uncontrolled ego on my part.
Hos solution is to get what ever he can get from the Mayor, and anyone else.
I sure hope you stay in Germany.
Oh how true: uncontrolled ego on my part.
Hos solution is to get what ever he can get from the Mayor, and anyone else.
I sure hope you stay in Germany.
Ich hoffentlich auch!
Roger's bier ist schlect.
Vielliecht immer Roger besuchen Deutschland er kannt verstehen wie zu machen bier!
Du schlang.
Das konnen Sie uns nicht erzahlen.
Wir wissen, Seutsch zu.
konnen thre Ebene fallen vom hochsten Punkt uber Berlin. kann lhr Korper Grundstuck, auf dem Grab von Hitler und du Scheifse uber sich selbst auf dem Weg nach unten.
das ist meine Meinung
Es hat nichet funktioniert versuchen.Kersey eingerichtet har es geten?
das ist meine Meinung
Wir nehmen Sie mot nach unten und aus der Zeitung, just watch sehen und.
das ist meine Meinung
Wir nehmen Sie mit nach unten und aus der Zeitung, just watch and see. Wir wissen, was Sie und einige Leute machen an der Hauptstrafse. From Weihnachten und konnen Got behute deine Seele.
DAS ist meine Meinung
To the person who made the last two comments:
I don't speak German, could we please have an English translation?
thanks
Anyone attend last nights council meeting?
I hear you are a new grandmother. Boy or a girl? I guess as long as the baby is health that's all that matters.
Merry Christmas
Jim & Shirley
Here I thought NewAlbanian spoke German. Guess I was wrong.
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