I attended a birthday party at the Knights of Columbus Hall last Saturday. Someone at the party had forgotten to purchase a gift bag and could not leave the party. She asked me to run this errand for her.
I started down Main St. toward downtown thinking it would be a quick trip. Why everybody sells wrapping paper and gift bags, right? Wrong. As I drove down Main St. and then State St. it occurred to me that we don't have a drug store or a card shop downtown at all. I ended up driving to the Dollar Tree for my purchase.
After returning to the party I had a discussion with another lifetime New Albany resident about the stores which we shopped in as children and young adults. We recalled W.T. Grant, Woolworth, Wallgreens, The Fashion Shop, The Joy Shop, even the Dollar General Store.
We need a "big box" store or at least a grocery store downtown. I'm not saying we need to put a Walmart on Pearl St. but we need some sort of store where a downtown resident could walk to for the purchase of an aspirin or a gallon of milk, or even a gift bag. We want people to live downtown and be able to walk to a store or restaurant. Many people are taking the risk to open a new business and I applaud them. But will someone or group of partners with means please open a "general store" where people can purchase the basic items for day to day use. The specialty stores are great but sometimes we just need a gift bag.
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FYI Shirley, what Ms. Denhart stated was there were 1,125 sewer lien claims brought to file in the Treasure and Recorders office and they did not have the staff as you reported. One has to ask themself why has the billing office held off filing those many liens? My guess, they were waiting to see if Judge Cody gave them their raise. Now it's reported they don't want to do in house billing. Sorry Charlie do it or give up your job, you are over paid.
Be glad I am not the mayor, all your "butts" would be fired after I audited your books.
"persons in New Albany living below federal poverty guideling"
If they fall within the fedreal poverty guidelines then they qualify for so many types of assistance (including housing, food, utilites, medical, EITC,etc.) if your clients are not receiving them, you should spend your time educating them about these services instead of prying into their sewer bills.
Looks like to me Roger thinks he could do a much better job than Steve Kozarvich publisher & executive editor. He needs to remember whi cuts his check for all that garbage he writes.
Today is February 28 and I am not seeing the ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT for the City of NEW ALBANY in the Tribune.
Isn't the Controller required to publish this in the Tribune?
Did I miss it?
HELP!!!
Did yo try Sav-a-Step for a gift bag?
Today is February 28 and I do not see the ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT for the City of New Albany listed in the Legals of the Tribune.
Isn't the Controller supposed to have published it by now?
Did I miss it?
Help me please.
We heard you the first time. Their not done with the forsenic audit yet. Hopefully the Tribune will write an article when it is done.
i need a new lid. mine was broken off by them junk collectors looking for cans. how do i get one.
FOS, thank you for educating us rate payers. I'm with you. They need to list the dead-beat sewer customers.
What I want to know why did England hire Fifer? Didn't he screw up the sewers under Overton?
I want to see England tar and feathered and ran out of town on a railroad tie.
Not me, I want to see hom in an orange jimp suit with hand cuffs on and dragging Garry behind him.
England had Fifer throw her under the bus at last council meeting. She saod that and never disputed nothing.
I wonder where she lives?
She could turn state evidence against England. But she's way over her head involved in this. Doug is her boss and don't you forget it.
Whose got time to go over claims? Do you actually think Kay would hand them over? Not in this life time.
The Annual Report IS REQUIRED BY LAW to be issued by today and COMES FROM THE CONTROLLER -- not the forensic audit.
For all of those getting tips on saving on the flushing; please remember if YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE NEW FANGLED LOW FLUSH TOILETS some of these ideas will mess up your LATERALS and then you will RUN INTO DIGGING OUT SOME DOUGH.
Low-Flush toilets are not conducive to putting things in them to lower the water level on the flush.
Here is a link so ALL PEOPLE CAN LISTEN TO WHAT THE SEWER BOARD IS SAYING AND PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE CLOSING:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/newalbanynow/2010/02/25/new-albany-sewer-board-feb-18-2010 .
Also, please remember Greg Fifer was most of the Developers' attorney in this area. He handled Ruckman getting Highlander Point on and how it wasn't going to cost the citizens "that much". Now Ruckman is part of the SSO's and WE, WE ended up paying $1 million dollars to get the Highlander Shopping Center across the street for the cut in the road.
The person who got the million was Koetter.
A whole new ball of wax when you start talking about this "development". Taxpayers paid for the other line Ruckman laid (he was required to lay two and he was going to use 1 and a "little bit" of the 10 inch line we paid for). IS NEW ALBANY USING ANY OF THE NEW 10 INCH LINE yet?
Simply can not get the info out fast enough.
Even if we went to the meeting of England's there is no way to digest the info or verify it before the public hearing two hours later. I consider it would be a waste of time attending same.
I guess England's hidding out at Baylors place, no one has seen him, but Shelly was spotted at the bar next to the VFW on Friday.
Where's Wasdo hidding out at now?
We got people planted and keeping an eye out and looking for him.
Calm down folks...your getting a little out of control. Try to remain objective.
3:13 So what should we do? I was at the VFW last night. There were about thirty or more people with NO New Fee shirts on. The place was wall to wall, and people were buying shirts left and right. There was not even a good word said about England or the council. I say vote them all out, but my man Price.
I think it was a fundraiser for Citizens for Accountability. They sure know what they are talking about.
I meant to say WALDO, his butt is mine if I see that crooked SOB. I can't afford no increase on my sewers.
How can anyone be objective? Why don't he open up the sewer books? Do you really think everything is above board with England?
How come our city needs all these high price attorney's? Damn, the Camn attorney's only charge $90 an hour. Look what's on FOS and what Fifer is being paid. Something smells awful funny here and we want answers.
Another Water Saving Tip:
Whenever you have to take a sh@t go to Bank St. Brewery and use their toilets and then leave.
Some one post the link for Freedom Of Speech. I want to read this myself. Isn't this the guy who fixed the books in 2003?
No anonymous he cooked the books. He had two sets of books. The Potty Police got the goods on Fifer.
I guess that might be why England hired him.
That's a thought, we could all go and have a good crap at BSB.
I heard at church today when Gonder was ask the city needs the rate increase. Vote him out. His face is brown and he has poop from England's butt dripping off his ears. Some man got him good though going to the church parking lot.
Maybe we need to march in front of Ceasar's jewelry store? If he can buy a new Lexus, he can pay his own healthcare.
Folks, let's show some respect here.
Anyone got his phone number. I'll call him and let him know what I think about raising my sewer rate.
nobody helped me yet. i need a new lid. mine was broken off by them junk collectors looking for cans and i needs to no how to get one before they gone.
were dids you all goes. why no help for lid.
Call them all:
Gonder - 944-3121
Messer - 949-9638
Zurschmiede - 945-7827
Coffey - 949-1262
Caesat - 945-8744
Price - 941-9032
McLaughlin - 949-9140
Benedetto - 945-6240
Gahan - 945-9314
Benedetti -945-6240
i got to call all of dim justs to get lid
voiceofNewAlbanyblogspot.com or google Freedom Of Speech
Thanks for the info.
that lots to call for 1 lid
wood some one calls for me
id be mcuh thancful
Interesting:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/newalbanynow/2010/02/25/new-albany-sewer-board-feb-18-2010
Thanks Randy.
No problem!
This has gotten down right pathetic.
Starting to remind me of history lessons about Salem, Mass...
oh yeah, as far as this comment:
""persons in New Albany living below federal poverty guideling"
If they fall within the fedreal poverty guidelines then they qualify for so many types of assistance (including housing, food, utilites, medical, EITC,etc.) if your clients are not receiving them, you should spend your time educating them about these services instead of prying into their sewer bills."
We do, and not everyone who falls into this catagory is eligible for assistance. Besides, it is far better to give them a hand up than it is to lead them to more hand outs. After all there would be an anonymous horde marchig through town with torches ready to burn down the town because too many people are getting too much for free.
No one is going to "pry" into there bills, going to take a look at water usage and try and get that under control. Not just for the sewage thing, but for their finances, as well as the environment.
You are such an expert Christopher D.
February 28, 2010 8:30 PM,
Sho nuf buttercup
Did anyone notice how much snow collected on the Code Enforcement truck when we had the snow storm?
While we admit Price might need to comb his hair, shave and dress a little better. He did not take health insurance which he might need while others did. Did he also vote against raises and bonus while everything he has complained about has come true. Let's compare Price's voting record to the other eight council members. Who is being responsible with taxpayer and rate payers money?
Occasionally I will read papers from around the state to see what’s going on in cities I'm familiar with and I came across this article from courier-press of Evansville regarding pro vs cons of TIFs.
If you do read, pay close attention about using TIF to fund sewer projects. This may be an idea we can use to lower the rate increase by finding funding in other places to meet the financial cost of EPA mandates. TIF combined with EDIT and rainday funds might be enough. We then could lower the overall rate increase and compounding of dept.
I thought others might like to see another perspective outside of New Albany.
It might help Daniel S as well with his research.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/feb/28/price-of-progress/
BLEDSOE, ISN'T THIS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PREACHING FOR YEARS AND MONTH'S? NEW ALBANY LOST EIGHT MILLION WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN FOR SEWERS. LOOK WHAT IT HAS EVEN COST THE NAFC SCHOOLS.
To Rem Char:
Yes, from that story in The Courier Press-bubbageek writes: "TIF's are eroding basic services and depreciating living standards in our city and county. While TIF's funnel property tax money to corporations and private investors, operating funds for the city, county and it's people, dwindle".
TEA PARTY!!! TEA PARTY!!!
It sure was busy on this blog today?????????????????????
We have preached and preached for USING TIF monies for sewers. Good luck getting it out of what some would term Carl's "fiefdom", literally.
Where is the City's scheduled Annual Report, due for publication in Legals, today? Kay?
Convenient what with particular meetings scheduled.
I am so tired of everybody making jokes about Roger Baylor, Jeff Gillenwater, Mark Cassidy and Randy Smith being fake council members. At least they are trying to learn which is more than most people do in this community. If our stupid city council would have redistricted like Baylor wanted, Smith, Baylor, Cassidy, and Gillenwater would have run for office and they just might have had a chance. I hope they all run next time anyway, and maybe they will get elected. If they do, you won't be making dumb jokes then will you?
There is nothing wrong with giving these four help from the city government. They are trying to make something out of downtown so they deserve a little extra. With this economy if we don't give them some EDIT funds, they will go broke, and the whole downtown will collaspe! I say give them more help and maybe they will run for public office too!
From looking at the audit N.A. has at least 6 tifs:
Grantline TIF
Charlestown Rd TIF
Spring Street Hill TIF
Park East TIF
State Street TIF
Garage TIF
There are two Bond TIFs?
Daisy Lane Bond TIF?
Park East Bond TIF?
I don't know if these are bonds(loans) or individual TIFs
I have to verify the amounts in each tif.
The audit also shows yearly inputs for the TIFs but I have to verify the total amount of the general fund that the tax levy applies to before I can figure the amount we are gaining by having the TIFs
It looks like the Garage and State Street TIF are the only ones that made significant increases; each more than 600,000. These two alone would send New Albany over its levy. The others wouldn't come close even if you add them together. These others could be dissolved thereby increasing our general fund. After a few years our general fund would compound and the need for one of the two larger tifs wouldn't be needed. Thereby allowing New Albany's general fund to become more financially stable.
http://www.in.gov/sboa/WebReports/B34980.pdf
There are 10 (ten) TIF's; some have been extended. TIF's owe General Fund bunch of EDIT from the Parking Garage; but we still are providing maintenance, elevator for the Bank employees, electricity and who knows what in insurance, etc.
Recently money was used from one TIF to pay for work done in another TIF area. It all gets so complicated.
Bill A-10-01 Additional Appropriations - EDIT money of $1,151,526 for delinquent bond and interest payments to the Sewer Works should NOT BE A LOAN from EDIT. That money should be given free and clear as a good faith gesture to the bond holders. That would also show EPA that the city understands the sewer problems must be fixed. Otherwise EPA and Dept. of Justice may just tell NA that there will be NO DEVELOPMENT because you didn't properly 'fix' you just added and enlarged and put the city head over heels in more debt that citizens evidently cannot pay.
The Walgreens at spring and Vincennes has a wonderful selection of gift bags and Hallmark cards and is just a few blocks away from the k of c
Who are you trying to kid? The city will not collapse if the downtown area fails. England tried to revitilize downtown in the 80's & 90's. Downtown is and will never be a win - win deal unless they tore everything down a redesigned downtown. My friends that takes money and right now money for downtown is not there. If Randy Smith could not get elected Precinct person why do you think he could even get elected dog catcher? Roger Baylor is like the police, fire and teachers, he's also pricing himself out of business. Your entire post is just a bunch of crap when we citizens are being raped of our fees and tax dollars. If everything was above board we would not be facing any type of rate increase. If England was an honest and a honorable man and had nothing to hide he would open his sewer books and prove to us rate payers this has to be done. Annexation is not the solution. Turning in 1,125 sewer liens that are well over a year old should have been done at the time they were not paid. At least if EPA comes in or the bond holders we would know the problems would be fixed and those who has cooked the books and mismanged our money would be prosaecuted would be worth it. Folks we have spend $100 million on sewers and there are people in New Albany who are not even hooked up to sewers. Drive up Silver Hills in the summer and smell the odor of urine and poop coming off the hill. Why, because they are not all honest citizens and was all not put on sewers. As they say sh*t rolls down hill.
Do you want to know why Councilman Price votes NO all the time? Becuase he is the only one who knows and will admit what England and his fellow council members are doing things wrong.
He knows England has his own personal agenda and believe me it does not benefit anyone but Doug. Like Steve says: It's not personal, it's business. When England get's beat this time, his happy ass will be living in the county not on 111. If any of you think for one minute England has yours or ours best interest at heart, God help you all. Keep drinking the Kool-aid and watch your business and town be destroyed.
To all you progressives out there keep burning them bridges you all are equally hated as much as England is.
That statement can be taken right to the bank and cashed!
Bravo, bravo, bravo, anonymous 8:09Add me to your list of hatemongers against those progressives and England. I wear that badge of Honor along with you and other's with Pride.
They are nothing but a bunch of Jim Jones loose on our city.
Vote everyone out who supports a rate increase and boycott every resturant, bar and business who supports Douglas B. England and the progressives. It's time to run them all out of New Albany. And one other thing, vote Henderson out for claiming everything is political and not prosecuting these SOB's. We need a prosecutor who has some brass balls.
Shirley, sometimes you just got to be blunt to say how you really feel.
I am sorry, but I can not help but laugh at these latest posts.
At all of the meetings, and "townhalls" and such, there may be on a good day maybe a dozen or so people there with the "no new fees taxes" crowd.
Call for all the boycotts you want, in the end you will accomplish nothing.
the businesses you are calling for boycotts on are patronized by primarily 20 and 30 somethings, and have a very dedicated crowd. they will keep going. The New Albanian off of grant line will still stay busy, the same crowd will still be there at BSB,the same people will get their books from Destinations, an businesses all across this area will still serve NAB brews on their taps.
So now because you dont like the fact we have to raise sewage rates, and you're starting to realize that you cant stop what is on the way, you are going to form your lynch mob and go after local businesses because you dont like what partial owners said.
Thats one hell of a way to show support for the "little people" who work at those places.
To steal some of your words that you tried to use against me, raise your war cry, take to the streets and yell out power to the sheeple!
LMAO
Shirley, sometimes you just got to be blunt to say how you really feel.
Key word: "Feel."
This feeling has nothing, zilch, nada to do with objective reality.
I'd say that I'm happy not to see you in my business, except that you wear a mask. Reckon I'll know it's you when someone masked comes in to take a dump.
Just like Chris: LMAO
perhaps their just worried that if the sewers are fixed and operating properly the crap they spread will be flushed away
What an efficient City Clerk. It is March 1. No updating of agendas or minutes. Council meeting in just hours. Sewer Board minutes are so far behind. Hiding something? Can't seem to do the job that is required. REMEMBER THAT.
Hey Shirley, How about if you were to send a diagram of this blog to the city engineer? the amount of sewage processed daily on here should be able to handle anything the denizens of this town can flush down!
For those who don't want to "feel" and only want the FACTS try this:
Web site:
http://www.in.gov/sboa/resources/reports/
audit/Default.aspx
select:
County: Floyd
End Year: 2008
Then you can choose what you want. (eg. Wastewater Pg. 22, 43, 49, 54,73) But make sure and read everything. It is worth your time, IF YOU WANT THE FACTS!!! After you have read all the audits, you might just want to come back and tell us how YOU FEEL!!!
Responding to the Moron,Christopher D. The intellectual giant making the coment must have spent hours, if not days researching his response and likely went through several drafts honing this fine-tuned piece of interrogatory master-work, before tapping his "Publish your comment" you're the Pinhead not the little people!
"Responding to the Moron,Christopher D. The intellectual giant making the coment must have spent hours, if not days researching his response and likely went through several drafts honing this fine-tuned piece of interrogatory master-work, before tapping his "Publish your comment" you're the Pinhead not the little people!"
Yawn....
Didn't even phase me, want to try again?
Overton ran her office with 1 part-time person.
Boy, I wish my company paid me to sit and blog all day. Don't you have any poor people to help today "Pinhead!"
I'm a big O'Reily fan too.
Those progressives don't read audits. They benefited from the misappropriation--what ya talk'n about Willis?
They read the New York Times and sip a cup of Lata and talk about everyone who lives on Main Street.
They read the New York Times and sip a cup of Lata and talk about everyone who lives on Main Street.
A cup of Latin American Travel Association? Los Alamos Technical Associates? Laboratory Animal Training Association?
Oh, I get it, Kingster: You mean latte!
Sorry, not for me. I do straight espresso, no milk and foo foo.
And: Not everyone on Main Street. Just the ones who talk about other people going to jail when they're the ones who've actually been.
BTW, nope, none of you will like the next column.
Ta ta, wee ones. Gotta go drink some progressive pints and wotk on the ol' beer belly.
LMAO. Again.
"Overton ran her office with 1 part-time person."
And that's really gotten us far.
"Responding to the Moron,Christopher D. The intellectual giant making the coment must have spent hours, if not days researching his response and likely went through several drafts honing this fine-tuned piece of interrogatory master-work, before tapping his "Publish your comment" you're the Pinhead not the little people!"
And how dare he. Doesn't Chris know the going rate on this blog is to spew as much he said she said crap you've heard and act like everybody should respect it as the truth?
Yes. Yes I can believe it. Wow. Who is the New Albanist?
"Boy, I wish my company paid me to sit and blog all day. Don't you have any poor people to help today "Pinhead!"
I'm a big O'Reily fan too."
And how buttercup, if you find a job like that let me know! I would be interested, interested too!
(you know, not everyone in the world works 9 to 5, and gasp and amazement, not everyone only works monday through friday, and even further gasp and amazement, some people may have worked over the weekend and took some comp time or something. Its an amazing modern world we live in isnt it, buttercup)
Oh, by the way, as a means of public education, its not just "poor people" who are with out medical insurance coverage, and we dont limit ourselves to seeing just people who are at or below 200% of federal poverty guidelines.
big problem when you have city controller also sewer board treasurer, who does she serve the mayor or the sewer board?
"you bunch of progressive wannabes are history, and your 20 and 30 somethings wont keep you in business dipshits"
Ya know, it seems to me that there were those saying that about sportstime back in the 80's...
I can still go up there and see people who were going then, and are still going there now...
and you REALLY need to work on your name calling and insult skills, its getting quite boring.
seeing that this 20 or 30 something is paying those old farts' social security, you think they'd be nicer.
Ed Clere doesn 't give two shakes about public schools. He sends his to a private school.
Indiana's reform plan did not even qualify for the national competition "race to the top", so why would we trust our schools to the likes of Ed Clere, Tony Bennett and Mitch Daniels?
Ed is a realtor. He and his lobby group sucked the life out of education in Floyd County by cutting the schools major source of funding. Thanks Ed, enjoy your tax break. Thanks to you, elementary school athletics are a thing of the past in New Albany. Atta boy you nasty politician. Maybe Mitch will throw you some re-election toady-bucks.
Thanks Ed for closing our schools. This is your legacy!
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