Evansville Observer: Nostalgia: 9/10/2008: Video: Common Council: Lake Leota: Mr. Prentice Eager speaks: Urges dredging even if public votes NO.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Nostalgia: 9/10/2008: Video: Common Council: Lake Leota: Mr. Prentice Eager speaks: Urges dredging even if public votes NO.

Video; Prentice Eager speaks; Compliments Council on addressing the issue of Lake Leota; Urges the Council to Proceed with the dredging even if the Public votes against it.

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5 comments:

Anonymous1:04 PM
Unless its a close vote I don't see the council deciding against the referendum results. How could they? They would be going against what the majority of citizens want. I think a close vote would be a vote total within 200 or less one way or another.
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Anonymous12:00 PM
With the size of Evansville, 200 votes is a lot! Prentice has the right to his opinion, but come on, roll the dice see what you have and go from there. What if someone encouraged the council to not dredge if the dredging resources were approved. If Prentice pays for the project I would have no problem changing the name of the park to Prentice Eager Park. It would be in the same vein as the Goodman Brothers in Madison. I would pick up the tab, but I am currently dredging myself into a hole.

Be creative, maybe a corporate sponsor, like Coors Field, Minute Maid Park, Invesco Field, How about Fat Bastard Park, ( after the winemaker of coarse ). Why not turn the lake into a cranberry bog, and everyone can treat there urinary tract infections locally. Come on people it's right in front of you. Why not put toll roads coming in and out of Evansville, we're already taxing people to sleep in a hotel. If every time someone visited the park they took a shovel full of dirt home and dumped it, after a few years, presto chango, a new free lake. Hey what Tim Robbins did in Shawshank was more impressive, it can be done. Can you dig it?
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Anonymous1:50 PM
Matt I agree with you for the most part. The tolls in and out of Evansville might be the final nail in our family's budget.

What I got from listening to this is some people seem to have a sense of entitlement. Screw everyone else and give me what I want damn it.

This is not the same town it was 50 years ago, and it can not be run in that manner.

Two hundred votes is a lot of votes I was just trying to pick a number. I personally think if they say well it was a close vote we are going to do it. They had better be very careful in what they call a close vote.

Matt I am curious what is your opinion on the referendum no. Should they have put the true no. on the ballot or just the 2 million dollar figure?

I think since the 2 million figure is going on it, they had better be extremely truthful and not lead people to believe in the up coming weeks that this project will only cost 2 million as thats not being honest.
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Anonymous8:29 AM
In the paper a few weeks a go they had the cost at 2.65 for the lake and rip rap the creek. After the dredge is done, then it will be we need a new warming house. Don't forget we will still have to maintain it at a cost of ? The next problem will be alge. Then we will have to put in a beach so people can swim. We will have to clear snow of the ice so people can skate at a cost of ?

S.O.L.E will say we can raise the money, but they won't and the tax payer will have to come up with the money. Just as all commities have done in the past, and they could not raise the money.

I'am not against dredgeing the lake but I think the money can come from some where else becides the tax payer.

How about some concerts in the park maybe the Stones or Bruse or any other band. There was just a articale in the review, history section. About how thew had mule racing and model A racing greased pole climbing and a whole host of other things. we could do some thing like that. these are just a few ideas. S.O.L.E has had several years to raise money and could not come up with any ideas. So this is the only way, is use tax payers money.
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Anonymous9:44 PM
Well yeah this guy would want it done, he live next to the park! Hurting his property value, and guessing the added taxes wouldn't bother him a bit and won't be around for the thing to get paid off, much less pay for the NEXT dredging.
How dare he suggest the council goes ahead and dredges anyways?!
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