The BatBlog has pretty much supported Jeffersonville mayor Mike Moore through out his first term. The hardcore Galligan coalition on the City Council (Smith, Zastawny, Sellers, Julius) have groaned and moaned about Galligan's defeat and have politically done everything possible to make things difficult for the mayor in their attempts to make him look bad and slow any progress in Jeffersonville initiated by Moore. None the less, Moore learned the political games himself very quickly and has bantered back and forth with the Council, pointing fingers, calling names etc. at them as well as state agencies like INDOT.Enough already !!! Forget about the damn Big Four Bridge....as we pointed out in our post yesterday the landing and the park both responsibilities of the City are a disgrace and aren't anywhere near ready for the opening of the Indiana side. If you really want to do something for the citizens and taxpayers who elected you....Fix the Damn roads and traffic infrastructure it's a mess...the influx of traffic for Amazon, the bridges project construction and the ignorance of past leaders who decided to widen Hamburg Pk. before Holman Ln. leaves traffic patterns and traversing the roads in Jeffersonville smoothly, damn near impossible.
The main throughfare to Clarksville is Holman Ln. and it's a parking lot during rush hour and with traffic increasing it will only get worse. Jeffersonville in a money grab by Galligan and his lemmings on the Council at that time, annexed a huge part of the eastern suburban neighborhoods but had no plan or clue on how to provide traffic and road services for the newly acquired residents....The traffic with Court Ave. reduced to one lane for bridge construction is equally as bad, as is 10th St. with all the traffic heading towards River Ridge and Amazon...
So Mayor step back and forget about the walking bridge, and how to get Ky. residents over here. Take care of those who pay for services they are not getting the taxpayers here in your City. Hell you could walk across the Clark bridge for the last 50 years, and still can if you want. Take a look around and see what is really important.... Forgot about the DAMN bridge....
Dumb question. What is a lemming ?
ReplyDeleteAnother dumb question. Why does everyone in Oak Park try to blame Galligan for annexation? He wasn't in office.
ReplyDeleteYup, the traffic in Jeff has become a real pain in the ass. If you are heading to any of the main destinations from Jeff like Louisville, New Albany , Clarksville its a nightmare at times.
ReplyDeleteNo one in city government has any plan, or idea to alleviate it so it will just get worse.
A lemming is a cute not so bright rodent who will follow his leader over the side of a cliff....
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Galligan made not been in office when it was voted on but he fully embraced it and actually initiated it by extending City sewer lines beyond the city limits into the then unannexed areas in his first two terms.
ReplyDeleteThen he begged voters being annexed not to hold him responsible in the pre -annex meeting copping out on something he could stop if he wanted to...
And he was in office when the annexation actually took place. I was there at the meeting where he whined like a baby "Don't blame me", the voters were smarter than to believe his whining and voted his ass out accordingly...
Okay. So the previous mayor couldn't stop it but Galligan could? Sounds like Oak Park through a hissy fit and took it out on the easiest (yet incorrect) target. And this comes from someone in the annexed area.
DeleteGalligan stood up in front of residents and told us taxes and fees would not increase.
ReplyDeleteWhen challenged on that, he turned red and looked like he was going to explode.
I could have stomached the annexation a little more if Galligan had just come out and said you are going to pay higher taxes and have shitty services. Instead he lied like a dog as did all the Council members involved did.
ReplyDeleteWoo is right when he got called out on his bold faced lies, I thought his head was going to pop off...