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The Batblog applauds the Jeffersonville City Council or at least the four members who rejected the rezoning application by GCCS . The rezoning would have allowed Greater Clark Co. Schools to put a bus depot in a key commercial section of 10th St. and in the process creating a traffic nightmare for commuters.
The influx of new council members this year especially Dustin White and Callie Jahn appears to at least early on, turned around a council that frankly in the past has made some rather stupid decisions. Namely eliminating Jeffersonville City court, spending millions on a soccer field and persisting to remain as the Parks Authority as well as the city council.
Poor Ed "Moe" Zastawny (who voted for rezoning) is alone as the sole remaining member of the anti Mayor Moore coalition. His partners in obstruction Sellers, Mike "Mr. Greenjeans" Smith and Dennis "Weeds in the Median" Julius are thankfully long gone. You can almost bet your house if those former members were still on the council along with Moe we would have that bus depot right square on 10th....if for nothing more than , to spite the mayor and his wishes.
Mr. White and Ms. Jahn have so far brought some sense and sensibility to a council that needed it. Ms. Jahn has shown wisdom beyond her years and experience and though the BatBlog supported her opponent K. Vissing we have been pleasantly surprised by her performance. Dustin was backed by the BatBlog and we knew he would do well...
Keep up the good work for the citizens of Jeffersonville because...... We will "Remain Vigilant"
Don't forget that Moe's wife works for Greater Clark. He should have abstained from the vote --- but apparently he doesn't understand what a conflict of interest is --- not too swift Moe (although we already knew that!!)
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ReplyDeleteHoosier Taxpayer of the cool Bat Blog really nailed it:
"The influx of new council members this year especially
Dustin White and Callie Jahn appears to at least early on,
a council that frankly in the past has made some rather stupid decisions.
Namely eliminating Jeffersonville City court,
spending millions on a soccer field.
and persisting to remain as the Parks Authority as well as the city council."
Nicely and succinctly said, bro!
Most excellent!
Thanks Anon. The BatBlog wasn't aware of Moe's conflict of interest....Shame on you Moe, did your wife tell you how to vote ???
ReplyDeleteBatBlog idea...Maybe Melin can park his buses on Moe's soccer field and save the taxpayers some money...
You could add Galligan to Z's friends that are gone.
ReplyDeleteGCCS will buy or lease the property anyway. They will install the bus depot. The City will sue. They will lose.
ReplyDeleteThere will be money wasted.
Yes! GCCS will definitely win.
DeleteInteresting scenario developing if the big G is correct.
ReplyDeleteA power struggle between Moore and Melin...Stay tuned.
The $109,000,000
ReplyDeleteproposed bond debt excessive spending proposal
failed by 75-25%. The public said NO by 50%!
The funds would have been HARVESTED
from the public in addition to the CURRENT
GCCS bond debt of $140,000,000 and
the YEARLY recurring debt of $96,000,000......
The NEXT scam
is to craftily issue MULTIPLE
smaller bonds SNEAKILY each held under
$2,000,000 to avoid the triggering mechanism
that requires a voter referendum......
The GCCS currently announced political scam
is to issue nearly $75,000,000 MORE in bonds which are
also outside the tax levy limits.
The current
GCCS board and administration
are a "Tone Deaf" PUBLIC RELATIONS nightmare....
If the "Slickster
GCCS Back Room Power Brokers"
now sneakily act as the learned Goliath's GSL maintains,
using yet another questionable legal "LOOPHOLE",
the backlash will only become worse......
It seems very strange,
almost a borderline
"psychopathic manipulative
serial behavior pattern ".
The Jeffersonville Planning Commission
AND the Jeffersonville City Council
BOTH VOTED NO to the $6,500,000 bus parking lot
The BZA will also probably do so.
The mayor is against it.
That will be a combined 0-5
on the spending mess.
The continued attempts by a few Powerful GCCS Politicians to
oppose the will of the people is astounding......
The mayor will win the public relations battle
and it is time for change to come to GCCS.
This is astoundingly arrogant behavior by the GCCS politicos.
They act as if they are an "Atavistic 19th Century Crooked Political Machine".
IF GCCS tries to go ahead and buy the property anyway, THEY are the ones who will be sued. They cannot issue a bond for more than $2,000,000 for any one project. They are trying to say there are 2 separate projects (Transportation on one side of the highway and auxiliary services on the other) but this is merely an attempt to circumvent the law. It is a sham and GCCS will be the loser if they attempt this underhanded and deceitful method to get what they want anyway. The money comes from property taxes -- from US. The people do NOT want their property taxes raised --- that was clear during the referendum. GCCS needs to wake up -- going against the will of the people will not be in their best interest.
ReplyDeleteThe BatBlog doesn't understand GCCS's continued attempt to circumvent Jeffersonville's leadership and public opinion. You would think cooperation between the school cooperation and the community would be a given, but a sense of arrogance and entitlement seems to be coming more apparent by Melin and the school board...
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile GCCS continues to lose students to West Clark Community schools...seems like to The BatBlog a case of misplaced priorities...
That should have been school "corporation" in the above post...
ReplyDeleteMelin is an egomaniac control freak who wants everything his way. Time for him to go.
ReplyDeleteYou just described Mike Moore.
DeleteMelin is a good man who cares deeply for those he represents, his students.
DeleteDoes Goliath have some insider information or is he just guessing?
ReplyDeleteYou will have to contact the Big G on that one...He has a second rate blog at http://gawnews.com/ that the BatBlog has defeated on several occasions.
ReplyDeleteBatblog is to Gawnews what National Enquirer is to New York Times
Deleteas for claims of defeating Gawnews, Goliath say "Lyin' HT"
Clark County Post Hole Observer
ReplyDeleteCCC mem asked:
"Does Goliath have some insider information or is he just guessing?"
Of course The Mighty G has way, way inside info.
Write it down.
The GCCS "political corruption"
is getting worse and
the way cool G is very competent
He certainly has the inside pol intel.
The savvy GSL is a VERY smart lawyer.
The D's are digging a bigger hole.
Just observing and giving a GIANT opinion. LOL
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