Lloyd Winnecke Caught On Camera

Photo Credit: MSNBC

It's bad enough that we just had to endure a task force whose work was negated by an inaccurate page 13 inserted after the final task force meeting. It's bad enough that we've had to listen to the mayor try to justify wasting nearly $8 million on a dog and skate park.

But now, once more, we have conclusive and definitive proof of Lloyd Winnecke going back on his word. As you watch the video below, pay close attention beginning at the 6:28 mark...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-TkN01sRQI


"It is my request that the construction and implementation rely solely on the proceeds from gaming revenues or other capital funds and not general fund dollars."

That was on June 6th. Today, the mayor is giving us a completely different story...

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/sep/11/roberts-herp/

Mayor says 2013 budget has money earmarked for Roberts Stadium demolition

"Winnecke, speaking at a news conference in his office, said a $500,000 line item for Roberts Park in his proposed 2013 Capital Improvement Plan is to be spent on the project."

This new move by the mayor has once more misled those in important decision making positions such as the Evansville City Council.

(From the link above)

"Some City Council members were concerned last week that the city was hundreds of thousands of dollars short of the needed cost — not thinking the administration's $500,000 Roberts Park 2013 budget request was to be spent on demolition and related costs."

So not only was the mayor already planning on using funds from the 2013 city budget for "Roberts Park," a request he spoke against at his Parks Board presentation, he is now moving these funds up for demolition.

It's pretty obvious what the mayor's next move would have to be. His only option is to argue that his speech was talking about construction of the park and not demolition of the arena. But as we see in the article below, Lloyd budgeted them all together...

 http://cdn.localwireless.com/wap/news/play.jsp;jsessionid=BEA1BC0B5BFC1ADD7B4FEE7B4F3A88B3.vapp03?sid=262&nid=2221088305&cid=11479&scid=-1

If you click on the video and go to the :40 mark you will hear the following quote...  

"We've said from the beginning this is a $6-$8 million project, we did not break it down into... ok we think demolition and preparation of the land for reuse is this, we think a skate park is this, we think a dog park is this. We have not done any of that, we have said from the beginning $6-$8 million for the entire project."

So after going to the above three links we now know the following...

- At the Parks Board meeting, Lloyd said he wanted to use gaming revenue and not general fund dollars for "construction and implementation."

- This week it was revealed that $500,000 for "Roberts Park" was in the 2013 budget.

- The mayor admitted that he lumped demolition and construction into one estimate.

So here we go again, doing one thing while saying another.

What will Lloyd's next move be? I guess you'll just have to read his lips...