Six Council Members & Winnecke Are Coming, We're Finally On Our Own

Although stranger things have happened, it now appears that last night was the final nail in the coffin for any hope of getting the city to do the right thing by scaling Roberts Stadium down to a mid-sized arena. With the Parks Dept, the City Council, and the courts all weighing in on the issue (of course they all had Winnecke supporters controlling them) it now appears that we are finally on our own...

First of all, I would like to thank Dr. Dan Adams, Al Lindsey, and Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley for electing to stick with their original no votes. It now appears that they were the last remaining obstacles to stop Winnecke's out of control destruction of Roberts Stadium, an arena they first said needed to replaced by the Ford Center because it wasn't competitive enough only to reverse course and claim the facility would compete with the Ford Center.

I also want to point out that the history books will now forever show John Friend, Connie Robinson, and Missy Mosby as the ultimate Benedict Arnold's of Evansville history for their decision to change their votes. They had a golden opportunity to do the right thing. This opportunity was theirs for the taking since their election bids even started. But in the end, they choose to side with The Machine as usual and I, along with the help of you the residents of Evansville, shall do everything in my power to remind voters of this decision on November 3rd, 2015 at the polls.

I wasn't surprised one bit in Mosby's decision (I'm actually kind of glad I don't have to act like I support her anymore), but for John Friend and Connie Robinson to cast their vote for this plan is simply mind-blowing given their bold decision to support rehabbing out city cemeteries.

Thanks for being consistent Missy!

As for the three others- Dan McGinn, Conor O'Daniel, and Jonathan Weaver, there really isn't much to say. They never cared about this facility, they never took any time to investigate this facility (Weaver was on the same sub-committee I was on. The whole time he kept fighting all plans to renovate the facility), and they certainly were never willing to go against The Machine to fight for Roberts Stadium. My only thought is this- What does it say for the city when those who are willing to destroy a perfectly fine building are more dedicated than those who are willing to vote to change Evansville by preserving and improving it with Roberts Stadium?

So where do we go from here? Truthfully, I really don't think there is anywhere to go. It would be nice if the city were willing to leave the outside walls and gates that could be used as both a memorial and a "roofless church" design similar to New Harmony. It would also cut down on demolition. But given that the mayor is hellbent on taking care of UE via the selling of bricks, that appears unlikely. And given that the mayor will probably take care of his buddies at either the UE or USI art departments when it comes time to design a horrendous looking memorial, I don't expect him to let the actual building itself get in the way. I don't expect the mayor to stop disgracing Roberts Stadium anytime soon, even after the building is gone.

For the time being, I will keep posting things here and there about this decision. I will also finally get around to posting a timeline that shows that Winnecke did not give a good faith effort to repurpose Roberts Stadium.   I don't plan on switching this blog back over to Remember Roberts Stadium any time soon.

I thank you the viewers of the blog for your support for Roberts Stadium and hopefully something else will put a wrench in Winnecke's plan to knock down Roberts Stadium!