IMPORTANT BRIDGES PROJECT MEETING TODAY
The time is now! Support the bridges project at today's meeting in Clarksville
One Southern Indiana members are encouraged to attend this evening's Ohio River Bridges Project public meeting in Clarksville and speak favorably about its need. This meeting follows one last evening in Louisville and is being held as part of the federal government's recent approval required of the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Study (SEIS) for the amended Project that reduces the project's cost to $2.9 billion.
The doors will open at 4 pm at the Holiday Inn Lakeview located in Clarksville . Speakers can register starting at 5:45 pm. Active pro-bridge participation in the public input process is needed to ensure a strong message is heard that the modified Bridges Project should move forward to construction.
Bridges Public Hearing
Today, 4-8 PM
Holiday Inn Lakeview, located in Clarksville, Indiana
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
More proof that One Southern Indiana is institutionally incapable of listening.
Not a word about tolls. Does anyone at 1Si ever listen to public opinion, or is it that they listen, but only to the reigning oligarchs who've been calling the shots at 1Si since inception? It's long past time for a general disengagement from, and disinvestment in, One Southern Indiana. Shall we make it a project for 2012?
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there you go, even more reason New Albany needs its own Economic Development Director and program
Actually, 1SI was created to shape public opinion and policy to what they want, not to listen to what the "people" want. That's why I so strongly object to any general public financing of them.
Agreed, Mark, but 1Si has long touted itself as the voice of business in the region. It's just another misrepresentation that unfortunately needs to be called out from time to time as they consistently work against so many businesses.
Also true, Jeff. Thanks for expanding.
technically 1sI was created as an offshoot of the southern indiana chamber of commerce and its primary mission was supposed to focus on business retention and expansion, as well as working to attract new industries.
All have been failures
1SI is a concierge service for the areas major employers. Period. You guys are smart enough to have figured that out by now. 1SI's main PR problem is they lie about their mission. The elite here have always believed they operate at an advantage if they stay secret. 1SI is just their lobbying arm. Simple "follow-the-money" investigation will reveal their purpose.
I think if 1SI were honest about their mission no one would have a problem with them. But it does mean there is, in fact, no governmental or non-governmental entity that represents the will of the people, or the interests of small local businesses.
As such it's past time for org's like "new albany First" etc to step up and organize. But as you said in a previous post - "Battered Town Syndrome" makes grass-roots organizing difficult. So the industrial elite continue on another generation doing what is best for them. Get over that they give a crap about the community.
new albany first is not an economic development organization, nor does it have the professional expertise to be one. The answer is a professional E.D. program as part of the new Gahan administration. A true professional can be found via american economic development council.
All of these NA firsts, DNA, downtown merchant promos are ok but not your solution to what has been the city's issue since the veneer companies dominated local commerce: lack of a skilled workforce, lack of industrial diversification and as you said Gina, big industry here being protected to the detrment of the community. they dont new industries here because it would cause a competition for labor and drive wage rates up.
So what's really lacking is political will to break the yoke of the current idustrial feudalism, nwo lets see if Gahan will be the true change agent he promised he would be.
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