Showing posts with label bonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bonds. Show all posts
Monday, September 16, 2019

Pinocchio Gahan never stops doubling down on his deceptive "balanced budget" boasts and financial rating fudges.

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Well, an emperor's pants can't be on fire from lying when he's not wearing clothes to begin with.   Bluegill helpfully ex...
Monday, April 29, 2019

Pinocchio Gahan doubles down on his deceptive "balanced budget" boasts and financial rating fudges.

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Bluegill helpfully explains. "New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan keeps sending extremely misleading messages to the public, crediting h...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Cha-ching: Wheelbarrows of someone else's money to Gahan for bright shiny objects, so let's hope them people don't get in the way.

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On March 28, we surveyed the state of luxurious riverside improvements in the wake of the Horseshoe Foundation's "just give him ...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

"10 Steps to Fix a City," including axing anyone on staff who believes the fixes are unworkable.

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Imagine you attend a meeting of City Council, the Redevelopment Commission or the Board of Public Works and Safety, and as you're sit...
Monday, April 03, 2017

Here's your city council agenda for Monday evening.

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Owing to prior commitments, as well as the preservation of what's left of my sanity, I'll be unable to attend the two April council ...
Monday, February 06, 2017

TONIGHT: Public hearing to discuss the sewer rate increase (and yes, it is an increase).

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The city council agenda and packet was released last week, and the public hearing to discuss the sewer rate increase is tonight at 6:30 p.m....
Monday, January 30, 2017

Jeff Gahan pays himself around $11,000 each year to head up the sewer board. Shouldn't Gahan attend the city council rate increase hearing on February 6 and listen to public comments?

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Not only that, but shouldn't Gahan answer questions, too? Shouldn't he attend and answer questions, of his own accord, springi...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

New Albany city council public hearing regarding wastewater rate change and the implementation of consumer price index is February 6.

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Here's the announcement sans satire. Yes, Virginia, it is a sewer rate INCREASE, in spite of what you may have read elsewhere...
Saturday, December 17, 2016

Yes, Virginia, it is a sewer rate INCREASE, in spite of what you may have read elsewhere.

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The Courier-Journal came a bit late to coverage of New Albany's eleventh hour sewer ordinance, but once fully engaged, the Louisvill...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Bump? Hike? If sewer rates are higher, then that's an increase, by definition.

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Tolling is about to begin. Interest rates are going up. Rental property registration and eventual inspection will provide a convenien...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Don't forget: Back door New Albany sewer rate increases are on tap at city council this Thursday. Are you down with this?

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The city council meets this Thursday (December 15) at 7:00 p.m. in the Romper Room on the third floor of the City County Building. Annual s...
Friday, December 09, 2016

In a major victory for practical stenography, chain newspaper belatedly gets wind of sewer rate increases, helpfully regurgitates Jeff Gahan's talking points, reinforces status quo. Um, thanks.

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Sorry, but you can't convince me that the News and Tribune's persistently hands-off, forgiving attitude toward Jeff Gahan's ...
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Thursday, December 08, 2016

Ooh, ooh that SMELL: Jeff Gahan proposes arbitrary CPI pegs to raise sewer rates annually, when sewer rates already are illegally subsidized.

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Jeff Gahan, who draws a salary as both mayor of New Albany and head of its sewer board, proposes that in the future, annual sewer rate in...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Sudden stealth sewer rate hikes reveal the breathtaking extent of Jeff Gahan's intellectual dishonesty. Isn't it time to hold Team Gahan and its toadies accountable?

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As holder of salaried positions as mayor and head of the sewer board, shouldn't Jeff Gahan be the one -- THE ONLY ONE -- to explain ...
Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Council Crackers: Final victory over Nawbany's EPA sewer nemesis is so crucial that Jeff Gahan stayed home and watched "Walker, Texas Ranger" reruns on DVD.

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(ASK THE BORED is off drinking this week, to return on the 12th of Never, or barring that, the 13th of December. Also, there are no links...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Same referendum, same arguments. Same outcome?

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Returning to a point we made last spring: Given the advent of early voting, the News and Tribune must move up the release of articles li...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Secrecy vs. transparency as "governments turn to bank loans rather than bonds."

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You're right. I need to stop giving his new ideas for borrowing and secrecy. The Hidden Risks of a Growing Way to Pay for Infras...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Mailer Wars '15: Gahan's card stock grows in inverse proportion to the shrinkage of his ideas.

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Because the ultimate in "family-friendly" is when your grandchildren continue to pay for their childhood delights, even when...
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Thursday, September 05, 2013

Allen: "They’ll induce the situation they say they have today on the Kennedy Bridge overnight on the Sherman Minton."

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If there's to be over-capacity on the Sherman Minton, can we get our street grid under control before it happens (hint: pro-actively)...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Redevelopment approves placing all eggs in one basket.

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It should be safe to say that we're well past the point of utter speechlessness. Never before has such an expenditure sailed so cleanl...