What The NWS Is Thinking As Of Right Now

This will probably change as we get closer.  I will update tomorrow as I can.  Be prepared to possibly lose power. 

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY WEATHER INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN NEGATIVE TRAVEL IMPACTS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * FORECAST CONFIDENCE: AT THIS TIME...THERE REMAINS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVENTUAL TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS THIS WEEKEND AS ADDITIONAL EXPANSIONS OF THE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP...BUT THE EXACT TIMING...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY ARE YET UNDETERMINED. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.

Moore Supporters Are Running Out Of Excuses

 

Edit to add: I don't believe this guy is who he says he is.  He has pretty damn good rrecollection of events that happened while he was supposedly gone. I call BS!

So when you reasonably (and correctly) point out that Mike Moore advocated for the change in lighting on the walking bridge, and that change has been part of the delay, this is the response you get.  Translation: I have to protect the mayor no matter how dumb it makes me look.

Luckily for all of us, the people of Jeffersonville are not so easily confused.

A Little House Cleaning

Just some things that I haven't had time to comment on, that I want to briefly touch on.  Hopefully a little more in depth writings on a few these down the road.

-Lets get to the biggest one.  The city's snow removal/road treatment.

Quite frankly, I believe that it has gone downhill the last few years and this year has just been horrible.  We haven't even had a snow event that big, yet the roads have been dangerous and more  importantly neglected. 

Now my point is not that the roads should be in perfect shape 100% of the time, but that the quality of the job done by the city has worsened under Mike Moore.  And while some will try to paint you the picture that I only say this because I dislike Moore as the mayor, the fact is that this is simply not true.  There are many more who share this opinion.  There have been others on the Chatter who have shared this opinion.  But they have been ignored because Moore proponents can't use that excuse against them.  And the fact is that my personal Facebook page has been lit up with post from others Jeffersonville residents who share this same opinion.

It seems that in the last few years that the city has gone from a proactive approach to a reactive approach, and public safety has suffered because of it.

-It seems that Moore stuck the proverbial foot in his mouth this past week.  On top of telling businesses to look else where and disparaging a neighboring city, it seems he's not up on his zoning either. The current zoning allows for a small store or car wash or repair shop basically.  Yet Moore cited lack of jobs as one of the reasons that he didn't like the idea of changing .the zoning.  Well really how many number of jobs are we talking about here?

If Moore had thought about it and been a good city leader, he would have sought a compromise from both sides.  Perhaps requiring a plan that would be more aesthetically pleasing to the residents before supporting a change in zoning.

But instead he went down there guns a blazing and said the stuff above and knocked it because it had metal buildings.  Oh yeah, the Big Four Station has metal buildings.  But I guess they don't count.  Oh yeah, and Moore used to live close by the area.

-Now lets get to the Moore defenders.  They quite frankly are running out of ways to defend him and are now attacking the people that criticize him.  Much like the Wizard Of Oz, its a "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" and look over here. 

It's not working.  Average citizens are noticing.  I see and hear about it all the time from people who don't know who I am.

But what is even more sad, is that these people's only reason for defending him seems to be they are under the impression that he is saving them a few bucks a month and that is all that matters to them.  How petty and self-centered.  Maybe that should be Kelley's campaign slogan if she decides to run again.  "Its not about growth or public safety, it's about keeping an extra quarter a month in my pocket."  Maybe that might get the voters to like her.

-On to something that isn't the mayor.

Shea Van Hoy, editor of the News & Tribune, is upset because Judge Jacobi won't talk to them anymore. 

Well first of all, he should in no way be speaking to anyone right now until the internal investigation is complete.  Actually, no one in county government should, but people who want to get elected will do stupid things. 

But more to the point, Van Hoy is upset because Jacobi made this decision a while ago because he didn't like how the paper was covering him.  When I pointed out that he was basically saying "no matter how the paper treats an elected official, that official should talk to the paper and that the paper should not face any repercussions" he made the lame excuse that "this is how citizens hear from their elected officials." 

Well, I hate to break it to Mr. Van Hoy, but it is 2014 and elected officials have a wide variety of ways to speak to the voters besides the dying newspaper business. 

Van Hoy will also claim that the paper has no political bias.  

Yes that's right. A paper that printed writings from the previously mentioned Kelley Curran that were not only anti Tom Galligan, but also directed readers to the Chatter who's posters were also very anti Galligan at the time.  And then Curran ran for office, on basically an anti Galligan platform.  

Yeah, no agenda what so ever.

-Now on to some personal matters.  It seems that some people are under the impression that the Oracle and myself are one and the same.  This was brought to my attention recently as some people have been interested in my identity.

Let me assure you not that this is not the case.  We are indeed two very different people.  He is a much better writer than I am, and I am much better looking than he is.

Let me also say, that you have no idea who I am.  I'm not some Jeffersonville "big wig".  I've never held political office.  And you've almost certainly never heard of me.  I think that the few online who I've at least talked about who I am with, will testify to this.  I'm just an average citizen of Jeff who you've probably passed more than a few times in town, who just cares about the future of the city.

-And lastly, those few that I have talked to, know that this has been a trying past six months or so for the JAML family.  I would like to take this time to let you know that things seem to be very much going in a good direction and are better.  And also want to say thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts and prayers.  More than anything, they have given me reason to smile when I have read them, and gave me strength during a very challenging and scary time.  I can not emphasize enough how much the kind words of people I only barely know have meant to me.  Thank you so much!

WINTER STORM WARNING

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND MID-AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM JASPER INDIANA TO MADISON INDIANA.

SOUTH OF THIS LINE...
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO AS MUCH AS ONE THIRD OF AN INCH.

THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. SHOULD SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCUR...POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY IN SOME AREAS.

WINTER STORM WATCH

This is for tomorrow evening.  Keep an eye on this one.  This could be anything from rain to ice to snow.  More later as new information comes out.