It was a bittersweet moment today for Graham Richard, our former mayor.
Graham stood at the very back of the crowd of 200 or so people, mostly heavy hitters, politicians and affiliates of one downtown organization or another, to watch current Mayor Tom Henry, Redevelopment Director Greg Leatherman and a few others give and take credit for the new hotel adjacent to the ballpark. Read the rest of this entry »
September first is the grand opening day of the new hotel adjacent to Parkview Field in downtown Fort Wayne. It should be seen as a feather in the cap of Mayor Tom Henry, and should also call into question the administration’s support for Barry Realty.
When Mayor Graham Richard envisioned the massive central city development there were four components: the ball park, the hotel, the condo/retail building and a parking garage. Three are now operating. Only the Barry Realty promise to build the condo building -four stories, scores of condos, ground-floor entertainment and offices- remains unfulfilled. Read the rest of this entry »
“We’ve got Game,” the internet sports/pop culture radio show hosted by Justin Cohn and Ben Smith, has exciting things planned for its college football preview Tuesday 4 to 5 p.m. The guys will be joined by Notre Dame beat writer Tony Krausz, Purdue beat writer Stacy Clardie and Indiana University beat writer LaMond Pope — all of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette — and they will break down the upcoming season. There’s sure to be plenty of movie/TV talk, too, including Justin’s passion for the film “Black Dynamite,” and Ben’s Emmy analysis. If you can’t listen live, check out the replay whenever it’s convenient.
Occasionally, an interesting name appears on the tax sale records. For the uninitiated, the county conducts tax sales of properties that are behind on property tax payments, so far behind, in fact, that the county will make you a deal. You can buy the bad debt of the property owner and, if the owner does not redeem the property, it is yours for whatever you bid.
“We’ve got Game,” the sports and pop culture show hosted by Justin Cohn and Ben Smith of The Journal Gazette, is back for more Tuesday 6 to 7 p.m. The guys have a plethora of topics to discuss, including the retirement of the overrated Lou Piniella, the idiocy of LeGarrette Blount, the prosecution (or persecution) of Roger Clemens and the Komets’ re-signing of Olivier Legault. And there will be lots more. If you can’t listen live, check out the replay anytime.
I’m opposing Aqua Indiana’s rate hike.
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Aqua Indiana, the private utility providing sewer and water services to Aboite Township residents, recently filed a rate increase request with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC). I oppose this request and wish to explain my reasons.
Yesterday Mayor Henry Obama stated he supports Obama’s decision on the Ground Zero mosque. He made his comments after hosting the mayor’s Iftar, a meal that celebrates the end of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
“I understand that the president is under a tremendous amount of pressure. I think that as long as he could, he tried to remain on the sideline,” said Henry “He has taken the stand. He takes the oath of president. We need to support our president in his decisions and he must do what he must do.”
Hmmm… I don’t recall the Mayor hosting other religious events. How about hosting a Passover Seder? I suppose next we can expect Henry to host a celebration of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Prohibition. K-2. The police chief said it would be very hard to enforce. It was explained that banning K-2 would not ban K-3 or J-2, or a substance of slightly dissimilar chemical configuration; the health commission admitted that she had precious little data upon which to base her call for a ban, it was noted to testing for K-2 would cost tens of thousands, but in the end council voted to “prohibit the purchase, possession, sale and offering for sale of the Synthetic Cannabianoid, known as ‘Spice’ or ‘K-2′ and for other purposes.”
Developing: Navistar just told its Fort Wayne employees screw you, we’re leaving over the next 24- 36 months. 1100 Navistar jobs gone. So, screw you UAW.
Update: From Jim Sack – roving reporter.
Mayor Tom Henry has just announced a planned phase down in Fort Wayne over the next two to three years. He adds the city is “fighting” to save jobs at the test track. Nine hundred to 1,000 jobs will be lost. Henry added that he had spoken with the governor and he “is 100% behind our efforts,” whatever that means.
The voice of the Indiana Pacers, Mark Boyle, joins The Gary Snyder Show on FM 100.1 Talks tonight from 6-7 p.m. Mark will let us know about an upcoming charity event and we’ll talk a little Pacers. Bob Morris, newly elected State Representative, District 84 joins us to talk District 84 politics and his priorities if elected in November; Kevin Patrick, President of the Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees (school board) will give us a call and let us know what’s happening in the Huntington Schools; and finally, Laura Horacek from Metro Mortgage and Insurance Solutions will give us an update on interest rates in the area. All this and a chance to get registered to shoot automatic weapons at the upcoming Steve Ochs for Sheriff fundraiser.
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