My Voters

Today's newspaper had a story about the current state of the "Name Your Government Building" contest.

Vote Here:
http://www.feedbackfortwayne.org/forums/96987-name-our-building

The article can be found here: READ

In the article it states:

More than 26,000 votes have been cast on the site, including more than 8,000 on Wednesday. He said the city can’t determine where the votes are coming from, but it is safe to assume many weren’t being logged by city residents.

The votes are now well over 18,000 and continues to increase. What is amazing about the statement is, that they seem to want to discredit the votes because the votes are coming from out of town, but the city has no problem putting a large amount of out-of-towners on the Legacy Fort Wayne board to decide what to do with the Light Lease money.

Its amazing that we have a large problem with people approving of a name that the city is bashful of using, but have no problem letting them decide what to do with $75M. We are shying away from honoring a great citizen of the past, due to what they are considering an "inconvenient name." It is time to show the world that Fort Wayne has personality, attitude, and a great sense of humor. The people have spoken and we are not afraid of using Harry Baals, so it is time we give them what they demand and the people are screaming for Harry Baals Government Center.