Having your say when others are trying to silence your voice

My first objective here was to express myself beyond the two minutes. My second objective was to do a FWOB. It almost worked, that is getting my blog in the paper. It is Fort Wayne African-American Independent Woman, not Fort Wayne African-American Woman. But thanks goes to Janelle Sou Roberts for the photo and name mention in Ben Lanka story.

I spoke on the value of giving away $25 million to a baseball park. Based on the lie that it would draw young people back to the city. Reports have stated that there is no drain brain in the Midwest, but a lack of jobs and job training opportunity for high paying position for young people. However, facts was not what was needed for the majority 6-3 do pass vote. The orchestrated hearing did what it was suppose to do, bring out the movers and the shakers to support the Mayor in this tax give away.

As I expressed to Council member Sam Talarico. I am neither for or against the baseball park. My problem was (and still is) with the use of public dollars given to a single out of down business. And if this was such a powerhouse deal, why did not the business folks who got on a list to speak first, not fork out dollars to make this grandiose deal work? And I would have thought that this fact, the use of public dollars) alone rather than feeling would govern or should govern the night.

This is not about young people or the opportunity for young people. The cost of the condominiums are between $180,000-$300,000. This is about an administration in office for too long without oversight and accountability from City Council members for the people. The question I did not ask was how many of the business people had signed on the dotted line to purchase one of these condos that spoke for the spending of other people money (OPM). Probably fewer then the several Wizard baseball game attended by the limited number of City Council members who voted for the project to go ahead.