Ben Lanka and Kathleen Quilligan both wrote articles that appeared in their newspapers on Tuesday 9/25/07.    In each article, Pat Roller, our city controller, was quoted as saying that the Redevelopment Commission is not answerable to Fort Wayne’s city ordinances.   This does not agree with her comments in the 4th paragraph on page 7 of her Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for 2006.   Here she stated,” The City of Fort Wayne entity includes several governmental boards and commissions, including the Park Board, the REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, the Metro Human Relations Commission, the board of Public Works, the Board of Public Safety, and the Animal Control Commission”.   So these are part of “the Fort Wayne Entity”.   Which is it?  I guess when the city wants to control a commission (like the Animal Control Commission on last Tuesday night at Council), they claim them, but when the city wants to deny responsibility for a commissions actions, they disavow them.  Question: To what political entity does redevelopment belong?  Is the Redevelopment Department a city or a state entity?    This administration’s verbalizations remind me of the “new-speak” that George Orwell’s “1984″ government used! (Remember – “Peace” means “War”?)          John B. Kalb

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