Comments on: Harrison Snake-oil brand

By: Denise Hunter

Denise Hunter — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:35:17 +0000

“When will anyone in Allen County and Fort Wayne Government finally understand, â€˜Let private capital drive our cities growthâ€™â€

At the risk of repeating myself again and again, Matt Kelty DID understand and wanted to stop the “bleeding” of the citizens for “pet” projects. Not only is he a friend of mine, but I sincerely agree(ed) with his politics. Ok, so maybe there was/is NOT a conspiracy against him and/or his campaign, but there sure was/is a concerted effort targeting him. I wonder why?

Dan, why don’t I ever see retorts from Kevin Knuth on your website? Is he AFRAID of you, or did you kick him off permanently? He should be writing if I said something positive about Matt. He sure can write/spin a good statement. Once again, numbers don’t lie, but liars use numbers.

By: john b. kalb

john b. kalb — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:31:48 +0000

Mark – The “people downtown” are not stupid – they know exactly what they are doing -pushing their agenda at our expense! The only question left is, ” When will anyone in Allen County and Fort Wayne Government finally understand, ‘Let private capital drive our cities growth’” The lessons of Kitty Hawk, Downtown Hilton, the tax-eating Grand Wayne Center, Mid- Town Crossing, et al to infinity have not been learned – and now it looks like the only way out of the morass of inactivity on “The Harrison” will be to fall back on good old Fort Wayne property tax levies. They are not stupid, but they are also not very smart1

By: mark Andrews

mark Andrews — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:17:47 +0000

Boy the part I like is they still are 80,000.00 a year short on the maintainence costs! Why does Frier need to make a cool 150,000.00 a year for nothing over our Parks’ name?
Why did we not get the 230,000.00 and let Frier only make 70,000.oo. Are the people downtown really that stupid?! Jason Frier should be run out of town on a rail.

By: shoeginmachine

shoeginmachine — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:59:06 +0000

I have experienced the same none-response in donation requests from Parkview. The sad fact is, Packnett right now cares more about name recognition than actually helping the community.

They have effectively pissed off the entire northeast quadrant of the town by planning to shrink the Original Parkview…top that off with the fact that Dupont is kicking their A$$ with customer satisfaction and they are generally not seen as the First or even Second choice for health care in Fort Wayne. They should have never built Parkview North where they did. That community was already being served by Dupont and the people on that side of town realize it.

On top of that, St. Joe now will have a lock on all southeast side business with the recent expansion. Poor decision were made a parkview and more are being made. Let’s see how long they it is before the get bought by a for profit network.

The only thing lately that Parkview did that was probably good for their business was to beg Anthem to add them as an approved provider…considering the fact that Anthem insures more indiana residents than any other insurance provider. At least they could start trying to get some of that business that has been going to the Lutheran Health Network for years. Hell, I live three blocks away from Parkview and still have had all my recent procedures done at St. Joe or Lutheran.

And a name on a stadium sure as hell isn’t going to change that.

By: J. Q. Taxpayer

J. Q. Taxpayer — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:13:43 +0000

Denise,

Don’t worry he is one of the many who pop into town, tell us what we need, and then climb the ladder one more step as they move out….

At least you will have a new CEO to approach in a year or so. Maybe it will be some dumb butt from Fort Wayne, who understands our city.

By: Denise Hunter

Denise Hunter — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:24:55 +0000

Pretty funny about Parkview and its donation for naming rights, when last year for a charity CHILDREN’S auction, I attempted to court them for a table sponsorship OR a donation. We are talking a CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION, not-for-profit, etc. We even had Joe Scarborough as the guest speaker. I sent Mr. Packnett a complete submission package explaining the history of the children’s foundation along with a DVD from our first charity auction. I even attempted to call him, and believe I left a voice mail message. Did I ever hear back from him or anyone at Parkview? NO!! Too bad, this auction is/was for a very worthy cause. Must not have fit into Parkview’s budget, agenda or enough publicity wasn’t involved. Will the team be called the Packnett’s Pinchers?

By: Denise Hunter

Denise Hunter — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:13:44 +0000

Numbers don’t lie, but liars use numbers!!!

By: Bobett

Bobett — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:12:54 +0000

WOW Factor! Where’s the return of investment to Fort Wayne citizen tax-paid baseball facility that Hardball Capital promised?

PARKVIEW BASEBALL STADIUM!

Keep the money flowing Fort Wayne!

$300 K for naming rights is a non-for-profit gesture, Parkview.

Oh my, and the Socialism has spread to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

By: john b. kalb

john b. kalb — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:53:10 +0000

Mike Pachnett came from Oklahoma City in 2006 where that city built a $35 million stadium with all public money. The naming rights were sold to AT&T – It is named AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. It’s a AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers – the team is the Oklahoma Red Hawks. The stadium opened in 1998 and seats 13,066 fans when full. The hospital that Mike ran in Oklahoma City sure didn’t get involved with the naming rights – but I will bet that he was somehow involved.