Posts Tagged “Tom Henry”

By Jim Sack

One hour to deal with millions and millions and millions.

Friendliness.

Respect.

Thoughtfulness.

No rancor, no animosity, no moments when one council member snapped a reprimand at another council member. Only one mildly tacky moment.

I&M representatives in the front row and city representatives behind them

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By Jim Sack

A TV hit of the 50s and 60s was a series of stories about the results of sudden wealth. Each week Michael Anthony, the butler to the millionaire, John Beresford Tipton, would present a cashier’s check for one million dollars to someone chosen for the benefits or corrosive effect of sudden riches by Tipton.

Enter Tom Henry. Give him great credit for this coup, that being negotiating a much better settlement from I&M Power than they had first offered and that most anyone on council imagined he might achieve. Give also credit to Tim Haffner, the occasionally maligned corporate counsel, who led the team that got blood from that turnip. He has more than earned his keep. His dad would be proud. Oh, and thanks, too, to former Mayor Ivan Lebamoff who set the stage for this win many years ago.

So, now, let the trouble begin. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Sack

Fire Hydrants? $2,9 million? Well, that’s what Mitch Harper wanted to cut last night from the city budget and it passed, to almost everybody’s surprise, even for Mitch a bit.

More than four hours after a rejuvenated Marty Bender gaveled down the meeting and turned the budget hearings and process over to Finance Chairman Tom Smith the process of cutting the mayor’s budget was still ambling along. Council members, the media, guests, citizens, employees were all a bit slap happy when it came to the matter of Fire Hydrants. It was one of 24 proposed budget cuts voted on in last night’s Marathon session. Read the rest of this entry »

Fort Wayne Observed today reported Mayor Henry Touts Sending Kids to “Multicultural Human Rights Camp.”

The release states the students will be taught about “inter-cultural awareness and human rights in the 21st century.”

We can only hope that whatever is taught will teach some 18th century ideas of individual rights intrinsic to every person.

The release doesn’t indicate whether the children selected will be issued uniforms by the government. Read the rest of this entry »

Sources tell us republican Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown will announce her intentions to run for Mayor of Fort Wayne within the next 2 weeks.

Allen County Council woman Paula Hughes will make her run for mayor official next Tuesday, September 28.

By Jim Sack

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 »