Welcome to Governing Mr Mayor
Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 2/11/09 @ 3:46 pm - Filed Under Featured, Local Politics
On October 3, 2008 I recognized (as did nearly everyone else) that Harrison Square was floundering and in need of immediate leadership from local government. Here was my suggestion:
We’re at a tipping point for this project and a failure to recognize that could have drastic consequences.
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It wouldn’t hurt if Mayor Henry would convene a roundtable with local banks and Barry Real Estate to try and negotiate some sort of financing that keeps everything on track. Any more delay could put the entire project in serious jeopardy.
From the mayor himself [via What's Going Down(town)] albeit 4 months down the road:
“Henry said the city may try to coordinate the effort to obtain financing for the projects by bringing a pool of potential lenders to the table.
Welcome back Mr Mayor! When you drop the PR shenanigans and start dealing with reality you might be surprised what can be accomplished. I hope he’s sincere about this as this would be a drastic and much needed change in policy. It’s ok to admit that the previous administration stuck you with some real lemon projects - just find a way to move forward…
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Is this crazy to think that most politicians who are elected settle for a status quo.
What happened to all the promises, potential and that ada “Go” attitude in Fort Wayne…
It appears, Jeff you are the go getter. It’s time to light the fire under their bellies once again.
It will be interesting… is Karen still listening
& moving forward?