Wane.com - Renaming a government center after a former Fort Wayne mayor, Harry Baals ended up on national and even international media’s radar recently, complete with its fair share of interesting headlines to go along with it.
Thousands of people voted online to name the new city-county building in his honor. But that probably won't happen because of his name
What do you mean that probably won't happen? Why are you having people vote on this if it doesn't matter who wins the election? As far as I know Ft. Wayne is in Indiana which is part of the U.S. of A. Doesn't that mean when you have an election, the winner of the election...wins? The people of Ft. Wayne, IN want to honor the great mayor Harry Baals and name the city-county building after him and that is what they should get. Who runs Ft. Wayne? Hosni Mubarek? I'll tell you who doesn't run Ft. Wayne, a man with the integrity and vision of Harry Baals. Harry Baals built Ft. Wayne, show the man some respect.
Harry Baals center aside, the best part of this video is Don Austin, he is the man. It seems pretty clear that Baals is supposed to be pronounced "Bails", but Don Austin just doesn't give a fuck. I mean at the 1:34 mark during the conversation with Jim Baals, he clearly states that the name is pronounced "Bails" and not "Balls", but then he instantly goes back to pronouncing the name "Balls". Why does he do that? Because Don Austin realizes you don't make a viral video by talking about Harry "Bails". "Balls" gets you noticed and Don Austin has them, and that is why he won't be in the 108th media market long. I can't wait to
see him doing the weekend WGN news next to Jackie Bang in 5 years.
But seriously, the Harry Baals Center needs to happen. I know people are gonna make fun, but guess what, they will also know that Ft. Wayne exists. As they say, any publicity is good publicity.
PS - I'm sure this crazy bitch is helping the cause.
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