Sorry, I don’t, but you might be able to get them from Krista Stockman. I have heard that reirements are about half of what they were before the economy tanked, no doubt due to losses in 401k accounts.

The city and county government is trying to keep up the Jones’s.

It is pretty easy to figure out the economic impact the city will get from increased downtowns sales. The city gets 1% food and beverage sales tax. It also gets a 1% local income tax. The state income tax is 3%. Let us say it all goes to the city of Fort Wayne (less than 15% does). What can we the taxpayers expect?

We spent $45 million (I forget). The bond costs us 4% at least so the interest is $1.8 million a year. Take the $1.8 million divide it by .04 and this is the increase in sales downtown that is needed to pay the interest. Is down town seeing an increase of $45 million a year in increased sales? If not it was a bad investment for the taxpayers. However, Fort Wayne see’s less than 15% of the revenues from these transactions. That means we need to divide by .07. Is downtown seeing an increase of $642 million a year in sales, no!!!! What more do you need to determine if Harrison Square was a waste of taxpayers money?

As for the Grand Wayne center, they may have to turn down potential customers who would like to use it if it had more hotel space. The problem is what happens to over all utilization of the hotel with an increase? For example, they might get ten more conventions that are larger that fill the hotel for 30 days out of the year. The other 335 days this increased capacity sits vacant, not utilized. To much capacity to handle any convention will bankrupt you.

How will Keven feel if Harrison Square flops? Will he contribute out of his own pocket for supporting the project? Taxpayers money is not to invest in private infrastructure. It is public money to be do those thins private companies are unable to do. If hardball could not get financing to build their own stadium, that is a hint that the project in their eyes is not financially viable. They then sucker Fort Wayne Politicians into investing the money while they reap the rewards. Look at what happened to the stadium at the coliseum. Do you think a privately built stadium would have been built and had it been built, what would be the chances a team would be moved some where else? What keeps the Tincups here in Fort Wayne? What if they want a new stadium?

I will agree that I had the wrong facts on the attendance at Wednesday’s game - the game and the low attendance was at Cedar Rapids - not at Parkview field - my goof.

A recent online poll indicated that less than 40% of respondants indicated that they were going to attend a Tin Caps game.

You simply have your facts wrong.

Another hotel IS needed- the Grand Wayne loses business because there is not another hotel downtown.

A MAJORITY still thinks Harrison Square is wrong? Really? Where did you get that fact?

“And people are beginning to vote on it”…yes they are. Didier, Pape, Goldner, Hines, and Henry supported Harrison Square (though some were not in office, they were on record) and THEY WON election!