Political Equinox

Mayor Tom Henry, along with Councilman Mitch Harper & Councilwoman Karen Goldner, were present today at a press conference introducing some new additions to downtown Fort Wayne. I drove past the press conference on my way back from lunch and wondered what was going on (You can’t exactly just stop on Calhoun Street though.). Thanks to WANE TV for finally filling us in.

These additions to Fort Wayne are an interesting and creative asset, but they are just the start to improving our downtown and bringing the people back. The city should consider selling advertising on the chairs. Much to the disappointment of many Journal Gazette letter to the editor writers these are not named “Harrison Chairs.”…

Tags: fort wayne, IRS, journal gazette, Tom Henry

So one of the worst kept secrets in Fort Wayne, OK maybe not that bad, but we saw the Wizards Name Change Contest coming months ago after the news was squeaked out by a Journal Gazette reporter during a routine interview with those “Hardball Guys.”

It’s only naturally that a new ownership group considers a re-branding, but don’t you typically not re-brand successful firms? It seems to me that the Wizards continue to set new attendance records and while I still hold the opinion that the team needs to move up to Double-A and get out of the affiliation with the San Diego Padres, I think the team name is just fine.

The community picked the name in the first place, so …

Tags: Branding, colts, fort wayne, IRS, journal gazette, san diego padres, voting, wizards

Over the past few months I’ve noticed a few corner ads in the front section of the Journal Gazette. Usually in 3A or 4A.

My question is this: Why is American Electric Power running advertising?

You can’t just call up another power company and switch. Maybe they think it generates community goodwill, but I think dumping the marketing budget and cutting rates would generate an awful lot more community goodwill.

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