{"id":22235,"date":"2011-02-09T09:20:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T13:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22235"},"modified":"2011-02-09T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T13:20:06","slug":"no-harry-baals-in-ft-wayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22235","title":{"rendered":"No Harry Baals in Ft. Wayne"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a travesty<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A former Indiana mayor who won four terms in the 1930s and 1950s is proving less popular with modern-day city leaders, who say they probably won’t name a new government center for him because of the jokes his moniker could inspire.<\/p>\n

Harry Baals is the runaway favorite in online voting to name the new building in Fort Wayne, about 120 miles northeast of Indianapolis. But Deputy Mayor Beth Malloy said that probably won’t be enough to put the name of the city’s longest-tenured mayor on the center.<\/p>\n

The issue is pronunciation. The former mayor pronounced his last name “balls.” His descendants have since changed it to “bales.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Look, Harry Baals did a great job as Mayor. Harry Baals probably went through a lot to become Mayor. Harry Baals probably took a lot of guff (yes, I said guff) in school for his unfortunate name. The man deserves a building. This is probably just the lame stream media trying to hurt him because he was a Republican.<\/p>\n

Therefore, I am thinking of going up and protesting this attrocious decision. Could use some help on signs, and if anyone knows some union thugs I can hire to accompany me, that would be just grand. For signs, I am thinking:<\/p>\n

No Harry Baals, no peace; know Harry Baals, know peace.
\nHuzzah, Huzzah, Harry Baals, put his name up for one and alls!
\nTed Kennedy’s car has killed more folks than my Harry Baals!
\nIf Harry Baals causes laughter, then Michael Moore will eat another child.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, this building naming debacle comes on the heels of other similiar controversies regarding statues. <\/p>\n

The Detriot Mayor is taking heat over this decision:
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And in Quohog, Mayor West got into trouble for his tribute to fallen servicemembers:
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Look, if Dick Sweat <\/a>can be elected Congressman for New Hampshire, haven’t we matured enough as a society to erect the name of Harry Baals <\/a>on a YMCA or something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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