[Leica] A Leica portrait: Packrat

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Harry's dad must have been a real card...But I agree with you - from 
what I can see he accomplished a lot, which cannot be said of very many 
officials.  Also, isn't this a police HQ?  Might be some kind of 
statement for the punks and thugs.  Just a thought.

Ken

On 2/16/2011 7:15 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> There is a Harry Baals Drive in Ft. Wayne too. I think they should name the
> building after him, he was an important man in the city's history. He was
> Fort Wayne's longest serving mayor. Because of the giggles over his unusual
> name, it'll never happen. I'm surprised the idiot leaders of this place
> haven't renamed the street that bears his name. Who cares of people laugh,
> though it would be nice if they laughed at some of the truly stupid things
> our city's rulers have done instead of laughing at the name of someone who
> is long dead just because his name is modern slang for something dirty.
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