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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 Mr. Blake: I want to finish. I want to say it, because it’s true. When we talk about issues, there are some other issues that go beyond, that go below, that undercut the intentions because, again, the value of the people, and the relationships. See, you can take and put, I’m not saying, you could get the whole $350,000. But right now you’re saying $150,000 should go to them. But at the same time you’re saying next year, if we don’t have enough money, they get nothing. In other words, you’re not concerned about them two years from now. Right now you’re concerned about how much of the $350,000 would go directly to them. I’m concerned about it. I wouldn’t mind giving all of it to them. But I’m saying, what about two years from now? How much are you going to be concerned about what goes to them two years from now? What were you concerned about that went to them year before last? Nothing! You gave them nothing! But nobody was concerned about that. Nobody got up and advocated and fought for that. But I’m doing it now. That’s what I’m saying. There’s another side to this that we also need to see. I don’t like it when you just find fault. “Fiduciary responsibility.” When you talk to us you talk about fiduciary. I haven’t heard you talk about fiduciary responsibility for anything else in here. But you’re talking about it when you’re talking to us. I’m telling it like it is. I’m going to tell it like it is, because that’s the way it is. I’ve been quiet, and I try to be as patient and as quiet and as understanding and as caring and as compassionate as I can be. But I’m kind of tired of it, too. I’m tired of this game of playing by the rules when it’s in my favor. When it’s not, the 41