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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />you’ve done, but the money going forward <br />isn’t there. We’ve got another young lady <br />from that program…how do you divide up <br />the pie? It’s a tough decision. You just <br />happened to be first on the list when there <br />was some pie available. And your <br />organization got an enormous amount of <br />money to fund a program which has <br />enormous possibilities. Don’t think for a <br />moment that there’s a question about the <br />sincerity of the effort. But on the Council we <br />get requests, I’ll use the example of the Hall <br />of Fame. I don’t know how many millions of <br />dollars we sent to that thing. And that was <br />controversial. So, I hear your side of the <br />story. I really do because I saw some of that <br />as being totally unnecessary. What we have <br />is a pool of money and you were wonderful <br />beneficiaries of it the first half. But it is <br />going to disappear. I don’t know if the <br />legislature will change anything, or make any <br />more available. Part of what you have to do <br />…when we first talked about this a year and <br />a half ago…boy you’ve got to find a way to <br />make yourself self-funding because I just <br />don’t see it happening long term. That’s my <br />concern and my worry. <br /> <br />Mr. Blake: We do have plans to fund <br />ourselves. <br /> <br />*****Ms. Spivey: I have a final question <br />and comment. In consideration of all this <br />dialog, I think, and my question when we <br />were e-mail and sent questions and so forth, <br />my question is, I guess, how do we as a <br />Redevelopment Commission, and I look at <br />the description of what we do, how can we <br />properly evaluate what has gone on here, or <br />the program effectively. That’s why I <br />wondered how could we possibly and that is, <br />and I hear your frustrations, and I feel your <br /> 44 <br /> <br />