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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting -July 21, 2000 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />b. continued... <br />Mr. Hunt asked if there was anyone else who had <br />any comments. Ms. Boaler addressed the <br />Commission with the following comments: <br />I throughly agree with everything that <br />Mr. Cierzniak just said, and I congratulate him <br />for being one of the few Notre Dame graduates <br />who is not blinded by football. From the very <br />beginning, he, I, and others, said it would not <br />work. However, unlike others, Mr. Cierzniak has <br />doggedly stuck with his project: researching, <br />writing, communicating with unflagging ardor. <br />In case you don't know, he is seen as the local <br />"hero ". The man who told the truth about this <br />project and has stood up for the taxpayers <br />despite vilification by the media and the <br />administration. A true "hero". Thank you, <br />Mr. Cierzniak! <br />Now to remarks allegedly made by Mr. Kish. I <br />wish he didn't feel the need to say "we think the <br />attendance is doing just fine, we get better every <br />year ". No, we don't. He and the Mayor use the <br />words "think, believe, hope, trust ". We citizens <br />share none of those sentiments about this project. <br />We know that it will always be a failure. Should <br />never have been begun in the first place. It's a <br />bottomless pit into which our hard earned <br />dollars and pensions pour and will continue to <br />cascade for the next 17 to maybe 25 years. When <br />many of us alive in this room and in this city will <br />have passed on, leaving this terrible burden, <br />worthless burden, for our children. How dis- <br />graceful! At last the Mayor, has publically <br />stated, "You're correct to say, the Hall doesn't <br />make any money ". That's an understatement, <br />Coveleski Stadium, Century Center, the East <br />-10- <br />