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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Rescheduled Regular Meeting -June 25, 2008 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />A. Public Hearing <br />(1) continued... <br />time you put something in a TIF zone, and <br />you know that, you're not just getting off the <br />turnip truck some place, you all know that, <br />and every time you put something in the TIF <br />zone I pay more money for that. Because it <br />don't go back into the general fund. I told <br />you I was a council member for 18 years, <br />President of the Council seven years. I <br />worked hard at it. I looked at local <br />government, state government, everything. <br />You cannot continue to do this stuff. You are <br />putting this stuff in the TIF zone. Let the <br />market pay for itself, don't charge us for it. <br />This is why I've had phone call after...people <br />work, they're trying to pay their bills. I chose <br />to be here, Kelly chose to be here, Tom <br />Zmyslo chose to be here. Tom Zmyslo was <br />shouted down at the meeting the other night. <br />Mayor Luecke was able to talk to him, but <br />when Tom got up and said something, bang <br />went the gavel. Where's the democracy in <br />this thing? The democracy is not here. You <br />know you guys are supposed to serve the <br />public, we don't serve you. Evidently you <br />think we do. We don't serve you. You guys <br />are appointed by the officials. He's appointed <br />also, you're elected, he's a good man. I've <br />talked to him before. Dave Varner, thank <br />God we have men like Dave Varner on the <br />City Council. He's a jewel on that Council. <br />Henry Davis, he's a jewel on the Council. <br />And it's beginning to get black and white, it <br />used to be all white, now it's black and white <br />and we see what the community's all about. <br />You've only got one man here? Anyway, I <br />just want to tell you, you're white. We've got <br />27 <br />