Harry Baals scratched....

nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,392
edited February 2011 in The Clubhouse
Only in Indiana....
'Harry Baals' scratched from vote on center's name
Published: Wednesday, February 09, 2011

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A former Indiana mayor who won over voters in the 1930s is proving less popular with modern city leaders trying to choose a name for a new government center.

Harry Baals (bawlz) is the runaway favorite in online voting to name the new building in Fort Wayne. But Deputy Mayor Beth Malloy tells The Journal Gazette that the city probably won't name the center after its longest tenured mayor because of the jokes it could inspire.

Supporters say it's unfair that the former mayor can't be recognized simply because his name makes some people snicker. But others say they don't want the city to become the target of jokes.

His descendants now pronounce their last name "bales."

Online voting ends Friday, then the mayor will choose from several finalists.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited February 2011
    Wonder what his middle name was?
    Ichee? :eek:
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited February 2011
    pepster wrote: »
    Wonder what his middle name was?
    Ichee? :eek:

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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited February 2011
    Nasty
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2011
    Life imitates art, or is it the other way around? Reminds me of the Saturday Night Live skit with one of the Baldwins playing a baker named Sweady who had a specialty, Sweady Balls.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2011
    They were talking about this on the Bob&Tom show this morning. It was hilarious!
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