The issue of Matt Kelty never running a large company or having been elected to a previous elected office has been tossed around some during this mayoral race. Henry has held an elected office before but never headed a large company. Kelty has never held an elected office or ran a large company.
It appears the last person that may have run a company, which may have matched the size of the city of Fort Wayne's annual budget, would have been Henry Berghoff. He served as the Mayor of Fort Wayne for one term. The term ran from 1897-1901.
What is interesting is the details about one of Fort Wayne's past mayors, in that of William Hosey. He spent most of his life as a machinist for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He did earn a college degree in literature and philosophy at night school. Hosey served four terms as Mayor of Fort Wayne, but none of the terms where consecutive.
If you look over the list of Mayors of Fort Wayne there is several them that never held an elected office before becoming Mayor. So if Kelty is elected, he would not be setting any record for Mayor of Fort Wayne.
Just some food for thought!
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That may be true, but were these people incompetant? Were they liars? Were they bigoted people?
I will not defend Kelty or Henry on your statement.
Yes, a couple of was regarded as totally incompetant by the local media. Some even where found guilty of being liars and thieves. By today's standards, many would be considered bigoted to a very high level.
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