Northwest Indiana Comical Politics

Gary is finished!!!

I will be writing some more about why Gary is finished as a city.   But, in the mean time, I want people to consider a simple question:  Why would anyone in their right faculty move to Gary, either as an individual or as a business?   There is none.  Further, there is not any way to get there.

When the financial report came out, a week ago, it was the last ditch effort to stop the end, that is all.  There is no business development possible in Gary until Gary is gone.  If you actually owned a legitimate business, would you ever move it to Gary when you have the whole State of Indiana, the Midwest, or the United States to choose from.

What does Gary have to offer?  Nothing.  Crime, none existent work force, high taxes, criminals for politicians, no infrastructure, etc.  By the way, all this applies to East Chicago and Hammond -- they are also finished.  Only the gang-bangers and the criminal politicians are left in all those cities and Lake County is not far behind (Merriville is Gary it is breathing its last as we write).

Actually when one thinks about it, Gary's demise is good for everyone.

The Bilingual Ban That Worked -- Why Not NWI?

In K-12 education, the biggest destructive force in the Hispanic community is bi-lingual education (BL).  In California, the voters ended this moronic concept many years ago, as they should have.  The majority of Hispanic voters supported the ban.  This was an idea that had no basis in reality or fact, except sadly in the pocket books of the Hispanic leaders who pushed for it.

California's success is outlined in the following article:

The Bilingual Ban That Worked by Heather Mac Donald, City Journal Autumn 2009.

Yes, Hispanics are doing a lot better in California with English immersion than they ever did in bi-lingual education.  Educators in universities love BL because it means lots of Federal money coming to them for "research."   K-12 educators love it because it brings millions of dollars in to pay teachers to teach students to be stupid in two languages.  As long as they get the money, who cares if it predominantly hurts the Hispanic community.

It is time for Indiana, and in particularly NWI to get rid of any semblance of BL.  In every case it has been shown to be completely BS, except that it lines the pockets of university educators, school districts, teachers unions, and politicians.  Come to think of it, that is everyone in NWI except for the students.  In NWI, as long as we are getting the money, the students be damned