Northwest Indiana Comical Politics

The New Joke: Ecomonic Development in NWI by The Times Board of Economists

Uncertainty created by the slow pace of the economic recovery, gasoline prices, and the 24/7 news cycle continue to hold back business investment in Northwest Indiana and across the nation, according to the Times Board of Economists.

via www.nwitimes.com

I love this. You are asking the people who are causing the problem why NWI has a problem. The Times Board of Economists have not idea of what is going on. And if they do, most of them will not dare say it. In my over thirty years of watching NWI political economy, the problem is most of the people sitting around the Times table. If anything of what they are saying has legitimacy then why was there minimal economic investment in NWI ten years ago, or five years ago, or even fifteen to twenty years ago?

The main reason companies will not move here start a business here in any significant number (and by the way Illinois too), is Unions, Corrupt Democrat politics, no available qualified labor, and lack of higher education with any credibility. These factors have not changed for over twenty years and over that twenty years there has been minimal investment in NWI. The only economic item that occurred is gambling and it is sucking what ever is left of economic life out of NWI. And now that is going to go the way of the dodo bird.

MacDermott is Running Like a Scared Rabbit

Read the following article about the Hammond Mayor Baby Tom MacDermott, Jr. as the rabbit from hell.
NWI McDermott Kicks Janiack off Ballott.

The NWI Times Newspaper reported that Baby "the rabbit" Tom is so scared of a 60+ year old man in a wheel chair that he had to have him removed from the ballot.  I am not implying that the "rabbit" analogy is in any way a reference to his relationship with women or his child.  That would be off limits.  Rather I am point out that this behavior is the true sign of a boy who never grew up to be a man, that is Baby Tom.  It is also indicative of a mental disease known as being paranoid of your own shadow.  Now, it is true that the Baby almost lost to Janiac last election by a mere 400 votes. 

So maybe the incompetent Baby Tom does have something to worry about.  But this is NOT the American way of wining.  It maybe the Democratic Pary's tactics for wining; but it is NOT the American way.  Shame on Baby "the rabbit" Tom and his election board cronies for behaving this way.

What happened to the Democratic mantra of letting the people decide.  Was that not the rationale for keeping Rahm Imanual as mayoral candidate in Chicago.  Ah! But, that is a risk for the scared Baby Tom.  He must have run to daddy to see what could be done.

What is Baby "the rabbit" Tom afraid of?  Well, actually everything.  There is little that he has achieved in the past eight years as mayor of Hammond.  He has not done much to improve Hammond's standing.  At the rate he is going it would take a century for Hammond just to return to where it was under Dedelow.

Janiack has to fight back.  If for nothing else so as not to allow this to be a precedent for Lake County Democratic strong arm tactics.  Secondly, he must support the American electoral process of fair play and allow the voters to choose; and not Baby "the rabbit" Tom choose for us.

Election Time and Baby Mac is Making Promises the City Cannot Fulfill

It is now election time and Baby Mac is making promises the City of Hammond cannot fulfill financially.  The City is millions of dollars in debt and there is no explanation of where this money is coming from; never mind the source of the money to close the millions of dollars in debt.  See Baby Mac's fake promises in the fluff piece in the Daddy Mac's The Times:

Hammond Adding New Police Officers.

The question is when did this so called need arise?  If there is a real need, why did Baby Mac not do this two, four, or six years ago.  Did Hammond all of a sudden have a windfall of money?  (Baby Mac did.  His gets more money per capita to his and his family's personal funds as Mayor than the Mayor of almost any American city.  As can be seen by the source, all this money is strong-armed by his family from anyone who passes through Hammond.)  Maybe that is what he needs the new police for?

Hammond has never ever been "short" of police "members."  (It is like East Chicago, which has the highest police officers per capita.  It also has the highest crime per capita.)   Hammond's problem is that it does not deploy its police officers, except to help the Baby Mac and his family.  If any of you doubt that, check the police deployment under Baby Mac, at night and on major "problem" holidays, and check the responses to 911 during the same time.

It is also true that Baby Mac is paid by the businesses and lawyers each year.  They provide for Baby Mac's personal usage, enough money to hire these police officers. This money has gone into his own personal political fund. 

This will be Baby Mac's attempt to be Mayor for a total of 12 years.  Now no one is laughing.  Only the people who are being paid off or have been forced to drink the Kool-Aid.

Little Cal water levels jump -- Munster Flood Again? Where is Daddy Mac When You Need Him?

The McDermotts, baby Tommy and his father the biggest tax cheat in Lake County, are now trying to get new employment for Daddy Tommy with Cabellas or the Town of Munster.  Read the following story from the local paper:

Little Cal water levels jump after discharge.

Cabellas was build by little Tommy after the father made hundreds of thousands of dollars consulting to Cabellas obviously without any conflict of interest.  By the way, so was the flimflam lawyer Joe Allegretti.  But daddy went through the money like it was candy and now he is broke again.  If you have any doubt, just see the property tax debt he owes the County.  He also cannot pay it and he blatantly lied to cover up what he owed.  He than presented a scam that: he was late, or it was under review, or that he had a sugar-high and forgot.  But low and behold one of Baby Mac's Department Heads was taking care of it with Lake County while Baby Mac was Democratic Chairman.  No wonder Mr. White does not want to front these thieves any more money.  In this Country, even billionaires occasionally go to jail.

So the new plan is to flood the Town of Munster again.  Hammond and Cabellas did that two years ago.  The only way the Munster can get out of this problem is to hire Daddy McDermott as a flood consultant.  (Or maybe Munster can get Cabellas to hire Daddy Mac as an "hydrologist"?)  Now I can guarantee all the citizens of Munster that as long as they pay Daddy Mac to be a consultant not a drop of flood water will ever enter Munster again.  (By the way, it will be cheaper than the alternative.)

Speaking of little Mac and corruption, I am wondering what Baby Mac is doing about those ATM machines that are all around Hammond Government buildings that were given free placement to one of the Baby's friend?  Was not the Hammond Sanitary District enough of a place for someone to steal from? 

Another Brass Ring for Gary?

Am I the only one who sees the none-sense is this Times editorial about the Genesis Center in Gary?

Genesis Center to Lead Gary Revival.

This is just not going to happen.  For twenty plus years, everything has been tried without any success and Gary has sunk almost as low as it can go.  I am sure the consulting group will enjoy their retainer and Gary will be that much poorer (financially).  But, what is it about no one has any desire to come to Gary, that Gary's politicians do not understand?  Nothing that in human imagination can be done with the Genesis Center, or anything else in Gary, which will attract the citizens of the rest of the County to go there.

Most citizens will prefer to pay for a ride to Ft. Huachucka, Arizona than go to Gary.

Now if Gary is handing out gold coins with dump Obama on them, that will attract people.  How that is economic development can at least be argued and debated, which is more than can be said for the "new" Genesis plan.

McDermott tops Lake County funds list; Biggest Theft by a Politician Since Records Were Kept

The thieves are hard at work in Lake County.  The only solution is for Indianapolis to take over the whole County.  By definition, Tommy "McDoobie" McDermott being head of the Lake County Democratic Party, never mind Mayor of Hammond (by electoral theft in the last election), makes the County as a whole a criminal enterprise.  If you have any doubt see the following article by Bill Dolan in The Times:

McDermott tops Lake County funds list.

There can be no doubt that McDermott is active in the "pay-to-play" game to enable him to raise this much money.  How does a mayor of a do nothing meaningless city, Hammond, in a Republican State, raise millions of dollars for his campaign?  Is anyone going to tell me that the citizens of Hammond want him as mayor?  If so, why did he almost loose to an old man in a wheel-chair with 4,000 dollars last year?  By almost I mean 200 votes.  The only way his is doing this, and if I am aware of it the Feds and State's Attorney have to be, is by threats and rewards for contracts, political position, patronage employment, and allowing criminal activity in contracting and gambling in NWI.

Remember, Hammond has almost 78,000 population, no new business and no future.  The only money is stealing from the casino.  We and the FBI know that it is happening and that is why McDoobie is raising millions of dollars.  Can someone please explain how an incompetent buffoon, in a dying city, can raise more money in political favors than a candidate for the City of Indianapolis, which is in actuallity most of Marion County?

The last time this occurred Bob Pastrick was Mayor of East Chicago and we know that story.  Why are the feds not pursuing McDermott, who is stealing by far more than Pastrick?  Why is the Indiana State Attorney not attempting to save the citizens of Hammond and Lake County from this corruption?   Are they getting part of the action or is it just better for Indiana to keep Chicago corruption in this corner of the State, and in Washington D.C. than let it spread to the rest of the State.

If one looks at development in the rest of Indiana, than the strategy of keeping the thief Doobie McDermott stealing here and the citizens here taking up the you know what from him and his father a promising strategy.

With the addition of Muncie, Indiana most economic activity in Indiana is occuring in Indianapolis and south.   As long as the NWI political leadership is Doobie McDermott than we are always going to be relegated to the status of "bend over and take it" from Doobie.

House ethics panel investigating Visclosky with Purdue. Merriville Technology Center in Graft

I broke this story over five years ago.  That included Visclosky's theft in colusion with Purdue University and Whitco Industries.
House ethics panel investigating Visclosky.

Now everyone has to admit it is true.  Purdue and Visclosky tried to destroy me personally with attacks by the President and Vice President of Purdue against me personally and harrassing me sexually and religiously.   The President, Jischke, has retired but he should still be investigated for his role in this corruption and why he abruptly resigned from Purdue University.  The fact is as I have pointed out before, he should be in jail after being indicted by a Federal grand jury.  The Vice-President Rollock must be fired for attacking me and attempting to cover up the theft by Visclosky and JIschke.  All the evidence indicates that she was in collusion with the powers destroy me personally and professionally so that I would stop complaining about Visclosky's bogus use of Federal Tax Dollars.

Finally the truth comes out that Visclosky and Purdue's president Jiscke are tied as thieves through the Purdue Foundation.

When is the current President going to come clean on the theft by the Purdue Foundation and Visclosky through the Merriville Technology Center?  Visclosky worked for Whitco Industries with the assistance of Purdue University Foundation to steal over $7 million from the taxpayer.  This was all part of a plan to enrich the Foundation, President Jischke, and Whitco Industries, which it did.

Remember the Purdue Foundation is like the East Chicago Foundations not open to public scrutiny.   Even though Purdue is a public institution the Foundation is closed.  Just like East Chicago and they steal and enrich themselves in the same way.

Visclosky needs to be voted out of office and the Indiana State Legislature take a close look at how the Purdue Foundation has been stealing money under false pretense from the Hoosier Tax payers.

Not-for-profit E.C. Health Clinic Files for Bankruptcy

Only in NWI can this scam happen:
E.C. health clinic faces bankruptcy :: Local News :: Post-Tribune.

This is a not-for-profit organization into which million of dollars have been poured in only a short time.  One hospital alone put in $1million.  The article itself points out that nationally this is as rare as seeing a dinosaur as mayor of East Chicago.

Look who is on the board.  Everyone in Lake County knows what happened.  It is Democratic party Chicago mode of politics and reduction of unemployment: steal the money.  (Stealing includes overpayment of salary or expenses.  It also includes hiring too many political friends and other scams.) 

Nothing here is new.  That is why we need to have NO NEW TAXES.  Actually, all taxes should end in Lake County and we should depend solely on the gambling boats.  The citizens will be amazed how over a year all of NWI problems will be solved if we moved in that direction.

Since million of dollars of state and federal funds came to this clinic, the FBI should be all over this situation.  I am surprised that David Capp, the US Attorney General, has not already filed subpoenas for accounting and bank records.

US Attorney General Investigate: Former mayor owes $120K in back property taxes

Only in NWI.  I take it back.  This is Chicago Democratic politics.  They are doing this now in Washington D.C. with Senator Dodd and Pres Obama's sweet-heart mortgage deals with Countrywide.  Let us not forget their fake assessment values for tax purposes.

Now we have the same thing with a sitting Lake County Mayor and Democratic Party Chair and his father, also a former mayor.  Isn't this the state in which the Chair of the Democratic Party went to jail recently for fraud, kickbacks, and generally being an evil rotten human being?  Yes, is the correct answer and the name is Manos.

Former mayor owes $120K in back property taxes ::  Post-Tribune.

It is amazing that McDermotts try to claim that this is an honest mistake, a misunderstanding, some lost papers, etc.  Everyone knows that it is a lie.  A bold faced fake lie.  The only reason McDermott is not in jail is because everyone is afraid of his son who has been certified by everyone who knows him and I have talked to as "certifiably crazy."  Even his personal lawyer tells people that he is.  By crazy I mean he has a tendency for violence and maiming of those opposed to him.

How can you tell the McDermott, the father, is lying?  (Not, the obvious, that he is speaking.)  McDermott says he was over-assessed at $1.6 million and that is in dispute.  Well he admits that he took out a $1.2 million mortgage originally in 2002.  Then he took out a second mortgage for $700,000.  If he put anything down on this house, which is a big if, than it is obviously worth more than the $1.6 million assessed.  It is a big if, because this is part of the sweet-heart deal from Dean White family and Whitco Industries to McDermott, Jr. and Visclosky.  Now I want to know what legitimate mortgage company gives you loans on over 100% of your houses' assessed value?  And then does not require you to pay the property taxes on their own leveraged property?  I would love to get in on this deal.  Where is the Dean White Bank when I need it?   Did he take care of Dodd and Obama?   Does he know Rizo from Chicago?  Now we all know where to do our banking.

Everyone is quite aware that there has been a felony committed here.  From everything I know Mr. Capp, the newly name US AG for Northern Indiana, is a straight-shooter who pursues political crimes irrespective of party.  Here is the perfect case.  Democrats, Republicans, new names, old names, business people, and politicians all combined to commit this fraud on the people of the State of Indiana.  Someone needs to go to jail and only the United States Attorney can make it right.  B. Carter, the Lake County attorney, is in McDermott, the son, pocket.  Even the Lake County Sheriff will not move against the father.  Look what happened when he moved against the son's supplier. 

As an added footnote, I am sure the NWI Times newspaper will pursue this story once Tom McDermott, the tax cheat, stops visiting Bill Nangle, the Times editor, weekly.  (For those of you who do not remember, it was this tax cheat McDermott, while working at the Times who broke the circulation union.)

My next entry will be how McDermott, the father, received a luxury car as a gift because of his son.  Auctioneers do a lot of business in Hammond.

Salinas: Hammond City Council is Now Banking at People's Bank in Munster

Reminiscent of the idiot E. Chicago State Representative John Aguilera when he claimed a summer home in Munster, Hammond Streets and Sanitation supervisor Al Salinas, who also happens to be a City Councilman, was seen today doing "office work" at the Munster branch of People's Bank.   One must assume that this was official Hammond business.  "Doobie" McDermott's lapdog would never do anything under the table that was not in the Hammond citizens' interest.

Since he had the snow plow truck, with the official Hammond seal, maybe Hammond was helping Munster remove snow around commercial buildings, like banks, since there are so few in Hammond.  It is good to see the Tommy McDermott is being so neighborly.  Maybe it is even possible the Salinas is contributing his time for the better good.

At 11am today, and to this individual's knowledge, still now, Al Salina is sitting in the main office of the Munster Bank, eating cookies and coffee and talking business on his cell phone.  The Hammond City truck is parked in front of the building with the engine running.

It is good to know that this is how a City that is going broke under "doobie" Mcdermott is carrying on business.  It is important to note, THERE IS A BRANCH OF PEOPLE'S BANK IN HAMMOND, ON INDIANAPOLIS BOULEVARD.

But if you were loafing and wasting the taxpayer's money, what better place than Munster.  Just like Aquilera when he claimed the house he owned in Munster was his summer home.

Al Salinas is not bright enough to do this on his own.  He cannot put two sentences together.  He would only do this if he had the protection of "doobie" McDermott.  It is too bad he is not in the fire department than he could collect overtime for his stop at the bank.

(By the way, he did not do any special banking business.  I was in there and he just made a normal transaction with the teller.)

Al Salinas is the reason Hammond is going down the toilet quickly, for its citizens.  The few like him, Salinas, and McDermott will walk away with well filled pockets, like Gary, but the rest of the citizens will curse the day the set eyes on Salinas.