Northwest Indiana Discussion

Ah, Eutopia... that decidedly anti-"Region" of regions. Interesting choice of spelling. Last time I saw that outlier of a spelling, it was used by an outright liar and one of the subterranean, solipsistic saboteurs of The Times' discussion board. What are the chances?

So all of you scholars can't or won't answer the question. How do you make someone side or roof their house when they cant afford it? At least bert came up with demolish their house.

Well there are a few options.

If rental properties are as high as they claim (I believe they are still higher), continue to hammer them with code violations. And not just do this selectively.

If the houses are structurally unsound (and it appears many of these are), condemn them and demolish them.

It would also force the low income / low education residents out of the city and "potentially" allow residents with higher education and incomes to move into the city. Not likely at all at this point, but it is a possibility.

Matlap.. That's a good idea, but it won't happen. That group you mention, that are degrading the city are the main voting force. For some reason the decent homeowner has joined that group of non voters. Look at the small voter turnout at the last city election.

You got several answers, except there were no colorful pictures so you are having a tough time understanding them. Your leadership had no problem making a blanket decision that Hammond taxpayers have too much money in their pockets and can pay more so that local governments won't be starved. If they can fork over extra tax money, why can't they repair their homes? Is the tax money going to be used to give big dumb city workers raises and increased benefits so they can sit around, shrug their shoulders, and continue to do nothing?

NIMBY...Just saying...

It is an simple answer, and because you have your head so far up mcdermott's @ss, you don't have the common sense to see what should be done. Ladling boards, commissions and the city council with city employees, well is part of the problem.

Your the elected official, and because you have no clue on how to deal with the housing mess, which has mcdermott's fingerprints all over it for the last decade now you want an answer so you can implement same.

Hammond's crime, low intelligent squatters got a free come to hammond card because for the last decade, code enforcement has not doing their job, but used as a political tool to go after mcdermott's enemies and a city attorney who is part of the criminal enterprise, going after property owners because tom's friends want to build a gas station or hotel-restaurant or use their constitutional right to express themselves, resulting in code enforcement knocking on a door.

It a simple answer, the approach mcdermott chose instead of wisely using such exhaustive resources with floundering code enforcement ladled retribution, (the reason why dimbola left code enforcement) you have a property owner fix a broken window or chip and paint trim, or replace steps, instead you have something like this:

a falling down piece of crap which individuals were allowed to live in. Attempted to do a ownership record search, and it seems to have disappeared.

or this:




someone who puts up a mcdermott sign gets a free pass. replacing portions of the damaged siding due to water exposure, would cost no more than a couple of hundred dollars and an afternoon. Had it been painted, it wouldn't have deteriorated.

or this

the sound adage to turning a community around, is fix the broken window, and paint the chip and peeling paint..

The reason college bound failed? McDermott has allowed, yes, allowed the housing stock to deteriorate and chose instead to build $1.3 million dollar baseball fields, allow friends such as Eddie to double and triple dip at the cost of the taxpayer or have pavers in a park repaved 3 or four different times....or put a political hack on the payroll administering programs @ a cost of $90,000 a year plus $30,000 in expense, right Tom?

You can drive down any street and see the problem-ed properties.....

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But its got a good security system, that No Trespassing notice will stop everyone in their tracks

This has been like this for years, how can someone overlook this? Rental property owned by
someone close to Tom? At least have Tom's friend repair the sofit /fascia and paint the chipped and peeling paint.




So picture esq




I guess Tom's use of city overtime on saturdays, is getting substantial results.

Hammond is doing so well, I just love it in the spring. No wonder hammond has lost population.


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IN a web page, found on gohammond,Hammond has a Baa credit rating?

With $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 a year in Casino Revenue, $445,000,000 to $520,000,000 some where around a half billion dollars of income, over the last 13 years, and the city has a Baa Credit Rating? [/b][/size]

The Auditor's office has Certificate for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the U.S.? Really? [/i][/b]


Tom, who's bluffing here?



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Hasn't XMPT been able to put this problem in perspective for you? These residents simply cannot afford to maintain their homes. The obvious solution is to raise taxes, hire more city inspectors who can neither read nor write English, will do nothing but add to the county payroll, and blame absentee landlords for the broken down properties. Simple, isn't it?

Well, well, well, Tommie got tired of seeing his name posted on this dilapidated house. It is being resided as we write.

Shame, it was such a soft target.

It only took how many years to have this place sided?

now tom how about these places?









although the picture does not reflect several sections of this roof are sagging.

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Why does Hammond look like this?

Well, McDeremott spends $970,000 on Harrison Park Tennis court project. $970,000 after the initial contractor reportedly walked away from the project. WTF Tom $970,000

Contractors make out and one of tom's campaign contributor's who has a architectural firm, if I remember correctly got $55k to be the project manager.... (apparently Tom's people he hired in both the building & parks department cant manage a project, unless it is going after political opponents)........and his daughter a teacher at the school, also received the nod for the food service contract for the charter school...the charter school built by the same architectural firm with out a food service kitchen.

Some might think all it takes is $5k in campaign contributions.


No wonder Hammond has a BAA credit rating....almost junk bond rating..... Nice Tom.


Sweet~!


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