Hammond Renaissance? Tom McDermott Jr's Standards

justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

sparks wrote:

justcallmetommy wrote:

Now this is a picture of a Hammond Re Development Commission rehabbed building's crawl space...hmmmm?

This is what Tom McDermott has rehabbed, using federal tax dollars, and then expects a family to move into this.

College Bound as an incentive?

No wonder under McDermott's leadership, Hammond is losing population.

Seems like the only ones making out on this are the $90,000 a year consultants who get $30,000 in expenses each year.

Hey Chuck, if you think the Mayor has any personal knowledge or involvement in the work done in these pictures you claim are from a house in Hammond, you are delusional. If you had the balls to take pictures like I do when I do electrical inspections, it would be easier to look into what is happening here. Take a picture of the front of the home with the address clearly shown, then take pictures of the deficiencies and store them as one event at XYZ address.

Delusional, when a individual hired by Mayor Thomas McDermott, involved in the ReDevelopment Commission, opens an account under their authority, deposits some where north of $600,000 into this newly created account, checks are cut for over $550,000 with out authorization of the governing body. McDermott does nothing about it, even though the State Board of Accounts brought it to Mr. Finance's attention in their Audit...... this practice violates State Statute and the individual cutting the check and the person opening the account both still have their jobs?

.... quality paint job, excellent fascia trim, who cares if this property had been sold to some unsuspecting family, they would have College Bound, but how on the earth would this property qualify for Financing?

Does this property look like it received $65,000 to $70,000 of HUD money in its rehab?

There in lies the rub, Mr. McDermott just might save his career if he audited each and every HRC property rehabbed and if work was not done, not up to contract requirements, make his findings public (yea have you ever seen anything done out of this city made public?), then request Mr. Carter to prosecute....

Now this might be an interesting situation. Would Tom sacrifice contributors to his campaign fund? Would they turn the waters on him.....?

Something smells... and pal, my name aint Chuck....

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sparks · **Joined:** Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:17 pm **Posts:** 3800

justcallmetommy wrote:

sparks wrote:

justcallmetommy wrote:

Now this is a picture of a Hammond Re Development Commission rehabbed building's crawl space...hmmmm?

This is what Tom McDermott has rehabbed, using federal tax dollars, and then expects a family to move into this.

College Bound as an incentive?

No wonder under McDermott's leadership, Hammond is losing population.

Seems like the only ones making out on this are the $90,000 a year consultants who get $30,000 in expenses each year.

Hey Chuck, if you think the Mayor has any personal knowledge or involvement in the work done in these pictures you claim are from a house in Hammond, you are delusional. If you had the balls to take pictures like I do when I do electrical inspections, it would be easier to look into what is happening here. Take a picture of the front of the home with the address clearly shown, then take pictures of the deficiencies and store them as one event at XYZ address.

Delusional, when a individual hired by Mayor Thomas McDermott, involved in the ReDevelopment Commission, opens an account under their authority, deposits some where north of $600,000 into this newly created account, checks are cut for over $550,000 with out authorization of the governing body. McDermott does nothing about it, even though the State Board of Accounts brought it to Mr. Finance's attention in their Audit...... this practice violates State Statute and the individual cutting the check and the person opening the account both still have their jobs?

.... quality paint job, excellent fascia trim, who cares if this property had been sold to some unsuspecting family, they would have College Bound, but how on the earth would this property qualify for Financing?

Does this property look like it received $65,000 to $70,000 of HUD money in its rehab?

There in lies the rub, Mr. McDermott just might save his career if he audited each and every HRC property rehabbed and if work was not done, not up to contract requirements, make his findings public (yea have you ever seen anything done out of this city made public?), then request Mr. Carter to prosecute....

Now this might be an interesting situation. Would Tom sacrifice contributors to his campaign fund? Would they turn the waters on him.....?

Something smells... and pal, my name aint Chuck....

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Who cares what your name is? You are a cowardly little troll who gets off on attacking people who work in local government trying to improve the city.

justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

sparks wrote:

Who cares what your name is? You are a cowardly little troll who gets off on attacking people who work in local government trying to improve the city.

Get off attacking people who work in local government trying to improve the city, really?

Pal, the photos depicted in this thread are an example of how under Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr's city employee's doing their job.

Truck has been parked in this spot with out plates for years...

I guess your city employees just cant find this mess, between paint and high weeds right spickles?

Yes, it sure looks like city employees are working at making things better.

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justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

Pavers on a street to nowhere. Believe this is on Kennedy Avenue in front of
a Hammond Sanitation/Pumping station. Someone made a career on the Hammond Taxpayers back, Right Tom?

Dear God man, have someone deal with this eyesore. Tom....

Now this is a city property, Kennedy avenue, the Hammond Sanitation/Pumping station. Hammond can't even
be a good neighbor by cutting their weeds. Tom... isn't image everything or is it they are to small so they suck.

The reference to sucking is not a reference to Sparks, really. It is a reference to a comment Tom, excuse me,
Mayor Thomas McDermot Jr, Hammond's Mayor and the Lake County Democratic Chairman's comments alluded to the
Eldorado Arkansas baseball team that came up to compete in the Region's Cal Ripkin baseball tournament.

Quote:

http://northwestindianagazette.com/today/2013/08/coach-says-mayor-ruined-event-for-12-year-olds/#comment-292

Coach Says Mayor Ruined Event for 12 Year Olds
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August 12, 2013 by nwigazetter

Visibly upset and still reeling from the treatment received by is team at the Cal Ripken World Series, Coach Scott Perry described an incident that he says ruined a great event for his kids.
The 2013 El Dorado Powercats World Series Team.

The 2013 El Dorado Powercats World Series Team.

As reported by the NWI Gazette earlier tonight:

Two eyewitnesses have confirmed to the Northwest Indiana Gazette that Mayor Mcdermott said the Arkansas El Dorado Cal Ripken team â€œsucked.â€ Apparently, Arkansas fans were listening in on WJOB1230.com and heard the remarks. Cell phones lit up at the field and an interstate incident was born. Gohammond.tv cameras reportedly captured the event live, and WJOB quickly pulled the Mayor off the air. One witness stated that the Mayor was â€œasked to leaveâ€ and threatened the leave with loss of funding for next years event.

â€œThis is the first time ever at the World Series for our kids.â€ The Coach was sure to praise the people of Hammond including staff at the Whiteco owned hotel where the team is staying. â€A firefighter who had nothing to do with this came in and apologized just because he heard it on the radio.â€ Pizzas arrived from a local pizzeria as I was talking with coaches and parents. A hotel worker named Julie came and explained that an anonymous Hammond resident had sent the pizzas. Coach Perry went on:

Since we arrived, the people of Hammond have been nothing but amazing. Beyond what we could expect. The ignorance and small mindedness of the Mayor has affected and put a bad mark on what the City has tried to Accomplish. We have not heard from him. We requested to speak with him. We promoted the website and radio station. The Mayorâ€™s comments absolutely took us out of the game.

Coach Perry explained that his team was on the field when parents became visibly upset. They began receiving text messages and telephone calls and talking among themselves. Pretty soon, several parents approached the coaching staff. Coach Perry said it was Hammond residents who convinced Cal Ripken officials to discuss the issue with Mayor McDermott. The understanding of the Arkansas coaching staff and parents was that a note was passed to the Mayor who was in the WJOB broadcasting booth. The Mayor apparently continued to berate the 12 and under team. I was shown a text message from a parent in Arkansas to a parent at the game that stated:

3 errors in the first inning. No wonder this team hasnâ€™t won a game. Then they said they are the smallest team here. The boys are small. Then they said that the other team is playing classic because they could run further on bases but they arenâ€™t.

There were other text messages and the NWI Gazette hopes to get them tomorrow. Many parents were upset and had gone back to their rooms.
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What a frigging statesman.

Story came out cause Tom can't control the press outside Lake County. I think this helped him solidify the loss of the Washington DC Lobbyist position he interviewed for.

Tom couldn't get thru the vetting process. I wonder if he is going to send code enforcement out on them?

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Tiger1 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:26 pm

justcallmetommy wrote:

sparks wrote:

Who cares what your name is? You are a cowardly little troll who gets off on attacking people who work in local government trying to improve the city.

Get off attacking people who work in local government trying to improve the city, really?

Pal, the photos depicted in this thread are an example of how under Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr's city employee's doing their job.

Truck has been parked in this spot with out plates for years...

I guess your city employees just cant find this mess, between paint and high weeds right spickles?

Yes, it sure looks like city employees are working at making things better.

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In the pic, the 3rd from the bottom, the big 2 story has been vacant for over 10 years. It is currently up for sale again. Besides the bad roof, the inside is collapsing. The floors have a BIG slant to them. The one story was sold to a family 2 years ago for $9,000. They have been slowly fixing it up, but unfortunately, it is on the tax sale rolls for next months sale. There are quite a few homes in my neighborhood on the tax sale list for next month.

FYI, another business will be leaving Hammond, Colberts Parkside Service. They will be closed for business at the end of this month. EXCELLENT mechanic. I have been taking my cars there for over 25 years. :cry:

justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

Tom, come on now, can you get this friend to paint their trim?

& Tom, can you get this friend to paint their peeling paint?

& Tom, can you give this grass cutting contract to your campaign contributor, at least then it will get cut, maybe.

See McDermott set's the community standard. He Sure did blow it when it came to calling the skills of a visiting baseball team, labeling them as they "suck" and "to little"

Tom would you have liked it if someone did the same to your kids? Tom?

Tom you owe the team an apology. How about an all expense paid trip, out of your own pocket Tom, to the kids and their families to stay in Hammond.

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Tiger1 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:23 pm

Colberts Parkside got a reprieve. They are staying, for now.

justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

Now how could you miss this? Car with out plates parked on the lawn abandoned, condition of the house.

Maybe it is a candidate for Tom's rehab program?

Then another one of Tom's campaign contributors would get the nod.

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justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

Now why the hell would the city spend money on pavers across the street from a rail yard & oil field, out in the middle of no where, unless......

Must have been another of Tom's campaign contributor rewarded for their efforts? :smt002

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justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

This picture first posted in 2011, the UN-plated car is still in this driveway.

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justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

Broken windows...

Come on now Tom, your people drive by these every day. Abandoned car in the driveway, out of state plates..... Tom

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justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

Poor picture, but you get the drift. Nothing like Tom upholding community standards, depreciate property values. Did Tom tell you about his Washington DC interview for a lobbyist spot?

I'm not sure what Tom is thinking, a lobbyist needs a skill set as a negotiator, a statesmen. Tom's history is placing his best political operatives in positions with in city agencies, then use those agencies to do his dirty work, go after his political opponents like they did with Marsha, Penski, Janice, the baker.

See, Tom really doesn't want to run for a 4th term, as a sitting Mayor has a higher asset value, sorta like a JVT. Had JVT retired from politics, the man would have been scot free. If Tom runs, he may not stay out of jail. Let's hope so. Four more years of working at getting this scum arrested and convicted. (Excuse me for using a Sparkism).

Yep, this sure does a lot for community property values. Right Tom?

This is another two for, two roofs in this picture have been allowed to deteriorate. Nothing like helping property values. Promoting save housing.

Tom in his wisdom GAVE $400,000 to a Valpo contractor, with out bidding, to build two $200,000 homes. Almost a half million dollars didn't go to benefit a Hammond contractor, but someone outside the region. I guess Hammond contractors don't have the skill set to build homes. Right Tom? They are good for campaign contributions, but not building new homes in their own city.

But the more of the truth behind that deal may have been Tom working behind the scene to give a Valpo politician supporters a plum so that politician would do Tom a legislative favor. http://www.northwestindiana.com/discussionforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11249&sid=89585483e78f20c8e5fbbe8ea5bd60f8

Isn't this piece owned by Tom's good friend Rapcheck? Couldn't Tom ask Rapcheck, nicely to clean up his lot? BTW, this lot is just down the street from Tom's Charter School. So much for image, right Tom?

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justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

This is a two for, the blue building to the left and the weed growing structure behind the garage. Now something I don't understand, how on god's green earth did Tom's crack people (no pun intended) mis this unless.....its a friend and family plan member?

Now the above two pictures just do not make sense. I understand and applaud covering up graffiti, but the same color would help or did someone steal the color scanning gun? Come on now, if the paint doesn't match a little, why bother, really! This is more noticeable than the graffiti. Or is the volume of graffiti so substantial, they can't keep up with it?

Now this photo is from a building just blocks away from Tom's Down Town Hammond re vitalization & from Tom's overpriced Charter School. Remember no one other than Tom's inner circle have seen the reported substantial cost overruns. And remember the friends and family plan associated with the charter school built with out a full serving kitchen. Just by coincidence, the architect of the charter school reportedly has a family member who, god bless her, formed a Corp and got the foods service contract for the school, the school built with out a kitchen or gym. It the same family member still a teacher at the Charter School?

You know Tom's been busy with his resume machine. Its been widely reported that a Washington DC lobbyist group did not extend an offer of employment. I wonder if their refusal to bring young Tom, well not so young Tom any more, into the fold was associated with his offensive comments during the Cal Ripkin Tournament, directed at the Eldorado baseball team http://northwestindianagazette.com/today/2013/08/letter-from-el-dorado-coach-hey-mr-mcdermott/ or the overwhelming number of similar statements found by goggling him on line?

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justcallmetommy · **Joined:** Thu May 01, 2008 8:25 pm **Posts:** 5662

Gallon of paint would cure the problem.... , but nothing measures up such as Tom's leadership to help maintain home values. Tom gives, yes gives $400,000 of your tax dollars to build two homes in Hammond, paid to a non Hammond, out of the area, contractor, why?

The real question is, is this contractor related to Tom's campaign manager?

http://www.northwestindiana.com/discussionforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11407&sid=42b62b2d1ed72498eed88845b1bf42cc

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Tiger1 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:24 pm

justcallmetommy wrote:

Gallon of paint would cure the problem.... , but nothing measures up such as Tom's leadership to help maintain home values. Tom gives, yes gives $400,000 of your tax dollars to build two homes in Hammond, paid to a non Hammond, out of the area, contractor, why?

The real question is, is this contractor related to Tom's campaign manager?

http://www.northwestindiana.com/discussionforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11407&sid=6272e74407726808b6ad683e10e0bdd8

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Fresh paint always helps !

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