Northwest Indiana Discussion

I was thinking of all the possibilities today as to who could fill the remainder of Repay’s term and become the next McPuppet to hold office, AKA Cynthia II. You know the mayor will have to find someone who will agree with everything he says, votes as told and do plenty of worship at his feet. Here are a few of the names I have heard:

As we know the Fifth is full of some very powerful people. None more powerful than Dave “The Mailman” Woerpel. So would the mayor give the position to his friend the farmer? We know Dave had the backing of the majority of the committeemen in the Fifth since he is their Capitan and leader but do they still back him after the scandal? If the mayor wants to advance his career in politics this would not be the way to go even if Dave is able to get his current charges pled down.

Next up is Pat Moore Jr. The mayor “had” to demote his friend. What better way to take care of him than to give him the council job and then he could replace his lost overtime with a council check? With no loss in income there would be no decrease in the ability of Pat to buy tickets to Team McDermott functions.

If not Pat there is always “Mrs. Fireman” (if you remember she is a dear “friend” of Markovich). As long as the money stays in the house it really won’t matter who is collecting the check.

The next would create the ability to reward two people at once. Kathy Kaz was the councilwoman before Repay defeated her. She is currently head of the recycling department. So if Kathy won she could not be a department head. But he could then have her swap positions with Fowler. You see she gets an increase in pay and so does he. And besides Fowler could be a councilwoman’s boss, he would love that.

Then we have another firefighter Mike Opinker who wants the job. The man sold plenty of tickets to his own fundraisers in the past but he has never actually run for anything. Could this be his year?

My long shot pick would be Mrs. McDermott. I think she lives in the Fifth. Now the mayor can’t make her open a business and work in Hammond. I wonder if she would vote as told.

If the mayor was smart he would pick someone from outside this inner circle. But my bet is that it is one of the above.

Anyone else have any suggestions or ideas?

Yes and I hope to win Lotto every week and we know the chances of that are slim.

I agree with most of those names. You have left off one that I believe is a strong possibility.

The person I'm thinking of supposedly moved to the 4th district. I checked the assessor's records on line - the person is not listed yet in the 4th, though mommy and daddy still are listed in the 5th district. This non-listing could be a time lag in the assessor's office. Understandable with the work load. None-the-less I think Steve Fowler might be Repay's replacement. After all what better sphincter neck is there in 4th or 5th - where ever he supposedly lives.

Don't be surprised if this comes to pass. I won't.

Take a look at who the committee(persons) are in the fifth.

A neighbor predicts Opinker will get it with 9 votes. Plus, the firefighters will go after the mayor with pick axes if Fowler is even put forward. Although, with Higgs and Fowler on the council together, those meetings could be worth going to!

That's interesting that the fire department would not be happy with Fowler.

I had the mistaken impression that ALL McDermott gang members were part of a great big happy family.

Well, I guess not. Every family has its fights and problems. Even the McDermott gang.

One other thing...

Fowler claims to be a republican - though most understand he is a democrat (like Bobby Cantrell). One issue for him is how he voted in the last primary. But then again, maybe he can sign a affidavit that he is now a democrat. Not sure of the voting law in this issue.

He switched parties a couple of years ago. He felt he could get better mileage out of being a democrat than a republican. He wouldn't have gotten that well deserved promotion if he still had that R next to his name.

No. He's now a good little democrat.

God Help us, maybe that is why he shut down his radio show.

Assuming the Little Corporal (McDermott) insists that Private Fowler is the new 5th District Councilman - one need only worry about who the Corporal will hand pick to run against Kim in the 4th district. God help us all! I believe all the other seats are well spoken for.

The council meetings will be quite interesting with Higgs and Fowler seated right next to each other. I might actually come back to Hammond to watch that Cat fight!

My money is on Higgs, he has longer finger nails!

I wonder what Fowler's driver license list as an address, utility bills, etc. Oh, I forgot, he is homeless.

BTW, I agree with free, I think the only reason he gave up his show was because of this transition.

The nice thing about this is I believe, come the election all this will bite team mcdermott in the a$$.

I do belive even more so that he will be unemployed.

He used the the vacancy as an opportunity to switch parties. As long as there were no other vacancies, he had to vote R. Once he switched parties, he was able to get the longer, full term.

I will say, it's not all a bad thing. A real republican was appointed. A very qualified man who has taken the appointment very seriously.

Damm! I should have made book on this.

Cynthia II has now been put in place by the mayor. He was on my original list above but from the paper and the online docket he seems to have a very interesting background.

http://nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/art ... mode=story

Ironic that a McDermott/Hamm loyal fireman replaces the councilman that found the OT problems in the FD. I am sure it had nothing to do with that.