Northwest Indiana Discussion

Mike Repay has the same problem as GOP senate candidate Richard Mourdock running against Lugar, namely, the inescapable and very harsh truth that no matter who he is or what he does, he cannot and will not overcome the FACT that even at his very best, and despite any of their opponents' electoral vulnerabilities, both Peter Katic and Richard Lugar are heads and shoulders clearly - CLEARLY - the superior candidates for their respective offices.

It is rare that the truth of such a disparity progressively, relentlessly, expands and continues to grow in the teeth of Repay's endgame campaigning. Telephone marketers prying into the personal thoughts of third district citizens and probing them on how they voted in the last election; Repay yard-signs virtually blanket neighborhood lawns, and favored electoral status from the local radio - all of which offer the appearance of favorably strong support. But this sort of campaign overkill and the signs used to hide it, serves more to mask and conceal the fact that Pete Katic is easily the candidate that should be elected.

Indeed, anyone who has listened to him quickly realizes that Peter Katic's return to public life and service is that rarest of political phenomenon in Lake County: A huge windfall for county government; and in this case, an undeniable fact that looms larger and larger each day as we near the election.

Anymore, Katic's candidacy increasingly seems to have taken on a life of its own, something self-authenticating, despite the intensifying electoral pressure out to bury it. His credentials are simply outstripping any media influence, especially media out to obscure or confine the true scope and merits of his expertise and capacity for government.

For here is the rub: Any comparative appraisal of Katic's electoral merits and government expertise, in relative or absolute terms, are a matter of indisputable FACT - not advertisements and pseudo-events or images. The representation characterizing the prospects of Katic as a commissioner is not something manufactured by media for mass consumption, a mere construct introduced into the electoral stream of consciousness along the vectors exposed by Daniel J. Boorstin. (Some might recall his critique of campaign methods in the construction of pseudo realities specifically designed for manufacturing assent.)

In addition, in a county whose treasury is being steadily depleted, Repay's utterly feeble pleas that he will strive to think out-of-the-box are simply immaterial, irrelevant and moot. This seat is no place for ambitious beginners or well-meaning amateurs. We need someone accomplished with the competence to do it NOW!

Repay's lack of comparable experience and background further reveals an utter inability, for instance, to evaluate or spot the critical nuances of our county's exposure to the issues of capital punishment, and/or creatively address the soon prohibitive cost of our death penalty cases. He is simply too inexperienced and devoid of any realistic approach on how to appeal, say, to Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter, and possibly suggest a strategically sound legal alternative to enable his office to relax its prosecutorial discretion about seeking the death penalty.

All Repay can do, it seems, is resort to his staid but cognitively restricted mainstay of cost-benefit /cost-effectiveness in seeking to construe and/or analyze these issues. "There's not a heck of a lot we can do," said Councilman Mike Repay, D-Hammond. "Basically we can voice our opinion. They are extremely costly, and I don't think (as far as) a cost-benefit analysis it pans out. The cost far exceeds the potential reward." (See, NWInd Times, April 1, 2012 article, Toll on taxpayers growing in capital case of Gary man charged with killing wife, stepkids.)

Still, in his defense, it must be remembered, that comparatively speaking, Mike Repay is a mere 36 years old. More importantly, his thought processes administratively speaking, are underdeveloped in terms of a capacity for the critical appreciation of government. Repay remains trapped in a socio-political one-size fits all box of subjectivity indicating he is still wet behind the political ears. By contrast, Katic's 30-year immersion in the law's logic of objective and nuanced evaluation is something enjoyed by Katic every day and earned from his government expertise.

In truth and fact, Repay is simply too underqualified to exercise the judgment and discretion demanded of the county's executive branch of government. No, this doesn't prohibit his eligibility to run for the office or campaign for election, but even if he wins, Repay is still green, still wet behind his government ears. Far too green yet, unripe.

As demonstrated above, Repay's thought processes remain confined to rudimentary considerations and analogies wed to interests of double entry bookkeeping, relying heavily on commercial use of generally accepted principle of accounting - as if the issues of diminishing finances and cost of seeking capital punishment could be simplistically viewed as a problematic resolved by cost-benefit. Today little more can be trimmed from the county's departmental budgets. Repay zealous argues he wants to become commissioner in order to finally get his hands on the government's steering wheel.

But given this prevailing state-of-affairs, Mike Repay can't be said to know how to drive, let alone given the steering wheel when the governmental rubber hits, and then accelerate, along a very rough administrative road. For this isn't freeway driving, it's Baja racing in the realpolitik of Indiana. In absolute terms, Repay's true political status is that of an apprentice to administrative government. To claim otherwise borders on public electoral misrepresentation.

Consequently, as we head into the endgames of this primary's election cycle, the general pattern will be for press coverage to artificially narrow the disparities and differences between the candidates. This approach enables them to justify spinning the illusion of a neck-and-neck horse race, and within that context seed their journalistic market with bits of manufactured relevancy that passes for news.

Pseudo on not, it is fodder that fills the pages. And the closer to election day, the more the media will seek to alternately muddy or diversify perspectives by which voters navigate among the flow of signifiers constitutive of their various narrative streams. Subliminally, if not checked, the appearance of a close race as churned by a news publication or media outlet can be construed as plausible.

In the past it's all you needed. The formula worked: You can fool some of the people most of the time, and the rest jerk around.

But rather than closing gaps, the relative positions and truth of the merits distinguishing Katic from Repay are becoming wider and, worse than worst, the gap is vertical, and this is most embarrassing for the ambition of the still rookie politician Repay. Consider: His only real experience with governing consists of approximately 16 months of meetings with the county council. For those unaware, the Lake County council gathers once a month in a meeting in order to take official action. A week prior to this it gathers to conducts its monthly workshop. It is at the workshop meeting that the anyone with business before the local legislative body presents or discusses the merits of their petition or request. Two meetings per month for the past 16. A total of 32 meeting.

By contrast, anyone attending meet & greet forums or listening to WJOB for the past couple of weeks has witnessed Pete Katic masterfully diagram the entire trajectory of his actual experience, and in the process display some 30 years worth of expertise at four levels of government: State, County, City & Township.

Equally, these very same offices held by Katic of State Representive, County Commissioner, City Judge and Township advisory board member, combine to confer an insurmountable superiority of seasoned maturation in ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT: LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL.

There is an old Lake County election proverb: "The sea of yard signs and placards advertised don't vote." For the objective voter, in order for your vote to secure the services of the best candidate, the only competent choice is to vote Katic.

Thats some funny stuff. How telling....appeal to Bernard Carter....

Mike can make one heck of a BLT...a pounder....that's the rub.

Katic makes mince meat out of cars.....

What about Katic's moral values? There have been some pretty unappetizing stories of his personal character.

That posting or what ever you call it about how good Katic is. Its full of hot air. I think Lake County has had enough of this guy.
You can not wipe out the past by looking good today. To prove a point you present it fast and simple. To hit all points in question,
neometric took paragraph after paragraph to clear things up, as he would call it. Katic had problems in the city court, the County office, He was a shame. and costly to the tax payers. Check it out for yourself in the papers from years past. If those past newspapers articles are not true, why hasn't Katic ever challenged them.

So, there are no new beginnings, no second chances, no penance, no renewal of being, no rebirth in America today? No transcendence of history, personal or collective? No revolution in the human soul? No change or transformation? That's your position?

Well, why stop there? Let's add that every philosophy, religion offering forgiveness, hope, reconciliation is a farce, right? Grace and/or salvation are just a hoax, no matter who or what confers or achieves it?

Interesting.

I submit that Pete Katic has forgotten more than Mike Repay understands about government and administration. That is pretty much the thrust of my position.

I felt the same way, Celt. But I have been out in observed him in person, really listened to him, and he is impressive. Indeed, most impressive.

But here's the thing: Even if Repay wins, he is still the inferior candidate. That's the facts and that is its irrefutable truth. It is simply irrational if not utterly self-destructive of the body politic to elect an inexperienced Repay when a reformed, life-chastened guy like Katic presents himself.

We can't let this degree of proven competence go unused simply to appease the vanity of an electoral novice such as young Repay. He mental depth of field is still maturing. He needs an apprentice period before we can even evaluate his administrative worth. Meanwhile, he still has three years left on the county council to fulfill. Let him get some training there.

If he hadn't enjoyed the name-recognition derived from the reputation and good will of his brother Dan, and simply been forging his own political identity, he would have been laughed out of the electorate. But because he was a Repay, AND THAT IS ALL HE IS, he was able, with help of his brother's reputation to mount a campaign and win.

Fine. But it is simply impossible to think of Repay as comparable or the equal to the status and assets possessed by Katic.

Not only did Katic cause problems in the past. How many deals did he make as a judge. He was a disgrace to the court. How many people did he hurt in his court proceedings, to benefit a few. A few that won't even give him the time of day at present. Once a bum always a bum. I do not absorb he's a changed person. If I was in his postion, I couldn't confront the public. But now he comes out as a new person. Baloney!!!!!

News, i bet you have an incredibly crippled self-image. Your despair is saddening. If human culture and civilization mean anything, anything at all, it means it is a collective source of redemption, renewal, and transformation.

Hey Neo,, we are discusing Peter Katic.. Where did the worm turn to discredit me personally. I haven't said I think your nuts for defending and promoting Katic. All I have been doing, is stating proven true facts about the guy. As for my crippling self image, you are way out of the ball park. Just ask me. I am rather charming, hansome , and lean towards the debonair section of life.r

Nuts? For promoting Katic's competence against the Repay promise to try and think more out of the box? You jest.

Or what about your stance of once a bum always one? You're not serious. No one changes, not ever, not even St. Paul? Tell ya what, we won't even use that one, ok?

Listening to Pete the other day on the radio, I noticed he didn't try and hide his past. He admitted he made a few mistakes, but that he has also cleaned up since then.I think he said it's been 10 years.
I can't really say anything about Repay since he hasn't said or done much in his two years as county councilman. I personally think he should stick with one position and get some experience before trying to move on so quickly.
Novak is from the old EC crew, so not much more needs to be said about him.

It has been only 16 months, not two years as councilman.

It appears Mr. Katic has been an outstanding example of Lake County Political Leadership.












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Neo... well it is not worth a reply.

Your guy seems like an outstanding Lake County Politician.

Now to be fair to Mr. Katic, the source of this information is the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee. I came to their search page and entered his name. Out popped Eight contacts. Now I don't have the time to read them. Maybe some one else can scan thru them and inform us on those eight contacts.

Maybe they are commendations for good lawyering.



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