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Sitting back enjoying a cup of hot chocolate, one of the visitors to my camp fire under the hohman avenue bridge brought up what ever happened to dat? So we played a game of what ever happened to phat!

back in june 2013, one of the papers placed an article about some of Hammond's up and coming developments. It's nice to see business come to Hammond... really.

Three Corners Development and Madison Coatings, both companies intend to open offices at a newly developed 5243 Homan Ave.... moving into the abandoned Mercantile Bank Building.

Living under the hohman ave bridge as I do, you make friends where you can. A friendship developed with pussy the cat, one late winter night, January of 2014, I found her hiding behind the Mercantile Bank building... for a site which was going to be a buz of construction and occupied towards the end of 2013, it looked quite abandoned. What no coffee shop? I look for places to spend time in to get out of the weather.... looking forward to a new coffee shop experience... was phil to be a partner in dat? Who knows....

phil talon, one of tom's, very, very powerful crew, in a Times article was quoted about coming developments. Phil's in da know! But before we talk about the developments, a recent SBA audit contained some information to indicate just how much juice phil has... Didn't the audit state phil reportedly opened a $600,000 account using tax payer's funds and two checks for approximately $550,000 were issued with out the required Hammond Redevelopment Commission Authority vote on dispersing the $550,000, at a public meeting?

A special account opened containing $600,000 and then from that account checks written to two vendors, with out the public over site governing board, giving approval? Had any one done that on their own, with out direction, wouldn't they be subject to some type of discipline? Or were they told to open those accounts and assure to circumvent the governing board? Semantics I am sure, meaning less.

How many people in government have that juice, to pay out a half million dollars with out getting authority from a governing board to pay two vendors and not be prosecuted? That's someone in the know!!!! Would that someone be owed a favor by Tom?

Well Phil talked about 3 Corners Development and Madison Construction....coming to 5243 Hohman... da Mercantile Bank Building... the article made reference Phil stating: "3 Corners and its affiliated companies started working with us two years ago with our Energy Efficiency program and we chose them to move forward.” Phill was quoted saying: “We expect to create over 50 high-quality, permanent jobs in Hammond when our Hohman project is launched later this year (2013).” http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/lake/20516210-418/companies-moving-in-to-to-hammond-promise-jobs.html

But first, was Phil referencing the $1.8 million dollar energy program the SBA wrote about two years ago? Tom McDermitt put out bids on an $1.8 million energy grant program, the lowest bid was under $100,000, but tom awarded the grant to a vendor, name for the most part not released, who got nearly 33% of the federal grant. SBA questioned how nearly a third of the $1.8 million grant was awarded to a consultant. How did a consultant consume nearly 33% of a federal grant when the lowest bidder was under $100,000. Mr. Capp...

Well is this the same consultant? If so, well someone else coming to town with unquestioned connections or are they coming to town?

But lets get back to Hammond development.... Flossmoor Station and Kaplan... which were quoted in the article... where they not supposed to come to Oxbow landing? Target date was to be open for the Spring of 2014... I don't think either broke ground did they?

But what I really have some questions about.... $10,000,000 smakeroos, the $10,000,000 bond floated to GIVE to POTASH. That development seems never to get off the ground, but the money... well the bond was issued, Hammond rank and file citizens are paying on the bonds, but the only movement @ the Potash site was clearing some ground.

Phil at least wrote some checks for the $550,000. The $10,000,000 for Potash..... POOFF IT'S GONE.

TOM.... MR CAPP.... TOM ARE YOU OUT THERE? MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION YOU MIGHT ANSWER ON YOUR WEEKLY RADIO SHOW...

MR. CAPP.... TOM... MR. CAPP....

I should be fair, I don't think Phil wrote the check/s. An account was opened placing $600,000 in it, and someone with the authority wrote checks for $550,000, paid out with out Hammond Re Development Commission Authority. I am sure pure co-incidence. Absolutely co-incidence.

I think there is more to this story... was someone laundering cash, no, but maybe paying off a political favor?

See Tom is all about doing favors for certain people, maybe that favor was an IOU, sorta like burying a criminal investigation on Schedule IV and V controlled narcotic/prescription fraud so a couple of checks are written or some money is lost because of poor accounting practices.

You do favors for your friends, right?

Now isn't AMERICO the same company that got a large chunk of $550,000 which was placed in question by the SBA?

Per the SBA, and I am summarizing their comments, Apparently Mr. Phil Tallon opened an account, someone placed nearly $600,000 into the account on behalf of the ReDevelopment Commission. Checks, in the amount of $550,000 (approximately) were cut from the account with out Redevelopment Commission Approval. Nearly $600,000 spent with out a legal authorization by the RDC!

Now shouldn't someone be fired for that?

This lack of leadership by Mr. Finance, Mayor Thomas McDermott himself placed in jeopardy a senior citizens housing project, a $10,000,000 project!

geeze, where are all the jobs and development Jr was marketing during the last election.

I guess the $8.25 an hour is what Tom is swinging for.


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Hi Chuckie, I'm waving outside

Stalking now? Hmm? Resorting to intimidation?

Now you've helped me make a decision... Tom ain't gonna be happy with you!

You know I live under the hohman avenue bridge, why not stop by the campfire.

Your a funny guy Chuckie,

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Interesting topic in an election year.

TCMT IS WRONG AGAIN! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=952587174791865&set=pcb.952588138125102&type=1&theater

Isn't this the project where Tom McDermott Jr and a few other close pals were giving $10,000,000 to Potash, to buy land which they intended to buy at tax sale and then turn around and sell it to Potash?

We all know its the $10,000,000 McDermott gave to one of the richest multi national corporations to so they could bring 5 high paying jobs to Hammond.... , that's only $2,000,000 per job.

Not sure what kind of victory this is.