Well, the visitor the under the hohman ave bridge campfire said, As of a couple of months ago, the Assessor's web site showed no improvements on the property. Actually bringing with them a copy of the Assessor's web site. Improvements they said would change the assessed value.
Really, I said? You mean like adding a second floor and a face lift on an adjacent property?
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Improvements
Improvement Type Code Use Code Description Building # ID # Constructed Yr. Grade Total Area Replacement Cost Assessed Value
UTLSTOR C01 C 1954 C 1,500 $112,090 $22,400
DETGAR R01 01 1987 D+1 720 $15,750 $9,600
DWELL R01 D 1923 D 3,312 $124,240 $37,000
Come on now, I said, Tom's people in the building department wouldn't with hold permit and improvements from the county now would they?
The visitor said, well, their source was someone right inside the building department...
No, I said... you mean to tell me there isn't a fair and equitable application of the rules, you mean to me, someone inside Tom's inner circle gets to build a second floor on what appears to be a single family unit, turning it into a two to three flat and others going before the public works board have to fight tooth and nail?
They continued, Tom special rules for his friends....
Tom McDermott Jr would never do something like that for a friend... never would use his influence to have someone not have their property correctly assessed by the County Asssessor... he is an attorney sworn to uphold the law.
Then the visitor to the under the hohman avenue campfire said, well just look at what very well may have caused the resignation of Hammond' Police Chief, the City Controller. Did McDermott stop a criminal investigation involving some one close to Tom's spouse getting illegal prescriptions thru the city's health care plan, and then someone with some influence, McDermott namely, tell three Hammond Police Officers to stand down on a criminal investigation regarding illegal prescriptions?
I just couldn't reply.