Northwest Indiana Discussion

The cost of The Pavilion at Wolf Lake looks to keep going up for taxpayers. Apparently, according to Rolling Stone magazine, the public space was rented as a concert/festival venue, to promoters promoting an event billed as "CrazeFest". The event ended when Hammond Police "killed the power" when an "unauthorized act" virtually took stage in the form of a holograph beamed from 2 thousand miles away. Hammond's Chief McDermott apparently has a beef with "Chief Keef", a Chicago rapper who was not authorized. McDermott says "our contract clearly allows us to authorize all acts that play on our stage." The promoter says they'll sue our arse. McDermott and Co. should remember that "our stage" is "Our Stage" a public space, and that The US Constitution is generally against governments limiting peoples' speech rights in that space. Is the explicit consent of Hammond's Chief needed to speak publically? Will our Chief's queef be Chief Keef's jackpot?

So, only authorized rap trash like 2Chains can perform, but this other rap trash can't? The city is going to get sued, and the residents of Hammond will be paying, once again.

As once source says, "The promoters have threatened to sue....For Hammond residents, lets hope this was a contractual issue because you will be footing the bill. "

According to Mayor McDermott, "Any threats of litigation, by the promoter, are a joke. Our contract allows us to authorize all acts that play on our stage." Chief Keef wasn't authorized, so we killed the power."

More legal fees for some of McDermott's heaviest contributors, at the cost of Hammond residents.

The New York Times found this incident worthy enough to speak to McDermott. He told them...
“I know nothing about Chief Keef...All I’d heard was he has a lot of songs about gangs and shooting people – a history that’s anti-cop, pro-gang and pro-drug use. He’s been basically outlawed in Chicago, and we’re not going to let you circumvent Mayor Emanuel by going next door.”

But I guess everyone else at CrazeFest and 2Chainz are none of those things? Tom won't do Whiting any favors but will do Rahm's bidding? Someone have a man crush on Emanuel?

http://www.tmz.com/?adid=TMZ_Web_Nav_Logo
McDermott just got owned by TMZ:

Nothing like a bit of national newzzzzz to help Hammond's Mayor Thomas McDermott jr.

Just some wholesome music Tom endorses...

Something Tom's kids could listen to..... sweet!

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0LEVy6JPLhVmXcA3AFXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByN2Ruc2MwBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=2+Chainz&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fp%3D2%2BChainz%26type%3Dorcl_default%26ei%3DUTF-8&fr=%26fr%3Dyset_ff_syc_oracle&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.nm6JQP55z9MAdUyxQhUBdg%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNttlPwNKd_M&tit=2+Chainz+-+Feds+Watching+%28Explicit%29+ft.+Pharrell&l=4%3A30&vid=c8f4314f7dcbac9927d5368fb7cdf664&sigr=11bhee6i8&sigb=1259ulfd2&sigt=11gugblkk&sigi=11v7uprqh

If you know McDermott, you know he is in a narcissistic heaven now, having graduated from WJOB and The Times, to reading his name in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and now TMZ! But like a junkie needing even more powerful smack to satiate, McDermott's going to need to keep the press interested with further antics. He just may be enough a narcissist to enjoy being on trial, as long as press accounts run a flattering picture of him---- obviously one at least 10 years old.