Northwest Indiana Discussion

I still think the whole story about the Mayor's friend and family growing that small amount of weed is sort of strange. They claim the fly-boys from the State Police spotted it. I may be corrected on this. But I had someone contact me and told me some others were growing the stuff in that area and it's funny, no one spotted their growing field. I am not aware of the 2 locations, but come on now. If the State boys can accomplish this amazing task, why can't they use their expertise to stomp out the gun shooters in the area. In the old days we would call it a setup.

Yes, that's exactly what he said.
If he is going to deny Hammond even had an audit for 2009, even though it's the law that annual audits are performed, there's little chance he'll do anything to fix the shortcomings they noted!
BTW, long tome no see Mirage. How's tricks?

One man's bluff is another man's lie.

Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott said he was "bluffing" when he told everyone in this little corner of the world that he had an incriminating cell phone photo of six City Council members at an illegal meeting.

No such photo existed, and he said he wanted to use it as a bluff to make the council members admit to the meeting, which they did publicly Monday.

"Some people may call it a bluff, some people may call it a lie," the mayor said Friday evening. "It's not something I'm particularly proud of, it was a mistake, and I am going to take some heat for it."
The mistake, he said, was not in the bluff itself.

"It's a pretty common interrogation technique," he said. "Cops use it, the FBI uses it. You lead people to believe you have something you don't."

Her counterpart, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott, the Lake County Democratic Party chairman, warned Krull Friday that her blanket attack on his party will backfire.

"Kim wants to make accusations but can't back them up. She should just keep her trap shut," McDermott said Friday.

Monday, August 16, 2010
Pssst ... don't mention Photoshop to this guy.
Does this make you feel better or worse about New Albany? There are plausible arguments both ways, and they all make me want to head to the bar.

Thanks to my contributor ... or, thanks for nothing. I'm not sure which is more accurate.

Hammond mayor retracts claim of steakhouse meeting photo (at NWI.com)

A photograph that Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. said shows six Hammond City Council members dining together at a Hessville steakhouse doesn't exist.

Speaking Friday morning during his paid radio program on station WJOB-AM (1230), McDermott said that despite his publicly saying the photograph was in his possession, no such photo ever existed.

McDermott publicly chastised City Council members Anthony Higgs, Kim Poland, Homero "Chico" Hinojosa, Robert Markovich, Kathleen Pucalik and Dan Spitale at last week's council meeting after he said he had photographic proof they attended a meeting with police and fire union officials.

On his program, McDermott said he used the imagined photograph as a "bluff" to get council members to confess they attended the meeting ...

... "I don't really feel I lied. It's a pretty common interrogation technique.".

Posted by The New Albanian at 8/16/2010 11:46:00 AM