Northwest Indiana Discussion

You have received your straightforward answer several times: the proper authorities have complete documentation of every penny spent by Plasmatronics. After carefully verifying each and every expenditure and its supporting documentation, your elected officials and their legal team are satisfied with this detailed accounting. There was no theft involved.

You may not be happy with this answer, but it is accurate. Although you are an anonymous bully on a message board, I have pointed out your factual errors in a civil manner, and you can check them by contacting your mayor's office. Learn some manners and research the facts instead of continuing to make unsubstantiated accusations.

There ius an excellent letter to the editor in Friday's Times:

Katz Best in District 19 Race.

My husband Jim Conlon served as District 19 State Representative for three terms from 1991 to 1996. I have known Fran Katz for over twenty-five years and in my opinion, she is by far the best qualified of the candidates to serve as District 19 State Representative. Fran is the Chief Operating Officer of the 14,000 member American Society of Agronomy and served as Vice President of Research for American Maize Co. in Whiting (now, Cargill) for 15 years. She was President-Elect of that Fortune 500 Company when it was taken over by Cerestar. She has an MBA from the University of Chicago.

She is a people person who listens to others and can turn adversaries into friends and supporters.

Finally, we have a chance to elect someone who is honest and well qualified. Let’s do it.

Jan Conlon, Crown Point

A team of highly skilled lawyers and government officials are wrong and you, an internet sock puppet, is right.

I don't think so genius.

Not the best argument.

A team of highly skilled lawyers led by Rich Wolter and highly skilled government officials led by Dan Klein gave us the Plasmatronics loan.

Yes, you are lost …. in a blind rage. First off, screaming in CAPS does not magically turn your misinformation into facts. You’re flat wrong on several major points. You can stand on the rooftop at high noon with a bullhorn insisting it is TOO night time, you know that’s a fact because you read it in the tabloids, but all of your yelling won’t change a thing.

But you aren’t looking for a “discussion”. You’re interested in staying p!ssed off and hurling flames. No matter what anyone else says, you’ll switch gears to stay outraged.

You screamed and screamed your question about how the money was spent, and have accused the company over and over again of “stealing”. When you got your answer (the appropriate people have verified the expenditures, and they were all legit), then you said that wasn’t your question. Yes it was. You just didn’t like the answer.



My point is that after $450 an hour lawyers have crawled through this case for over a year no wrong doing was ever uncovered. If the lawyers or city officials had even the slightest suspicion of theft they would have turned the evidence over to the DA for criminal prosecution. No criminal charges have been filed by the FBI or any one else for that matter.


When someone doesn’t lay down and die from your toxic rants, you throw a tantrum, spit adolescent insults, post pictures of turds in a toilet bowl, or call any substantial reply “blah, blah, blah”. You even threatened to punch Linda Decker. You do realize making threats of physical violence is illegal, don’t you? Not to mention what a coward you must be to threaten a woman. What’s your real name, Loser?

Anyway, this info is for the other readers of this thread since you’re deaf and blind from your anger. I don’t intend to let your lies go unchallenged. You reference “the media” …. did you miss the media reports that the city and Plasmatronics agreed on a settlement back in October and finalized it in February? The city did not win a lawsuit – they settled on terms pretty similar to the offer of repayment the company made when it left town because of the city’s breach of contract. That’s a far cry from “refusing to pay it back”, and it sure the hell isn’t “stealing”.

Looks like the city made the decision to spend whatever they spent on lawyers to quiet the crowd of pitchfork and torch-carrying rioters who believed all of the slanted reporting published in the local Enquirer, the NWIT. They wouldn’t have spent one dime on legal expenses if they’d just accepted the offer in the first place.

What I understand is that Plasmatronics actually used the loaned money to employ local tradesmen and to buy raw materials, equipment and professional services. The mayors' office said that each invoice was pre-approved by the city, and fully documented.

What a total jack a$$

Care to elaborate or was that just a general curse out.

What's to "elaborate" brownb said you are a total jack azz. I get it, I'm certain everyone else gets it, so why don't you?

From the Nitwit Times:

She checked the numbers posted and then left with her husband. In the parking lot, Allan Katz made a brief statement on Katz's behalf, saying she would support Klein in the fall as a photographer contributing to The Times took photos. Allan Katz became agitated at the photographer and tried to take her camera from her neck. He eventually let go.

Like I said, Allan is a nut job.

"Politician's R Liars", I'll just put you in the hates our guts column and move on. Enjoy your ulcer and high blood pressure. It's been kind of you to bring up all of the misconceptions about the situation so they could be corrected for other readers. Over and out.

I heard a very different story from someone who was present. The photographer used the camera like an assault weapon firing 7 consecutive flashes into Fran Katz's face and blinding her. Allan Katz took the camera until his wife recovered her vision and returned it unharmed to the photographer with a reprimand. I understand the Katzes received an apology call from Bill Nangle, Editor of the Times.