Skirting the Law: Most Lake County Leaders Fail to Report Contracts
Despite a 2016 law requiring contracts over $50,000 to be uploaded to Indiana Gateway, most LC municipalities including Hammond, Schererville, St. John, and Whiting have […]
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Hammond School Board Releases Contracts Passed “Without Forethought or Deliberation”
Architect to be paid $4M or more based on cost of construction and construction manager to be paid nearly $2M under contracts approved without discussion […]
South Shore Ridership Continues to Decline
Overall ridership was down by 5.1% in June, 2018 vs. June, 2017 according to a report released yesterday July 20, 2018-Ridership on the South Shore […]
RDA Study Says Convention Center Would Only Lose $500K Per Year IF . . .
Study says Convention Center could be funded by increase in food and beverage tax, capturing sales tax revenue or existing tax increment financing options July […]
Convention Center Report-Eye on Sacramento Issued Critical Report of Additional Convention Center Funding
June 9, 2018-In 2016, the City of Sacramento, CA was pushing a $200M addition to their existing convention center. According to the report, below, the […]
FAILURE: Hammond School Board Fails to Provide Public Docs . . . AGAIN
”If Mr. Davidson requires additional information regarding an agenda item, he is welcome to make a public record request.” School City of Hammond Attorney Emma […]
Bo Kemp Gets a $50 per hour Raise
While Bo Kemp’s total compensation remains as much a mystery as what he does in the “transparent” Freeman-Wilson, contracts uploaded to the gateway show that […]
Slager/Visclosky Transformation Plan Moves Forward With Statewide Toll Road Push
Firm hired to push Toll Roads just latest step in plan to force you out of your cars by Slager and Visclosky June 20, 2018-Indiana […]
Gary, IN 2017 Redevelopment Report
Presented here is the complete report of the Gary, IN Redevelopment Commission for 2017. These documents are supposed to be on the Indiana Gateway but the […]
Millennials Prefer Single Family Homes AGAIN in NAR Survey
Slager/Visclosky Plan would divert billions of dollars in tax revenue to developers to build multi-family housing which is not preferred by millennials according to National […]