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Oct
16
Want To Make A Difference In Energy Policy?
Filed Under Chicago Public Radio, Dick Lugar, Election 2008, Hammond Indiana, alternative energy, economic development, economy, energy, gas prices | 2 Comments
Want to make a difference in energy policy issues affecting the United States and your personal pocketbook during this election season?
An opportunity to stand up and voice your opinion in a forum that promises attention throughout Chicago and Northwest Indiana presents itself.
All you need to do is show up and voice your opinion. One of Sen. Richard Lugar’s staffers will be on hand for the energy forum, so maybe your ideas could make a difference in the way America responds to energy issues.
Northwest Indiana is at the forefront of energy issues — we have BP in Whiting. Windmills are producing energy in Benton and Newton counties. Steel mills are cranking out the metal for more windmills. We have some of the highest energy prices in the nation — special fuel blends and high residential energy rates. The E85 corridor runs right through our region on I-65. Trash-to-ethanol using Lake County trash could soon be a reality.
Don’t you want to be a part of shaping the future of energy issues? Stand up and voice your opinion. For or against off shore drilling, ethanol, more nuclear power, trash-to-ethanol, BP Whiting expasion, wind turbines in Lake Michigan, share your ideas with other opinion leaders right here in Northwest Indiana.
WBEZ plans an energy forum at Purdue Calumet in Hammond on October 28. You must RSVP before October 24, see details below.
Here are the energy forum details:
Energy Issues and the 2008 Election.
Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ 91.5 FM is hosting a community conversation about Indiana’s future energy needs and the 2008 election. This event will be broadcast live from Hammond, Indiana.
Come be part of the audience and join in the conversation. The event will be hosted by Chicago Public Radio’s Gabriel Spitzer along with our Northwest Indiana bureau reporter Mike Puente. Speakers include Marty Irwin, Director of Indiana Center for Coal Technology Research at Purdue University, Celina Weatherwax, District Representative for Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, Jesse Kharbanda, Executive Director of Hoosier Environmental Council, and Otto Doering, Professor at Purdue University in Agricultural Economics.
The event is October 28th at The Calumet Conference Center at Purdue University Calumet, from 5:00 until 7:00 pm.
It’s free, but you must reserve seats by October 24th at www.chicagopublicradio.org/energyforum or call 312-893-2929.
Sep
10
Everyone Loves Chicago’s Horseshoe?
Filed Under Chicago, Hammond Indiana, Horseshoe, celebrities | Leave a Comment
The celebrities showed up in force to open up Hammond’s Horseshoe right across the border from Chicago.
The word from all of the celebrities? They loved being in “Chicago” at the Horseshoe that evening.
Video: Celebrities Turn Out For Horseshoe Opening
I can’t complain — at least Northwest Indiana is starting to get some recognition as being part of the Chicago MSA.
Jul
11
Local Gov’t Officials Censoring Newspaper’s Forum?
Filed Under Democratic Party, Hammond Indiana, Lake County, Northwest Indiana Times, corruption, life online | 9 Comments
The Northwest Indiana Times calls on a local Democratic party mayor to stop censoring its message boards after it discovered IP addresses leading back to Hammond, Indiana’s government.
Supporters of Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. who have been interfering with public discourse on Hammond issues need to be reined in. And the one to reel them is the mayor himself.
Unfettered public dialogue on the issues is one of the founding principles of democracy. It’s important enough that the Founding Fathers put it in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
And yet that public discourse has been under attack in Northwest Indiana. Comments unfavorable toward McDermott have been under attack on The Times message boards.
It’s a sad day in America when a newspaper has to ask a government official — a Democratic mayor — to tell workers using government computers stop censoring items on its website.
It’s another piece of evidence that shows why it is always important to not give government officials unlimited control over our lives and our businesses because they can use their control of these things to limit our freedom and liberties. When the government feeds and takes care of people, it can also withhold those same necessities to those it does not like. If the government is so afraid of dissent it is willing to censor its opponents, what else is it willing to do to its opposition? Unfortunately, world history is replete with examples of the horrors that power-drunk governments commit on their citizens.
In the heart of anyone in a power position in government, there is the potential to become ultimately corrupt like King George III, Stalin, Pol Pot or Robert Mugabe. We’re seeing this evil tendency at work right at home when government officials censor the Northwest Indiana Times’ message board in an effort to silence the opposition.
It’s just another reason why the northern part of the county continues to lose population and businesses. Why put up with corruption, waste and now censorship when there are better places to live and work?
Mar
26
Hillary Clinton’s Coming To Hammond
Filed Under Barack Obama, Election 2008, Hammond Indiana, Hillary Clinton, Indiana primary | 3 Comments
Hillary Clinton’s campaign announces that Hillary is coming to Hammond, Indiana’s Civic Center at 1 p.m. this Friday, according to a breaking news item in the Post-Tribune.
Look for Barack Obama to follow.
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