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Governing Magazine: People Living in Cars Rises Sharply in Urban Centers

As Holcomb, Slager and Visclosky grant more power and money to the unelected RDA to push for NWI to be more like dense, urban areas crime and homelessness are issues which we will confront. We suggest the following article from Governing Magazine as an indication of what our leaders have in store for the region.

Highlights of the article:

*Dramatic increases in cost of rent in Seattle, San…

Nashville Voters Reject Slager/Visclosky Type Transit Plan

Ironically, Governor Holcomb was in the region cheering the same disastrous plan that is opposed by an overwhelming majority of voters in Northwest Indiana

May 2, 2018-As Governor Eric Holcomb was in Northwest Indiana cheerleading for Representative Peter Visclosky’s regional transformation plan, Tennessee voters were going to the polls to overwhelmingly reject a similar tax and spend plan for…

OPINION: Donny Boy, Jackie Sutton and the Sad State of Affairs in Lake County, Indiana

Don Babcock is making headlines for yet another stupid statement . . . when will people hold accountable the politicians who provide Babcock with a platform?

February 18, 2018-NIPSCO’s Don Babcock is at it again. This time he berated the City of Hammond for having a rat as a mascot for 219 day. Gazette readers will recall that 3 years ago Babcock was the author of a One Region/Times hit piece…

Transportation Development District Steering Committee Announces First Meeting

November 9, 2017-A committee which is charged with advising the un-elected Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) regarding the Slager/Visclosky “transportation development districts” will hold its first meeting on Monday November 13, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. in Crown Point. Under the law, the committee has no official say in the creation or operation of the districts which will be…

TOD Market Feasibility Study Says $Millions to be Spent Won’t Create New Development

Slager/Visclosky Regional Transformation Plan is going to require lots of tax money according to a Market Feasibility Study performed by Strategic Economics.

May 29, 2017-The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) plans to spend at least $400M of your money on transit oriented development (T.O.D.). According to the website Reconnecting America, “Transit-oriented development, or…

Munster Officials: Slager Bill Would Create “Shadow Municipality”

RDA Director Bill Hanna at the Times/One Region Luncheon 2016

March 19, 2017-Town of Munster officials are the latest to public speak out against Hal Slager’s disastrous House Bill 1144. Officials from Gary and Hammond have previously lambasted the bill which would steal money from local schools, police and city services for 30 years with no local control. House Bill 1144 would allow the…