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  1. I was taken aback by direction of UL institutional award accolades. And especially in light of the obvious need for it's original mission ie. wikapedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Urban_League references the following " The National Urban League (NUL), formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. Its current President is Marc Morial.
    History
    The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes was founded in New York City on September 29, 1910 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others. It merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York (founded in New York in 1906) and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women (founded in 1905), and was renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes.

    In 1918, Eugene K. Jones took the leadership of the organization. Under his direction, the League significantly expanded its multifaceted campaign to crack the barriers to black employment, spurred first by the boom years of the 1920s, and then by the desperate years of the Great Depression.

    In 1920, the organization took the present name, the National Urban League. The mission of the Urban League movement is "to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights."

    The local Urban Leagues mission, as stated during this event, leaves me ever more concerned about the lack of very specific proactive advocacy for blacks in today's more diffuse attitudes rolled into the generalized and overused term of "Diversity". As the disparate circumstances for blacks are reflected in the plain view of everyone it seems a poor time for the National Urban League affiliate to diminish the necessity of their original mission. One that called for the very specific nuanced advocacy for socially isolated slave descendant African Americans.
    I don't expect for my opinion to be popular with and among local leadership. And especially those who received all the patronizingly insidious accolades for what has largely been rather unflattering progress in their impact on the black community. Not easy to speak out against the consensus but my comfort is in knowing that Martin Luther King Jr., along with the relatively few others who speak of the inconvenient contemporary truths, all ride in the same boat.
    March 22, 2013 9:01 am on Urban League lauds diversity, inclusion efforts at luncheon
  2. Realitysucks comment hits the nail on the head!!! " They did not kill TQM they just killed Santa Claus hiring his buddies for a nice paycheck. Let's do the math here if 500,000 was given to start the program and 1.6 million was brought in and there is 600,000 left how much of 2.1 million was spent and where? Doesn't seem like that should be too hard to figure out."

    From what I've gathered, the auditor may continue to employee TQM efficiencies, but now under the more watchful eye of the counsel. And for the sake of good government shouldn't they? Being the elected body responsible for balancing the the county the budget the county counsel must have prior knowledge for the governing right and responsibility to approve or disapprove of how and where the taxpayer money is being spent?

    "
    March 22, 2013 8:33 am on EDITORIAL: Porter County should reinstate TQM program
  3. Apparently this type of organized crime incident will be repeated over and over again, and short of an accidental discovery, won't be eradicated until the "Chicago" root is pulled! "41-year-old Robby Ray Kohn, of Davenport, Darius D. Johnson, 21, of Chicago, Barry Hamilton, 20, originally of Chicago, and Jessica Loerzel, 20, of Davenport, Dec. 4, Hamilton paid $200 bond to get Kohn out of the Scott County Jail, where he had been for more than a month awaiting trial on a charge of public intoxication third or subsequent offense, Kohn’s body was discovered accidentally when at 1:31 a.m. Dec. 8 a man ran over the body while attempting to elude a squad car.Johnson, Hamilton and Loerzel fled to Chicago, Davenport police investigators found Hamilton and Loerzel quickly, Federal marshals in Gary have Darius D. Johnson, 21, of Chicago, who was taken into custody late Wednesday afternoon, and arrested."
    March 18, 2013 7:05 am on Feds in Gary arrest 3rd person in crazy murder case
  4. Because law enforcement officers are granted enormous power in the exercise of their jobs, and are also given the highest level public trust, before even being hired they should be screened for all known qualities that will undermine the integrity of this trust. Screening should be immaculate and go so far as to include various forms of polygraph. This in order to root out any number of potentially defective behaviors like racism, sexism, and as well, the type of instability and aggressiveness demonstrated here!!!!!
    March 16, 2013 9:57 am on Special judge, prosecutor sought in Moser case
  5. I sure hope most county residents will wholeheartedly agree with the assessment of Mr. Jeremy Rivas. Fair minded, folks for open government won't be surprised nor disappointed by the drama resulting from this intentionally closed advertising channel used for this position. Now that it is out in the public view; I hope the application process will be extended so that more people can have an opportunity to apply!
    March 08, 2013 8:49 am on Attempt to clear up Porter County budget woes hits a wall
  6. The frequency and extent of involvement in stories like this is some real spooky stuff. And just maybe it speaks to something about us versus who we think we are, and not just the perpetrators.
    March 08, 2013 8:11 am on Schererville man faces federal child pornography charges
  7. Very Busy hmmmm? Wouldn't this play better and perhaps lead to this being laughed off if excuse was simply his needing to wait until the soup became publicly palatable?
    March 08, 2013 7:06 am on Mayor Snyder month and half late with campaign finance report
  8. Perhaps charter schools were never really even intended to be a solution for school issues such as these. The following excerpt floors me and is a real indication of something not very good. Whose on first base or is "Who" who is on first base without a clue! "And yet Vanessa Ronketto, who serves as Roosevelt's school superintendent, said only 61 percent of the school's 148 seniors showed up for class in February. Attendance rates are poor for other grades as well.
    Those students need intervention — fast — so they will stop harming themselves by skipping school.
    In her book "Breaking Night," Elizabeth Murray tells of her experiences in school, out of school and finally back in school. This kind of inspirational story should be brought to students so they will learn skipping school harms them in the long run.
    Don't just tell the students who attend school on a particular day about this, make sure the students skipping class hear true stories like this as well."
    March 05, 2013 6:43 am on EDITORIAL: Focus on school attendance policy
  9. A "Times" article is one thing, but in instances where the content relates to the city of Gary, comments following these articles reveal much about sentiment from those who surround Gary. Many of which are being made by some of Gary's "flighty" former residents! Arguably your comments provide a clear understanding for how you yourselves contribute to your neighbors condition of lingering stagnation.
    February 27, 2013 8:40 am on Jobs, economic development top Gary's concerns
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