New Democratic Joke: Homicides drop to 49 in 2009 in the Steel City
The following story about crime being reduced in Gary is a combination of being the biggest lie, which no one living in Lake County belives or an outright fable meant to mislead the population of Gary and Lake County for the sake of the Democratic Party politicians like Rudy Clay and the chair Tom "the Dooby" McDermott.Homicides drop to 49 in 2009 in the Steel City :: Lake County :: Post-Tribune.
This Post-Tribune story is fake and everyone knows it (or should know it, unless they are delusional.) Crime in Gary only went down because of two things. One, there is no population left and two, there is nothing left to steal. The next census should show that Gary has no more than 70,000 people. Anything more than that and they are cooking the books. A drop of 40% of the population will eventually lead to a drop in the number of crimes (i.e. nobody left to steal from; it is the same problem the politicians in Washington are having.) Those that are left in Gary have nothing left to steal from. The first murder of the year was a visitor from out of town shot three times on the porch of the home he was visiting. It is safer in Mosul than Gary.
The sad thing is that everyone in NWI is trying to keep the crime in Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago but it is becoming a loosing battle. Merriville is almost finished with the old South Lake Mall going the direction of the Calumet City Mall. The only safety net is Munster; but, that will only occur if it can create a high enough fence between it and northern Lake County and Illinois, otherwise it is also living on borrowed time.
By the way, what I am saying here is not denied or deniable by anyone. The latest census numbers show that the population of every city and town in the north half of Lake County is dropping substantially. The only exception is Munster, so far.
