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Business news: Valpo Y gets grant and Rotary networking event
Hammond auto recycler recognized by state
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management presented Northlake Auto Recyclers Inc., 105 Industrial Road, Hammond, with its ninth Indiana Clean Yard-Gold Level award in recognition of the company’s efforts to protect the environment, according to a release.
IDEM Senior Environmental Engineer Hani Sharaya with IDEM’s Compliance & Technical Assistance Program with IDEM Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance Manager Julie Rhodes, recently presented a commemorative certificate to Northlake Auto Recyclers Inc. owner Marty Hollingshead.
Northlake was also the only facility to earn 100% on its Indiana Clean Yard inspection, the release said. Salvage yards receive and store wrecked vehicles containing antifreeze, gasoline, oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, batteries, mercury switches and tires. If not managed properly, wrecked vehicles stockpiled in salvage yards can pose an environmental threat, the release said.
For more information about IDEM’s Indiana Clean Yard program visit idem.IN.gov/partnerships/indiana-clean-yards or the IDEM auto salvage program web page at idem.IN.gov/waste/waste-industries/auto-salvage-recycling.
Northlake Auto Recyclers Inc. owner Marty Hollingshead, left, Senior Environmental Engineer Hani Sharaya with IDEM’s CTAP, and IDEM Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance Manager Julie Rhodes shown at the Hammond facility. (Photo courtesy of IDEM)
Valparaiso Y receives grant
The Valparaiso Family YMCA has been awarded a Community Fund grant from the Porter County Community Foundation in support of its Equal Access Aquatics project, according to a release.
The grant amount, which was not released, supports the purchase of a new ADA-compliant mobile pool lift chair at the Y’s Aquatics Center. Each year, the Y serves more than 16,000 members and provides aquatic physical therapy to more than 300 people, a release said.
The addition of the new mobile lift chairs will replace an outdated unit and expand access to the hot tub area, improving safety for caregivers and staff while ensuring that every member, regardless of physical ability, can benefit from the healing and recreational opportunities of aquatic programs.
Representatives from the Valparaiso Family YMCA and the Porter County Community Foundation gathered recently to celebrate the grant award supporting the Equal Access Aquatics project. On hand, from left, were Joel Birky, program director, Valparaiso Family YMCA; Wende Burbridge, Director of Development, Valparaiso Family YMCA; Jenny Vidimos, board member, PCCF; Sharon Johnson, president & CEO, Valparaiso Family YMCA; Caroline Schrenker, Director of Operations, PCCF; and Bill Higbie, president and CEO, PCCF. (Photo provided by Valparaiso YMCA)
Repay elected to state counties board leadership
Lake County Commissioner Mike Repay, D-Hammond, was elected First Vice President of the Association of Indiana Counties Board of Directors, according to a release. He began his term Nov. 1.
Board elections were held during the AIC’s Annual Conference in September. Repay was elected to his fourth term as commissioner in 2024 and is president of the Board of Commissioners. Previously, he served two years on the Lake County Council.
The AIC Board of Directors sets policies and legislative goals for the Association.
Rotary chapter plans networking event
Rotary Means Business Northwest Indiana is bringing Rotary clubs from Merrillville, Schererville, Hammond and Valparaiso together for a networking event from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Dec. 11 at All-Star Services, 591 W. US 30, Valparaiso.
The event, open to the public, is designed to connect and empower business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals and community leaders from across the area, while also introducing the mission and advocacy work of Rotary Clubs throughout Northwest Indiana, a release said.
For information, email jskibbie@jrsmarcom.com.
Lilly Community scholarship finalists named
The Legacy Foundation has announced this year’s Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship finalists, according to its website.
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship offers full tuition, required fees, and up to $900 per year for books and equipment at any eligible Indiana college or university, the website said.
Finalists include: Annabel Diaz, Hammond Central; Angela Duh, River Forest; Alina Plascencia, Bishop Noll Institute; Andrea Roscoe, Gary Lighthouse Charter; Camden Mikulich, Lowell; Diego Torres, Whiting;
Emily Cicillian, Hobart; Emma Lembcke, Crown Point; Isabella Borrero, Illiana Christian; Isaiah Holden, Thea Bowmen Leadership Academy; Isabella Polkowski, Hanover Central; Jeremiah Fuentes, Griffith;
Johanie Quioz, East Chicago Central; Lynette Montes, Hammond Academy of Science & Technology; Rubi Rubalcaba, Highland; and Sılaya Baskaran, Munster.
While the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship process is nearing its final stages, Legacy’s Universal Scholarship is now open and currently accepting applications through Jan. 15. Visit the website at https://legacyfdn.org/scholarships/apply-for-scholarships/ for more information.
Northwest Health announces $11M expansion
Northwest Health – Porter plans to invest more than $11 million in a multi-year project to increase community access to behavioral health
care with new inpatient and intensive outpatient programs, a release said.
The new behavioral health programs will be located at Northwest Health – Portage, 3630 Willowcreek Road, and are expected to open in 2028. Services will include 20 inpatient beds for adults 18 and over, with the opportunity to expand in the future, the release said. The new service will include an intensive outpatient program providing crisis stabilization, therapy, medication management and care coordination.
Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop.
This year’s U.N. climate conference in Brazil had many unique aspects that could have been part of an historic outcome.
COP30, as it’s called, was hosted in Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, a crucial regulator of climate and home to many Indigenous peoples who are both hit hard by climate change and are part of the solution. It had the heft of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, an influential and charismatic leader on the international stage known for his ability to bring people together. And encouraged by Lula’s rousing speeches in the summit’s beginning days, more than 80 nations called for a detailed road map for the world to sharply reduce the use of gas, oil and coal, the main drivers of climate change.
In the end, none of that mattered.
The final decision announced Saturday, which included some tangible things like an increase in money to help developing nations adapt to climate change, was overall watered-down compared to many conferences in the past decade and fell far short of many delegates’ expectations. It didn’t mention the words “fossil fuels,” much less include a timeline to reduce their use.
Instead of being remembered as historic, the conference will likely further erode confidence in a process that many environmentalists and even some world leaders have argued isn’t up to the challenge of confronting global temperature rise, which is leading to more frequent and intense extreme weather events like floods, storms and heat waves.
The criticism was withering and came from many corners.
“A climate decision that cannot even say ‘fossil fuels’ is not neutrality, it is complicity,” said Panama negotiator Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez. “Science has been deleted from COP30 because it offends the polluters.”
Even those who saw some positives were quick to say they were looking toward the future.
“Climate action is across many areas, so on the whole it is a mixed bag. They could have done much, much more,” said Lidy Nacpil, coordinator of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development.
“All eyes are already turning to COP31,” added Nacpil, referring to next year’s conference, which will be held in Turkey.
High expectations for COP30
Saturday’s final resolution was the culmination of three years of talk, from measured optimism to hoopla, about a Conference of the Parties, as the summit is known, that could restore confidence in the ability of multilateral negotiations to tackle climate change. It was even called a “COP of truth.”
From the time Lula was reelected in October 2022, he began pitching his vision of hosting a climate summit for the first time in the Amazon. By 2023, the U.N. had confirmed Brazil’s bid to host it in Belem. The choice of Belem, a coastal city in northeast Brazil, raised many questions, both in Brazil and in many countries, because Belem doesn’t have the infrastructure of other Brazilian cities such as Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo.
For Lula, that was the point: This was a chance for the world to get a taste of the Amazon, truly understand what was at stake, and a chance for thousands of Indigenous peoples, who live across the vast territory shared by many South American nations, to participate.
By the time the conference began Nov. 6 with two days of world leaders’ speeches, Lula was able to change the subject from Belem, in large part by laying out a vision of what the conference could be.
“Earth can no longer sustain the development model based on the intensive use of fossil fuels that has prevailed over the past 200 years,” Lula said Nov. 7, adding: “The fossil fuel era is drawing to a close.”
Words like those, coming from the leader who has both curbed deforestation in the Amazon and unabashedly supported oil exploration in it, raised hopes among many delegates, scientists and activists. Here was Lula, the ultimate pragmatist from a major oil-producing country, which gets most of its energy for domestic uses from renewables like hydropower, pushing a major change.
Previous naming of fossil fuels
In late 2023, during COP28 in Dubai, the final resolution declared the world needed to “transition away” from fossil fuels. The past two years, though, nothing had been done to advance that. Indeed, instead of phasing away, greenhouse gas emissions worldwide continue to rise.
Now at COP30, there was talk of a “road map” to fundamentally changing world energy systems.
A few days before the talks concluded, there were signs that even Lula, arguably Brazil’s most dominating political figure of the past 25 years, was tempering his expectations. In a speech Wednesday night, he made the case that climate change was an urgent threat that all people needed to pay attention to. But he was also careful to say that nations should be able to transition to renewable energies at their own pace, in line with their own capacities, and there was no intention to “impose anything on anybody.”
Negotiators would lose much of Thursday, as a fire at the venue forced evacuations.
An outcome that many nations blasted
By Friday, the European Union, along with several Latin American and Pacific Island nations and others, were flatly rejecting the first draft of a resolution that didn’t identify fossil fuels as the cause of climate change or have any timeline to move away from them.
“After 10 years, this process is still failing,” Maina Vakafua Talia, minister of environment for the small Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, said in a speech Friday, talking about the decade since the 2015 Paris Agreement, which set international goals to limit temperature rise.
After an all-nighter from Friday into Saturday, the revised resolution, which U.N. officials called the “final,” did not include a mention of fossil fuels. Environmental activists decried the influence of major oil producing countries like Saudi Arabia, which historically have fought against proposals that put a timeline on reducing oil.
When delegates met Saturday afternoon for the final plenary, COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago gaveled in the text while also promising to continue the discussion of fossil fuels and work with Colombia on a road map that could be shared with other countries. Technically, Brazil holds the presidency of the climate talks until the summit in Turkey next year.
That was little consolation for several dozen nations that complained, including some, such as Colombia, that flatly rejected the outcome.
“Thank you for your statement,” do Lago would say after each one. “It will be noted in the report.”
Associated Press reporters Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling and Anton Delgado contributed to this report.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/23/un-climate-talks-brazil/
NFC North roundup: Detroit Lions win in overtime while the Green Bay Packers pound the Minnesota Vikings 23-6
Jahmyr Gibbs ran for a 69-yard touchdown on the first snap of overtime after Jake Bates matched a career high with a 59-yard field goal in the final minute of regulation, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 34-27 win over the New York Giants on Sunday.
New York had a chance to extend the game, but turned it over on downs at the Detroit 31 when Aidan Hutchinson sacked Jameis Winston.
The Lions (7-4) entered the game out of the playoff picture, trailed by double digits multiple times and rallied to avoid losing consecutive games for the first time in more than three years.
They wouldn’t have pulled it off without Gibbs, who had a career-high 264 yards from scrimmage and three scores.
The dual-threat running back had a career-high 219 yards rushing — the third-highest total in team history — and two touchdowns along with 45 yards receiving and another score.
Filling in for injured rookie Jaxson Dart, Winston had a 33-yard touchdown reception and threw a 39-yard touchdown pass on trick plays in regulation.
Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (0) runs past New York Giants safety Dane Belton (24) for a touchdown in overtime of an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)
The Giants (2-10) lost their sixth straight game and fifth this season after leading in the fourth quarter.
In his second game as New York’s interim coach, Mike Kafka made a risky decision late that ended up working in Detroit’s favor.
With the Giants leading 27-24, Devin Singletary was stopped for a 4-yard loss on third-and-goal from the 2. Instead of kicking a short field goal, Kafka went for it, and Winston’s pass to Theo Johnson was incomplete, ending a 14-play, 86-yard drive with no points.
Detroit took advantage. Bates connected on his long field goal with 28 seconds left, giving Jared Goff another opportunity to put the ball in Gibbs’ hands.
Goff was 28 of 42 for 279 yards with two touchdowns: an 11-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown and a 3-yard pass to Gibbs in the first half. He had a deflected pass picked off.
St. Brown had nine catches for 149 yards.
Making his second start for the Giants, Winston was 18 of 36 for 366 yards — becoming the first to throw for at least 300 yards against Detroit this season — with two touchdowns and an interception.
Wan’Dale Robinson set career highs with nine receptions for 156 yards and had a 12-yard touchdown in the second quarter that gave the Giants one of their three 10-point leads.
The Giants have lost an NFL-high five games after leading in the fourth. Last month at Denver, they became the first team since at least 1970 to lead by 18-plus points with six minutes remaining and lose in regulation.
The Lions host the Green Bay Packers at noon on Thursday for their traditional Thanksgiving Day game.
— Larry Lage in Detroit
Green Bay Packers 23, Minnesota Vikings 6
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
Emanuel Wilson rushed for a career-high 107 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 23-6 on Sunday.
Green Bay’s Micah Parsons and Devonte Wyatt each had two sacks. The Vikings totaled 4 net yards and three turnovers in the second half.
Wilson had two 1-yard touchdown runs while filling in for Josh Jacobs, who was unavailable because of a bruised left knee. This was the first career two-touchdown game for the 2023 undrafted free agent from Fort Valley State.
His 28 carries and 107 yards rushing represented the highest single-game totals by any Packers running back this season.
Green Bay (7-3-1) improved to 2-0 in divisional games after going 1-5 against NFC North foes last season. This started a stretch of three straight divisional matchups for the Packers, who visit Detroit on Thursday and host the Chicago Bears on Dec. 7.
The Vikings (4-7) were attempting to beat the Packers on the road for a third straight season, something they last accomplished in 1991-93. They instead fell for the fifth time in their past six games.
Minnesota’s J.J. McCarthy continued his struggles as a first-year starter by going 12 of 19 for 87 yards. Minnesota’s final two series ended with McCarthy throwing interceptions to Isaiah McDuffie and Evan Williams.
The Vikings trailed 10-6 but stopped Green Bay on the opening drive of the second half when a special teams turnover helped the Packers break the game open.
Daniel Whelan’s punt bounced inside the 10-yard line and then hit the body of Minnesota’s Myles Price, who was blocking a Green Bay player at the time. Zayne Anderson recovered at the Minnesota 5 to give Green Bay first-and-goal, and Wilson scored two plays later.
Minnesota spent the first half relying on running backs Jordan Mason and Aaron Jones to lead a ball-control attack that took the pressure off McCarthy. Once Green Bay opened up a two-score lead, the Vikings needed to rely more on McCarthy but couldn’t handle the Packers’ pass rush.
McCarthy was sacked five times, with four of them coming in the second half.
The Vikings’ only points came on a pair of Will Reichard field goals from 52 and 59 yards. Reichard became the first player in NFL history to have four field goals of at least 59 yards in one season.
Reichard’s first field goal capped the game’s first series with a 52-yard field goal. Green Bay answered with a 70-yard touchdown drive on its opening possession.
Minnesota wasted a golden opportunity in the second quarter when it had third-and-1 on the Green Bay 17. Tight end TJ Hockenson took a direct snap on third down and got stopped, then Kingsley Enagbare stuffed Mason on fourth down.
The two teams then traded field goals later in the second period, with Green Bay’s Brandon McManus making a 32-yarder before Reichard delivered from 59 yards with 10 seconds left in the half.
McManus added a 30-yarder and a 40-yarder in the fourth quarter.
— Steve Megargee in Green Bay, Wis.
Gary’s Harvest Feast continues legacy for state Rep. Vernon Smith
Even though she’s been gone for 32 years, state Rep. Vernon Smith’s mother still guides his spirit during the holidays.
On Friday, Smith and a group of volunteers prepared the New Hope Church to welcome more than 100 hungry guests for the annual Harvest Feast, a free Thanksgiving meal and short church service.
State Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, speaks with Leslie Green at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana Friday November 21, 2025. Later Friday night Smith plans on hosting 125-150 people for the 32nd annual Harvest Feast in honor of his mother Rev. Julia E. Smith featuring a meal and entertainment at the church.(Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)
Performers included the West Side Theatre Guild Repertoire Dance Co., the West Side Drama Club, Wings of Harmony and praise singers Nathan Mason and Stephan Henderson.
Reservations weren’t required so Smith estimated the guests based on past years, but he also wondered if attendance might increase because of the sagging economy and higher grocery costs.
“A head of lettuce was $3.49,” said Smith, who buys much of the food. “I’m grateful people gave me money. It costs $200 or more just for the fruit.”
An array of seasonal fall fruit and vegetables adorned the altar, including pumpkins, squash, pineapples, and pomegranates.
Jacqueline Bowman-Beckwith, of Schererville, speaks with State Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana on Friday, November 21, 2025. Later Friday night, Smith expected to host around 150 people for the 32nd annual Harvest Feast in honor of his mother Rev. Julia E. Smith featuring a meal and entertainment at the church.(Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)
Retired Gary educators Jacqueline Bowman-Beckwith and Leslie Green washed the fruit earlier in the day. Adhering to his mother Rev. Julia Smith’s tradition, each piece was blessed as an offering to God.
For decades, Smith has tirelessly led an army of volunteers who cook, set tables, and clean up after the feast.
“When God gives you a task to do, he gives you all the resources. He puts the people in place,” said Smith who joined New Hope Church 20 years ago.
The menu included roast turkey, fried chicken and baked chicken, candied yams, black eyed peas, greens, cabbage, cornbread, spaghetti and lots of pastries.
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana on Friday, November 21, 2025.(Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)
Smith, one of 10 children, made the corn pudding himself and had to run back to the store when he ran out of sugar.
The Harvest Feast has continued in memory of his mother and aunt Magnolia Allen, although Smith said the work takes a toll.
“I dread it when it gets close to Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this meant so much to my mother and I didn’t want it to die.”
Smith also organizes the Spirit of Christmas Dinner in December.
State Rep. Vernon G. Smith, D-Gary, stands amongst the Thanksgiving decorations in the dinning room of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana on Friday, November 21, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)
“I really believe I have a calling for service,” said Smith who’s been an elected official for 53 years, including 35 years as a member of the House.
“I feel like I owe this community a debt and I can never pay it off,” he said.
Smith quotes a favorite passage from Matthew: … “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Bowman-Beckwith, a retired special education teacher and principal in Gary, said it’s her second year helping out.
Green invited Bowman-Beckwith because they both share a connection to Smith who was an administrator and part-time college instructor, when they started their teaching careers.
“He was my first principal,” said Green. “And I noticed how interested and committed he was to the community.”
Bowman-Beckwith said Smith was her instructor when she got her degree from Purdue University Calumet, now Purdue Northwest.
“It’s just giving back. We’ve been blessed and this is for people less fortunate. Whenever he calls, I’m here,” she said.
Carole Carlson is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/23/garys-harvest-feast-continues-legacy-for-smith/
Tick, Tick , Tick: Study Shows California Losing A Taxpayer Every Minute
Tick, Tick , Tick: Study Shows California Losing A Taxpayer Every Minute
California is facing a perfect storm in finances, with a crippling deficit and a declining tax base.
Now, a study of IRS data by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation found that California is losing a taxpayer roughly every minute, as states like Florida, Texas, and North Carolina attract new residents due to lower taxes and higher standards of living.
In comparison, Florida gains a new taxpayer every 2 minutes and 9 seconds while Texas gains one every 2 minutes and 53 seconds.
The result has been a bonanza for Florida, which is now collecting $4 billion more per year for its budget.
The states losing taxpayers at the fastest rate are California, New York, and Illinois. Here is the rate of loss:
California: every 1 minute and 44 seconds
New York: every 2 minutes and 23 seconds
Illinois: every 6 minutes and 4 seconds.
Massachusetts: every 11 minutes and 38 seconds
New Jersey: every 14 minutes and 14 seconds.
These remain high-tax states where there are even greater demands for tax increases (particularly in Illinois, California, and New York) as well as new spending demands. In Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing for disastrous new taxes, while in New York, incoming Zohran Mamdani is demanding new taxes to fund his free buses and other campaign promises.
In Seattle, socialist Katie Wilson won the mayoral election on the promise of new “progressive taxes” to fund an assortment of programs.
In Oregon, as Democratic politicians run on the rise in the cost of living, they just approved a gas tax hike as part of $4 billion tax and charge increases. They may be hoping that the decline in gas costs this year will make the tax less noticeable, but some citizens are pushing to place it on the ballot for voters.
In these states and cities, the assumption is that wealthy people will remain as voluntary game in a type of fiscal canned hunt as politicians discuss new wealth and other forms of taxes. They are not. They are leaving with their wealth and their tax payments.
Unions continue to push for these new taxes as high-tax-paying residents leave these states. At the same time, California and Illinois continue to push their status as sanctuary states, increasing the public burden for schools, hospitals and other programs. As they increase spending and their tax base contracts, the outcome is obvious.
Again, take California. The state experienced a $9 billion decline in taxpayer funds during 2018. That number increased to $29 billion lost in 2020.
As I discuss in my forthcoming book, Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution, there is a common myth that the top five percent of this country do not “pay their fair share.” However, putting that debate aside, the question is whether it will produce more revenue than it costs the state in the long run. As these politicians campaign on clipping the “fat cats” who are not paying their fair share, many are likely to follow the exodus to lower tax states with greater fiscal discipline.
There are many in states like Florida and Texas who worry that new residents from states like New York and California will replicate their prior voting patterns and produce the same disastrous policies in their new states. I just spoke in Boise, Idaho where many are complaining that Californians are moving to the state and adopting the same policies that produced the conditions that they just left behind. The fear is that the voters will not be willing to vote for conservatives or libertarians and simply move like a liberal diaspora from state to state as they reproduce prior tax and fiscal policies.
Time will tell. However, what is clear is that Democratic states are not showing any greater fiscal discipline as they careen toward budget meltdowns.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 11/23/2025 – 16:20
Presidente del Real Madrid busca inversores para adquirir una participación “simbólica”
Por TALES AZZONI
MADRID (AP) — El presidente del Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, está considerando permitir que los inversores compren una participación de hasta el 10% en el club, e insistió en que la Superliga sigue siendo un “proyecto indispensable” para el futuro del fútbol.
Hablando ante los socios del club en la asamblea general del domingo, Pérez dijo que propondrá una reforma estatutaria durante una asamblea extraordinaria para permitir la posibilidad de que inversores externos tomen una participación minoritaria en el club.
“Seguiremos siendo un club de socios pero debemos crear una filial para que los 100.000 socios del Real Madrid mantengamos el control absoluto, con una participación minoritaria del 5% para que sepamos lo que vale el club. No queremos salir a bolsa”, advirtió.
Pérez expresó que esa sería la forma más clara y convincente de valorar nuestro club.
“Que alguien esté dispuesto a invertir, una cantidad simbólica, es el mejor ejemplo de poder del club. Este inversor o inversores deberán respetar al club. Y si quisieran transmitir su participación, el Madrid debería mediar. Sería un aliado. Hemos construido el mejor club del mundo y necesitamos blindarlo”, advirtió. “No podemos permitir que caiga en manos de nadie. Con este caso, someteré a una decisión libre, para seguir siendo el mejor club del mundo”.
Pérez comentó que los inversores estarían obligados a “respetar nuestros valores”, contribuir al crecimiento del club y ayudarlos a proteger sus activos de ataques externos. Dijo que el Real Madrid siempre tendría el derecho de recomprar sus activos a los inversores.
“En resumen, serán un aliado estratégico y nunca un propietario”, señaló.
Pérez reiteró varias veces que los socios —cque tendrían que votar en un referéndum— nunca perderían el control del club. Dijo que su propuesta aseguraría que los actuales 100.000 socios sean reconocidos como los verdaderos dueños del club, con el número de socios fijado para el futuro.
“Les quiero decir que vamos a convocar una Asamblea de Compromisarios de carácter Extraordinario y convocaremos un referéndum para que puedan pronunciarse”, dijo. “Pero el único objetivo es blindar al club de ataques externos. Y ponerlo en valor. Llevo muchos años explicando que hay enemigos que quieren quedarse con nuestro patrimonio”.
Negó que la reforma le cueste dinero a los socios o que lo están haciendo porque necesitan el dinero.
“Somos el club más rico del mundo. Es una Junta muy unida y nos da la posibilidad de ser un club independiente. Pero tenemos que ser conscientes de las amenazas que tenemos”, dijo.
Pérez explicó que la razón de la reforma era “blindar al club de ataques externos e internos”.
Apoyo a la Superliga
Pérez manifestó que el club sigue completamente detrás de la idea de la ampliamente criticada Superliga.
“Nosotros seguimos insistiendo en que es un proyecto indispensable para el futuro del fútbol porque, sin este proyecto, la diferencia entre el fútbol inglés y el del resto de Europa sería definitivamente insalvable”, expresó.
“La Superliga ha conseguido ya, sin discusión, un gran éxito para el fútbol. Hemos derribado para siempre, y en tiempo récord, un régimen de monopolio de UEFA de más de 70 años que, de otro modo, habría acabado con nuestro futuro”.
El presidente señaló recientes fallos judiciales que favorecieron al club en la demanda contra la UEFA.
“La contundencia de las sentencias obtenidas nos permite, al margen de impulsar la organización de nuestra propia competición, reclamar a UEFA los cuantiosísimos daños millonarios que nos han causado su comportamiento ilegal, al bloquear nuestro proyecto en abuso de posición de dominio. Ya les anuncio aquí que hemos iniciado el correspondiente proceso de reclamaciones económicas contra UEFA”, dijo.
Pérez volvió a quejarse de la idea de la liga española de intentar jugar un partido de temporada regular en el extranjero. En octubre, la liga dijo que los planes para que el Barcelona jugara un partido de temporada regular contra el Villarreal fuera de Miami en diciembre habían sido cancelados, una decisión que se produjo tras una mayor oposición al partido a nivel nacional.
El presidente de la liga española, Javier Tebas, criticó a Pérez el domingo en el último enfrentamiento entre ellos.
El Madrid dijo que todos los puntos discutidos en la asamblea general fueron aprobados casi por unanimidad.
“Pueden sentirse muy orgullosos del Real Madrid”, añadió Pérez. “Sinceramente, les digo que estamos más fuertes que nunca. Somos el mejor club del mundo en lo deportivo, en lo económico y en lo institucional”.
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Powell y Ware lideran a Heat a su cuarta victoria consecutiva por 127-117 ante los 76ers
Associated Press
FILADELFIA (AP) — Norman Powell anotó 32 puntos, mientras que Kel’el Ware sumó 20 puntos y 16 rebotes para ayudar el domingo al Heat de Miami a ganar su cuarto partido consecutivo con una victoria de 127-117 sobre los 76ers de Filadelfia.
Jaime Jacquez Jr. anotó 22 puntos y Bam Adebayo contribuyó con 18 para el Heat.
Tyrese Maxey logró 27 puntos para liderar a Filadelfia, que jugó sin el ex MVP Joel Embiid por séptimo partido consecutivo. Embiid (lesión en la rodilla derecha) se ha perdido diez de los 16 partidos esta temporada. Maxey, quien entró segundo en la NBA en anotaciones con 33.4 puntos por partido, venía de anotar un récord personal de 54 puntos en la victoria en tiempo extra de 123-114 el jueves en Milwaukee.
Andre Drummond añadió 14 puntos y 23 rebotes para los 76ers. El novato VJ Edgecombe (tensión en la pantorrilla izquierda) también estuvo ausente para Filadelfia.
Este fue el primero de tres encuentros entre los clubes.
Los 76ers celebraron el 25 aniversario de los campeones de la Conferencia Este de 2001 vistiendo réplicas de los uniformes negros de esa época. Allen Iverson, quien fue nombrado MVP esa temporada, estuvo presente. Theo Ratliff hizo sonar la campana ceremonial de la Libertad antes del partido.
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Mamdani mantiene críticas a Trump pese a reunión amistosa en la Casa Blanca
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WASHINGTON (AP) — El alcalde electo de la ciudad de Nueva York, Zohran Mamdani, no se retractó de haber calificado de “déspota” y “fascista” al presidente Donald Trump en el pasado, en una entrevista trasmitida el domingo y después de una reunión sorprendentemente amistosa en la Casa Blanca.
El recién electo socialista democrático y el presidente republicano se han criticado ferozmente en el pasado. Trump llamó a Mamdani un “lunático comunista al 100%” en una publicación en redes sociales tras su victoria electoral, y Mamdani ha dicho que Trump ha atacado la democracia. Sin embargo, los dos antagonistas políticos emergieron sonriendo después de la reunión del viernes y hablaron de objetivos compartidos.
Presionado sobre sus críticas pasadas durante una entrevista en “Meet the Press” realizada el sábado, Mamdani expresó que sus opiniones no habían cambiado.
“Todo lo que he dicho en el pasado, lo sigo creyendo”, manifestó Mamdani. “Y eso es lo que creo que es importante en nuestra política, que no nos alejamos de donde tenemos desacuerdos, sino que entendemos qué es lo que nos lleva a esa mesa, porque no estoy entrando a la Oficina Oval para demostrar un punto o tomar una posición. Estoy entrando allí para cumplir con los neoyorquinos”.
Trump hizo a un lado las críticas de Mamdani el viernes e incluso intervino en su defensa varias veces. Cuando un reportero preguntó si Mamdani mantenía sus comentarios de que Trump era un fascista, el presidente intervino antes de que él terminara de responder.
“Está OK. Puedes simplemente decir que sí. ¿De acuerdo?”, dijo Trump. “Es más fácil. Es más fácil que explicarlo. No me importa”.
Preguntado sobre la crítica de fascista en “Meet the Press”, Mamdani dijo: “Eso es algo que he dicho en el pasado. Lo digo hoy”.
Kevin Hassett, director del Consejo Económico Nacional, comentó en el programa “State of the Union” de CNN que Trump quiere trabajar con todos los que se preocupan por el futuro del pueblo estadounidense.
“A veces estamos en desacuerdo sobre políticas”, señaló Hassett, “pero creo que el objetivo de mejorar la vida de todos es algo que muchas personas comparten en el lado demócrata y republicano”.
Aunque políticamente distantes, la reunión en la Casa Blanca ofreció beneficios políticos potenciales para ambos hombres. El alcalde entrante pudo reunirse cara a cara con el presidente, y Trump tuvo la oportunidad de hablar sobre la asequibilidad, un tema que es cada vez más importante para los votantes.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
‘Vote By Phone?” – Swalwell’s Plan To Modernize Voting Could Put Election Integrity at Risk Nationwide
‘Vote By Phone?” – Swalwell’s Plan To Modernize Voting Could Put Election Integrity at Risk Nationwide
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) launched his bid for governor of California this week, and he wasted no time floating a plan that could reshape elections far beyond the state’s borders. He told CNN’s Elex Michaelson on Saturday that he wants Californians to vote by phone, a proposal that fits neatly with the left’s push to loosen every guardrail that keeps our elections secure.
“I want to modernize the state,” Swalwell told him. “And, you know, [Newsom] wrote a book called Citizenville, which I read when I was up and coming. He laid out a lot of, you know, great ideas then, and he implemented some of them. And he, you know, was a modernizing force. He’s leaving. And so there is going to be a void. I want us to be able to vote by phone.”
“Vote by phone?” Michaelson asked, clearly surprised by the idea.
“Vote by phone, yeah,” Swalwell confirmed. “If we can do our taxes, do our, you know, our — make our health care appointments, you know, make, essentially, your — do your banking online. You should be able to vote by phone. Make it safe, make it secure. But it’s actually already happening all over the United States.”
Swalwell continued, “I want us to be a blue state that doesn’t do just a little bit better than like Georgia or Alabama when it comes to like voting access, I want us to max out democracy. Also, as it relates to democracy, if you wait in line for 30 minutes or more, if you do want to vote in person, I think you should fine every county for every minute that a person has to wait longer.”
He added, “We have to be better, not just a little bit better than the other states.”
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Swalwell painted his proposal as part of a broader modernization effort, citing the DMV as another area where modernization can occur.
“I don’t think Californians should have to go in person to the DMV anymore. I think we can do that virtually. I think you can have the DMV employees do it virtually, but that’s a lot of real estate.”
No one likes waiting in line at the DMV. Still, Swalwell’s vision for voting turns one of the most critical pillars of our republic into an experiment in convenience at the expense of integrity. It’s been tried before, and the vulnerabilities are well known.
The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucus exposed the risks of relying on electronic voting apps.
Technical glitches and design flaws caused delays and widespread confusion, leaving thousands of votes uncounted or misreported on caucus night, reinforcing the argument that U.S. elections are far safer and more reliable when conducted with paper ballots and in-person verification, rather than depending on untested or insecure technology.
Similarly, MIT researchers identified serious security and privacy vulnerabilities in the mobile voting app Voatz, which was used in several U.S. elections, including the 2018 West Virginia midterms. Their analysis showed that despite claims of blockchain-based security, hackers could alter or expose individual votes.
The researchers emphasized that internet voting remains insecure, stressing the importance of paper ballots and open, auditable election systems to maintain public trust.
What happens in California rarely stays in California.
If California – a state that often serves as a launchpad for progressive policies to the national level – pulls this off, other states will soon follow.
Which means Swalwell’s plan for voting by phone could pose an existential threat to election integrity nationwide.
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Sun, 11/23/2025 – 15:45
Decay Devils secures thousands for Northwest Indiana project
Decay Devils is expanding its footprint in Northwest Indiana, and two grants will help get their work done.
The Gary-based nonprofit announced on Wednesday that it received two grants totaling $13,000 to help with regional preservation and public arts. The Legacy Foundation provided a $10,000 Transform Lake County grant and Indiana Humanities gave the organization a $3,000 Historic Preservation grant.
Tyrell Anderson, president of Decay Devils, said the money will be used to help create “NWI Landmarks and Arts: A Regional Guide to Northwest Indiana’s Art and Historic Landmarks.” The project will document public art and historic sites throughout the region, including in Gary, East Chicago, Hammond, Michigan City and Whiting.
“We started this during COVID,” Anderson said. “We thought it would be a great idea to bring the project back to get people outside and make some kind of activity.”
The group hasn’t yet picked which landmarks will be highlighted in the guide, Anderson said, and they’re going to meet with community partners while they prepare the guide.
“There’s a few places that are iconic, but we don’t want to go in as an outsider and just say, ‘Hey, what’s special about this area?’” Anderson said. “We’re going to look to have conversations with those interested parties in January. … We want to reach out to different entities and see who shows interest, feedback and input.”
The first Decay Devils guide focused on Gary, Anderson said, so it was important for the organization to branch out to all of Northwest Indiana this time. Anderson believes Decay Devils has momentum to continue their work regionally, and he wants to capitalize on it.
With the Legacy Foundation’s grant, Decay Devils will use the money to help create printed and digital guides, host tours and activate public art and historic sites through community engagement.
Kelly Anoe, president and CEO of the Legacy Foundation, said the organization has helped Decay Devils several times throughout the years.
Kelly Anoe (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)
“I’ve always really admired their commitment and dedication,” Anoe said. “The projects they create are innovative, and it brings people into what they’re doing. They engage residents, and they create opportunities for people to think about public spaces, historic preservation and the unique assets we have in Northwest Indiana.”
The Legacy Foundation has two cycles for the Transform Lake County grants, Anoe said, which help organizations create economic growth and community engagement. Grant awards vary up to $35,000, Anoe said, but the average is $10,000.
Anoe is excited to see what Decay Devils do with their upcoming guide project, especially because it’s broadening their scope beyond Gary.
“We have a lot of treasures and stories here that should be celebrated and shared,” Anoe said. “I think this project really brings attention to what people can see and do and places they can go here in Northwest Indiana.”
George Hanlin, director of grants for Indiana Humanities, said Decay Devils has received about five grants from the organization throughout the years. Hanlin is excited to see what Decay Devils does with Indiana Humanities’ grant for the guide project.
Indiana Humanities also works with Indiana Landmarks to provide grants to organizations statewide, Hanlin said.
“These projects often take a lot of money,” Hanlin said. “The money is really important. There’s a lot more funding available for traditional arts-related programming than there is for humanities. It’s really important for us to have these funds available, so people can do history projects.”
Indiana Humanities’ $3,000 grant will be used for the Michigan City portion of the project, according to Decay Devils, including additional research, interpretive content creation and storytelling.
Michigan City is the only location listed that’s outside Lake County, but Anderson said that Decay Devils might include other organizations later, including Valparaiso.
Hanlin likes that Decay Devils is expanding their program beyond Gary, he said, and he’s excited to see how the guide program brings more people to other areas of Northwest Indiana.
“Just generally speaking, this is a group that gets stuff done, and they work in some pretty challenging circumstances,” Hanlin said. “They’re doing their work to elevate the stories of these places, and I’m always impressed with their work and will take any opportunity to support their efforts.”
mwilkins@chicagotribune.com
