(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte city employee has been fired over words in a street written with a crack sealing machine.  The firing along with suspensions involved members of a street department crew.  “Sherry’s House” along with a pointed arrow were written in crack sealant on McClung Road in front of the La Porte’s Best Kept Secret store.

Mayor Tom Dermody said the use of city property on city time for something not related to work cannot be tolerated.  “This is unacceptable.  Our residents deserve better,” he said.  Dermody said the disciplinary action was taken yesterday not long after the city was notified about the situation.

“I take full accountability and want to personally apologize to our residents for this incident. We are working with Human Resources and our Street Department to ensure this does not happen again,” he said.